The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16
GOOD-BY, OLD FELLOW!

/ The youthful Billy Barlow, OF the MOTIFS
! Hraid, appears to find something especially
|congcnial and tiltilating To the callow BRAIN III
the occupation of mud scattering. We have
no desire to interfere with his childish enjoy
mcnt, rs we are at quite Il safe distance
But why should his youthful ire be so I'm.
reasonably kindled against the Joliet Sfg"dS
and the FREE TRADER because they are pleased
to express qualification at the resolution OF the
Democratic state committee to cut loose for
the future from outside organizations Billy
sets up" to be an organ OF the new "Natlonal'
party, and as such Is bound 10y ITS platform 10
sever his connection with and cut loose from
all other organizations. How can he thus cut
loose" from them and yet have them stick TO
him? The Nationals in this district, 1t
seems, want Alex. Campbell as their candidate
for congress Very good If Mr.. Campbell &C
ccptS the nomination, he does SO with the I'M
piled pledge that he will owe no tcalty or
friendship of any sort to any but the Nation
al" party. How, then, can he, or his obsequi-
Gus and faithful hcnchman Billy Barlow, ask
the Democratic or any other party but the
" National' to support him?
He is wise son who knows his father"
but the youthful Billy seems to be ignorant
both as to the father and mother of his party
He seems to be under the delusion that the
National" party Is somehow fungus or
sprout of the Democratic party. Why bless
your innoccncy, look around. Fifteen years
agothc Republican party included thrcetourths
Of all the voters north of Mason and DiXon's
line Gradually this vast majority has been
whitfield away until two years ago, the Demo
cratic party came within few thousand votes
of having more than the republican party in
the same states. The democratic party for tif-
teen years had been steadily on the increase
governments and the Republican party " like
the once defiant rock that batflcd the waves
Is crumbling away. From the debris have
sprung the various communistiC organizations
and political side shows known rs greenback-
crs labor union parties, Independents, and
lastly Nationals" These crude organiza-
tions, as an able contemporary expresses it,
are but Foundations or rather the express
sions of popular discomfort with the methods
and policy of the Republican party" What
are they to the democracy? Nothing more
than that every accession to the strength of the
National party is so much deducted from the
Republican party; but the gain or loss Of eth
er is no gain or loss to the Democratic party.
Why, then, should the democratic party be-
ing stronger than all the others put together,
cozen to them, knowing all to besequally dead
ly foes?
A few years ago the democrats elected Faw-
Get Plumb to the state senate from this district.
He rewarded them in the election of t. s. Sena-
tor year ago by hanging out to the last day
in the afternoon for the election of his brother,
a straight Republican, though he knew his
case to be hopeless, when at any time his vote
would have elected such man as Gov Palmer
whom the democrats had elected to congress,
rewarded them by writing to Fawcct Plumb
and the two or three other independents in
the Legislature, to hang until they died" rath-
er than consent to the election of democrat
to the |. :. Senate
Now what motive can the democratic party
have to fool its time away with any more such
side shows? The Nationals" have chosen
their bed-let them keep it. The democrats
have no desire to disturb them. They have
never touched the oozc of the disentcgratng
republican party without coming away with
more or less dcflement. Good taste alone
should impel them hereafter TO keep at dis
lance.