The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-01-31


rrbellions suppressed to one that succeed
ed but from the Canaanits down. no ma
ton was ever wholly exterminated.
The End. as Seen by Greedy.
If there is one thing to which the demo
cratic party stands irrevocab!y committed,
it is, that this war shall never cease until
the Union is restored. But. six months
ago, on solemnly repledging themselves
to this position, they also predicted that
before another year, the abolitionists, see
ing TIE helplessness of continuing the
strife on Their programme. would be howl
ing for separation and peace.
Greedy is the mouth-piece, head and
front. unquesti' ned Sir Oracle of the abol-
ton party. He's the big Tribune, and the
Bi. Tribune governs all the little Tribunes,
and the Big and Little Tribunes rule
aboiitiondom from the President and
Congress down Greedy sees that the abo-
lition policy is a failure, and fulfilling the
ready to wind it up with grand comp dc
main This is the substance Of a double
loaded leader in Saturdays Tribune:
Borrow immediately, on any terms, four
hundred millions, with clear understand
ing that this is the last; call out the mill.
tia TO garrison Washington, Baltimore, St
Louis. &c. mass all the rest of our armies:
put all our vessels Of war in trim. and then
make one last grand movement upon the
enemy. IL three months of earnest fight
ing on this plan fails, our armies are all
broken aud slaughtered them
" If some malignant fate has dec-eed that
the blood and treasure of the nation shall
ever be souandered IN fruitless efforts
LET Us BOW To ous DssTIxY, AND MAKE THE
BEST ATTAiSAgLE PEACE
Meanwhile he invokes foreign int.rven-
ton to prevail on the rebels TO deal as
leniently with us as they can in the final
treaty
Who advocates an ignominious peace?
The CHRISTIAN ETA Brother Blanchard
honors us with notice of a column or
two in response To our brief notice Of his
paper-the Christina Era lie acknow-
hedges that We stated his principles cor
rectly, thanking US therefor. and respect
fully asks, May not these principles De
the simple and exact truth 2? Perhaps
so, but We confess nur inability to see it
i'll that light For instance we maintain
he Is mistaken when he says of Masons,
Sons OF Temperance, . Ill Fellows, DC,
"All these lodge schemes are spurious
religion. and man-inventrd worship. and
occupied and wi-ldeI by devils /, To Kill
out Christ : religion by fivalship and sub
s,itution. and II, such are works of dark
hess, gathering vengeance for the latter
days -
-BrcauSe. these lodge schemes make
no pretension TO being worship at all,
or 10 rival Christ, religion by which we
suppose is meant the Church. Their
meetings are usually opened and closed
with prayer, and in their rituals the pro-
found-s' reverence is exhibited FOR Christ (.
religion and hi, church. This, however,
can no more be called '.riy alship' or sub
stitution for the Church than opening
Congress or an abolition meeting with
then, are we not justified in saying Bro.
Blanchard is guilty Of ''suarling unchari-
t.bI.n,ss when he asserts that no mason
ever to his knowledge, gave evidence OF
conversion To Christ
As to the other part q. the article,
in which it is attempted to prSve that
"Congre.ationalism is the only true ChutGh
government We cry Bro B mercy We
can imagine nothing we should cOntem
plate with more horror than the thought
Of entering into theological controversy
with Bro B-or any other man.
McCLEIIAS-If Abe Lincoln has an Or
gan at Washington it is the Republican.
That paper WAS the first to publish his
Proclamation, his official orders, dc, and
has supported his measures through thick
and thin, including the removal of Nc
Clelian. Yet in view of the dcplorabie
condition Of the army o: the Potomac since
the Fredericksburg affair. even the Wash
! ington R,p"tEc concedes the biunder of
removing Mcclellan. The following is
from late number of that journal:
COMMAND or THE ARMY OF THE PoToMAC.
The city is full OF ruinors about changes
in the cammand Of the Array of the POto-
mac We do not believe them. Ii any
change is mace by the President, it will
be one that will satisip the public judg
ment and public heart. We are satisfied
that the sound judenent of the people Of
the United States, OF all parties, doincides
with the hearty and enthusiastic call OF
the Army OF The Potomac to be led to
victory 10y General Mcclellan Other ex-
dieu,s may lie possibly resorted to; but, in
the light of to-day, no wise statesman
ought to doubt.
MAssACHUsErrs.-The promise Of Gov.
Andrew, of Mass, that if the President
would issue an Emancipation Proclamation,
s. The highways would throns with volun-
teers'' not being realised, and that noble
commonwealth" being still short some 10
regiments of her quota, Gov Andrew has
been at Washington and obtained leave Of
the President to raise some negro iegi-
ments in Massachusetts,, to help in filing