The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-05-09

to the rebels in this state and would a,
once settle the difficulties under which
the people are now laboring. The rebel
lion in Tennessee would be effectually
subdued.
/ There is, however, large party still II
the state who have been the main mana
gers in forcing this state into secession
These men are determined to prevent q
/ re union with the north as long as there
is spark Of hope left for the south -
Most OF them are old political leaders
who have staked their all on the success
OF the rebellion. They entertain no hope
or desire of any other termination of the
war, than that of absolute separation
They scout at every thing that squints at
q compromise. The recognition Of the
| southern eOntederacy is their uitindtuih -
To offer any thing short of this would
be spurned with contempt This class oi
men have heretofore held and still hold
to a large extent, the fortunes of the
south in their hands They are the wire
| pulle-s of the confederate goserntiieht.-
| Wherever their influence can be brought
to bear upon the masses, they hold them
| as firmly in their power as a dog muzzled
aud chained would be- Until this class
can bo caus ht, whipped aud hanged
/ there can be TO hope of peace. All peace
/ movements IN the north, at this time, are
mere encouragements to these men to
continue their efforts. ANY man, Or set OF
( men, therefore, who advocate a peace ar
mistice. or a compromise, before these
scouHdrels are eftectually put down are
either traitors at heart, or entirely Ignor-
! ant of the real state of things in the
south. / hope the democracy will shun
3 these SO called peace movements, as they
would a deadly pcstilence. They are de
vices OF the enemy and should be secuted
by every lover Of the Union. Let this
. fact be impressed upon the minds of ere'
/ ~ one north that there is but one way &c
. restore the Union. and to secure peace,
and that Is 10 .fgia 0.t,l eu>ry state an ire
south Is conquered Until their army is de
+ stroyed and their leaders captured aud
/ punished When this is accomplishec ed
. the masses will be glad ard willing 10
Weld This must be the aim and object
/ Of every :rue lover Of the Union. The
slavery question cuts no figure In the strug
! gle compared TO this. 1t Is mere side
. show-let it take care OF itself, and tho
/ less you quarrel about il in the north the
speedier will this dreadful struggle be
/ brought TO an end Turn your attention
.
( ranks filed up instead Of wasting your
I time in organizing secret associations for
! the promotion of corrupt political ends.
/ One more year OF hard fighting may
! bring this war 10 an end If the honest
I people of the north will only pitch poll.
} tics to the dogs, and devote themselves
! exclusively 10 the mainteinance Of the
/ Union.
! We have entirely .uhdued the rebellion
I in Kentucky. and il is its last pegs in
this state a few more victories will give
I Us Georgia louisiana, and Alabama -
: The remaining southern states wI'i then
have 10 heart 10 proloHg the strugsl le -
I The leaders will either bc brought, TO JUS
. tice or leave the couLtry and the homes!
people will cheeriully return to their al
/ legiance. a peace-a permanent peace will
then become easy. This can be accom-
piished with united north. Wi;houtit
/ it may be so delayed that the interest, oi
the void will require foreign interference
and the experiment Of "A republican gov
ernment prove failure for all time &c
come Let, therefore, every man who
dares to say ",cs cannot conquer TIC re6sIs.
be set down as either fool or a knave
and be dealt with accordingly.
There are many politicians in the north
who seem TO exert their influence in opp0s
iton TO VI gorous prosecution OF the war
They discourage cniis.ments and encour
age desertons. Thee is not a regimen
in the army bu: has suffered from the OF
ficiouSness these scoundrcls They advo
cate resistance 10 the laws of Congress b,
violence aud threaten rebellion at home i
their OWN peculiar notions cannot pre-
vail Some of these men claim to u
4 - Il
dssemLlcr.-"wolye in sheeps clothing !
and should be penned up like any otte
alder ard abet:eI Of the enemy. No tru
democrat can pursue such a course. IL
cannot advocate rebellion or resistance 1
laws AS long as the ballot box offers
peaceable remedy for all his grievance,
no matter how intoierable they may be-
+ The man who says he is n democra
and yet counsels mob violence is a la
and not a whit better than those abolition
. lists who melted mohs 10 tranple unde
foot the fugitive slave law. inaugurate
, the rebellion in Kansas; and John Brow
. raid on Harper's Ferry.
know that many democrats bonestl
believe that all these national troubles ar
the results IF preconceived schemes of tn
abolitionists, fostered and encouraged b
: British Intrigue, and therefore feel as if j
was none Of their funeral, and are conten
t to remain out of the struggle. BE thi
true or not, It is no reason why VIC sh ouit
+, let the Union 20 by the board. The fir
l., caters Of the south have been engaged i
) the same thing and were the first 10 car
, rv their plans into execution. Both tbes
: extremists are equally culpable; and II
I stead of homes; men standing By and SEE
1 ing the::, destroy our government, the
: sucht to put forth their utmost power t
r save it. 1t has been the sphere of the .l'
S mocracv, for the last twenty Yeas to fgl
: both these factions, and no good demo
5 crat can have any more affection FOR on
than he can for the other, except as II
= can use them in the restoration OF til
= constitution and Union over all the state
+ again.
, cannot conceive how democrat cou!
4 have any sympathy for the cause adY'
/, Gated by those men who, in 1851, sougi
j. to break up the democratic party at tn
t Charleston convention for the sole ru
e pose Of securing the election of repuLi
e can President 1t Is generally concede'
: had the southern delegates at that Col
4 vention harmoniously gone into the SUI
G port of Judge Douglas for the presidenc.
/ after it was evident he had clear majo
S i,y Of the delegates, that he would hav
, been trumphantly elected instead Of
q republican But this was Just what the
r wanted to prevent. They wanted Senate
t Douglas out the way, that a republica
,, might be elected, knowing that the
: they could unite all the south against ii
n administration and with united sout
d and a divided north they hoped to accon
e plish their separation. These are facts
e we'll understood that they are scare
e worth repeating, but l only allude to thel
d to show the shabbiness with which the
e treated the northern democracy, and G
It pecially Stephen a. Douglas. who had Il