The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-02
CORRESPONDENCE.


MORRIS, Oct. !, 1868.
The political waters up here in Grundv
are becoming turbulent. The black repub
licans are moving heaven and earth in be-
half Of their candidates for the different off,
ces to be filed this fall. They are marshall
ing their black hosts for the fight which is |
to come off on the End, Of next month; while /
the gAllent little band Of democrats, who !
have heretofore so successfully repealed the
charges Of the serted ranks of abolitionism
are noisiessly, but effectualiy, at work pre-
pairing for the conflict, and if there is
anything in the signs of the times, the noble
little army of patriots, who have always
"carried the flag and kept step to the music
of the Union" will repcl the charge of their
common enemy, with serious loss to the
black republican party. In fact the boosted
majority of three hundred which abolition
ism had in this county two years ago will
dwindle down to nothing, if tits not entirely
overcome. The republicans do not expect
to carry this county by over fifty majority,
while think the prospects Of the democra-
cy carrying the county by fifty to one humid
red maj ority are very fattering. Messrs
Collins and Cogswell will both run well up
here and am very much mistaken if they
do not receive a handsome majority in this
county while Parson Lovejoy will cut but
poor figure in little Grundy. "Mind that,
now" Mr. Collins is one Of our best and
most substantial farmers-indeed, he can
truly be styled one Of the "hard listed"
yeomanry Of the country. He isa gentle
man in every sense OF the word, and Is well
posted IN regard to all Of the great political
questions that are now agitaiing the pubic
mind In this country he will poll heavy
vote-for where he is best known. there he
is the most appreciated. The candidate
from your county, Mr.. Cogswel. do not
know personally but he IL highly spoken
Of anon: those in this county who are &C
quanted with him among the working
classes-the "bone and sinew" OF the
country-he will receive a heavy vote. Let
Lasale do a. well, in pro ortion, as Grundy,
and Messrs Collins and Coysvell will both
be elected by handsome msjorities. The
republicans Of this county are out working
very tremendously together. John P. South
worth and VIM. T. Hopkins the two ablest,
and by all odds, the most influential repub-
lcaus in this county, have been assigned
back seats in the black republican syna-
yogue, because they do not quite come up
to some OF the peculiar abolition notions Of
I their wolly- headed friends. The leader OF
the abolition force is young lawyer by the
name OF Newport, who is pushed ahead by
little clique here in Morris Who think heg
are the republican party. and all because he
wears nice gold watch and beautiful gold
/ chain. Mr. Southworth, the ablest republi-
/ can lawyer and speaker in this county, is
Gu. of with only two spe ches in out-oi the
way places, while Newport and has god
watch are appointed 10 speak in all the I'M
/ portant places in the county. he reason
/ Of this is, that Souihworth cannot 60 quite
so far in aboIitionism as his ~woo'y- headed
/ friend, Newport and consequently ne is de-
based by the clique from sharing in the
honors OF the present campaign, more anon
NORRIS.