The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-07-14

EDITOR FREE TRADER The RepuJEcao.
last week contained an article rehectiu.
very unjustly upon myself rs well others.
l this week sent the editor an explanation
OF the affair, havin. fill confidence that he
would give my statement the same public
lty he so willingly extended to the ACCUSE
ton. Judge my surprise when my COM
mtlnlcat'on was returned with a refusal to
publish unless ! would make such altera-
tions as his highness should see fit to die
tate
Now, Mr.. Editor, ask you and this
community if there is anything in my let
ter that is not perfectly proper; if not
why should Mr. II. refuse it a place in his
columns? Was it because it shows very
plainly that the statement that the Boy
was arrested for hurrahing for Abraham
is false in every respect. leave the qucs
ton for Your readers to decide d. ".
EDITOR REPuBrIcAN There il an article
in article in your last weeks issue, headed
" Boy Arrested for liurrahing for Lincoln
which, from the fact that the paragraph
in question is entirely devoid of truth, is
calculated to TO great injustice to those
whom you are pleased to style the city
authorities
| cannot believe that you would know
ingly circulate an untruth to the detri-
ment OF any of your fellow citizens, and
therefore entertain the opinion that you
have been missiniormed in regard TO the
affair. not for Il moment doubling but that
you will gladly avail yourself of the oppor-
tunity of not only doing Justice to your
own character for veIacity. and at the
sam time counteracting the false impress
sion which your article may convey to the
mn s Of those not posted TO the facts
propose giving you q plain statement of
the transaction as it actually occurred.
On the afternoon of the 18th, ! noticed
crowd collecting at the intersection of La
) e and Maine street, which finally in
creased to such an extent that the streets
mentioned became impassable Dceming
it my duty to open them so that wagons
and carriages could pass, went into the
crowd on the middle of Maine street. and
with the assistance Of Il policeman con
Quoted through the crowd all'the vehicles
that were detained on that street; we then
passed down laSalle street TO a point
about half way between Your place of bus.
mess and Bean X Morgan store and We're
IN the act of starting up the teams that
had congre"atcd IN that vicinity, when a
good Republican, one whom the writer Of
this believes 10 be an honest man. and
whose name any one can learn by calling
upon me, came TO me and said. nv
don you take that man of the post, he
i the one that Is keeping the crowd here;
If you will take him away the people viii
disperse. Up to that time Mr.. Hampton,
| had not noticed the illustrious indiviiu
al who had pcrcled himself on the re-
mains of sthc locust tree near your store
1t Is said that he hur ahed for Lincoln
| do not know, nor do care WHO he was
shouting for a. do not consider it any
part OF my business TO enquire of every
d.-tugber ri the peace a. 70 what lis IDEAS
may be IN regard to tie Presidential candi-
dates; bu; when my attention was called
10 the " Boy in question directed the
Marshal TO - and request him to come
down from the post ana stop his noisy
conduct, and if he refused 10 obey. then
10 aIaest him. There, YOU have q truthful
statement of the affair, which any uupre-
JUDGED I!ssvcrily. Can you now say the
" Boy was arrested for hurrahug for Lin
coin. d. WALKEI~