The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-01-08
Ruchanan and the lllino,. Democracy.

under the mead OF The Presidents Message
in Illinois" in which its wise and deep see
ing editor has discovered the gratifing fac
that the recent message Of Mr.. Buchanan
has swept away all opposition to his ad
ministraton, and THAT, despite the mach'n
atoms and intrigues of few disappointed
men, the party in Illinois still holds ITS con
fidencc in james Buchanan, and supports
those measures upon which his adinlnlstra
! ton rests"
| To prove this cheering discovery, itquotes
series Of resolutions passed by Dante
meeting, at Bellcville, in this state. These
resol utions applaud the message and gene
rally endorse the administration, and pledge
to its support the "great National Dsmocra
tic Party Of the State Of Illi"ois!"
When is is remembered that in the whole
county of ST. Clair, where these resolution:
wese passed, this great national democrat
ic party" Only polled, at our fall election
lG9 votes, and that, in the entire state, this
great party did not even amount to re-
spectacle scattering vote. averaging but
about one in 10000, the assumption that
this meeting, which was attended by not
over thirteen persons, should be received as
of the democracy Of Illinois in reference to
the policy Of President Buchanans admins.
traton, is ridiculous enough. Let tha.
stripe of Mr.. Buchanan's supporters rest as
Il. II, na-. H. .,
moc,acy Of Illinois, since the late election,
except, perhaps, they more deeply dispise
the course of the administration towards
their distinguished Senator, since his tri.
umph in November last, than they did its
officious ia,ermedd,ing with our late cleo.
ton.
The Democracy Of Illinois do not now,
nor have they ever, based their dislike OF
Mr.. Buchanan upon the ground that he is
incapable Of recommending a good measure
nor upon the ground that he is unwilling to
right himself when he falls into an error.
These are side issues with US. Their are
mere matters Of comment, and receive just
so much attention as they are considered
worth. 1t is the personal fight which has
been made uron Senator Douglas and his
friends all over the Union, that has aroused
the Indignation Of the democracy OF Illinois
and tie longer that fight is carried on the
more bitter will this feeling become here,
and the wider will it spread elsewhere.
The Pensylcdnian sperks truly when it
says, "there is no longer a reasonable differ
ence of opinion in Illinois as to Mr.. Buctl
anan's Kansas policy. That question is vir-
tualty settled 1t might also have added
that, there is no difference Of opinion as to
his course te,iards Judge DoHglas. Both
are heartily condemned by erery democrat
in the state We make no exception; be-
cause those whc side with the ad,niniStra-
ton, here were the allies Of the republican
party during our recent campaign, and can
not, therefore. reasonably claim TO belong to
the true Democracy of Illinois.
The fact that Mr.. Buchanan exerted all
the Influence hc possessed in favor OF Mr..
Lincoln, and against the regular democratic
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republican party in this state, satisfied every
honest man that he did not have the intere>;
of the democratic party a. heart, but pre-
fcrred the ruin OF that party in order to sra-
tiiy a deep.seatcd malice towards Judge
Dou.laS: and another fact, that, IN attempt
ing TO carry out his sch me, he displayed a
degree of stubborn ignorans that even as
tonished and tiled his waruest almi-
deadly personal hatred from all good and
honest dcInocrats-in the latter, q suIicn
contempt for the man BUCHANAN and the
individual members of his cabinet, and not
for the measures he, in his dotage, might
chose TO recommend to congress.
As further evidence that there is 10
reasonable difference ef opinion in this state
as to Mr. Buchaaan's policy" we have but
TO refer such prints as the Pennsylranirn to
our state legislature. If President Buchan-
an has a friend there among those one hun
drea representatives of the sovereign people
of the st tie, or anywhere else, let him ask
that body to endorse that policy, and the
question whether there is a difference Of
opinion among the democracy Of Illinois,
will he settled beyond cavil.
One would suppose that after the tee-tota'
annihelaton OF Mr.. Buchanan's influence,
which it experienced here from the thunder
ing tones of the ballot box, that the organs
Of the administration abroad would fecl no
further desire to allude to Illinois politics in
connection with his policy. Especially
would it seem that his friends in Pennsy'va-
mia would be the last to allHde to it, after
the drubbing they received at their last
election.
Congressional synopsis.