The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-08-11


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In those States, Buchanan was ahead in
,.jG. on the popular votes; and counting
the votes cast ior Fillmore, Fremont was
onethird Of inilliom behind Yet cut Of
these J 81 votes Buchanan got but 5S and
Fillmore none.
1t viii be seen how easily these ele-
ments can be combined TO give the popu-
lar Will a truer expression now Lincoln
has non" Of the strength Of Fremont. He
ha. no Jessie 10 attract sympathy and dis
arm rcs-,tm nt~, no romantic career to
excite interest, HIS nomination was n
cheat. h:- candidacy usurpation, his plat
form Is dIsuuIon!
when the crisis comes between Douglas
and a Secessionist of the South, Lincoln
will be dropped by his discontented fol-
lowers, and the question, as all questions
do in u Revolutionary crisis, reduce itself to
the alternative of two men.
We cannot speak Of the South; but the
are snowing themselves, and If the contest
is between secessionists and the lovers of
the Union. the former will 60 70 the wall.
The people OF the South are tired OF the
tyranny of clustering politicians. They
never were more prosperous. hat they
want i peace. They love the Union, and
if necessary Will fight for it
We repea, this is Revolution; and they
who mistake ii> import and its proportions
and its destiny, are blind to the signs OF
the times Ae to New York, We have no
hesitation in saying that her patriotic and
Unionloving masses Will lead the process
sion of the Douglas States. Her thirty
EecT6raI As sti 2T TRf1d Rf1d4usia1 Il "a ttis
! ly as they were cast in the nominating
convention. Never was popular enthusi-
asm greater Never before were such ac-
cessous Of men in masses TO the cause OF
non-iutervention. 1t is a great and at
tractive cause 1t is like the doctrine of
toleration in religious matters; the intel
lect and the couscienccs OF all except By
guts approve II.
II gives to communities what !, has been
the struggle of centuries TO secure for the
private citizen. individual liberty and inde-
Deudeuce in matters OF conscience and O.
personal action. 1t does not add one
bOndsmsn more 10 the catalogue OF slaves;
but il emauC!pates from unnecessary tute-
age our territorial governments, and ST.
l-nces an agitation in the States and III
Congress which has only been fraught with
evil 1t is this thai is attracting the mass
- to Douglas; and al every threat OF dis
union. ami at every menace Of Abolition,
they gather in larger numbers and with
more resOlute hearts
Make way then for the Revolution or
l..
who stand idle, and crush those who re-
s.>t il.
The >rIEyyE OF CUISINE bishop
Hughes ha, at last said something which
meets with the general appreciation Of the
press At the annual commencement at
Mount St Nincents academy Tor Toung
lad!es--the former mansion OF Edwin For
rest on the Hud-on-rhe Archbishop made
an address closing as follows:
. Although it is of the utmost impor-
/ tance, young ladies, that you should hare
a good education should be accomplished,
cultivated graceful, and refined, yet there
are other things that cannot be lost sight
of Before another year rolls around |
propose TO arrange with the Sisters for
new branch Of study in the academy
That branch Of study is what the French
call the science of cuisine. 1t is the SCI
ence of keeping house, and that We all
know commences with the kitchen. Ev
cry young lady. don't care if she be a
( queens daughter, ought 10 understand that
department of life Even though she
may not have to practice it, though she
NAV be able TO hire her cook. yet she
ought 10 understand it herself, for it may
happen some day that the cook Will dis
miss her [Great laughter. What a pre-
dicamemt she would be in then. Well,
what | was going to say was that the Sis
! ters should arrange it so that all the girls
I over thirteen years of age should be ena-
F hlcd to spend portion Of the time in tho
I kitchen, and become acquainted with
cooking and housekeeping Here will be
new bureau of education. We shall then
! have the theory and some practice too.
/ Another point and | will close. At the
end OF another year, if living, and my purse
IS long enough | am going TO give gold
medal of not less than $50 in value, to the
Young lady who will write the best essay,
not exceeding five pages IN length, upon
this great new science have spoken OIL
Ffaughter and applause
4 QUEER DIsEAsE-The Pipsynipsy, a
complaint peculiar to the Western coun-
trv in summer season, has broken out
among many of our citizens. A sudden
depression OF the colipsis lindix, caving
in of the spinality of the backbonibus,
and "a feeling of slimness in the immediate
vicinity of the cateroid canibus, may be
regarded as proper indication that tho
complaint is coming on. The following
prescription will afford instant relief:
"Spiritus Vini Otardi, z. l.; Splritus Nini
.Jamaica, T. SIS; Sugarum Whitum, q s;
Icibus Fipis, q. T.; Sliceum Pineapplei,
Strawberryi; Shakistis voilenter; Sucklte
ducite- c,m strawum." 4 friend at our
elbow "a learned " D. remarks that be
would not object TO have the coW.pfaiat
for the sake of the remedy iceland
/ TIzirdea'tr.
/ Tb. returns of the Census in Wood
co,,ntv Va show a heavy falling off in
The slave population; and we now have