The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-09-12
VOL. VINO. 10.

in Ireland and Scotland I; but they
were made by men who came infrom
the country, and who had never seen
or heard of Gov. Davis. SO much
for the glorifcation over this part Of
his exploits.
"Weisht and importance some TO 'riNes give"
stated in my former letter that
Gov. Davis came to me and asked
Inc what thought about his going to
London with me. This he dare not \
deny, but attempts to make light Of
it, and calls it asking PERMISSION to
make voyage with me. Gou. Da-
Wis considers, no doubt, that wilful
pcrvcrsion, with the intention to mis-
lead and deceive, is much lighter
sin than an open falsehood. indeed,
with such principles of morality this
paragon of honesty meets charges
that he dare not deny, by throwing
himself upon his dignity, and asking
the public if it is likely that he, an 4
aspirant for the vice presidency,
would stoop to consult an humble in
dividual about going to Europe. II
| misstated the facts, why does he
not deny them, or state the conver- (
sation that occurred between us, and
let the public draw their own conclu-g
sions. No-hc is very cautious not (
to do this but calls my statement !
rich sentence-modest assurance.
This is undoubtedly very witty, and
very severe. He is ever the same Z
great man, s
Whether in horiI impotence lie speaks,
o. half froth, half venom, spits himself abroasis
In puns, OF politics, or tales, or lies. IA
The committee, in their letter a
Nov. Goth, admit that Mr.. Ward told (
Gov. Davis that he thought he ought \
to 90 out with the report. Upon
this Gov. Davis came to me, not, as
he would have it understood, met me Z
in the area, and dropped what had
fallen from the committee (; but comc
and took me to one side, where we
remained together for an hour, and
informed me that he had been re-
quested to 90 out to London, and
asked mc-thcse are his very words
-"what do you think of my going
out with you? Do you think would
do any good by going?'' And then
went on to say that, if he went, he
must decide that night, so as to go
home to Worcester in the morning
and make his arrangements for
there was no time TO lose between
that time and the sailing of the stea-
mer. As before stated, | did not
encourage his going, for fear that it
would eyince such degree of into
rest as to alarm the bondllolders, if
he volunteered to cross the Atlantic,
unsolicited by them. He did not,
from some cause, so out with me,
whether it was owing to what | had
said or not, neither know nor care.
The facts were as | stated them.
Nor is there any thing improbable
in the circumstance, as he intimatos,
but dare not assert. He had been
employed to perform certain duties,
he had performed them, and his APP
pointmcnt was at an end. He was
requested to make voyage 10 Eu-,
rope upon this natter he knew |
was going out as the authorized
agent Of the state upon the same bu-
siness. Did not courtesy and propri-s
ETY. require him to consult the repre-
sentative of the state? Was it not
the proper course to avoid misunder-
standings, and to promote the real
interests OF the state? The only in-l
ference to be drawn from Gov. Da-
Wis intimation that he did not con-
suit me, is, that if he had concluded
to go at that time, he would have
gone without consulting the agent Of
the state. This would certainly have
been in character with the other.acts
of himself and the Boston Commits
tee, in attempting to get the negotia-a
ton into their own hands. heir
movements from the commencement
have been shrouded in mystery.
They have always been extremely
cautious to keep every thing con-
cealcd from the commissioners of the
state. | asked them in my former
letter to explain this. then asked
them if they really were anxious, as
they alleged, to promote the public
faith, why they did not inform me Of
what they had written, when they
knew that | was going to England
to represent the interest of the state.
If they were only laboring for the
public good, why not apprise tho
agent of the state of t!Ieir move
ments? Not meet him, as he was
sailing, and with a hypocritical smile
wish him speedy success, when they
had already written letters which
they knew would cause delay of
months. These enquiries Mr.. Ward
answers as follows: 81 am not aware,
that the committee were under any