The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-06-11
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~-TAAlaaaeal pasiliea<l f ~ ssnda TO-
wards the conciusi sn tkak u -psrmsuert
ieparstion of the Unite - into two
or more gov-rnmpn,s wNts6S take place.
/ and that conclusion b~lias1b0 Be iaevit.
'fAsie, ux}ess4he pressnt len OF Affairs
itchaused.G At the pres5nt oment such
change aoss not appear pretkble yet in
tho midst of rsvolutiens changes some
tin,es> occur suddenly, and from unfore.
}seep aud unexpectsa eausss.s = - r
The line which will sever the nation
into two or more parts caenot bs desi2na
ted with certainty, and gill be governed
military events: il is probable it will be
mark ell On. the south line oil Delaware,
! Maryland. and perhaps Virginia, Ken>
lucky and Missouri, issapY, ,~yent. and
T psrh1ps still further soulh But, in ny
estimation it n,atters nothing where il
runs: whether the Union, if it Is severed
4 at allsras .naPutaled by a stroke thrs 1shs
! spinal column. or oel0w the knee, matters
not =, Yet, if that result in ,hs nature of
things was absolutely inevitable. should
not have troubled myself to make the On.
seryation, that hereafter folloY fsv this
nation. in that event will not be worthy OF
amy man solici,ude But, wherever, the
|, line may be drawn in uie, first instance.
Delaware, MARYLAND, Virg,nia. Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri " i'll pretty speed,
ly. become a part of the Confederate
States, and at no distant day Illinois ani
Indiana will follow .fhe new wars by
which these events wilt be accomplished
though they will not be on the same scale
of magnitude OF the prssent war, will ret
be of q more bitter and saaguinary char
setter; and local aud dpmestic irsurr-c.
tons will bring devas,3tions aud murder
! home to every man.s deer. These las.
calsinitiss HAY indeed come sooner than
T The election II NJ Lincoln will in,
sure these events, and The eIeetion Of Gen.
Fremont or Of Gsnsfal Mcclellan will
| not be sure to. and wi NOT probably avert
them. Al the pre-rq moment, the re-
! election of Mr.. LincolR Is the most proba.
| is far man 8 prcb .hle than that, What am
about TO suggest should be ,ealize4 Yet
AS firmly, believe that the policy an,
J ahou, TO dsv~lope would preserve the
Integrity of the nation. and tend even, TO
make its coherenc~ more solid and dura-
Bile than the CO stitition, oace revered hut
now dad, and under the auspices OF which
uu.irE t'erioi 81 ABOUT eighty Ave years
! we became great, prosperous aud r-spec.
ted Ea!;on, il Is my duty as far AS am
able. II submit that policy TO the copsid-
era:.Sn OF my country!men.
IT is probable Indeed. that should Mr.
! Lincoln b- reelected. his administration
would never reach the end Of hIs ierm-
II Il at superstition is realized, it can be
seen with-ut being poin,c'i out, that the
( missries and destruction which the mis-
/ conduct o: the people OF the South has
brought upon them will by our misc,n
duct be brought home to our own
doors t z @fa -
/ Mr. lincoln will be Nominated. General
Fremont has been, and General AcCiel
4 Ian probably will be But 7 beIlere it to
be Theoretically true, that Mr. Lincoln ia
1 not the NAV who meets or satisfies the
/ wishes Of large portion of the ropubli-
rcan party, independent Of that portion OF
it who have nominated General Frxmor I.
! Mcclellan, to a certainty. does not meet
the wishes Of very. large portion Of
those who will participate in his nomina.
ton and support il with their votes, and
Ihe same state Of facts in a greater or less
! speak snly Of thai Dorton o! the pres
ent supporters of each sYthose candidates.
Who would be glad tn vi, horaw frem their
support, upon the ground that they do no,
believe that either Of tlgti- respective can-
dida,es Possesses the ca betty to rromo,.
II the welfare Of the nation, in the station 10
which they are I'D vii b. nominated -
believe that entimen. y ii! very possibly
especially in regard 10 II. Lincoln. grow
stronger aud deeper ds@in: the mex, hun
dred days. believe that if the voices Of
all those who ent~rtaiA That sentiment
we're collected, they weuld constitute a
majority Of those who xiIl participate III
the el. ction IF President 1t Is ebyioss,
that among these voiced there would be
none of the faetionsts, the p,a!ignants,
who have brought it- praken destruction
u. On the na ion. and whe will bring des-
! :r'iction home 10 our own doors unless
their course is arrested II the course
that I prora.e is successful it will consisn
| these people to external oblivion.
! fiud in the Constitution OF the United
States, dead though it be, hint ~ to the
course that in the present case, Is i, seems
| to nae. ought TO be pursued.
! Let a ticket be brought forward in eve
| ry state, ca.lposed of really the ables,
men that can be-. put upon it, and who
shall he elected if they are elected. un.
! pledged to the support # any candida .
! They will be elected III Soyembsr: they
will constitute the president in February
! The man who may seem the most elig'' ir
candidate in July, may not appear 10 e
| so in November: and he who may seem
| to DO SO in .Hovembe-, may BIZ far from,
appearing TO be SO in February
| Such q ticket, would exclude from its
support the faction:sts. the malignants and
| the ONCE seek es; the naovemept, If suc-
! c-ssf,l. will have to be led by able and
| natriot,c men, and voted for. for the most
| part FROM purely patr otto motives Are
these influences sufficient I. r succ. IS? II
the question: was TO be decided wi,h,n the
next thirty days should say nndeubtea-
IL not but I do believe If such a Que. ton
should be presented without delay, that
| it wsnld be very likely to BE- srcc-ssfui by
the end OF the Hext one hundred days
In cAse the course proposed should be
adeptei, the question then presents il
! self, AS to whether the policy to be adopted
by tina administration to be elected by the
! lime Of policy above stated. should be de.
ella, ed beforehand and should accompany
ought no: to be do'e: but there may lie and
D osably are mserative cssons why Irn.u
be dear. 1t /. my duty therefore to
suggest that policy. ,ge..~..-
| No one 70 far as know. proposes
to restore the Union, and no one /
believe is trying to restors 1t. United
OF disssvered. tho Government OF the
territory Of what was the United States
will be reconstructed. by the North sep,
-ratcly, and by the, South separately,
or by both united lay out Of view sub,
jugatiou, although that would be- recon
.tructien. because sutjugsiIou will never
be realized. The alternative then is, re
| By the South serera,ely. or Ky both .uai-