The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-08-25

The Douglas democratic state convention
met at Syracuse last week to nominate an
electoral ticket. At the same time and
place, the Belleterett General committee
met for similar purpose. After an inter
change Of views between the two parties,
the Douglas convention prepared an cleo
toral ticket, which the other party unani- I
mously adopted The result is, OF course,
a perfect Union between the two on one
electoral ticket. The only condition of
the union is that, in case the entire electo-
raj vote Of New York will not elect Doug
las, a third of it--or III votes-are TO be.
cast for Bell and Everett.
No event i'll the whole history Of the
present campaign has dismayed the re-
puLiicans as much as this union. They
see in it the aunihilation of all their hopes
Without New York the election of Lin
coin is an impossibllity, and this union Sci
ties the question. The republicans OF
+ New York have never come within 40
600 of having majority over the demo
Gratis and Americans Last year there was
but Il partial union on the state ticket and
the republicans were beaten from ten to
lj,OV0. With the union complete and cor
dial as it is now, they are placed irrctriev-
ably in u minority OF 40 900.
The y. Y. HsreN a Breckenridge organ
and hostile 70 Douglas and Bell, says:
This Union ticket Will sweep New York,
and the commercial and manufacturing
= ,,s..., NJ,
as the whirlwind sweeps the Weston prai-
RE The sticks and chat OF Black Rcpub
: iicanism will be scattered by it, never
! again to be united III a great political party.
- The conservative revolution Will be as
, complete here as IT has been ii, the South
and the new proclamation Of the higher
: law by Seward and Lincoln dastructIves
: will only tend to hasten and increase lt>
triumph.
+ Well may the republicans hold W
their hands in affected horror and exclaim
! against such a union Their talk about
bargain and sale and democrats uniting
! with Know Nothings is all bOsh. The
, Bell men Of New York are sincere union
men, opposed to abolitionism and scces
sionisrn, aud intend simply to cast then
, vote in such way as to make it tell OF
the side Of conservatism and the union
: Nor is the Bell party OF this day the ole
> Know Nothing party-That is"s is eXplo
ded, and the lodges are disbanded. There
was a Know Nothing lodge of / - member.
, in Ottawa in ISjj-6 Are the men WING
3 belonged to it Bell and Everett men now
!. They are in the republican party, every
), man of them, as they always Were The
Bell men of New York are the old silye
! gray wings, who refused, in ISIS, :,
follow the balance Of the old whig part!
' into the embraces ofabolitionism. Whei
! Know Nothingism first arose, and tool
c the position az third party between abo
n lition-repuJlicanism and the democracy
! the siIve~ grays attached themselves to j,
Bur in 1870, it IS notorious the Know
Nothings Of New York in body wen
over TO Fremont, while the silver gray
+ stuck to Fillmore.
+ The democracy need no defence agains
II the accusation of Know No,hingism. Tn
S, first man who had the nerve 10 grappl
if that monstr0sity was their glorious stand
Sc dard bearer, Stephtn A. Douglas, and tn
4 man who accuses him of occupying
IN doubtful position on that question, is
II knave or fool lie as vel! a. his part.
" have shown their sincerity in maintainin
e the rights of foreign born citizens il. act
y fnnuIueraLle, while republicanism in cas-,
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ii 10 them III such acts as those fer instano.
- that disgrace the statute books Of Mass
l., chusetts.