The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-05

There are two constitutions for America
one wEit on parchment, and laid up at
Washington; the olhs. also on parchment.
but Oh the head Of drum II 70 to this
we must appeal, and before long make
all my pecuniarv arranger,ents With the
expectation OF civil war buy no books
have not orders out for fifty dollars aud
commonly have at least five hundred dsl-
lars on orders in all parts OF the worl |.
! | saw Sumher to dsy.I He talked an
hour or more quite wsil.-p l9i.
Does anybody doubt what Mr.. Parker
talked about?
Every one remembers that sooa after
fremonts defeat. Mr.. Parker sfrisnds and
followers in Massachusetts called u convsn.
tIonat Worcester to take measures TO break
/ up the Union. Mr.. Parker himself did
not go to that meeting. but in his reply to
the Invitation he said:
| But II you insist On separation, and will
| NIKE dissolution the basis Of agitation,
| WAY think much good will come of it.
Let Inc give hint =. to the line Of Gem-
arkation between the tive nations would
say-fredom shall take aud keep /. Tho
land cast OF the Ches ,peake bay. All
that is north OF the Potomac and tho Ohio;
! all that il ives. Of the Mississippi. c. all
the actual territory, with the right of re-,
version in Mexico, Nicaragua, and the
rest Of mankind; the entire states of
Missouri, Arkansas and Texas with the
part of Louisiana west of the Mississippi
! think the North will net be content
with less than this. Nay, am not sure, in
case OF actua! separation, Virginia and
Kentucky would not ~eg US 10 let the INA.
putatins knir. 90 clear down to North
Carolina and Tennessee. and cut there
I tor think there Is too much freedom yet
In tie nartherarost slave states to consent
/ - o. LETT 10 perish with the genera! 70.
, Of the slave .Iuaos.
! Used 10 think this terrible question of
freedom or slavery in America wouliS.
settled without sloodshed. | believe il
Hoa no ion.er-p l9j
IA 1896 he wrote to NJ. Chase, tnsa GOV
eruor OF OAio complaining That lie (Cua,e)
had 81 expressed himself as To for. close
ali federal action aga MT slavery 10 the
states, anI giving Mr. Chase his cue Tor
taxing one step at & time, without prom
;sins not TO take other steps:
Now, my Rotlou of the IN ittsr is this:
The Constitution think in ssctIou four,
article tour provides that the general
government shall "a irlDtee 10 every state
IN this Eai5a arepaJicre form Of g9oer,,m.at.
Certainly That Is not Il republican form OF
goYernm .nt where two huuirsd and egh-
" thousand white m-n own three hundred
and eighty four thousand tlack men, as in
South Carolina Or il IL be- then the Ca:
ar the Pope III ght claim republican form
Of government foT Russia ana Rome NOW,
It ! were the whole l,eopi- oil the North,
! should say to South Carolina You may
establish Il republican form vi government
for yourself. Or We will 40 1t for you
F-r 81, g..
must. We shall attend TO the gaarantss
OF the Constitution, and not allow the ma
ipr.ty OF the South 1'aroiinians TO be bought
and sod Ike cattle When the aa,i-
s,ayery ssirl. strong en0nsa III the North,
wc saa.. 10 that # need be. But we may
be forced 10 int-!ere with slavery in the
slave states by one of two WAYS, !. .Tnere
EIiy be an lasurrectIou and the only way
10 Fut = dcrn nay tr by declaring the
slaves free, o., ine slave holders may
prJc-ed si4i--..y 10 Cn-lave the poor
mites. II which latter case take IT, the
y .r>cHt public opinion IN the North would
aziuHua the interference of the federal
a.tI os.,is., uotuittsia ndihg tse fact that
..tf,: avery !5 as conSii, utional as Ilack
.llrery Now, ii seemed TO me that your
letter hela OFT 4 promise that you would
not use tn . ie -rAl authority against slav-
cry, and this would emearrass your future
action | dog't obi ct TO doing enc thing
AZ g time. and insist that each step should
b. take in the Msst cautious aad delber.
ate manner; eut would not promise not TO
take o.her =tsgs J may easily be wrong;
bat thought you did SO, if net directly,
at lsas. by i.np.Ica,ion.-P. 22l.
Tho winter of this life has not enabled
Us to knov positively that Mr. Sewsrd
personally ccrrsspondsd with Mr. Parker,
although he does show US that Mr.. Parker
wrote 20 81. Seward Eut i. appears tina:
II ssrs. Chase, Summer, Hale ana Wilson
were in constant correspondence with him,
and that they therefore knew with the
utmost certainty that the man, OF si! 9th.
ers in N+w England, on whom they de-
pended while lie lived for keeping up and
inilamins ths anti-slavery agitation, and
creating popular sentiment against every
conservative man or principle. deliberately
con,sI plated, and avOwediy aimed at, dis
solution an civil war They fa;,s. ed him,
applauded him. counssled with HIM,
praised his writings and speeches, sought
his advice snd found him undoubtedly e
most useful ally. VIII any one sow tell
US til u ihe presciencs OF what was to be
the co ,ssqu nee OF all that movement
was confined TO the despis-d and down.
! troddeu, Tn on savers?' VIII any body
sow say t1at the leaders of the Republican
party were entitled TO ignore all predic>
tous Of the result of their organization
because tho predictions came from their
Political cpponents2 Why, here was the
chief priest in their synagogue, the rabbi
of their rabbi., setting before them con-
sanity, and with the utmost precision,
that the North and the South must fight;
a.d that the constitution written on the
dru q, head was the rule which they must
all adept and enforce.