The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-10-05

the rebellion and the war, was defined in
the remarks which | made in the conven-
ton, which together with this communi-
cation L wish you to publish in the FREE
| TRADER, SO that the people may knew the
| facts and judge for themselves. So far AS
the views and principles expressed by me
affect the democratic party, | hold myself
responsible to that party, but l repudiate
and disclaim the idea of being held re-
have been for months plotting to disor-
ganize and rum the party, OF the long cared
I ecooiy headed editor OF the RepuJk9cor.
WIN. BARBER.
Freedom, Oct Sd, 1861.
Remarks made ~ WIN BARBER, 5el6re tie
! Democratic C5any Coaoenttoa al Cna,c1,
on tie 25A Sept, 1861 on tie resolution
rotiag doca tie proposition Of tie Republican
I Contention TO iust.c Uiu. them IN torUt,g q
d" Union hckA'
/ 1h President and Gentlemen Of tie Concen-
tt0n-Ihe republican leaders propose that
we should abandon the organization of the
democratic party AID unite with them in
forming " tnlon' or no party partv,'
to support the Admins tration during the
war. The democratic party is, and has
always been, Union party. The great
mass Of the party are In favor of support
ing the government in all constitutional
measures for a vigorous prosecution of the
war, TO put down the rebellion and restore
the Union rs it was. The democratic
party Of the West will never consent that
the mouth Of the Mississippi river shall
pass into the hands Of ii foreign power
3 We want 10 see the stars and stripes,--the
glorious emblem of the Union of the
StateS,-again float in triumph from the
great lakes in the north to the Gulf of
Mexico III the South, and from the Allan
TIC Ocean in the east the Pacific Ocean in
west
But supporting the war to restore the
4 constitution and the IMAM Of the States. and
sJpportln : the Part.zan policy Of the 10
I publican administration are quite different
things. The advocates Of tins union 10
party-party quote the Springfield aud
Chico 90 speeches OF the lainented Douglas
t. show tnat he was IN favor Of "iln55tng
part. during the war, Mr. Douglas urged
union of all the people for the preserva-
ton Of tAe Constitution and the Union
His " no party.s-n was solely in reference
to a waragtin-t a common enemy. In the
last letter which he ever wrote or Il ctlted.
while he lay on = bed OF sickness. from
which lie never recovered, directed TO Mr.
HlckOX chairman Of the Democratic Cen
ira! Committee, he said " IN. neither tie
1YPUtcT q ths Itrt,-ui policy. mar tho aDoi04tst
t0r the erTo1s ~ |s i tmihtstratto,, NJ prs
c'o"5 relations 10 titan remain ,o,chaaqsL lie
repudlated the idea, that in sustaining the
Government OF his country, he approved
OF the partIzan policy oil those who direct
ell It's management He believed that the
discussion .of the causes that led to the
war should be waved; that there should
be no distinction between | MON Demo
Gratis and Union Republicans, and that the
administration should not take advantage
of the war 10 carry out a partizan policy
How have these patriotic propositions Of
/ the lamented Douglas, been met by the
republican leaders and the Administers
( ton? LcttaytS aas,0eT.
/ In tIe Illinois State journal, the central
/ organ OF the republican party in this State
on the Sth of June, long after Mr. Doug
las speeches were delivered, Is an editorial
i'll which It IS declared, that naked Jus
tice, to say nothing Of gratitude, demands
that the places held 10y democrats under
( oar republican administration should be given
to republicans" and it called on the adj
ministratiOn so aojusttce IL tie premises, and
! 10 ia 4 soon The political gasilotiae has
been kept in operation from the day that
the republican party came inty power Until
the present moment. To shuch an extent
has this partlzan prescription been carried,
that many conservative papers and men
III the party became Disguised with it.
Every democrat who held civil office.
from the highest down to little petty
post master, whose salary was O ever
so, has had his head Hoped off In late
number OF the y. y .Sua Ga re. ub!ica1
! paper,) 1t IS stated that the heads OF all
democratic post masters in that State have
! been cut off; and the editor protests
/ against these party prescriptions in the
I face Of the enemy, and declares that such
conduct by the administration while ii is
! depending on democrats as much as re-
| publicans for s,Ppotia tie ,cor IS treason"
! And again the republican leaders seized
| upon their accidental majority in the last
/ Congress. to pass high protective tariff,
measure which has always been opposed
/ by the democratic party, and voted down
and repudiated again and again by an
overwhelming majority of the American
people. And in the three hundycd million
loan bill, they have virtually repealed the
independent Treasury Bill, and placed
the public money in the vaults of irrespon-
sible banks for safe keeping. a high pro-
tective tariff, and the bank deposit system
have been and are still party measures
against which the democratic party have
always fought Would the lamented
Douglas had he lived, have sanctioned
these partizan measures of the republican
leaders ? No! never!
Many of the republican leaders and
papers advocate the abolition of slavery
by act of Congress. Their papers are
continually advocating this dangerous
party measure. IN the Chicago Tribune of
the 10th Of Sept, there is am editorial
which declares that 1--WE can never have
peace until slavery is abolished;" and it
goes on to advocate the emancipation OF
the negioes as the true policy of the re-
publican party And yet we are told by
this paper and scores of like kidney, chat
there are no parties and that we must
not discuss party issues, when they them
selves are advocating the most dangerous
and unconstitutional party measure ever
brought before the country. Is this sort
of "wiping oft old party lines during the
war;, that the republican leaders aim at ?
Are they for wiping out all party lines
and for a union of all parties for the abo-
lition of slavery at the point of the bay
onet? Is this the kind of ga Union no
party party'' which old line Clay and Web
ster wings, and democrats are invited to
join? In the language Of Henry Clay are
we " to merged into miserable contempti-
bic abolition party, to wage war on the
constitutional rights of the people in the
Southern States? Can the Union men of
the South be conciliated and retained in
the Union by trampling on their constitu-
tional rights Can the Union Of the States