The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-06
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will pursue in respect to the national debt The
Republican party have taken their position on
that question: and although intended to DO
evasive and equivecal, it is, when read by the
light of surrounding circumstances, Transparent
ly clear. 1t means that the principal expressed
On the face Of the bonds shall be paid in gold at
par. Nine-tsnths of the voting population Of
the United States know that so to pay them is a
fraud on the people and it is not difficult to
show, that could a vote be taken on that single
question, unconnccted with any other, three
fourths of the vote would he 80 cast Yet I, for
one, see imminent cause to apprehend that the
Democratic party will be defrauded of the DO.
tent weapon of offense which this question has
put into their hands, and possibly lose the cleo
tisn as the result. And 1 will point out why ::
There Is in the Democratic party an influence
in the number Of persons composing
it, bat powerful in both wealth and intelligence
that will be engaged in active opposition to the
will of the people on this question. In New
York it is headed By Governor Seymour, and
supported by nearly all the distinguished Demo-
cratic politicians who held administrative Offices
at the time he was governor. These men know
how 10 talk speciously The wealth of Angus.
BeIncnt and his coiJfyes is enlisted in the same
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time until the fourth OF July both steps intend
Ell tO-atyauce unjust int rests on the part of the
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Difference for and towards the opinion. Of Others,
cannot but believe that il is no,
either arrocan, mr., s,,,, ,,t,,,,,, .. -
- IMPROPER ''r
any clliZen' however humble, who has examined
this question with reasonable caro- and intelli.
geuce, to express 10 his fellow citizens his v;ews
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0- W WIG SAINT l linn then' 'ha', III
Poi''ics as IN "-f' the impuIsion OF an assault
almost always overcOmes the els in<ytia of de.
fensiye attitude Such IN war woe .bo s.r,,.,,,.
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P''A' SUI !" poii'ics WAS the strategy
OF JACKSON. VINO has been more successful in
war than Napoleon, or in politics than Jackson
To make q POLITICAL as.ault. without no,;ov .,
xoxr o,xn =. sr..a;u :,
~ :" 'FP."'' " ine a. "oaafo
"s Y" "aAo miiitary assault wlthaut men and
guns 70 sustain IT. What, then, on this Gues.
t;on ought Tho rol;cv ~ N. Do,o.,o.,.
o.. F
u" W 'e'hi' mt SIMPLY ana only Tor the
reason that IN the form OF supposed resolution
Of the Democratic Convention nv ideas can he
m,.. h,;asv an, n.,.n;,ous,,. ",
soop' tha' form OF expressing them Let 1t DO
supposed, then, that the convention
R.solssd. That we condemn re,ud;a.;or q,
the national faith and homer, pledged, in any
sutnen.lc iOrn, i0r the redemption OF the public
,o,, t,o., ~. nsonia oon. .Sa a.. enor| tx
or honorably bound 70 nav and tbersfore ,rs
condemn the law Of the s5th Of February 1862
- fraud upon both the public and private
tina ~ T.. ~ +h " !. "oro su.n as :ne
Of their rights, and therefore repudia.es a sub,
stantal part Of the debts due to such creditors;
ana tna1 We equally condemn the effort at extor-
'A"'i' So,0'uy eouo"t W w Practseu upon the