The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-10-26
Poor Mr.. H0lbrooh.


= sweat-tbese are very strong Comparisons, bu
they fal TO convey even a faint idea If the swell
terng ac'g IN which our interesting AMI Gsaa,ita
cotcmPorary Of the Peru Telegraph find, himscl
placed at this to him most unPrpritious period
Never before IN This county were political fatal
ties so incXorably determined to bring out. expos,
and hang up to the public gaze and dcri.iou, til,
unprnciPlcd political trucker and wen,hercoek
Our readers can barely form remote idea Of tn,
agony Of Mr. Holbrook's position by looking at
few pages Of bis history
Mr., Holbrook, after loafnc around Ottawa fo
sonle years finally went, some three wears ago
to Peru, and was there taken under the wing %
Nh. Getting. who undertook to get him into a so.t
OF 91ui business, rs h,Nycr, by giving linn office
rOom with himself and Bccbc We believe Hol
brook ike Mr. Seth Paine, WAS even allowed to
"u,e the name Of the trm~ Uncertain cases, a.
} partner. But ct thi. We are not positive, After
several wears ofpatIrnttria, however, M, Cuitiug
found hls prot,ge incorriglblc case and to get
him Oh his hands, h., in connection with Mr. Bee
be, and few others gave HIM the 7dcgragb to
edit, the types, press, &C. Of which they then
owned and we presume continue to own to thu
day. As the free soil party At that time needed
an organ IN this county and as the gr2pri,!orS of
Nlr liolbruok, his press types, DC, could see no
difference between helping laylor and helping
Van Buren, in this state, they hsl no objection to
Mr. llolbrooks hois,ins the free soil flag, il he
could make most by it, So off he went blazin.
away on the free soil trumpet with all the enrr-
gy Of boy with new tin whistle But t-,ayo
"a mntanter, as the poet saith--timcs have chang
ed, and 4 most vexatous and cross. grained change
it i. The fee soil party finding their principles
the same a- those entertained by the democrats.
have though; proper to unite with that patty
and now how is Mr., Hobrook To serve lis whig
masters und vet GO with hi, free soil brethren :
But to make the thing It'll moro vexatous
AMI perPlcxlng, Mr.. Coiiiug must be brought
out himself as candidate, and hnn, Of course it
would be all poor lIobrook's place is worth to op-
pose But worst Of all, ni,er the free suiler, and
democrats had made a nomin ,ion Of legislative
candidates, Mr. Bccbc, another proprietor. must
como ont rs n wing candidate for the legislature.
So there poor llolbrook stands. To supper, Mo
lony he brings upon him Mr.. Cotiiny--to support
Coiins all his free soil professions and subscribers
go overheard; to support the democratic repre-
sentative ticket brings the rod Of Beebe on his
back and to bolt it, he must again give up hi.
democratic professions Here's fix Dear
knows, Ilolbrook fought hard enough TO prevent
such Junciure Of circumstances We all recol
lcct how hard he bat.ed to break up the Union
to keep Ogden on the track While Ogden and
Nolony were both running, he had fine time Of
it. But, alas, alas his is a sad preGicament now
Like a bull dog without teeth there he stands,
growing, growing, Nil day long. surly, impotent
helpless, at the end Of his rope.
Understanding thus Mr. IIolbrooks complicated
position, We can very readily see why he refuses
to support though he dare not oppose, Dr. Molo-
ny, and why he hoists the name Of j uhn Hi.e to
the bead ofhis columns, and yet labors through =
column OF the meanest, most sneaking and CON
tcmptible, low innuendo and fllsehood to injure
him and help the negro catcher, Beebo, whom he
reckle.sly and unblushlngly evlogizcs as a good
free sotir, We had intended to reply to some Of
his ridiculous falsehoods in reference to the man.
ner in which the nomination Of Mr. Hisc was brot
about, but We can scarcely persuade ourselves
that 1t IS needed. Il is enough to SAY tho, the ne
mnaton was wholly unsolicited by and uncx
pectcdly conferred upon Mr. H. and that, so far
from Ottawa influence having brought it about,
Mr.. ii. did not receive the frs, ballot. the vote
of the Ottawa delegation in the county convention.
The truth giving the west end Of the district
Representative the east end was entitled to ano-
Their, and Mr.. Hise was nominated by the dele.
gates from that end, who were entitled TO make
the choice AZ to IIolbrook's balIer,lish about Mr.
Hises hunkerism, it comes with a splendid grace
from the euogIst Of the professional negro catcher!
and from man who is owned body and breeehcs
by brace Of wing candidates whom he is bound
on pain of losing his daily bread TO supper. under
false coors. The habitua botrsycr Of his friends,
is said to be mean man; the man who would
rob church, or steal the pennies off dead ne.
gros eyes, is mean; but either o! these is vastly,
immcasurably elevated above tia, character who
will sell himself his brains and brooches, to be
used as the tool Of a few moneycd, reckless poll,
teal SCI emers and aspirants
DR. Boat, of Marshall county, is an inlepend-
ent candidate for the legislature in the lIcnnepin
district in opposition 10 Judge Anes, the Demo
cratic nominee. DR.. b. is regular Galphin wing.