The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-01-02

fortunate position Of Illinois one wear ago
tna' OUT Tor the error committed then,
Mr. 'aiiandiSham would not have been
: the scandidate for governor, and Ohio would
= not have been lost to the Democracy.
: Another circumstance contributed. no.
directly. to the production Of tho error bv
which the Democracy have been defeated
bat te making that error more irreparab!e
than it otherwise could have been There
Is published at Chicago a Democratic pa
per oi consunmate ability. In tha. regard
1t is not probably equa!led by .u. news
paper in the United Stats. Ability in
: tnat form, Is SLOW in obtaining control d er
the opinions of men, bn, when that con
troi IS obtained it is incxora6le Sucn con
troll that paper has obtained over the De-
mocraey st Illinois, and it is p,ost unfor
tunate for them that it has Such il the
skill and ability with which it's nolitical
articles are framed, tlat whoever read,
them will fad in them views Of statesman
shi more luminous and more profound
Than any which emana.e from our nuelic
are SO artfully constructed that while nc
one of them and 30 sories OF them seen,
to advocate views that are not in entire
harmony with those great principles that
have hitherto acknowledged By all parties
as being of cardinal character, yet the
general effect OF them tends in almost all
minds to general conviction that the war
in which we are engaged, for suppressinc
the rebellion, is not badly n.anar re.! ard
kept on foot anl prolonged, for ambitious
and unworthy motives only, but ,hat It IS
in principle wrong. 1t is very true that
you cannot take any single article, Or even
any series Of articles and demo as;rs;c,
from them, the proposition above stated
And yet it wall be generally Acknowledged
by all thoughtful men, that t!a: propo.i
ton i. nevertheless true The a..nas Of
it, whole conduct, is felt, II no. seen, to
tend to that re-ul: And yet, | qu slnn
whether it ever published an article eai-
t,rialIy that would estop it froa! repcli.nG
the above imputa:ion if il Saw fit to DO So,
doubt whether it ever. in direct terms,
endorsed the 23l Springfield resolution
Snch is ona Of TIE unfortunate obstacle
that iu.erpose 10 prevent the Democracy
OF Illinois from reco"er.n. from ths errer
: thy committed At Sp, gG~il in February
! ,,i.l III June 1915. Ia. they viii rocovcr
from il; and such In; bacn the s<ill viii
which the paper alluded to has been con-
,iucted, that /. can, uthol; any assignab,-
lerogs.;on from It's consistency AMI IL
dignity, spous-, with an ability dilicjil;
to be founl elsewhere. the cIuse, tie
course, and The policy of the Demo racy
after they shall have recti!,eI t.leir error.
The elections of 1869, 1852 and 1858
show t,.e. d.. -i..a~ -.r .-r.-.s-'-.'>
| merous enough to change The result in
nearly every Stale, ;hat 10 not P"rnacent'
ly belong 20, or inilrxiJiy vote with either
Of the great parties, bIt sometimes with
one auu sometimes v.;h the other o.
,h.m
Who are ;he.e men, an, sha. are thvit
motives OF action i. a question :aat mu.;
- resolved by the Ds'n1e-atic parry II
thev expcc: 10 carry the election o. 1851.
These men votoi. so-,e Or then for &r
Lincoln. as many tor NJ Douglas, !en
for breckenridge, IN 1859: they voted with
the Democrats party in 1872 IN v:ti the
Z ,.u.~o-.
! Of these facts shows T..o an,l wha: f.is!e
| men are and how - reach then. They
| vote with the Republicans Gn la protest.
| They are alarmed al the s.!-ran.i@ ~ irg-
i.la,;ve power by Congress in o ti3a- hands
Of the executive, anl at the gnwortbv use
made Of that power by tbs execn:iye -
| Their fidci.ty cansot he Sc ,rcei ay offices
or biandist mcnts. Yet they wera stir
more alarmed at the suspicion that the
Democratic party of 1865 ,-a~r uaicc the.
control Of leaders whosa ps,rpa,e was 20
set the party UP in opposition 70 the wur
These are rot the zen that re.:'ed tie
-,uoocratic party n 1862 and 1868; but
thev voted, and they voted with the Re
publicans in 1863 They said nothing, and
il is the men who sail nothing in I-6j
who beat the Democratic party, and not
. the men who rovIled it. This the Eepnb-
: lcan politicians do not know. hut take
leave TO say that it Is neediul that the
: Democratic leaders should know it.
This examination Of the elements OF
Which the parties are composed, AMI tAe
elements upon which they are to ol crate
4 Within the next twelve months demon
0 .trates, as It appears 20 me, not that tue
r Democratic ps,ty will succeed in 1854, bu'
r that success is entirely within their power
And it sufficiently indicales, for all inc
!, ,,,no.ss intended by this article, wha
v lno,v which will insure sue
cess For this article is moi addressed 4
e tho masses; it is not framed for the pur
= nose of persuading any man t. vote INT
,; Damoeratic ticket; nor for ths purpose
= announcing Democratic doctrines, or ever
p presenting or discussing single question
; of s,a,esmanslip; but is addressed =
r those who may be supposed capao.s
IS controlling at the present moment, ,the"es
1 ,;ni.s of the Democratic party, ami Is IN
t.,Jed 70 present a development OF tL
q ,hot suceess is attainable, and an In
.,,,,,;on of the means by which it may b
attained
l. c.,r Gr.xT.-An army officer, dIrcc
Of r,,,,, Chattanooga, informed tie editor o
Of a.. Ipdianapols journal that