The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-09-17


"'rbrcc gcn'iemcn," rs the State Register
says, swell known in the State we've APP
pointed to app!aiSe these lands, and these
men were no !e'S pcrSona@Cs than three io-
cofoco ollice-holderS. Mr.. Sherman ul
Cook. Mr.. Mate>on Of viii. and Mr.. Red
dick of La Sale, haugcrs-on along the line,
if not open 10 the highest bidder, largely
interested, having their pockets stuffed with
prescription claims to valuable lands.
town lots. and water powers, amounting al
most TO a monopoly. were selected by the
State to appraiSe the value oiwhat they had
already iobbed. But the Veto power of the
Trustees stepped in between them and their
cherished desires. and the obnoxious law
was promptly rejected by the Board CHI
cGgo Journal.
Thus has found its way into the Journal
what certain disappointed spectators have
b en- whispering through the country for
the last six months. So far rs the Journal
is concerned. its real reason for attacking
the appraisers is. that they are loco ioco>.
Had the same men been wings. not a word
would have escaped it in opposition. On
the contrary, would have culogizcd them.
To be loco ioco. with its managers. is TO
be a thief, a lar and a knavc in general.
BIT the journal is not the author of this
attack. II originated with men whose
character is VIGOROUSLY exactly what it de-
scribcS that Of the appraisers are TO hc. We
are safe in asserting that these very diSap-
pointed men charge on NcSSrS. sherman,
Matteson. and Reddick the very designs
they themselves had in view, viz; That Of
plundering the State.
Of Itrn rf
and all at first refused. But the democracy
saw this gang of wings ready TO use few
tools of theirs for the baScst of purposes :
and they rallied and united upon these three
men as honest and capable. as men who
knew the sharks swimming after the canal
lands. Their crime with this gang is only
their honesty and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
either of these men die or resign, the same
charge would be ring against any man
whom the Governor might appoint, unless
lie might be whig. or some pimp of that
party hanging on 10 the skirt Of democracy
who votes a wing ticket, and yet calls him
self democrat for Office.
Whenever either of these gentlemen
have appealed to the people. to the men who
knew them best, they have never been re-
pudated. They are now men high in the
public confidence, and no person know ins
them, doubts their capabli'y or integrity.
VIC challenge comparison between the
honesty, the manner in which they have
met and are ready TO meet all their liabili.
ties. and that Of the men assailng them. We
know who they arc, and there is not n
child in the street but knows that. did they
think that they we're dishonest, they would
be tho first men 10 approach them with dis
honest purposes in Wow.
We now predict that these thrcc appra'>-
erS will look solely at the good of State.
as they ought to do-that they will arpraisc
the lands al allthcy viii bring. astlicy ought
10 do-that they viii show no favor, beyond
what the law requires. as they ought to do
and, furthermore, that, when the lands are
appraised. these same men will elccnoncor
against the democratic party, and assert rs
reason therefor. the cruelty or the appraiS-
crS in putting land So high. Knowing the
history Of the canal operations from the DAYS
ofthe old ''canal ticket down to the pres
cat day. We could not consent to see three
Of our prominent democrats thus asSailed in
silence without exposing the unprinciplCd
set Of moral aud political dcSperadoes who
( have got the Journal TO publish their wilruI
and malicious falSehoods which thcv frs.
whispered into the cars eth Trustees tor
successfully. The only thing 10 be feared
is that these appraisers arc assaSsinated
which would be not improbable did their ca.
lrmniators not know that men equally hon,
est and equally bold would take thcirplaccs