The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-04


We are called upon 10 fold our arms.
allow the national capitol TO be seized by
a military force uuder a foreign revoiu
tlonary flag to see the arch YES of the gov,
ernment in the hands of a people who
affect to dcsbise Tie flag and government
OF the United States. l am unwilling to
fly from the federal capitol. 1t has been
my daily avocation, six months In the
year. for eighteen years, 10 walk into tha.
marble building and from its portico to
survey country at the north and that
lying south of the Potomac. | believe
may with confidence appeal to the people.
OF every section of the country to bear
testimony that have been as thoroughly
national as any man that has lived in my
day. Applause Aud ! believe if !
should make an appea! to the people of
Illinois, or of the Northern states, to their
impartial verdict they would say that
whatever errors | have committed have
been in leaning too far to the southern sec
tion o! the Union against my own. APP
plause think | can appeal 10 friend
and toe-l use IT it in a political sense,
aHd fstrust1 use word foe in past sense
tMneh applause | can appeal to them
Nath cohfidence that have never pom
dered to the prejudice or passion of my
section against the minority section OF this
Cnlon and will say 10 you now, with
all frankuess and in all sincerity, that
Will never sanction nor acque,cc IN any
wareiare Whatever upon ;he constitutional
rights or domestic institutions "f the ppo-
pie Of the Southern States. TApL!au-r J
on the contrary, If there was an attempt
to invade those rights 10 stir up servllr
lnsurrec'ion among their people. .ou d
rush 10 their re-cue. and iutrrpO-e with
Whatever strength might po~~r>- 10 de
iend them from such calamity Ap-
piause. While will never Invade them /;
while | viii neyrf fail 10 defend and pro
tect their rights TO the full extent tha, a
ialr and lib raj construction OF the Con
sttutlon can give them. they must dis
tnctly understand | will never ao,tui"~ce
IN this invasion Of our constitutional
rights
1t Is a crime against the inal;ca5Ie and
Indeieasabir sight of every American cit
iz"n 10 attempt To- destroy the government
under which We were born. Ii i crime
against constitutional freedom and the
hopes Of the friends Of freedom t:rru.h-
out tn" wide world tn ati-inul 10 blot ont
the United >tHic- from tl, u1ap Il Chris
tendon. t thi- attempt J. .ow being
made The government r our fathers j.
to be oyrrtaro~n and destroyed The
capital that bears The uame OF tie Father
of Li- Country j. to he houhaiiei and
leve!ed - the Earth among the rubbish
and dust % things that are past The
reco'd- OF y-ur government are to be seat
tered "a the four winds Of heaven Tho
authorities, placed there by
the same Li-h authority that placed
v a-hiug,or. and Jefferson, and Madison.
and Jackson il the c.:air. are ta lee cay
turei and carried OIL. - become a hv,.-
word and >CGrI = the rlt.9.s of the
world. N-y"r, never
You Hay think am drawing Il I:ictrrr
that l. over wrought. and not dr,rr bius a
fact No man who -rcut tie .a-; y,-.k IN
she civ oi Washington WI believe thai; /
have done Justice L. il YoI have all the
elements of the French revolution sur
rounding the cS'l,o! nocv and Threatening.
1t with tx tr-uior- Mt u'ly J. it, con
>titu;ional government /" D.. oIrirkc. down
not Only l. our i!1u Ia h.. u."iteJ o1.t. but
the very foundations al soclai 0fGrr are. 10
he undermined and DESTROYED the demon
oi destruction : To be 1T lpO-.. over the
face "i the .a.i. gu pt terror and mob
i'w ! To prevail ia each section of tire
Cuinn, aid the man who dsi,> - lead
i"r the cause of Justice and moderation
In either section. i u be marked down A.
a t.;,itor IL hi, section. II this -iait, of
things l. allowed 10 20 on. husr long he
fore y"u will have the gu.lotiue ia active
operation?
} appeal to Won. my countrymea-rnen
of all parties net to allow YOUR PASSIONS
to get the better of your iui.merIts Do
not alloy Nouy veE EG"ance upon the authors
81 tins great unl4utl 20 lead yeu INTO rash
Ihd ciii'l, and desperate art- .il,Nn tiu-,.
Who may GIr!er w!ih y0u in oTjui"u LIT
the i'r { at justice a.d moderation l.r,..
vail Nou caHnot expect viti.iu - Jew
weeks after an excited political cauva>s
HAT every man can rise 10 iir,' leyci uf 'rr.
getting hIe partisan rr.iuu.r"- and sacri-
he everything upcn the altar "f ki> cullu-
tiT; bat a.iow me to ny to you whom
hase opposed and warr-d against With an
energy you Will respect, allow mc u -av to
YOU. you viii not be true Ia your co'iItry
II y"u ever ;.ttcmnt 20 Manufacture par
t!,'tn capital out of Tia" Iui>erios OF your
c1un:ry. Much applause When call
IN up"n Democrats to rally TO ti,, tented
h'id, iraviu. wife. child. father and moth
G.. behind them TO Iu-h to the rescue oi
tie fre~i!rut that you elected, do not
nf he war upou them and Try H. llIauuIac-
turc partisan capital out al "A struggle in
which they are engaged from the Eolicst
aud purest motives. Renewed applause
I!en appeal to YOU my own dem.
cratic tr!enu--tho-c men vino have never
TAI q to rally under tine glorious banner ui
tilH country, whenever an enemy al home
or abroad has dared to a-saii it: to YOU who
heiele To be the pure>t patriots that ey-
er lived-dO not let the modification,
growing o;it OF a defeat IN Il partisan >tru.,-
gle, and the elevat on of Il party t. power
that we firmly believed to be DANCE, Gus 10
the couniry-,io no let that convert yoli
from ptu lots INTO traitors to Your uatIve
land. Long continued applause Wien
every our country l. a>salied; when hos
Il armies are marching under rude and
ouious banners against the government Of
our country, the shortest way 10 peace is
The most stupendouS and Unanimous pre-
liaratlon for war Tremendous applause !
ie greater the unaniusity the less blood
viii be shed. Much applause. The more
prompt ahd energetic the movement, and
the more important il is in numbers, the
shurter will be the struggle.
Every friend OF freedom. every champ
ion and advocate of constitutional liberty
throughout the land must feel that this
Cause is his own. and that there is aud
should be ncthin. that ought To Re diS:i-
.reeahle to men who have differed III times
Of peace on every question that cou!l di-
id, fellow men, to rally in union in de
Tense OF the country and against all as
saiianrs. While all the states of the nniOn,
nd az y ~ - has n
less leracy dependant upon the success Of
oar efforts to maintain the government,
We IN the great valley of the Mississippi
have pee ular interests and inducements
to the struggle What is the attempt now
being made? Seven states of this Union
chose to declare that they would no longer
pbey the heheSt Of the United States, that
hey win withdraw from the government