The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-08-26
Keynotes Of an Organ.


party of Illinois 1t is published right under
the eyes and nose of Senator Yates, Gov.
Oglesby, O. II. Miner. and the other chief
managers aad w;re-pullers of that party. 1t
is conscio.,s Of It's ercathedya position, and
lectures even the Chicago Tribune ior any
deviation from the prescribed republican
manual !. rAay be worth While theTe'oTe'
occasionally to look into the JouT1:dt, to see
which way the Republican tide is drifting.
III. Weekly J,nI-R, Of Aug. %, now
b, fore us, contains half dozen Of ''leade's,
some Of Which bear about them strong
odo- of the State House. Let us run them
over.
The first is lecture 10 its party on "The
Dangers of Division 1t starts with tie
assertion, that the hopes Of the Democracy
(.'copperheads- it inv; riably calls them) at
present rest upon q division in the Repu5.;-
can party on the negro suffrage question 1t
admits the danger of such divIsion-indeed
that it is inevitable. unless the party ignore
the question for the present, and the policy
of doing so Is earnestly urged, if not com
ruanded. "Whatever may be the views OF
individual members Of the party on the
question of colored su.fiage, they mtst BE
reserccd" In the present imperillcd con
dition of the country there are questions
more pressing than that" Ore of these
'more pressing questions" it says, is the
- IL, l-,.i no
permitted by The loyal people Of the country
to be recognised or countenanccd in the
least degree Let Us press the enen Y, it
urges on that question, and not jcopardise
the party may be divided" Another cleo
tionecring dodge, it thinks can be made
effective against the Democracy, by charging
tiera with design to repeal the resolution
ratfying the constitutional amendment abol-
isiins slay r, and to re-enact the Infamous
black laws, which the last legislature wiped
ont Stick to issues lill, these for the pres
ent, the editor concludes sacrifice all indi-
Virtual views for present success, and the
ultimate triumph Of ''.nlirerSai .jrceGom ard
eIuaiiiy is secure
All the other leaders in the Jyuraal before
us are pitched 20 one keynote; and that is,
the danger cf allowing the people of the
South to regain control of their state govern
ments. ard the absolute necessity of con-
tnuing indefinitely the present military rule,
or rnisrue. in The South. Two or three col
umns are devoted to occurring President
Johnson Indirectly for continuing Governor
Sharkey in Office in Mississippi. The 7eop'e
in that state were all traitors. it aiiirms-are
so still. ard the state is not yet fit :or re-
organizations Another article, in the same
strain. is devoted to Louisiana Il was most
unwise and precipitatc to allow the people Of
that state to have a constitutional convention
and reorganize a state government. See the
/ fruits of it: A political party is now organ
lied there, and threatens to get control of the
/ state which proclaims its object to be, sc
maintain the right OF suffrage as established
in that state before the rebellion; to oppose
a! congressional dictation a to the right OF
suffrage in that safe: ami to claim for the
citizens of Louisiana all the privilege, they
/ e:ioyed before the REBELLION, except to hold
/ slaves, 81 very being fJ.c ~ aj,.isb.i.''
Looking at the matter from a loya
standpoint, the Jif.saH thinks, to allow
such party t. get control in Iou, ana
would be Equivalent to reGsta;;ng the rebel
lion, and would be "a relinluishment OF the
Only hold aud checI, upon them the govern
ment possesses for their fntnre good con
duet 1t scouts the Lea f winning tie
I people OF any sou h, III state back t. ale
/ glance by clcmeucy and kindness, forgive
ness and AMNESTY The first business OF
tie government" i says, is to protect
ITSELF and :. genera! pardon of southern
! c)nse-vati~cs'' who hold such views us thi:
party in Louisiana pr, forth, would be most
dangerous to the peace and harmony of tie
country
From all which W lther the Republican
programme for this fall to be: To dodge
the negro suffrage question for the present ;
to revive the old federal issue against state
rights, and try the Democracy a hit h on that
question: to boiler" copperhead at the
Democracy more Justify Than usual and tc
keep up military rule in all the southern
states, so as to have them under periec
control for use until after the next presiden
tial election.