The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-01-08
Canal Trustee.

"f being arp intei Trustee, aud that he rel
nov at Springfield using oil the mesns at h
command To pr cure rc-ol pui' Imcrt from 1t
new Governor We had suppoaed that his "a
frtme mp6eIy would have dictated To Lin di
f'rent Course, particularly airr he had failed i
hi' e1'Hs to nnminae the man later his ow
heart" "a the late GabtIniorinl Convention. -
/ After that nominal. Nas made We Ia the Nj,
supposed tie mater was sellcd as 10 Truslc,
and that The worthy General woul be contcn
Tor once, b. tab nicS seal, "whcre he cout
see just as we'll" But it appears We wer
Disappointed, ani la be sill lngers aroun,
the throne, hoping by rhinng and feHin.
to draw tear from The eye rf pity, VI excite
sympathy in heart Of benevoencc.
At this c,isis when extraordinary efforts az,
bein. made to retain Gen. Fry in his pres,n
place, i, may not he ami,s to take glance a
his position, ard review par, Of his past otI.
cial ard Political life. and thereby ascertain what
,re his claims To continuation in the office he
now holds.
Wa IS GIN. F,y as a D morGi?-Who in
luced many Of the contractors on the line, dur.
,ns the Congressional contest hetneeu Douglass
md Stewart, 10 deceive the ltbJrers on the cana
aud have them vote for Stewart, the viii, candi-
late Who, NJ the Csnal office, lnstlglted the
fl.ir of chan soe the Christian name of Doug.
ASS so rs Ia deceive the voters, ard thus caused
the election of Stewart by five votes Let Gen
Fry aud his uudeIsiravpers, answer The question,
Who subsequently got up the Canal Ticket
At Lockporr, 10 IL trar the regular Nominees f,r
), nltor and Representatives Let Gan. Fry
and hi. iueI,men ut Sprinef ID answer 'teques
ton. Nho has rode the Canal line day and
night, To defeat democrats fu' office, who were
supposed To be indcpcnderLof the Canal Office
IN Gen. Fry. let the Eueincers answer this
question. " no la, invariably Joked democratic
office of Cannl Commissioner! Ii is a limenta-
Die fact that Grn Fry has never received dem
ocriic nomination, aud yet he has been rcelccl-
I'd for years, aud now claims that he was ap-
pointed by the a'e Governor on account of uh'g
nau,nre rre,irus to the passage OF the Canal
jlll and we further understand, that he even
now hopes II receive the aid Of the wings in sus.
aiming him for a re-aPpointmcut. Further -
" no, at the North, has sustiiled Gen. Fry 10
,i- official aud political cUursel The Chicago
ourn i has been the only paper tina, has dared
o speak of him with favor, and NJ, ne demo-
ratio j1ur1al has spoken a word in hi. behalf
ilher as pahisan or an officer. 1t is true. We
ave thus far stood alone in urging his removal
nj If we have given a wrong statement Of facts |
10 one has dared to refule tEem--no iudrpcndeu,
emocralic journal dare assaII u.s. We p,ofes,
a speak the s,nim,n,s Of the psopie in This sec
on, and we know We speak 'hc feelings of DEM .
crl.s in other sections although their rrpre.eu-
,,ives at Spruliield may act differently.
Who is GEN F.y, as an officer fla, be
one his duty TO the STATE and the Csn,ll lie
as sustained the Trustees in voting totlem-
elves the enormous salary ui 81 800 per anaum.
lie has stood by ard seen poor democrats rubh,d
{ their contracts, and the same given t. wealthy,
rawiing wings. He uns been absent hall the
unmci on visit 10 the east, aud If the man
cement of the Canal 10 others, and instead OF
living the work his personal ottenlIon, be has
,urged about the Canal office. lie is s. Ion,
ren on the line 81 Canal, except on political ex-
ursions, and then operating Ior the wbige. lie
as seen the Trustees create Two suocufcs for
'iaii,cs and lfleuds al - 400 per annum. know.
ig that the men appointed had no real duties to
erlorm and in TACT, no law was in existence
hereby they could punish canal trespassers, as
he bill nov pending before the Legislature clear.
! shows These things, and many more, he
as witnessed, ard yet we hcar Of M complaints
} the Governor from him respecting these ahu-
70. lie has given a silen, support to all these
roccrd'ngs, and many suppose Tor he purpose
gaining the favor OF the foreign Trustees,
, that should the Governor remove him from
is present post, that they might favor him with
mother.
We cstertain no hostility to Cen. Fry, Of a
ersona nuiurc--we have never askrd hun for
lyor and never expcc, TO. We have ever oppo-
d his course as a democrat and as a Canal rms.
e, and being as Independent Of the Canal office /
Of any other power, We speak without fear or
Ivor. We have no canal contract, MOI have any
or friends, that requires official favor. We
re too po,r 10 own mills or factories, and con.
'quently shall no, need lha water power at Jo- |
ct or anywhere tl,e To turn our "spindlrs;' |
nd being a law. observing citizen, we have 10 .
,lrcate lL,' suits depending on the oath Of any
Inciil, least Of all Canal Trustee. Our hum .
lie interest is the same as tina, of thousands ON .
lie Canal line. We are anxious for its speedy .
nd economical completion, and shall stand aside
" no one in fuuhering this great object. We
rso the claims Of no man for the post. " hoev-
ic Trustee may be, he may expect from our
andS fair and impartial investig alton Of his oili.
al acts. We have no favors to ask a, his hands
II ourselves, or our friends. We have no poli,.
al aspirations to crafty, and ask no, The power
the Canal Office TO confer them. The Cover.
or being the head Of the State and the great
emocraiic pariy, we expect the new Trustee to
e a good citizen, a competent man, and a dem.
crat "from the crown of his head to the soles
his feet" Nothing more We ask-nothng less
ill satisfy the democracy Of the State.
White Mon DiSfrunchistd Our colurcd |