The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-01-22


sLN'--o'' sLI'--'-i- - 4'hI-'' 10 po' '"LAS'
SENATE CHAMBER, Jan. u. 1859.
10 tie Filters CF tie Union In note
dated the 9Th instant, signed by the Hon. 5.
4. Dou:'aS, addressed to the editor of The
Sttt.s, and published last evening, Mr..
Douglas, after quoting the following passage
from my published statement Of 18th De-
ccInDcr last, VIZ: " Mr. Douglas has, by au-
thoriZins and coGntcnancing anonymous at
tacks Oh me, through 4 person officiating as
his private secretary, lost all claim TO the ex.
p,anation that would otherwise have
promptly volunteered to give him." makes
the fy,.Ow.u: remark: " 1t is due to myself
II publish an emphatic denial OF the truth
Of the implication in The above paragraph.
Il is net true that have authorized or conn-
tCuaUc.d anonymous attacks upon Mr. SIi-
dell
Ta.s declaration imposes upon me the ne.
cc~>ify of showing the grounds on which
:a.Ie that charge. Daring my visit 10 New
Orleans IN November last AL editor of pa
pr published there, who Is friend and
partisan OF Mr. Don: as (Oat who at the
same t'm- Is not uat.icnl'y to me- informed
nae tLa. he had received an ANONYMOUS let
ter from Chicago for publication in his pa
-, commenting very severely upon Inc,
and Ihat be d,d L intend to publish it, but
desired M to see it. lie accordingly pro-
.Iert the paper, and read TO me certain por-
tons OF i extremely Yituperauye. told
a..a hat al heard enough Of 1t, and in-
sisted on knowing the name OF the author,
and how tie paper had been forwarded to
'.ia. l. tl.s he at Aist GeHurred, put on
my ar, ut la>'s'ancc taat had the right TO
Know the nas"- o. tte author, he said thatlt
had J-lH --rt 10 Inn IN the ordinary form
0; news apr correspondence, either with
ort Signature or with an assumed one, and
hal been accompanied hy letter from Mr..
JtS. j.. S--l.daa. requested him to give
ms tae maine IN writing, which he did. l
have X now N my possession. had heard
that this Mr.. sheridan acted as amanuensis
Tor Mr. Douglas, had accompanied hIm
through his late canvass, reported his
speeches, X; ana also asked the Gator
whether Mr.. sheridan did not stand IN TINS
relation to Mr.. Douglas. H!sreply was tnat
he 50 understood, having had other letters
ftoIr him. L then declared to the editor, IN
the presence OF another person, ana suose-
fEt"uy repeated the declaration to other
friends, that on my ARRIVAL N aShinSton,
WHerc expected, OF course 10 meet MT.
bou5!a>- ahou'd can on hi4h ior d cateSofi
cal ftf.y whether or not he hau authoriHso
TINS letter oi Ills Secretary ana shouid %
governed IL my course towards MN 10y MS
answer.
As soon as l heard OF the charge about
The negroes, anc otiore my departure ION
the 10Th November last from New orleans
10 washington, hai written 10 Mt. Mchat-
ton, III whose possession the slaves were,
denying IN the most un4ua'ileG terms the
staterneHt attributed TO me hy the Chicaso
=
New Orleans on INC ST or ! Dscemoer;
saw notn 'he ecit"' "oySe ,"aeu 10 anu
.dr. htliauoi, ana eou.u no. ave iaiieu 10
"ne" from 'Hem 'la' 'iau ".hieu having
mace any suth s,ate''I."I ~. 'ne ncs'uIs
as HaU Oeeh ia!SelE titoU1r.. u me. Ao
must also nave hnoWA from tAc eOltoT tuat
| believed SaerlGanS tet''l % nave oeen
ceuntenanced, Il not ah'hoFA y n'',', anu
that my CONVECTION on th'S nau ueeu
sfenG'atntu oy tuc i"et VI 'h ''''to' nav
ing received letters bearing 'ti' % ''nA "a VT
l:o.r ii SL,.;,Ian- ,,.r. vol Mr.
directly win 0heriuah itI -. MI.
n'uS. "s ',it,'s NV '' ~ ,,.n ,
= t',!'e' - "'' at.,,i NJ. ,haro
a"Se" '''S """t' .''0'
is paragraph IN ms cafu Vi yes.etuay
which ialIiy admits the cohsN !c'ion I"a' no
had denounced me IN 'h'cSt' as caiuin-
nlator on the au'"'i''y oi ~ m
puted to Dr. braInar"' Hitho,' ever ea'.'"s
y" h''" - Lo,, =, Lor ,ho -.
foundation for the chaTSe, Mheh the event
proves that Or. DTalhard- II called upon,
would have shown the whole story to be a
fabrication. II seems to me that S nse OF
the common courtcs'es OF life, and OF our po-
sition rs SenatoSS, should have dictated the
Of calling on ine, either to deny
the statement or 20 vIndicate its truth; yet
i: never occurred to Mr. Douglas to suggest
even doubt Of my having b.eh capable of