The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-31
A Reply TO MIR. Eynn's Setter.

At length, then, after an Incubation of some
two months. an article Intended as rejoinder To
Mr. Rynn's reply to Gov. Davis's pamphlet, has
made It's appearance in the Saugamo Journal.
Strange as It may seen. To some, that the Journal
after so long silence, should only at this late lay
have determined 10 attempt review OF Mr.. Ry-
ans letter. we confess its article has not taken us
by surprise. We had an intna,inn some days
dron. and that the crocodonc mess would soon
be served up for the risciverous world. But to
treat poor ">lmple Sim" as the author of this
mess. is holding him guilty Of what lie never
dreamed of committing. His little dish of milk
and water was prepared Immediately ON the al-
pcararcc Of Mr. Ryan's letter and has long since
been forgotten. From variety OF circumstances,
We are persuaded that the article in question is
the production of no less n man than honssi John
Davis himself. The fact that it appears after so
i"ng lHpre of time, and that It's style rescm-
hles that Of the famous pamphlet Of - pages, +"
nnl that the article a,ludcs in several instances to
circumstances with which the editor ri the Jour
nu' and 10 one else in Illinois could he accuaint-
ed. oi'1rds s'r'ng presumplive evidence OF this !;
hut what Is still stronger. aud mus, he regarded
AS nearly conclusive, is the fact tina, Gov. Davis
has, since the appearance of Mr.. Ryan's reply,
written TO one gentleman in this region tia; we
know Of, and we have reason t. believe 10 others.
enquiduc Cor information of nature To show
that he was preparing something in reply to Mr..
Ryan. aud MS 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, tina, this is wha, he has
been Preparing.
And nov, regarded ns the production Of Gov.
Davis himself what sort Of mn opnion must this
article give the public Of its author Every one
who read the Noted pamphlet, remembers the low,
abusive style in which il was written bu, that
was dignlicd, compared with this article in the
Journal. The terms 'swinish,' 'kna,ish, dog
'monkcy,' Ass, '.coundrel,' &c, are used with
compares himself To an elephant, and Mr. Ryan
ioa verdhni young man al a caravan who seeks TO
attract the notice If the crowd hy climbing on
the elephants back, lie also rilicules Mf. Il.
IN account Of his nativity calls him MIR. Mickey
Free &c, As though il was matter or riIiculc
to have been born in Ireland.
H. ,
ism in any case eXcusaolc ii would he no diff
cult matter to TGtort on character as vulnerable
as that Of honta John Davis. But we leave the
employment for those whose tastes RON in that
way. Whatwc shall have to do with, occupies bu,
small space Of the Governors mqniy review.
Those 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 to Europe in May,
lSii occnsioncd the failure of the hondhoders 10
carry out the arrangement agreed upon in lS43,
TO rcaumc tho work on our canal. Gov Dayi,
asserted in his pamphlet, and now rc.asser,s that
he did no, cause that failure. and that the true
reason oft was that the si00 900 required by the
arrangement had not all been subscribed, and he
quotes from a letter Of Barring, Brothers & Co,
who certify that he did not cause the failure. Mr.
Ryan asserts that he did cause the failure by nhli
eng all the parties in the first place, to wal, from
February until May, unit, he CD could go out
to Europe aud then by persuadlng the bondhol-
ders 10 wait until after the presidential election,
and he proves that the siOl COO had been sub.
scribeJ. This is the whole controversy in nut
shell. |, il well known tina, all the conditions
upon which the bondho'ders agreed to advance
100000 TO our state in the spring of 1874, were
complied with and ye. i, was not advanced.
Mr.. Ryan shows satisfactorily why it was not adj
vanced, and Gov, Davis does not account for it.
All the hard words, low inuendoes, and idicue.
and pomposity OF the grea, nni Immaculate John
Davis canno, put different face on this con-
lrovcrsy, and il he thinks he can with brush
Of his filthy pen, kill of Mr.. Ryan, and thus cs.
cape the odinm of his position, we have no hcsi-
fancy in saying he will find himself prodigiously
mistaken.