The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-04-19


Frisad Osmoa In the Ottawa RepuJh-
ran Of april 9th, the editor in his comments
on the recent town elections in TIL. county
makes great flourish Of trumpets over the
BlacS Republican, abolition, fusion and
Know Nothing tirior,ts, which hc says that
party achieved in the towns Of Peru, Grand
Rapids, and Freedom lie says that lin
those towns where grfiy t,st was made
the Republican, have lost nothing since the
fan OF ls5l' 50 far as lac alIudcs to the
town Of Freedom, hc Is ahurnr under an
error. This town has always been one of
the strongest abolition towns Ia the county.
and when tie Wigs and pIcht.ousts have
voted together, they have generally beat L c
democrats by majority Of tro 10 one. For
several years before the passage Of the Kan
sgs Nebraska hl tie average democratic
vote was about 30, but in ls5i with that
measure as a fot the democratic vote was
increased TO D. For SIX weeks before the
recent town election the fusion republicans"
had been holding meetings, organizing aad
preparing for the contest. On the Saturday
afternoon I. fore the election, they nominated
th,ir ticket, aud boosted that they could
elect It by majority Of two TO one and
thus challenged the democrats to meet them
ON the Nebraska issue. Until this time the
democrats had no intention Of making n
party nomination, as ii had ucv been done
by any party in tie town for local officers
before, except the kuow-Holhings last spring.
On the Monday evening before the election
the democrats nominated their can !iIatcs
but it was too late to send to Ottawa aud get
their tickets printed, aud they had to write
them Under all these advantages, aud with
only few hours preparation, We met the
enemy on thuiT own chosen battle field, and
polled So votes for Charles Wiley, the demo
cratic candidate for supervisor 90 votes for
II. Wiley, for assessor; and cic'H Gyor-e
Yale, staunch Nebraska democrat. col. ct.
or and come within nine o0tes, on an aver.
age, Of beating the entire Black Republican
ticket, from supervisor down TO poor master
Had the editor Of the Htyubiic,, been pre-.
sent when the vote was declared and looked
on the rmttU Count,naHccs OF the fusion
lenders, he would have thought that their
political death warrant was scaled, and nu
would not have made the assertion that the
Republicans have lost nothing 10 this town
since the fall OF leJi' Another ri ricto.
~ will be the end Of the Republican parry
"a this toHn. Tho democratic vote in Free.
dom has almost doubled "siuce the Arl Of
IS"h ana NE lus'ou vote Is about the same
that II was lheh. II the democratic ypt"
has increased ~ all the towns IN the county,
in the same r,,ti0 that it has in this, since
the agitation Of tie Kansas Nebraska Qu,.-
ton We can beat the Black Republicans
1900 votes IN the county next fall The re-
suit oi onr election Us equivalent to demo
cfauc victory ana we keno the right hand
OF fellowship 10 tuosc national wings who
have fPH"'| The ''"s oi tic day and
SHOWN th'f sincerity ny ac'Ihs with us.
ma now, "ii' address iew words TO
those 'o.d iue wings VINO probe, to be
on inc fence. How often WITHIN tHc past
Two years nave htaIu these men say tac
wing part! ~ H'aH-i nave o." party "h'Ic
'"hH H'' NP"' ! "oHu answer ms
question I'D inc language 81 henry Gay, lie
'N'''' j." speech ln ave, OF l.o ,oHIiu-
mise measures 81 I7Jo. Ile sad that III
'"e Wig party must cease To- exist as ma
u""'' l'''y' anu become "'iE.' mo M
s1'h't ''.''',''', "'''''.'. "''u'"on party,
mat ,"o'''"l nc tta-.' 10 p' ""'ti al"
thit DC womb A't WIN '"' H'iho i''s OF
Muht'N'' NAAo'" parry sustained ',' con-
S"'u''oU ""' 'nc "''U'' u '"' a'''. rae
t'y DIT, Wv "'.l "'"'..' Z IT.!
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a.. '-'',i5 ~, - -,
where tlsy .hou,J 20. If II.nry C.,y hal
the democratic party, a, hundred, and thou.
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