The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-01-10
Secretary of State.


To the Castings about among the people fo,
suitable candidates for the various State office
&c be filled at the next November election, tho
names Of So uiany good democrats are mention
el, that, as We cannut go for all our first i'm
pulse is to 70 for none until after the nomination
Yet occasionally name will come up, which, ii
spite If pre- determination to have no prefer
.nces, truth and candor compel US to cay, on &c
couat Of peculiar qualifications and circumstances
would DO our first choice Such is the name q
uf the Hon. j. 4. Alatteson, for Governor; an
whom correspondent in to-day's paper recon
mends for the uisieeo Secretary If State. We
are not sufficiently posted up in the ruyenient'
Of candidates 10 know what strength, or whether
Hpy stands prepared beforehand to back this rec
commentator Of MID. We arcassVrel however
that particularly in his own part Of the state .
strong movement will De made in lis favor, and
We know further that Mr d. is q democrat o! the
siraite,t sect-a man honest, capable, and whe.
the nominated or mo-. the democratic convention
in April next Will max. choice Of no stronger Jr
better inan,
Some twelve years nro, While operating At
the capital Of The good Old keystone State rs a
journcyman printer, We remember nj the house
where We boarded, AMONG a wild, rolcking set Of
jour printers, clerks, Re, there vas Young man.
who from his modest, tlougltfu and studious
habits was known as the Deacon" and although
occasionally the butt Ola good n,ured joke, in al
difputes Us to scientific or historical facts, he was
tbs last appeal, and the accurate knowledge or
Judgment Of the Deacon generally settled the
question The adjournment Of the legislature,
md the fuishiug Of the journals" n few months
scattered that merry company 10 all points Of the
compass, and We had in year or two more for.
becoming self ds,rus; and modest trcpidation,'
just mounted the tripod .. the Free Trader VIC
received a friendly greeting from an ufuential
democratic puper printed away down at Sparta,
IN Randolph county, place We had scarcely
heard Of before. We examined that paper close.
ly, and ioyfaiIy and gratefully recognized at the
head Of its columns the name Of j T. DrrnIcH,
our old friend the Deacon" Just out Of his ap.
premiership at die time We had known him, when
the dispersion toch place he lad started, with
come 500 in his pocket, to The Great West TO
geek his fortune, and here he had "tGrned up"
How he has since ircd Is told with -uifcicu.
Inlnutenes, by our correspondent We first met
Mr., D, AFTER our separation at Harrisburg, twelve
years before at Springfield last winter, no longer
the modest, stGjIous printer boy, but the iufuen.
ial representative of an intelligent constituency
IN the Legislature, around whom lis compccrs
gathered for counsel-a man Of maurcl and
clear judgment, and a ripe scholar. No member
Of the Louse was more universally respected
none had more personal influence Chairman Of
the committee on engossed bile, ms one Of the
.nsso.sing clerks, we had full OPPORTUNITY to be.
come acquainted with his close business habits
his varied knowledge, and incorruptble integrity
Of character That he would ill tho Office of Sc.
cre,afy Of State with an ability, and faithfulncss
and ripeness of Judgment such AS are seldom OK.
hGtcd in that Office, we make not the slightest
question. The world does not often ovcrratc
one of those thoughtful, siudiou. modest apprcn.
tee boys
We are the more fee to express ourselves thus
in reference to Mr. DIETRICH, since it i. settled that
Mr. Gregg has consented that his friends may use
his name in connection with tie office Of Cover.
nor. We should have been pleased to see Mr.
G. retain his present position, but we shall he We.
" well satisfied to see him succeeded hy Mr.
DIETRICH