The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-17

part slave and part free )" the admissio
OF new States, without SLAYER, as they ma
| elect; non.interference by the FEEDER
government with slavery in State au
| Territory or in the District of Columbia
and, finally, as set toIth in the Cincinna
| platform In 1856, and reaffirmed in lS6
absolute and eternal "repudiation of AL
sECTIoSALPARTlEs AND PLATFORMS concernin
domestic slavery, which seek to embro
the Stases and lncite to treason and arne
resistance to law in tee Territories, an
wAose auoued pu,poess, If consummated, nau
end IN CIVIL WAR AND DlsUNloN"
Such, democrSts was the ancient an
the recent policy of the democratic part.
running through period of sixty years
a policx. CONSTANT With the principles I
the constitution, and absolutely essentis
to the preservation Of the Union
DOES THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PART
PROVE THAT 1T OUGHT TO BE ABANDONED?
BY their fruits shall ye know them.
Sectional parties do not achieve Unio'
triumphs For sixty yrs from the inaugura
ton of Jefferson on the 4th Of March, 1901
the democratic party, with short intervals
cnntrolled the power and the policy of th'
Federal government For forty-eigh
ruled the country; for fifty four years anc
eight months the democratic policy pre-
vailed. During this period louisiana
Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California
were successfully annexed to our territory,
with an area more than twice as large a:
all the original thirteen States together
Eight new States were addmItted undel
strictly democr; tic administrations-ont
e
From five millions the population increas
ed to thirty one millions. The revolution
airy debt was extinguished. Two foreign
wars were successfully prosecuted, with a
moderate outlay and small army and
navy, and without the suspension of the
habeas corpus; without one infraction oi
the constitution; without one usurpation
Of power; without suppressing single
without iTHprisoning a sin.
gle editor without limit to the free
dom Of spec ch in or out Of Congress. but in
the midst of the grossest abuse of both
and without the arrest of single traitor,
though the HARTFORD CONVENTION sat
during one of the wars, and in the other
Senators invited the enemy 10 = GREET oUE
WITH BLOODY HANDS, AND WELCOME
THEM TO HosPirABLE GRAVES" -a
During all this time wealth increased,
bussincss Of all kinds multiplied, prosperi-
ty smiled Oh every side, taxes were low,
WAGES were high. the North and the South
furnished market for each others pro
ducts at good prices; public liberty was
Secure. private rights undistuI bed: every
4 as cue q, his 'a,tle; the cour.s We. e
'p II 10 all 10 PASSPORTS for tlayel. on
S cret police, no spies. no iEformers. no
Ba~tjles; the right to Assem- bl 6 peaceably,
the right u petition freedom o. religion,
Freedom oi speech, n free ballot, and 4 free
press anl all this time tho constitution
and the Union of the States
Jrsseiv 81. .s -
Sucl. were the cloicr fruits of demo
Ds"si,- F.i..sir1'-@ ana poiicy, c'.:Tfeu -
through the whole period during which
/ e democratic party hell the power and
administered the Federal government
II j. i Union party, for /, preserved the
Union, by wisdom. peace, and co:npro-
mi-e, for more .han half q century.
Their. democrats, neither the ancient
TIA" poii..v nor the past history
ol the democratic party require nor would
Justify lis ,li=La .GmeGt.
5 THERE ANY THING ~ TIE PREsEN! CRISIS
WHICH DEMANDS IL?
the more immediate issue is, 10 main
he JnIca - 1t WAS.
To maintain the constitution is 10 re
pcct the rights OF the .<tates and the LTD
rites oi the citizen Ii Is To adhere iait IN
uily TO the very principles and policy
which the democratic party has protessed
or more than half Il century. Let its
,iStn ann the ifs fi,s. i.ri,l-
hing, prove whether ii has practiced them.
We appeal proudly TO the record.
The first step towards a restoration Of
he Uuiou as it WAS is TO maintain the
as i: j. 81 long as it was
in fact. and not threatened
viii, infractton ia spirit and in letter, ac-
To restore the Union, it is essential, first
o give assurance TO every State and TO
he people OF every section that thei.
igh;s and liberties and property will be
ecure within the Union under the consti
ution. What assurance so douDly sure
S the restoration to row er of that ancient,
rganized, consolidated democratic party
'hicL for sixty wears did secure the pro-
erty, rights and liberties OF the States and
f the people; and thus did main tain the
and preserve the Union, and
Iith them the multiplied blessings which
us above all other nations
To restore the Union is to crush out
North and South. TO begin
he great work of restoration through the
allot box is to kill abolition. The bitter
'aters of secession flowed first, and are
ed still, from the unclean fountain of abol-
ionisna. That fountain must DC dried
D. Armies May break down the power
+ the Confederate government in the
outh: but the work of restoration can
My be carried on through political organ
.ation and the ballot in the North and
Vest. In this great work we cordially
,vite the CO operation of all men of eve
Y party who are opposed to the fell spirit
+ abolition, and who, in sincerity, desire
le constitution as it is and the Union as
was Let the dead past bury its dead.
ALLY, lovers of the Union, the constitu
on, aud of liberty to the standard of the
emocratic party, alreaoy in the field and
onfidant of victory That party is the |;
atural and persistent enemy of abolition. |
'pon this question its record as national |
however it may have been |
/ times with particular men or in partic- |
lar States, is clear and unquestionable |
rom the beginning of the anti-slavery
citation to the period of the last demo- |
ratio national convention it has held but |
ne language in regard to it. Let the re-
ord speak:
'Rssotred, That Congress has no power
nder the constitution to interfere with
r control the domestic Institutions OF the |
,veral States, aud that such states are the |
,le and proper judges of everything aper-
lining to their own affairs not prohibited |
Y the constitution; that all efforts Of
le abolitionlsts or others made to induce /
ongress to interfere with questions of
avery, o: to take incipient steps in rela-
on thereto, are calculated to lead to the |
lost alarming and dangerous consequent /
IS and that all such efforts have an in !
sitable tendency to diminish the happi'
ess of the people and endanger the sta,
l,ty and permanence of the Union ana
lght not to be countenanced by any