The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-02-09
For the Free Trader.
Judge Champiin's Paper.

Mr.. EDITOR A friend has Just put nj
in possession of modest little pamphle
! protesting to be, An Examination of til
!. Power and Duty of the Governing Powo
!, of the Nation in the Present Crisis" II
y author is Ion. j. g. Champlin The styl
{ is highly pleasing, tolerant i'll tone, in a
gument persuasive, and, on the whole, til
pamphlet assumes to be fair and impartia
v to both the great political parties Of tn
country Its author is acknowledged t
be an eminent scholar, a just judge, and
distinguished patriot and loyal citizen
Highly conservative ia his political sent
ments, moderate in his aspirations, he tool
little part in the heat and conflict of th
last presidential campaign. For these rea
sons he undoubtedly was selected from
among the many more active and nois,
politicians Of the party, to which he claim
to belong, to put forth at the prcsen
alarming juncture OF public affairs, rhi:
pamphlet now under notice II is just be
ing ascertained by the Republican party
that, III order to secure Il mgj0rTt1 of the
people OF this country, (Which the Judge
holds constitutes the governing power o.
the nation portion OF the Northern De
mocracy must be seduced into the support
/ OF the eminent citizen, whom n ntnarit4
Of tho American people have elected 10
( the high and responsible position wh;c,.
. be now occupies In order to reach por-
ton Of the Northern Democracy, whose
aid and counsel are Just now most needed,
not only must this pamphlet be written 10y
an able, scholarly, and conservative man,
but, 10 give it still greater currency and
wider circulation, it must first appear in
the columns of au able aud leading Demo
-. 7
thoroughly endorsed, it is made 10 find its
way into the best regulated families. -
Had this pamphlet been conceived in the
sin and brought forth in the iuiquity Of a
veuI, partisan press; or had il been the
ott-priug of an -dilr Drained and morally
debluchcd peuny-a liner, ambitious to see
himself in print Il M -hy Hs aud die in -
leuce. But the nam" and fame Of its au-
thor, and reliable Democratic press VIII
Tor time give II currency and circulation.
whether truth or error. II needs to be
thoroughly reviewed and exposed. twill
not le done IN thi> short article, but some
Of the most glaIiug errors noticed False
premises l,leg.i,mate conclusions, untrue
political history. sucagad all over. Ike the
patent pill witt. the judges owu peculiar
and t.i,cil1t.u. philosophy, abound thr0-
cut this modest little pamphlet II was
written to t2te and. like Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. the rnsa-ie-, or the mumps viii
have It, IUu through the whole family
ur~ess al once rejected. This rJmpLie. :
only oa" OF tie many documents, less
ale. al.. therefore, .e-, dangerous. which
age H9w a-l soon 81 b. iab.-Aei and cir
cr.'.t., .r..... lie. ,f.. .'...,, r..-,la NIL.
-r,.....y H.. -.... g4-...... T., ~; ~ ,..-!y
IL. Northern U..!....,., e., t,,. s.,.,,..-
,.st u: The union Of The, states. bG: tE.
union Of H~p4j l.cau, aud Democrats. and
4 union. To-. uran the ,..;.aro platform
and Us reyu..t.ou1.v .e.--ivs Eu, uro-
l.a-. - notice more r...... .arIv some, Ior-
t.gu7 ~. the pamphlet Iu detail Tho
y Hi-. SAYS tAs; ;ue -..e.-nas- 49, -uej Jy-.
a lar.r portion %. oas fellow citizens -
causes for G.-a-.al.. a.s mere pretyzts. and
not ,eaL
- uor-eEe-u--o1 O. the fugitive slave
law l. one cd the csv-e-.
Now 1t must n.. t" forgotten that the I
union OF thee states was formed Tor the /.
mutual LeL".t of IT," sr'o:al >t-.c,. No
>iate wa DC c'le.i-p = remain i"ya! 10
the A.JH when .t laL., t. IcceIv7 any be- !
t..AL 'Aeie'.HiH- 'I' what say the is.'
lie maintains. 'ntcrro2auTely II i true.
thHI IL" Law. STATE or National, North or F.
SOUTH "17 eve. executed win equal hdei!- f
- rom NE non cN' eu''on ~ Laws Ia .
'ritc AGAINST A..!',-H save tFadr. In"r- .
.,r', '"A 'i.'. C'''"s- "-.. '.''-''ei .e'I.2i+
'-' I'it'a'.'h - al N"-r .'ta"h lha' tuc .
>'H,- "a, no c"l7s "' cylhp!a.ht on tae .
s core 81 tAo n'.4.', --.''''u "i i"e iHet.'e .
: ave .S'. NO" 4 H-h! t""t t"e iU-.'.'e .
-!1'e -" - u '-''"-''..t "N-. .A'ed a. iAT'e .
DINER Ian '"''','' -','-.'- h-sr s',se the .
"-''-' o' '"e '>'' l",t o! me i"4.'.'e .
save Lax, 20 .he'.-N'.irl~bIe portion oI the .
90 STATES h"'- III tar.' i"A'E'dG2! cipari- 4
~ iateI. o-tR every obstacle 10 tAe "-T oi .
- la.iaiH' exc ut'. Il the il"- I.at .
cannot ba d,a.e.i; 1t never has been deai- .
FL h., coarse %. conduct waS soon .
iovu! 70 he passport TO public favor, and .
States IL their soTc.-..H capacity began 10 .
enact their personal liberty bills, the ayoW
el object Of all Of which was - sec how
close il would 30 10 run II a violation o.
the United states Constitution. or At any .
rate to the most odious clause Of the Con
-ti.utiou-that clause on which the fI-i-
tive slave law i based 50 that the. letter
wa. uot violated no matter + the .p.;it OF .
that instrument was violated So nearly
eynry free state cyornt the border FREE
states. PASSED liberty bill the avolyed
object Of which wa. to ob-rrprt The faith.
fuI execution of IL. FUGITIVE slave law-|
Dut none O" tl.. i.tir.ti.,tiou- of the .Jud,.
are q. I5r.l's t5 tn, case IN controversy
Whether tho lsv: a.,s-u.t f]le , f,-,...o Sl.vf.
trade :, executed or MOI, does not . ga..tt ia.
oblic.,iau which one Stat. owe. 10 ano-
thcr hv virtue of the Union. Whether
2 stint. executes the Law, a,,;rs. n,urdar
existing witIIia its own limits. is a matter
that concerns little any other State in the
Union Whether q parent edura,cs his
own children, or whips them daily and
permits them to grow up to maturity in
ignorance. his next 5eighbor cannot we'll
interfere. Ru: the State must be careful
TO see to it that It's unpuni>hed murderer
murders is own citizens within its own Ii
n:ts; the parent must be careful that he