The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-04-12
Sensible Views by n Manlius Democrat.
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sunrise from your place-there are few
/ miscellane eous items relative to it which ]
thought it would not be amiss to note.
As usual on such occasions, debates were
carried on ardently at all corners, the
most conspicuous topic of which was the
war and the Negro" Some OF our
| friends on the other side of the house,
strongly advocated decisive measures at
the present time on the Part Of the ad-
ministration with reference to slavery,
saying that now is the auspicious moment
to strike for its extirpation-and we must
make the attempt at whatever cost or
sacrifice. They were willing to resort to
any means however harsh or inexpedient
to accomplish their ends, thus endorsing
the sentiment that "the end sanctifies
the means" They demurred not at an
nuiing the Constitution. destroying the
Government, and setting at nought the
laws of the United States, for the sake OF
e7,oncipotilq the s.aAes and atokshing :" the
s,astitutton' They want the property of
the seeded States, slaves and all, coniis
Gated right forthwith. The absurdity
not to speak of the injustice Of such a
course, is so palpable to every intelligent
mindthat it needs no comment A simple
question as to what they would do with
the slaves when they were freed? would
either elicit an evasive answer or straight
up and down 1 don't know A great
numbes are doubtless Influenced by that
great and philanthropic principle OF per
sonal interest to wish their emancipation.
Another class still more humane strongly
advocate immediate emancipation, migra
ton and colonization in some other cline
Some of them- like their illustrious
leaders Owen LoveIoy, Wendell Phillips,
&c,-grew quite eloquent in their denun-
Citations of the Executive, his Cabinet, and
( especially of the great Generalin-Chief of
our army, G. B Mcclellan.
! His inactivity with his vast army on the
| Potomac has met their entire disapproval,
and they are not slow in lavishing their
richest encoIniums upon him and making
him him the subject Of their most bitter
! epiihets and most hearty CALCULATIONS.
They are very willing to dictate to the
General the proper course he should have
pursued in the past and to enlisb,en his
| mind with regard to the numerical sire 9Th
| of the enemy to which he was opposed on
/ the Potomac, the number of guns the
/ re- els bad ia position, their calibre, DC
| All this invaluable information they were
willing to impart even without the slight
est remuneration. How dull, sluggish,
| and exceedingly short sighted we western
| people must be not to be able TO discern
| military talent when it is right in our
midst
| How very unfortunate that we could
! not have placed some of the many, who
! are every way much better qualified
! than he who now 50 incloriously fills that
! high otfic. Some Of those might have
+ ben taken peradventure, whose heroic
( deeds and grand military achievements
7 -t,E y, ~,
ont th. land. and shall descend TO unborn
/ generations with such great brilliaGcy that
III, teats OF the knights OF Oriental coun.
! trie- will be thrown far into the shade
when compared with theirs
hey iaf excel the insignificant Bona
! parte. And Caesar, Scipio or Hannibal
! will not even stand a comparison with
I these physical as well as intellectual
I giants of modern times; for what acts OF
i their lives have ever conclusively shown
/ tlsai their natural epdowments We're 80
/ far superior To other mef, that th',- rs-sid
! dis eri' futur,ty, and plan a campaign so
! perfectly that TO act in obedience to
/ orders was but TO insure success, and that
/ too when they themselves were a Thousand
/ mics from the scene OF operations.
The boasted generalship of ancient
times Is but child's play, when compared
with modern heroes for then. the pre-
sence oi he body, as we'll as of the mind.
Mas demanded IN the van of the army In
order to -ecurc victory; but n4w, il Is
quit, different. The presence of mind IN
the form OF Proclamaiions, Orders &c.
with the absence OF the body, is cons -dered
imply sufficient TO insure victory In almost
ali ca-es Whatsoever Men minds are
more conlureh-nsive now
,,gCces al generals of the phst were
A. -v abd wnen they air-e, they were
it-lie4 N.tu rapture 10, the picbians and
.U--.., ~ .st y II vrHeI;.tIon py allciasses;
s.a. ~ zero airy adurco. But now in
-,l- c,eHtIN II has become such a trivial
uli.tr To- ..-5'i3us.Ad armies. that W. scarcely
need an erection to ina man whose
tale nts, experience, and acquaintance with
military tactics are unquestionable, and
which eminently qualify him for the re
sponsibilitIes OF such an exalted position.
Surely this is an age of improvement;
and men as well as things are formed on
thy vast plan OF philosophyca' progression.
You need not be alarmed Mr. Editor
or entertain any apprehensions with re-
"ar'i tn thc Grnerai-in-CHlei being de
po-e!. whiie We have such a vast amount
of mittnr, taiC"t lying dormant III oar
rou ttt. which needs but an opportunity
10 eyrai when h!ne cotton would -oon
l.. Uri- r.s.ei amt noe to the traitor that
q II. .aE rt, puuy arm Of rebellion
a-ai,.si ou. government. He would trem
ble worse than did Felix at the eloque ncee
ot Paul even at the very name that
. should soon chastize the successor OF Mr..
Mcclellan, and his kness. would smite
each other worse than Belshazzars did
when he siw the had writing on the wall
fhe euith would not more than revolve
at their bidoing; and, peradv enture, after
a time, they would with Joshua say, Sun,
stand thou still on Gibeon and thou
Moon in the valley of Ajalon'
Yours, .Nc, A DEMOCRAT
Crotty, La Salie Co, April l, 1862.
Widow Maloneys pig was stolen, and
Pat WAS suspected of the theft to whom
comes the priest Pat did ye stale the
pig? Pat did yer rivisence' Priest
= What did ye do wild it. Pat? Pat
A,e IT, yer rivien Priest Oh Pat,
Pat could you ate the pig and not think
Of the dreadful day of Judgment, when
alls to b. known? Sure, what'll you say
for yourself when you and the pig stand
there at the last, with the Widow Malo-
ney before ye-, Pat-(interruptingly,
: Did yer rivirence say the pigd be there
tooY Priest Sure, and l did, Pat
Pat Faith, then, yer rivlrence, Id know
what to say, entirely Id say, Widow Ma
ioney, take ger pig
How TO Stop THE Flow or BLOOD
flou>ekeeps. mechanics and others, in
han Hing knives, tools and other sharp
instruments, very frequently receive Sc.
we're cuts. from which the blood flows pro
fusely, and often times endangers life
itself Blood may be made TO cease to
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