The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-25
Correspondence or,he F,ec Trader.
DAxvIlle, ILL.,. Aug. p 1913.


MesSrs EdjirS--'Ihe election being over, |
will give you a brief outline of the result in this
county (Vermilion.) With regard to our county
Offices, some of the old incumbcn,s reelected;
but in others, to wit, county clerk and recorder,
we have worked an entire reformation, by Gus
ting the old functionares and putting in others
equally worthy, meritorous, aud competent.
Col. Wentworth ran las beyond the strength
and forrer expectations of the democratic party
in this county. The friends of Mr.. Spring and
he, also, when he visited our county, anticipated
that he would receive a majority Of from four to
five hundred; but when the issue was made and
tried at the ballot.box, his majority was reduced
to l2l. This is mere nominal majority, and
falls far short OF what Col. W entworth and his
friends supposed would be the result, as they au-
tirpatcd it would be about 800
The people, no, only of the district, but of the
state, well apprzcd Of the fact tina, mighty ef-
forts have been made by the enemies of Col
Wentworth to defeat his election. The presses
opposed to him (some Of which were bought up
teemed with the most virulent abuse-his public
and private character were assailcd without re-
serve & charges amounting almost to felony were
preferred against him. TWAS soon perceived that
those attacks could have no effect upon the pros
poets of Wentworth. and that the operations
against him must be turned into new channel
y yainous plan was then concerted by his
enemies, as the derBier yesgrj, and which has no
parallel within the knowledge of living man, ex-
eept one ola similar nature which was practscd in
this county about year since. | will give YOU
concise statement Of both tricks from which YOU
will see to what extent men will 60 and how Iow
they will degrade themselves to effect some sinis-
ter design or to accomplish some selfish motive.
a document was taken from the post Office
here, dated Chicago, Aug. 81, directed to the
democrats of Iroquois County and forwarded to
this place, which, upon an examination, proved
to be a sort of an obituary notice, announcing the
death Of Col. Wentworth in the most sympathci-
ic and lamcntable terms. Il stated that he came
to his untimely death by fall from his horse
that the democrats of Chicago had held a mass
meeting TO take some measures in relation to nom
mating successor--that, after due delibcration.
! it was unanimously resolved to solicit DR.. Muir
| ply to again come before the people, mud that a
committee Of three had been appointed to wait up
on him and solicit him to accept the nomination.
1t deplorcd the unfortunate event, and painted in
the most pathetic and touching style, the irrcpa-
rable loss which the democratic party of the dis
! trict had sustained; and urged the necessity of
spreading the intelligence, that the democrats in
general might be able to appreciate their truly de-
plorable condition, and also know whom the
meeting had nominated to Gil the vacancy. But
! the democrats here were wide awake they were
not to be caught IN a net of this kind and let
ter written by Col. W. dated at Juliet on the
same day the said meeting should have been held
carried conviction to every mind that the docu-
ment was base deception, drawn up by some
unprinciplcd creature, or corrupt junto, for the
purpose Of drawing votes from Wentworth.
When DR.. Murphy Withdrew and declared that
he would not throw obstacles in the way Of the
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the only plan or means Of thwarting his election.
presume that similar documents were sent to
many other counties in this district; bu, if they
were as promptly detected as the one sent here,
they failed to have their intended effect.
If the citizens of this county had not witnessed
a similar trick, which was played of about year
since under tn caption of "Pro B1po Pujlcg' by
an individual Of this county, they might in all
probability have been deceived by this mournful
announcement of the death of Col, Wentworth ;
bu, as they fully appreciate the alagc "a burnt
child breads the fire. they were on their guard.
| This Pro B0n0 document was written by a man
now distinguished for his close retirement, IN or
der to secure his election. lie charged himself
with every species of crime, every one Of which
two hundred years ago would have subjected him
to have been dragged, guillotincd, hung and
quartered. This man, then, and the orgina-
tor of the deceptive document in relation to VS.
death, are kindred spirits, whose plans, opera
lions, and general mode of doing things, have a
strict similarity. The only difference is that the
one writes about himself and charges himself with
| high crimes and misdemcanors, to impress the
public with the belief that he is prosecuted, while
the other writes about Wentworth to make the
public believe that he is dead Both are equally
culpablc of the deepest fraud, and as the Pro
BonO author in our own county has been dscov-
cred, it is to be hoped that circumstances may
lead to similar discovery with regard to this last
trick. A UEMocnAr.
| The D'cksaS.lt seems that Dickens, although
be could find nothing in this country WORTHY Of