The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-09-15

I that affected the general welfare of tn
J whole country. Our fathers knew, wheI
/ they made this government, that the law
and institutions which We're well suited fo
/ the hill; and valleys of New Engiaud wer,
lilly adapted to the rice, tobacco, and slgal
! plantations OF the South. They knew
therefore, that there must be in each loca
! lity different laws. which would answer
the wants, the condition. and the circum
stances of each community. Hence. you
observe. that uniformity In local Laws and
institution, Is neither desirable or possible
I Our theory OF government Is based upon
the suppositlon that the Institutions of uC
two States would be prec scly alike. The
trainers OF the government well knew that
the laws and regulations that would sun,
the mining regions Of California would no,
suit the prair!es OF Illinois; and hence this
complex system of government by which
each community may have Its own system
OF laws and its own Institutions
/ believe that our political opponents re-
cognize and acknowledge tnc justice of the
principle in respect to the States Of the
Union but they deny the propriety Of it
when applied to the Territories When !
ask them why should not the people o!
Virginia Ice permitted to have slavery. If
il!-ItN Il "ii' liI''si !!l
and the people of Illinois be permitted To
abolish it If we find that in our climate
with our productions, il i, not profitable
they adInj, that the principle i ri-l.t
a. applied tc the States. bat they say that
It cannot be applied to the Ter itori.~ -
Why should not the people OF the ie,rito-
r."s be permitted to make their own laws.
well a. those of the State? Who are
the people of the TerrtGrie.' Are thev
not rmlEraut- from the old States of the
tniouy Did not many Of them 20 there
from N!rginia? Are not the Territories
nOw filled with NIrriniams2 Lct me in
quire whether they Were not capable ui
>-lt government before thy left , IF they
wcr-. did they lose all the sense, nj! the
intelligence a. the virtue tncy ever had,
on tA-.r My from the old Dominion iu
th- Territories, Cheers ! met 10.
sI..tt "a native OF the Cockade City. who
cu:-ra'cI u Minnesota when i yva- Z.
Territory. and If could find him here.
would Ike 10 know from him whether
when lie cot there and learned = l.t,." O:
fnc country. a~ceIt4iHc'; is wants aad Ia.
tcr,,t~. ana determined 70 ma.ie hi- home
there. lie was les capable Of self govern
men, than he wa heio:. he set foot in
tia. Territory? L.pplau,e and laughter
J ou may b. OF the opinion here in \Irrl-
MA. ~ ! found mauy up in New England i
t-w weeks ago, iAat YOU are better able 10
determine Tor u Of the frontier wnai sort
D: laws aud Institutions we want than Yr
AT" ourselves While that may U-. your
opinion. It = Hot ours Laughter VI.
think that the men who cra.-..t:- from
their homes. from tic l..d pt their birth
aud the scenes "t their childhood. and
-I}<" up their residence in tie wilderness
J- "H the praiF.e-. make their own farms.
erect their own houses. plant their own
orchards and y,.t ,+-.r ,.~r - Is -.elt
laughter. know aUDJ: Il, ';c.. what SOFT oi
laws and institutions w..l -u.t them. IT. Won
who never went away from your native
place. I know that IL : very natural Ior d
u..l L. >Err,s-e that the place where Ec
was Ibgu ! the very centre q; civilization,
and that the hills which surround ~ VI
sion are ;i.c limits OF all that Is good, and
border Tu!lIIus auI outside harJira.p>-
h~I ! WIS child entertained -o'.4- ~
these opinions myself Gae day. however.
when ! broke away from home and .n,
across tA- mountain into the n..N; y.iIry
found the peop!. iu~, Ike those LaI
itit. equally intelligent and y.r,lI.u, and
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Nouv fellow citizens.
','.''.' ~ "f -NeH' " -3 - ne t""".
believe that ~. 81 the No.th-,y--t love
this mon lu.lr tAau you in il.e--pit D..
miniuu. whose Ions hal more - do Win
the formation Of IL than any o:iIrr men ia
America. Cheers il ! natural that
we should cherish more affection for il
than vru You love the tnion because.
it 49, made by Your ancestors. the L,.>t
the pur,>t and the wi>,-t men that ever
lived. ynu love the Uniou because made
the thirteen colonies the most glorious na.
tinH that ever lived ON the fac. of the
globe. fchecr>. YOU love the Union To-.
cause It furnished You all the protection
that ;!ie federal government cos.ld give
bat >t.ii wc love the Union for other re.t-
SONS which you cannot appreciate
4 Nrpy4 Illustration
4 son of Virginia moves to the North
west, he settled upon 4 prairie. and he
finds that his next nci@libnr j. YANKEE
from Connecticut; the next 4 South Caro-.
l.uian, tie next Il Yankee from Maine :
the next Il Pcnn>ylyaniam. aud - on one
little prairie being a Congress Of the whole
nation. each State having one or more re-
I,rc-rntat!ves upon it After awhile your
Nirgiuian marrIe> a Yankee girl from CON
nrcticu;, and in tn" course of time they
have some children, laughter, who, when
they grow w. hnd ont that they ha'" a
grandmother IN Virginia ana another III
Connecticut Now, commence abusing
Virginia before these children, and You
VIII havca disturbance. Great laughter
Nor Will they permit yoU to abuse Conmec
ticut. They are bound to each other toy
the ties OF blood. oi affection, and they
love C"Hncc icut ana Irgihia because one
l. the birthplace oi their mother ana the
a. her l. the birthplace ot their father 80