The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-05-21
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! There is no bigger fun these days than to
look on and see tn Lincoln papers pitch in
to the" Lonshaired'' leaders ofthe aboli-
ton party. These are the gentleman of the
Wendell Philips, Garrison, Sumner stripe,
who have 80 long and effectually 'watered'
Mr.. Lincoln, until he has grown into an
abolitisnist Of their own stature. But il
seems he fell short in one thing-he failed
to give these Appolloses as much Office as
they crayed How could he? The res
! publicans who don't wear long hair OUT
number the others 10 to !. If Lincoln
adopted the "policy" Of the former and
gave them the offices too, it is plain he
! would LOSE the other 9-l0ths. Should
not the l-lOth have been satisfied when
Lincoln adopted their platform ? How
unreasonable that they should want the
offices tool No wonder the Lincoln press
begin to question the sincerity of their
puritanisrn, when they show such gravel
ling Instincts. Says the Chicago Journal:
"When a man, or body Of men osten.
tatlously lays claim to political virtue
above that Of any other man, or body of
men, we are spt to look upon SAID claim
with much the feelings and opinions as
we look upon the haring pomposity Of an
advertisement of medical panacea. or
the detected haviour of the visaGo' Of
Aminidab Sleek. rti
Albeit there always are just such: mon,
and there often is just such a body Of
men As those herein adverted to. There
| is just such a body of men IN this country
at this time. They are the men who have
! plunged of into the Clevela.d Convention
movement They are body Of men who
base their factious behavior upon heir SUI
| perative regard for those things that are
! pure and right, sincere and true. They
! are shocked At the bad motives and evil
| heartedness, the lnslncerity and the iE!-
| putty which they ascrbe to every body " no
| has anything 10 do with the political
! affairs OF the country, save and except
/ themselves They monopoiize all the pu-
/ rity and sing eness OF intention, and all
the disinterested patriotism or the laad-
All beside them are stupid men and bad
/ men, publIcans and sinners
| Now that is rough, certainly, on such
! pious men as the Fremoutsrs are known
to De. But the CINCINNATI Commercial! is
even n ore severe. 1t calls them Long
haired traitors and Ca,mucks," and
says:
They object because the Baltimore
Convention meets too near the center OF
the interested influences Of the Admins
tratlon,' and too tar from the center Of the
country, and 10 avoid this-;he latter in
convenience particularly the & =, ers cali
for a convention in city on the Northern
border, and almost within sight 81 Canada.
The long haired are caustic logIciaus The
adm !ssion that the Baltimore Convention
/ is too near the center of the .'Iuterested
Influences of the Administrator is a
confession of the moral Inhrmity and ina
bi!ity TO withstand temptation. which IS
only surprising that il IS SO honestly n aae
by the socialists, communists, free lovers,
spiritualists, and that ill>, whose names
are appended 10 the call We entirely
concur with them that the impregusbIlity
OF their moral integrity depends more in
/ &c ting away from, than In resisting. the
| influences of the willy Abraham. Some
women have found their chastity .Eaii
/ that it was Only preserved by the inclosugs
/ of walls and stone detrn-es OF Institutions
within which no bearded repgobate ecu.
/ set foot
But the next paragraph is the sereEe.t
orall:
Their motives are obvious as they
! themselves are obscure They are the-
! spokesman for f1ct9a They speak for
a body Of persons who are rabil and mad
! for office, and VINO are sour and acrid aad
| desperate because they are not likely 10
get Office They are the outs who want
| to exchange rlaces with the "ius Mr.
Lincoln should have had twice as many
Offices at his dispc sal. He would then
! have been enabled to satisfy the demand
, Of the faction now represented BY the
nbove forty-iiye Of our fellow citizens
| And if he had been able 10 satisfy the sp-
| petite for Office eyInced ~ tls faction,
| this fat;on would not now be 50 s:ubbern>
I ly set in opposition to him.
hcw here is a pretty go, These
holy apostles of liberty" by whose
teaching Cor watering not only Mr.. Lin.
coin but the country has been educated
up to the adoption Of the immaculate
radical or John Brown war policy, still
turn out to be but men, and want Office
20 tempora!" &c. And if theyIdont get a
share of the offices, they are rascaily
enough to pitch the whele abolition ma
chine overheard, and let the dernocra.
take the government out of picus Abra~
ham hands. Who can be trusted after
such an example of political frailty2