The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-31

ia>t week CttaWa AephOttc1n, lacorlnS 10
make out against US case Of inconsist-
ency. There is an Y" a. the close to
indicate that it was not written by the
editor The s,ipshod. sloshy style OF the
writing, however, marks its parentaGe too
strongly 10 admit Of such n cune or, which
WAS only resorted 10, we infer, because
he editor, when he had finished the arti-
Gle, was ashamed of its outrageous dis
honesty and rnendacity.
The editor takes our article of two
weeks ago, on " Coalition with the Repub
licans, in which we protest against making
/ this war to destroy the South and free
! the negroes, and compares it with an arti-
I Gle which lie AYERS appeared in this paper
! May -ith, III which we are charged to have
held opposite sentiments All we have to
say is, that no such article as lie quotes
appeared IL the Free Trader Of May 4th, or
at any other time. There are stolen sen.
fences and clippings from an article in our
paper of that date but they arc so mis-
quoted twisted, and married in their put
ting together as utterly to ialsify and
pervert our nearing.
The scope of our article OF May 4th, as
any Que will see on reading it, was this
That the seccssionsts. Or, as we expressed
it, the slave interest" OF the South SO
FAR from, having right to complain Of
Northern oppression, had uniformly been
allowed rather to domineer over the
North that in the Charleston Conve ntion
however, this spiri. had been checked;
that in revenge they had broken up the
democratic party; and not satisfied with
that, they sought to break UP the
government. We said the Northern mind
nstinctively abhors slavery this feeling
was increased by the rule or ruin spirit
manifested by the slave interest," par
ticularly at the Charleston Convention
and having now added TO their other
what wonder if the North should Insist
that this Gomineering spirit should be
:ear!ully chas,ise and curbed. Such a
punishment we Lad no doubt the stupen-
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upon its authors. And we said further,
although we profoundly deprecated any
thing OF the sort, the punishment might
no. end there. No one could foresec the
passions this war (then just begun NIGH.
ensencier. and il dOgsed.y Insisted in he
youd a. reason by the South, the North
might become SO enraged Is not 10 stop
short unit! every negro was set free and
the whole South subdued and crushed
The article was in the ratic!ual vein, at
tempting feeLly, we admit, but honestly
10 exhibit VIVA. in the end sc apprehend
ed lco:ua, but by no means what Should be
the extent OF the ruin which Ia. seces-
sion crime and folly would bring upon its
authors
his was the scope of our article, which.
w~s half q column in length. A. repro
duceti III the Rrpajhean it Is dcnuded of
is vaticinal character. OF ali its savin.
clauses, IL and ai.ds and made to .rnye.
sent Is as urgently possible 10 IL i5as what
we SAID the frenzy Of the North ultimately .
mn, do We have seen. even il, scces-
siomi=nl: nothing me4ner than SUCH g.ro-
lia-
Before this war comm need we plead
with al! our might that the difficulties
should be settled hy al an1jcab,e comrro-
mise on the Cr,teuden or Border State
proposition; the South were willing to
accept such terms and the war would
have been avoided had the then rcpuUli-
can Congress been disposed to grant them
Bat they We're stubborn, end the war
ensued. The var. however. is no: wa:ed
To chastlse the republican party for their
folly. bat - overthrow the government:
and when our hoISe is on fire We will no.
be guilty of the madness OF stopping to
quarrel with another inrnaGe FOR uuneccs
sar.ly provoking the incenG.ary TO apply
the torch. the first business in order. w.
take il, IS 10 pa, out the fire; the Settle
ment can come afterwards And this is
exactly the attitude in which we pronose
to stand toward the republican ,ar.y-
The rebellion can, mus. and will be crush
ed, ana i, will b- done during the present
administration, by the united energies OF
democrats, republicans. Bell men, and
ahoiitinrists. 10 81: that we will not
fight to save our government and the
Union because they were unnecessarily
put in jeopardy, would be as absurd as not
to stop the leal, OF vessel because an in-
competent pilot ran her upon a rock. But
when the leak is stopped, and the vessel
arrives safely in harbor. We rather guess
the pilot will be discharged. and little
sooner too, if practicable
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mornings dispatches brought a report
froni Cincinnati that d fight took place on
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