The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-06-14
The Nomination. for Congress.

In our hurry IN getting out the proceedings o
the congressional district convention last week
we had neither timo nor room to say anything il
reference TO tho nomination, much as we ma,
have desired to do il. Bu, i, is no, too late yet
The choice of the convention, our readers are al
ready apprizeJ, fell on our present indclatigabl,
representative Col. JOHN WENTW WORTH, an,
1t was unanimous The compliment will DO n,
moro gratifying TO him than 1t was deserved. Ne
yer have the people of this region Ind rcprcscn
tativo in congress who could be at all compared
with him in point Of industry. Who, in the
whole district, friend or foe, democrat or wing
that has had occasion to apply to him to have any
business transacted at Washington coming at all
formly found him TO give it his attention both
promptly and cheeriully. OF the almost count
less applications that were continually made to
him 10 have new pos, Offices created, or new
routes, or old ones changed &c, &c, whcro is
there ono that did no, receive all the attention it
needed And yet, numerous az were the nppli-
cations OF this nature, and Of thousand other de-
scrlp,lons requiring necessarily n great deal of
time and attention, we find him still equally as
attentive to the interests Of his constituents in all
Other respects. All important public documents,
important speeches, &c, which arc valuable lor
iniormaion bu, can generally DO obtained only
by a favored few, have. by the attention, aud, in
many instances, at the no nconsdorubIo expense,
Of Col. Wentworth, been placed within the reach
Of nearly every man in his district In addition
to this, we find him in regular correspondence
with great number of his constituents. inqiring
into their wants, and asking for Information on
subjects in which they arc interested. lIo has
Also been the regular correspondent of two. aud
for some time, of three newspapers, writing for
each from two TO half dozen Of letters week
And ye., incredible as il may seem, all the labor
we have alluded 10, aud we know not how much
more, for we speak only Of what has come under
our own obscrvalioo,is performed during the recess
Of the house. When the house is in session, sci.
dom indeed isit that Col. w. is not found in his
place. Among the most punctual at the hour Of
meeting, no is always among tho last TO vote for
nm adjournment. As the correspondent of a New
York paper says Of him, "hc looks Tor all the
world as though he would that congress should
Organize, perform all It's functions every thing,
within the brief space Of single revolution OF
this planet Of ours" Noimponan, vote is ,aker
but tho vote of Col. Wentworth is found re.
corded on one side OF tho other. No measure in
which tho west and particularly tina, portion en-
bracng his district, is interested, comes up bu,
Col. w. 10 at his post, ready TO cxpain defend OF
condemn, US the interests of his constituency may
dictate. And his speeches always show him to
be perfectly familiar with the subjects he bundles,
aud give evidence Of an immense amount Of labor
in collecting tho information they omboiy. In
confirmation Of this wo refer with pericc, conf.
dcnce TO his speeches ON the western harbor bill.
on the western river bill, the Oregon bill, Sc.
So much, at present. for the industry Of our re.
preventative In congress, and ON this alone we
could rest his case with the people, for, after ai
the greatest mer, representative can have, this
same thing ISDusrnr. What Advantage, for in.
stance, would Il 10 us 10 have prca, lawyer
" splcniid orator, in congress-, il llo should lack