The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-05
Democracy Of Ottawa in Council!
MOB RULE CONDEMNED!

Governments, Oh tuc -OlI lIlSt.
On motion, Gen JACOB FRY was call
ed to the chair and Moses OsMAN appoint
ed secretary. vs.sss-szss.
His Honor Mayor AVERY explained the
object of the meeting in brief and peril
nent address.
On motion of A. B. Smith; Esq, the fol-
loving gentlemen We're appointed by the
chair as a committee to draft series of
resolutions expressive of the sense of this
meeting: \. b. Smith j. Avery, VIM Os-
man, 7. l.. Dickey, and L. Mason.
On motion. the chairman was added to
the committee.
On motion of VIM. OsInan, it was agreed
that the committee have until next We'd
nesday evening to report, and that when
this meeting adjourn it do so until then.
The meeting was ably addressed by VIM.
Cogswell Esq, and then. on motion, ad-
journed to next Wednesday evening.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Nov. ID. 1859
Pursuant to adjournment the democra-
cy, in large numbers assembled at the
court house
On motion Of j r. Ford, Jeremiah
Strawn, Thomas clancy, 3. T. Phelps, and
Geo. l.. Shuler We're elected Vice Presi-
dents, and \. F. Dow an additional sec
rotary.
VIM. OsmaD, from the committee on re-
solutions then made the following report
The Committee appointed to prepare
Resolutions for the consideration of this
meeting have had the subject under CON
sldeTation and beg leave 10 submit the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, On the Goth day of October.
1892, Il fugitive slave was rescued by = mob
81 &. r.
tody of a United States Officer in the hall
Of justice, and in the presence and against
the remonstrance Of the Chief Judicial Of
ticer of this State, and whereas the infer
ence may be drawn, and the assertion has
actually gone forth III certain reckless
prints that democrats of this city not only
countenanced but took part in said dis
graceful and lawless act Therefore, to
rcpei so false and injurious an aSpersion,
and To place ourselves right upon the re-
cord. be Ii
1t. Res2h.ek That we protest against
such inference and dcnounce as rratuitous
and utterly devoid of truth, and indig-
nantlv hurl back, all assertions. by whom
soey"r made. importing that the democra-
cy of Ottawa either openly or secsetiy aid
81, allotted. counselled or approved said
lawless proceeding.
End EesJk.sk That the said open. de-
Lberately planned. factious resistance of
the execution Of a law OF the land in our
midst i eniuentiy calculated to cast a
dark shadow over our city. and to bring a
feeling Of shame and modification upon
her citizens That such lawlrss proceed
ingsr if allowed to 20 unrebuked and 10
pass Is the expression Of the views and
purposes Of the mass Of our citizens, must
IN the no>trlls OF the orderly and law-atii-
ing peo,leof the nation
81 f. eoL'ei That s.tuatcd nearly Md
way between the two great commercial
e,npor:um- Of tue NOrth-we~t-thc one
II. free, and the other in :. slave State
almost III sight Of the land from whence
the waters flow nortLerly by the one and
by free States 20 the II. Lawrence. and
-outheriv ~ the other AID through Slave
State to the Gulf Of Mex.cO-w!th iInpor-
tant commercial relations and strong soci-
al sympath!es with each. L become. our
imperious duty as il i our pleasure with
an impartial hand to foster and encourage
the growth OF those two great centres, 10
/ follow those waters with our commerce
and our sympatAies white the flag Of the
| MON hOat- over them. whether in free or
slave state--to extend that commerce
and strengthen and expand those social
/ Ties and at least, II tolerate all OF the lo-
cal Institutions Of each and give u all the
full benefit OF the provisions of that con
St!tut!on WHICH IS our common bond Of
union and sure reliance, if fairly carried
Out. Tor peace and prosperity.
'4th. 4 g,'r.A That we regard the act
for the rendition of !uLit.yes from service,
- law OF the land, and however obiec-
tionahle il may appear to any in some OF its
provisions. no one has right II set il al
defiance and resist It's execution. and that.
all such rs do We denouucc ~ yiolator.
OF law, disturbers of the public peace, and
ut war with the good order and well being
of society.
9th. Re,oi-1i That we regard the
higher law doctrine recently proclaim
ed At = meeting of republicans at the
court house III this city. quoting the AK
ION of Thomas JefierS5 n that the peo-
! pie en- masss are inherently independent of
all but moral law, justifying b. such quo
tatlon resistance 10 that clause of the con-
stitution Of the l. :. which provides for
the rendition o.! tugitives from service and
the fu2itlvc slave law passed in accordance
therewith, - the essence Of treason; that
, said axiom WAS intended by Mr. jefferson
as an assertion Of the inherent right of
eminent that its quotation at this time
and application to the constitution Of this
government and laws passed in pursuance
thereof, is equivalent to iustifying acts of
revolution against the government; and
| that the act of forcible resistance to the
execution of q law of the t. s in this CITY
in pursuance of and justified by the pro-
/ clamatlon OF such doctrines, was, III such
/ conneXlon, no less an act of treason against
/ the government of this country than the
/ like acts growing out of and justified by
| the same doctrines, OF Ossawattamie Brown
and his confederates at IIarpers Ferry
! 9th Rcsotcct, That while we acknowl-
/ edge that there are here, as elsewhere in
dividual instances of Republicans who
( openly discountenance, and some even
who denounce the doctrines above alluded
/ to, and the lawless proceedings, (their le-
Ultimate result) at Iiarper's Ferry and in
this city, we nevertheless cannot hold the
Republican party guiltless until it shall
openly repudiate and denounce them and
their authors, as they are the doctrines
and acts of those with whom that party
has hitherto at least sought by large con
cessions, both personal and political, to af-
tiliate
9TH. Rcso'rcd, That we emphatically re-
pudiate the heresy of the Republican par
ty that, this government cannot endure
part slave and part free; that it has thus
endured over seventy years, and that it
can endure seventy times seventy more,
( part slave and part free, if each state and
territory is allowed to manage its own at
fairs in its own way subject only to the
constitution of the United States
/ Sth Resohed, That, while we thus earn
estly proclaim our disapprobation of and
/ hostility to the acts of lawlessness, bearing
the dark stain of treason, recently COM
mitted by, and justly chargeable to mem
bers of the Republican party and doctrines
which they maintains. it is due that we
should with equal candor and earnestness