The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-13
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OTTAWA, SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 1859.
Ottawa Boys In Kansas.

OTTAWA, SATURDAY, DEC. 13, 1859.
Ottawa Boys In Kansas.
Our columns were SO largely occupied !
bv the Presidents message, last week. that
We were unable to notice, as it deserved, the
pemaskabls article in the Republican oil the
week before in reference to the Ottawa com
pany of smigrants to Kansas Considering
che high wrought promises under wh'ch
these unfortunate young men were 'h'e'
slsd into this quixotic expedition, and their
e,ss.ousut treatment, this article IN the
R,pu6iisan il about the coolest ana most
Asartless affair that has lately come under
our ustics. Not word Of sympathy is ex-
prssssd, no anxiety felt, no conInisscration
erinced for these unfortunate dupes; 10
apology or pAiliation is offered for Ike bro
ken promises Of the fus ION leaders, and the
simple suggestion that in common honesty
these promises should be fulfilled, is turned
Of with a sneer After having, by fair
promises of sympathy and support from
home led these too credu'ous victims mo tle
wilderness, they are heartless!y abandoned,
And bv this fusion editor and leader turned
over with kick to the democracy Tree
dom shrieking no longer pays-hansas con-
trihutions have given out. III the democfs-
~ have any sympathy for these dupeS, they
are welcome to take care Of them. As Tor
N. saws this fusion leader, they may root
hog. or die"
This is about the result we anticipated.
II is not only true OF the Ottawa Company
i. Kansas, but the Chicago, Rockford, and
other companies have met the same treat
msnt. We have now before us most in
structive chapter in this swindling business,
IN the St. LOUIS Democrat, in the shape OF
q communication from Capt Iiarvie, who
commanded the famous Chicago Company
that went cut last Summer. II has fallen
INTO the fusion camp Ike bomh-sheh, and
caused an immense t!uttcriEg III all direc-
tions. We leave room for but paragraph
or two. Capt H. says:
1.-THE Chicago committee never fulfilled
their contract with the company that ie!t
there in June last, which was one OF the
first to 90 to Kansas, and which has seen
more hardships than any other company IN
the territory The committee WAS to give
them assistance on their arrival III the ter
Yitory. and also find them in provisions fer
one wear, which has not been complied with
If YOU saw anything to them, they reply 1t
is all left to the National Court, and when
YOU mention it to them, they say, you are a
" EAy
with you. That is the way you are treated,
after being induced TO leave I couturtab
home, to endure privations and hardshjis
for the Aid Society TO speculate from
What is true in reference 10 the Chicago
Company is in the same communication as
serted to be true of nearly every other
company sent from the states 20 Kansas,
and Capt. HIS communication, in proof Of
this is signed by over 10 names Of MEM
bers of companies not only from points in
Illinois, but in the millls and New Eng
land States.
Capt. Ii. asks pe.tinsnily, who receives
all the aid that been Donated Sure enough,
whoe Certainly not tbs dupes in Kansas.
These, after they are drawn into the net,
Capt. III. says, are LEFT to shift for them
selves" and unable to find employment, too
often "turn 5lndits tOr tier suEFort "htch
has been a main ca'tsc ct' all TIE digieultses
in the territOries.." Capt. II. says:
Iii. time that these transactions were
exposed, so tLas no more persons may be
-auped by the committees, or by those who
are soliciting aid aid for tteeltny hdHsas.
think il my duty to put the whole mat
ter in tIu light before the public, a. the
several committees have been written to re-
psstedly and no reply
Is not this 4 beautiful and most edifyine
EXPOSURE No wonder the fusion leader:
are now so anxious to turn over their VIC
tins to the tender mercies Of the democracy
What has become OF the two and a-hai
millions collected during the past season FOL
the relief Of the suffering in Kansas
Who got the $50, 900 month provided for
by the Buffalo Convention. Whittier went
the Gres!y Tribune fund.- Verify, it Is
time the democracy come to TIE re!:ef OF
the sufferers in Kansas, but " hatcver con-
tributions they maxi, You can bet your
lif: on it, they will not entrust ,hem to
the "RepuJlcan Matt onal Committee tc
distribute.