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


gested to him. that as peace might at any
time be declared between Great Britain
and the Colonies, i. would be well for us
to be in possession, Of the Northwest terri
tory-that which is now Ohio, Indiana. II
linois. Michigan. and Wisconsin-so that
when the commissioners came to negotl-
ate the treaty OF peace, we might act on
the well known principle of ,td 1JSsfastdS,
each party holding all they had Ill posses
sion. He suggested to the Governor that
he should permit him to 20 ont to the .
Northwest, couquer the country, and hold .
ii until the treaty Of peace. when we would .
become possessed OF it. The Governor .
consented, and sent him across the noun T.
tains to Pittshurg. From there he and his 4.
company tiOated down the Ohio river on
RATS IL the falls where Louisville now is,
and after remaining there Il short time,
they again took to their RATS and tioated
down 10 the S;iines, just below Shawnee
town in Illinois
Here they took W their march across
the country TO kaskaskia. where there
We're a number OF French who had formed
4 settlement there, and by means OF guide
they reached the tqtiaw river, and en-
canped near Peter Merands house, some
iitti. distance from the town. on see l
am we'll acquainted with the locality
. rLaurhter and applause They reached
Their, At night. and early the next morning
Clarke cot his little army of raganiuiiiLs
together. (for they had no army-wagons
with supplies. no suti"r. and no stores, and
hy this time began to look ragged and
wfetched enough and tool, up his line of
march for ti.e little French town Of Has
kaskia. i was summer and Il very lot
I day. and - lie entered the town, he saw
the FTenc!i:ncn belonging to 1t sitting qul-
city on the little verandahs in front Of
their houses sucking their iuleps through
:. straw, and lie rushed on them, crying,
Surrender. YOU suckers, YOU Great
laughter The Frenchmcn surrendered,
and from that day to this, llinoisanS have
been known as suckers. Rcaewed laugh
ter
On.yi., q mi" je'ps IN F"e'aip.
That WAS the origin OF our cognomon.
and when George Rogers Clarke returned
to Virginia he introduced the iuleps here.
Laughter Now. | want 10 give Virgin
ians fair notice that when they claim the
honor of Jefferson. OF Madison. Of a
Marshaii. or Wythe, OF Il George Mason,
and Of as many other distinguished sares
and patriots rs the world ever saw, We
yield; when You claim the glory YOU
achieved on tIS field OF battle, Weld ;
when VOL claim credit for the ccssion of
the Northwest Territory. that out Of it
sovereign States might be created, we
weld; when You claim the glory Of never
iavin" poicd a vote acains, the Demo
cratic party. We Weld but when Won claim
the glory OF the mint iulep, hands eff: Il
liroi> wants that Shouts OF laughter
and applause. All the praise tLat'is en-
titled to il, belongs to the suckers You
know. Renewed laughter. But my o.,
iect in referring TO this item OF history was
10 say. that after Clarke had taken posses
sion OF that country, the Legislature of
. Virginia created it the county Of Illinois
III the state Of Virginia. and Il man by the
name Of Todd was sent out to organize i
Illinois. theIefore, derived her national
existence from Virginia, derived her sys-
tenn Of jurisprudence from the Old Dcmin-
ion. and we claim the honor o: ALWAYS
having voted with Virginia At every Pre-i-
dental election since We lave become a
state GIcat applause Illinois never
yet failed TO vote for the regular nominee
of the Democratic party Renewed APP
ul.,usa- And llliuoj, stands by ills
doctrine Of s,l!-gcverLmcnt and Hou-iutsr-
yen!.Ci.
Tic ordnance - l,~1.
IA i5S7 the Congress Confederation pas
led law prohibiting slavery in all the
Territory northwest Of the Ohio River
and tie people Of Illinois told Congress T.
, mind their own business and let them
, alone. They established slavery there il
defiance OF that ordinance Of Congress
and thry tried i until they found that i;
| was not profitable in that climate III,
: people could not make any money out 0
e II: II would not support itself. and the,
4. IL :. ' :. l
: We had slavery just so long as Congress
J. said we should not have il. and aboii~hct
# il when il pleased Ills to do 50. Iaughtc
"A and applause Now we are willing tina
= YOU shall have it Just as long as it is Il
Il vour interest. and get rid OF it when 20,
choose We avg in favor of letting ever
d State and Territory regulate its own a
d fI.r>, miGdiug is own business, and lettin:
/ It's neigh Dor. alone Whvc.n we not .iv
Il in peace together Oh that principle? Tn
;. government was formed on il. When on
II liberties were achieved and this govern
k mcnt was established, there was no Sc,
If tioual strife between the North and South
v Northern men accompanied Southern a
mics and Southern men commando
4 Northern armies. and both poured ou
- their blood on the same battle field in
to common cgu>c, in order that their childre
-
IL common country. Why can we not do
$ now? We could if YOU pat down IL
1T Northern Abo.!tiouists and Southern :
in &c sio:ti-ts. Applause If you act upC
. those principles upon which our libcrti
in were achieved and the Constitution W.
d. adopted. this Union can last forever
&c cheers
@ TIE gir'.on q Lr.s2i, 20 c7'@, far dISeoIgta
H. was asked the othe. day at Norfolk /
III an c!ector on the breckenridge secc>so
Ia ticket. whether, in the event BIZ Lincol
al was elected President. thought it woui
ne be good cause for diS-o.ving this Union
q answered no Immense applause III
u, election OF no man, according to the form
81 Of TIE Constitution, Is cause of d!sunion.-
Cheers would regret the election
'c any other Aholitinnist or Black nepub
We can. - q great public calamity, al
- even greatly to be deplored =, bringing
ct awful responsibility upon those who pr
OF duccd .uch result, but it * not cause
Hd d.-union. Cheers Such a calamity,
trust IN God i not goln. 10 be inflicted
r. this country. and ! am satisfied that it W
not be this time. immense applause !
8 But if, unhappi!y, it shall occur. it will
~, the work OF the secc>~ioui-ts who bolt
~ at Baltimore. rEuEder> of applause
- There is not n man Of brains in all Anne
~ ca who does not know that if they b
VIC staii in the convention. and had ablo!
-. the result. supported the platform OF t
-, pHrtv according 20 the usages OF the par
- and a. adopted on previous occasions a
,"' then supported the nominee. that Linc'
.'' had not show Of carrying but two Stat
, IChcers.
;'r The only chance on earth Lincoln ha
' ~. by dividing the Democratic party, and
20 ting him succeed by minority vote
~ the Ltierens States. Who produced ~
~; a state Of things? Those who scceC