The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-09-12

sent them for publication, | stated that
"Gov. Davis and the Boston Committee
appeared To have two objects in view.
One TO delay the negotiation until it
should suit their secret purposes TO have
il completed and the other to secure the
handling of the money, and the control
Of the work whenever ii should suit their
selfish schemes 10 put the work in opera
ton" This entire sentence was stricken
! out by the editors, without my knowledge
or consent, and many other alterations in
my letter were made by them. The rea-
son they assigned to me for taking this
liberty was, tina, they thought the char
ges too severe, to make my letter more
mild in its character. Hence this appar.
eni Inconsistency.
Subsequent events have fully confirm
ed me IN the opinion expressed in that
sentence, which was stricken out by the
editors. | have not the shadow Of a
doubt, but that it was the intention of the
Boston Committee and Gov. Davis, from
the first moment they had anything to
do with the negotiation, to delay It's COP.
summation until after the presidential el.ec.
llon. My reasons for believing 50 are
The following all the members of the
Boston Committee and Gov. Davis were
high protective tariff wings, who were
all interested in keeping Up high tariff.
Some OF them engaged very extensively
IN manulacturng--all of them more or
less 'nier' sted. The election of Henry
Clay to The presidency, and The distribu-
tor of the public lands, were two events
Tor which they most devoutly prayed /;
and upon..thc consummation Of which they
believed their earthly salvation depended
They desired to have the public lands
distributed, that the sums received from
them. might no longer go into the ircasu.
rs of the United States aud thus com
pei the government TO increase the tariff
TO meet the deficiency. This would also
make the necessity Of high tariff the
more binding upon the country. The
strong argument, that the wings urged in
favor of the distribution Of the public
lands, was that it was necessary To aid
the new states in paying their heavy
debts, and so save them from the neces.
sity Of reputation. Illinois, one of the
youngest and most deeply indebted states,
was making an arrangement with her
creditors by which she would be enabled
10 meet all her engagements without ihe
aid Of the public lands or the general
government. If she succeeded, there
would be no reason why the other states
conld not, which would take away the
strong argument in favor of the dislribu-
ton of the public lands. 1t therefore be-
came important to prevent Illinois ac-
conplishng her object until after the
election of Mr.. Clay, and until after the
public lands should be distributed.
Hence the anxiety of the Boston Com
miitee to have Gov. Davis 90 to London;
and hence the delay Of the negotiation
until after the presidential election.
After Gov. Davis return from Europe,
where. by the lavish promises he had
made Of what the wings would do to pro-
vide for the debts of the bondholders, he
had persuaded them 10 withhold all aid
from any of the indebted states until after
the Presidential election, he published
a letter in the Boston Atlas in which he
asks, sis there any So blind that he can
not see tho connection between steady
continuous protection, and the diSriJu-
lion ofhe proceeds Of the public lands ?"
This simple sentence affords a sufficient
key to the motives of these men. They
were interested in a protective tariff.
They considered 10 secure that, they must
distribute the proceeds Of the public lands.
TO carry this measure they must make
the people believe i, was necessary TO aid
the indebted states. And TO have the
full benefit Of this argument, il became
necessary to proven, any of the indebted
states from completing any arrangement
with their creditors which would enable
them TO pay their own debts. Therefore
Gov. Davis must be despatched 10 Europe
to sound the praises of the wing admin
is,ra,ion in advance, make lavish promi.
ses and lead the bondholders off upon a
wrong scent, and thus delay the ncgotla-
ton until alter the Presidential election
ali of which he most faithfully performed.
When the Boston Committee advised
the bondhoders TO send for Gov. Davis,
they assigned as reason for this step,
that his presence in London would be of
'groat importance" to the negotiation.
From the confident opinion expressed in
his ability 10 do such "impcrtant' service
to the negotiation, i, would be natural to
suppose that on reaching London he would
soon bring matters to close. Yet not
wilhs,anding his distinguished presence,
the negotiation on his leaving London,
stood as he found it, no farther advanced
than when he came, with the exception
of the tri0ing increase in the subscription,
which have heretofore explained, Now
the most remarkable feature in this trans
action is, that Gov. Davis friends should
uruo HE no;nr IN Enronp in such stronu