The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-31
THE FREE TRADER.
4 Reply 10 MIR. Eynu's letter,

Reply TO Har. Eynn's letter.
At length, then, after an incubation of some
two months. an article intended US reioinder To
Mr.. Ryan's reply 10 Gov. Davs's pamphlet, has
made its appearance in the Saueumo Journal.
Strange as It may seen. to some, that the Journal
after so long silence, should only OF this late day
have determined 10 attempt review OF Mr.. Ry.
ans letter, we confess lis article has not taken us
by surprise. We hnd an iutmaiion some days
ago that something of the kind was in the caul-
dron. aud that the crocodolinc mess would soon
b" served up lnr the risciverous world. Blu, TO
treat poor "Slmpie Sim" as the author of this
mess, is holding him guilty Of what lie never
dreamed of committing. Hs little dish of milk
and water was prepared immediately ON the aI-
peararcc OF MI Ryan's letter aud has long since
been Gjrgoien. From variety Ut circumstances,
We are persuaded that the article in question is
the production of no less a man than huiesi John
Davis himself The fact that it appears after so
long lop'e Of time, and that It's style resem-
hles that of the famous pamphlet Of "a pages"
nnl that the article a,ludcs in several instances 10
circumstances with which the editor ut the Jour.
na' and no one else in Illinois could hc accuain,.
ed, niibris s'rang presumptive evidence OF this
hut what is still stronger. and mus, be regarded
Ms nearly conclusive, is the fact ha, Gov. Davis
has, since the appearance Of Mr.. Ryan's reply,
written to one gentleman in this region that we
know Of and we have reason 10 believe TO Others,
enquldnc Tor information of n nature 10 show
that he was preparing something in reply 10 Mr.
Ryan. aud as nothing has appeared elsewhere.
and as the article in the Journal is evidently not
the production of the editor Of tina, paper. the in.
ference is irresistible, that this is what he has
been preparing.
And now, regarded NJ the production Of Gov.
Davis himself, Uha, sort of mn opinion must this
article give the public of its author Every one
VII" IeHd the noted pamphlet, remembers the low,
abusive style in which il was written; bu, tina,
was dguilied, compared with this article in the
Journal. The terms 'swinish,' 'knnvish,' dog,
monkey ASS 'scoundrel,' &c, are used with
hsh.markc' proficiency; and the Gov. modc.lly /,
compares himself to an elephant. and Mr. Ryan
'oa Verdani young man at a caravan who seeks 10 |
attract the notice If the crowd hv climbing on |
the elephants back. lie also rdicucs Mr. Il. |
on nccoun. Of his nativity, calls him MIR. Mickey
Free" &c, a, though i, was a matter or ridicule
TO have been born in Ireland.
Were the game to abuse, and low blackguarl.
ism IN any case eNcnssOlc, II would be NJ diff
cult matter 10 TGiOrt Oh a character as vulnerable
AS that Of hon,d John Davis. But we leave the
employment Tor those whose tastes run in tina,
way. What we shall have to do with, occupies bu,
a small space Of the Governors nqnhJ review.
hose who have watched this controversy he |
tween Gov Davis and Mr.. Ryan know that the
only material point in dispute between them is.
whether Gov. DAVIS, by going 10 Europe in May,
lSii occnsioncd the failure Of the bundhnlders TO
carry out the arrangement, agreed upon in 1913
10 resume the work on our canal. Gov. Davi,
asserted in his pamphlet, and now rc-asser,s, tina,
he did not cause that failure. and tha, the true
reason of it was that the S4OO 600 required by the
arrangement had not all been subscribed, and he
quotes from letter Of Barring, Brothers & Co,
who certify that he did not cause the failure. Mr..
Ryan asserts that he did cause the failure, by ohl
elng all the parties in the first place, to wal, from
February until May, until he Cd could 90 gu,
to Europe and then by pcrsuading the bondhol.
ers To wal, uatl after the presidential election,
and he proves tina, the 100000 had been sub
scrIbed This is the whole controversy in a nut.
shell. 1t is well known tim, all the conditions
upon which the bOndholders agreed to advance
siO0O C0 10 cur state in the spring of 1874, were
complied with; and We. i, was not advanced.
Mr.. Ryan shows satisfactorily why i, was not ad.
'anced, and Gov. Davis docs no, account for il.
All the hard words, low inucndoes, and lilicule,
md pomposi,y of the grea, and Immaculate John
Davis cannot put a different face on this con-
roversy, and il he thinks he can with brush
# his filthy pen, kill Off MIR. Ryan, and thus cs.
'npe the odinm of his position, we have no hcs-
ancy in saying he will find himself prodigiously
mistaken.
There is considerable Of way carried on by
he Chicago Advocate, Chicago Journal. Gem,
and Ottawa Constltu,onals, on the one SIDE !
and the Ottawa Free Trader on the olher. Judr.
me from the ilutterine Of the frs, named parties
The shots Of the Trader tell upon them with ire.
nendous effect. From our know ledge Vt those
connected with the Free Trader. We are confident