The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-10-20
Low, Scoundrely Business.
Pot Calling the Kettle Black.

Judge Douglas, as our readers are aware,
pot at this place and at La Sale on Mon
day Of last week We gave the substance
Of the speech at Ottawa in our last issue,
and while it was delivered in Judge S
usual vigorous, pointed way, and conveyed
line Of argument that has not been and
cannot be successfully assailed it's ian
cuage was yet eminently courteous and
gentlemanly. This the five thousand De-
mocrats who were present and heard II
will bear us out in.
The Ottawa Republican, la Sale Press
and other black prints Of that low grade,
unable to meet the crushing argument, and
fearfgl Of its effect, try to break its force
by resorting to mean lying and low black
guardis.n Both say that Judge D. dealt
in coarse, vulgar language, and insinuate
that he was in liquor at the time. Not
only havo these presses made this lnslnua-
ton, but every Republican b!ackguard
about Ottawais repeating it. In the coun-
try, q few days ago, we heard that Judge
Catcn had gone to see and hear Judge D.,
but on arriving at the cars, found HIM 50
drunk that he left in disgust. Judge
not only heard Judge D., but got into the
ear and went to Rock Island with him =
Tie country is full Of dirty lies ike tnis.
We saw Judge D. at Ottawa, shook hands
with him, and, although from constant
speaking in The open air with his head I'M
covered, he looked somewhat sunbrcwned,
we know he was as little under the infiu-
ence Of liquor as the longest faced parson
il that crowd. We will say more. We
have in our day, been somewhat intimate
with Judge d. For months at one time,
"a few years ago-we saw him every day
were at his house, morning noon and
night-ssW him in the Senate Chamber, in
the street, and in convivial circles, and we
solemnly aver, we never saw him drunk,
| or what in slang phrase is called badly
sprung. That he will take glass Of liq-
uor, az 90 out of 100 Of our public men do,
is not denied, but to accuse him Of habit
ual drunkenness is simply dastardiy false
hood.
But were there just foundation for this
| calumny, what right have the Republicans
/ to use it against Democratic ca dIdate?
/ Let them look at home! We have heard
! Judge Douglas make twenty two-hours
/ speeches. but we never saw him have a
/ class of liquor on the stand When Gas
sins N Claysnoke at Ottawa in September
bo ke,,t sir,,;nc through HI. wboleaneech.
:. ,,,u,lIar or b,,ndv Lv his side We
arc not o,,or. that the MON. sorI Of an,
T,a,,,,1,i;c., hro+,,e. vac shocked at the
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'he most u'9s. ''ce'"''y u'N''NeA ~" -
Sane mas seen III years
y : hiIo" so',''''i.'s '''"'. -,i0[
II from December 1870 to July Io''f IA
drew sober BREATH we never halPenA'
to see HIM at that rare moment ai'ii'"si
:, we saw MN almost nai'y' Leu our "7Ii'o
l crate friends at JacNson'ii.e' "ho h'l0'
DC "tes intimately zen "ie'iier ~ an
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