The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02
Address Of s!,e Ethereal Mxccusiye
Committee of Illinois.

To thu DIN 'o-,sce and Liberal Republican
Voters II lli,rd,
The October elections have ~. decided the
Pre-licnti,l ooAtest ag ainst uc.
1t is drawn battle at most Il victory u,lv
be claimed by either party, it is ours
In Indisna. On the larges. vote ever given III
that State, with colored vote of about 1000
added to the m iori,y OF 1858, We hare elected
our candidate TT Governor.
In OHIO, besides overcoming the colored vote
We have reduced the Grant aori,y of fl, 900 to
about $1,000, or nearly two.thirds. and. in the
great city OF that State, our victory is over.
wheiming, securing the Constitutional Conyen.
ton, the Legislature, and United States Sena.
| tor next year.
In Pennsylvania, our adversarios claim vic.
tory. But such a victory, instead of weakening
efforts, should rouse US to do all that honora.
bic men can do to overthrow the party which
| claims 1t, for that boosted victory is gigantic
fraud
The following official statement Of the Chair.
man Of the Liberal Republican Committee of
that State tells IN few strong words, how that
great crime agains. Free Government was per.
petrated.
Ihe Committee here insert the address Of the
Pennsylvania Liberal State Committed
Fellow.citizens shall we of Illinois allow this
fraud upon the people Of Pennsylvania to shake
our purpose or lessen our efforts to save the Re.
public from corrur ton aud Capitalization Ii
"money plundered from the people" has been
used to defrsud the people of fair election in
that State Is that any reason why the people of
other States should bow themselves before ma.
iority wholly fraudulent" and give up over n
contest tor the purity and for the very life of
Republican government?
SO far from that, the result in that State
should rouse the people of other States to a Su.
preme and decisive effort to carry the presiden.
tial election, although by fraud we lose Pennsy-
vanla
That can be done, Our friends in Ohio are
full OF courage. The Chairman OF one Commit.
tee there says: 1--WE have already, by n yiyor.
Gus and aggressive fight, forced .he Grant party
to its knees, and can conquer it in November"
In locking over the field, there is nothing to
discourage our efforts. If we add Indiana to the
list of States morally certain for Greeley and
Brown, we have l,6 Electoral votes and lack
only votes of majority.
In this we DO not include Illinois, Wisconsin
Minnesota, Louisiana, Florida, California or Ne.
veda.
Louisiana alons, in this calculation would
give us the victory. So would Wisconsin So
would California, with Florida. or with Nevada,
or with Minnesota. So would Mnnesot. with
Florida.
But one State alone, il all the States las. men.
toned should so against us, would trumphantly
elect our candidates; and, fellow-citizens, we
oan carry this State il we mako the effort.
Unioa ana harmony between Democrats and
Liberal Republicans prevail In all the Ststes,
Fact West, North, and South.
That union, with every day's discussion, IL be-.
coming more perfect aud complete, because it il
based upon common platform of true Demo.
cratic aud true Republican principles, vital to
Republican Government. and IL inspired by the
same high and patriotic purpose.j
Let ~ organize for victory in November.
@. H. MCCORMICK, Chairman.
0. N. HATCH, Secretary.
CHICAGO, Dot. IA, 1872.