The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-07-31
From our New York Correspondent

Nsw YoRK, July cath. 1852.
.usDr& Editors The hollowness and disgust.
ing in-nceriry Of the wing party, in assuming at
this late day to celebrate the battle OF Lundy (.
Lane cannot fail 10 be observed by any candid
person who i at all familiar with the history Of
,h., country. The very men who were most ,io.
len, in their depreciation and execralIon Of the
Ia war with Eng land-,he traitor. who sympa
,hileI with the enemy-are now the foremost in
celebrating Of the battles Of that war because
ore u the o'icers who participated in 1t has since
become their c.. ndidate for the Presidency aud
thiuk 10 sak, som capital nut Of It.
II the reader Of tin letter has access to the
file. Of the American uewsrapers published during
the war, let him refer to tbcLl, and he will find
abundant, proof Of What have asserted. Take
"a a specimen, the following exti'ct from the
Enit,i SUITES GdI'tie, Of PHILADELPHIA, dated
June 18Th, 1874
TIN. war Is purely Democratic IT was und, r.
taken for Democratic and not fOS national pur
rn.es, and It has been prosecuted with Demo
cratic success. lie, the Democrats terminate il
in the best manner they eau. We have no Dqyi.
ner,hig iH the matter
The whg- lad no partnership in the matter
lut when candidate Of theirs is to be- gor.fied,
lhey aye no, slow 10 profit by the glory of the
war. Why, however, should nil the glory be-
given to Scott He fought briyely, no doubt !,
courage - an American virtue aud thousand,
fought a. brascly rs lac did The honor of the
commspd does not belong 10 him Gen. Brown
was at the heard Of the American army, in that
battle, and was twice wounded Blown was the
idol Of the army, and Of the people, AMI. on that
/ day, he vas every where hailed asa traitor Col
Miller, Gen. Porter, and Major Jesup-shc latter
il now living. and good Democrat were A.
( gallapt in action Us Cen Scott, and led fcgi.
rnent- TO the chargent Lundy's Lane. ~ well ~
he. Why then Is Scott to be styled par ,Tcci.
ienee, the Hero Of Lundy's Lane" while tue
I others are forgotten or neglecledi Simply, be
cause whilgery wants to make use Of him. The
! intelligent people Of this country, however, are
not easily deceived and can detect humbugs in
whatever shape they may BE- attempted.
The evidences of the ureconcilablc hostility Of
Influential portion Of the whig party to the nom.
nations Of Scott and Crab I'M, Increase and niul.
I uply. rather than diminish The la,es, and most
important indication, of this character ia a letter
from the Hon T. Beniamng, recently elected
wing United States Senator from Louisiana, whu
declares that it i impossible to carry that State
for Scott. No sensible mnn ever thought other
wise but it is something, to have such nn impress
SION from wing authority. 10 Georgia, the dis
rup,ion Is complete and the only difficulty Is
the rivalry between the Union aud State Rights
palti... as to which will throw the most votes Tot
plcfce and King. This il SO well understood
that ] only rccur to it, to remark what was point
ed ou, to me by shrcwd politician, the other
day. that Connecticut and Georgia always vot,
alike. They are variable States, sometimes goin.
one way, and sometimes the other bat they nj
ways 90 together; So unless prccedenn fail yol
may set them both down in the Democrats
column for 1859
The heat is intense. MusquiIos aud bed.bug
sac with each other in tormcnting ~ There /
no rest for US, day or night A fellow name,
wiekersham, of this city has been humbuggul
, the community. for some time, On the subject o
iron bslstsay contcndipg, with sopo show o