The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-14

democrats. He liked their open, honest ways.
The difference between democratic and repub-
llcan ways was illustrated IN their national
conventions. AT Chicago 300 wanted Grant,
2,5 Blaine, $50 Sherman, and but one man
wanted Garfield, yet Garfield was taken and of
the 700 delegates but one man got his first
choice. AT Cincinnati, on the contrary, all
wanted only the best man, and IN Hancock all
got their first cholce.--lt was not a good plan
| to have one set of men in pOwertoO lOng-they
come to think they own the government. The
republicans claim to have put down the war.
| What impudence! Nearly all the leading gen.
erals of the Union army were democrats and
more than half the soldiers No single party
could have put dow the rebellion. 1t was done
by the united power of the northern people,
Again, we want a change in the government
because we want to look over the books. Even
the republicans admit there has been cheat
ing. Would board of bank directors when
robbed by thieving cashier, hire his brother
to overhaul bis books So we must have demo-
Gratis TO examine republican boOks.-Agaln, so
long as the republicans remain in power they
will keep alive Sectional hate. The country
can oniy'be prosperous when harmonius The
republicans objcct'to a solid south, but who
ever heard them object to solid north !. Let
the'repubicans ceasesto he sectional and the
south will cease to be so. AtCincinnati the
south asked the democrats to nominate the
most pronounced Union man they had-and
gladly accepted Hancock as the ablest general
of the Union army.
Hon. L.. W JAMES, OF PEORIA,
was the next speaker Mr.. Brewer, on intro.
duclng him. having mentioned hun, as he had
Mr.. Northlngton, i.s probable candidate for
congress IN the Peoria district, Mr. }. said it
might be inferred that about all the Peoria
democrats were candidates for congress. How.
ever that mi ght be, after the nomination il
made there would be no wrapgling among
them. The republicans there had nominated
candidate who said it word be his pride to
represent the wealth and aristocracy of his dis
trict in congress. HIS party got mad at the
expression and SAID he was Il tool-but he told
the truth.
AS To democratic candidates, the republicans
were very tastidious. Eight years ago, to sat
isty them on the score of loyalty" the demo.
Gratis had nominated the very father of the re-
publican party-the good and venerable Hor-
ace Greely-and the republicans sad the faith
er OF their party was an old idiot! Then,
seeing the administration Of Grant was hon
eycombed with corruption, the democrats
nominated man who had grapplcd with cor
ruphon in every form and elected him, but
the republicans had become such adopts In
hayIng worshn9ed Grant 't' w. tboir iioI for
rrrht years thew ohioct to tno nominntio, Of
Uoncock heconsa he - - n,iIit,ry man, s,IIo
Is no statesman, you know" they tell US CA
man in the audience: "And there they fool
You bet your bottom dollar
they do. What constitutes a statesman? Does
gong to congress make one? Congress is
crowded with nonenlitcs. The man Is states
l,rannia with If and r;gn conaI +, tho "v;Gon
s,,ei If tLn oncaninn sd, iranoni,
Iod chow, lin,Soif -, n,isio,, o,t IN liz
sherman iottar r, war ,t',,n,Iorho,t hrt
whom Tho tysr os nror 10 Srea.ioJ ,s s,,,orS
AMI s,nnd ,,,;,h n,,oo,.or,1 hn,i ~ tI
"ncc ~ tho nyil ,, 'V t,a r
,,,nro sl,r b hnd hno,, u,s .,IV
and ont bnr l;,, tor Ia.,, e., Ia me,
to Con sherman which tho,, know, nroyad II
They were like the man who caught skunk
- they got more than they wanted! II is hoped
they VIII keep up .iie iuiit ana lnu lAoTesuc
letters put say ihty' MS ie''cE OF acceptance
s"ys hut.ihS " hat was ne caI!eu upon 10
say ing parry h'u ltiu qo"h us piH'lorli;
AL ne iad 10 say was W, Wheller ne would stanu
upon IL. however ne uiu say soiile'lihg more;
re repuollcans saiu the democrats INTENDED
COCK says the LON, l4lh ana loln amendments,
Which emoody nose results, snail be rlgidly
AMER such a declaration would
man IKE Gen. Hancock stultiiy himself oy
turning over the government to rebels
There was Just one more charge against Han
cock that had given the speaker great deal
OF trouble: lie had laid awake nights ana
pondered 1t. Inc charge was that ne wore
corsets pom the whole, however, he thought
a man VINO had braved death IN thousand
forms on the field tor his country was more to
be trusted than tne carpet knights VINO stayed
~ no Th and om.e o thn G he ' m1" t"
The night is far spent and the morn is break.
ing. But how with the republicans? Why,
they must get up aituayits TO prove that even
UIunl suppoils Ndi lltlu. SoHhiIhS hau Sohc