The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-04-30

feW DAYS, aR0 became last friends tor
life.-Lamart;ne
We give place to the following commu.
nication to crafty an old Republican
friend, who is unable to see, as we confess
we are ourselves, why it should be denied
an insertion in The Ottawa Republican:
EDrTeR BspuPIIcAx-As Won gave tho
following remarkable piece of intelligence
ITO the readers Of your valued paper" a.
we'll as Ito the loyal Union voters of this
county, last week, / hope, seeing there
are usually two sides TO every question.
you will reinsert it ia the Rspvbncaa Of
this week, with any accompanying re-
marks, that the.s same readers" and
voters may judge for thenselve. as to
! the reason Of the failure 'H B." speaks
! Of
| Mr.. EniToR-I think it dus to the read,
srs OF your valued paper, and to the loyal
! Union voters Of this county, to know tho
reason why the Union party Of Grand
Rapids failed to elect their town ticket
this Spring. The facts are these: Envy
| and Jealousy, excited b. disappointed
ambition to FIJI the place Of the .Soule Of
the party, induced few to disregard all
parry titS, anu prefer tDe success OIL Inc
copperheads, 10 crafty their own selfish
! natures. They will nave their reward bv
being loathed by all true Union men. 1t
behooyes all true Union men Of the loyal
North to throw aside all partisan and per-
sonal feelings and past differences, for the
pubic good, and the man or men that
viii not do that is not fit for any public or
private trust, nor have his or their naEaes
enrolled among the defenders Of the re.
pubic III the great war of the rebellion.
II. B.
There, now, that will do, II B" saws
".nvy," a'onsy, ard "disar i, tel q m.
btion' did the ba ine.. That's straight.
forward, and a quick and easy solution Of
the matter. Now viii awn, al ogce that
these then gents, viz. Envy, Jealousy
and "DissapPo ntca Anab ton are often
rather sealy fellows, especially the first
two. But may they net sometimes DO :.
good deed Give the Devil h, due, is an
wished to fl! the plan OF the .y5ul. of the
party" They did But who is this Mr
''Seule Of the party? What party is the
''.Souir Of should like 10 knew? VIII
H. B have the goodness 10 answer?
Was he, or is he, the ".Sonls' Ct the party
who elected their candidate tour years :
succession in opposition every tiae te .he
regular nominee of the Republican party?
/ Towit: !, In opposition TO Wm. IL Price,
now of Fail River >, In opposition to
the writer; 3, In opposition 10 D. $ Eb,
ersol; T. In opposition tn J. D.. Porter
Three Of these ntlen:en are unaIestioa-
ably as good Republicans "a the county
affords, and rs thorough going Unioa men,
! dare say, as II. B himself ask
AMI | put the question emphaticaly to
II B.'-was he or : he the ".Sg,Rs' of
the above said party which H. B now
Publicly wishes 10 snat:.e-" Copper
heads?
Or is he the "Soa1s' Of the party int.
whose midst he thrust himself last .pring,
and by means of the juggling OF the
Union League, secured his election for the
first time ty tha Republican party? Does
H. I. mean TO say he is the "SorI' Of
the same party. who, in the face Of the
CnioH league artillery, have just now
I repudiated him
This Mr.. '.So'sls of the party lad fai-
warning. He was respectfully asked &c
let some other man try his hand at the
game. But no. Mr.. ">0ule of the party"
had never missed: so he must needs try
again, though lie had become old and his
eye grown dim. This Tine lie missed;
and II. B. whines and orie: ana says
Iessrs. "Eavy. Jealousy and "Dissap-
pointed Ambition made him miss, be-
cause they were induced to disregard all
party ties Nevertheless, they must all
be Union men, good and true; for II.
B. says it behoovss sail true Union m.n
10 throw aside all partisan feelings DC"
| ln this. | Of course, agree with him. Be,
sides. mutt supppse Lessrs Envy" "Jeal-
ousy" and Disappointed Ambition beng
all three good aad true Unien men as
have paoved, either took or mi:took Mr..
! "Souls OF the party" TO be a "c2ppsrhe1G.'
| In proof ef whether they ware righ. or
! wrong, LEI a.e ask III B" to remember
( the day on which Mr. ".Sol.is Of the party"
! got his nomination. How he came to the
caucus room with certain 1rshmen and
others who can be named if necessary, to
make sure Of his nomination. Our man
| boastIug that he had put in two good votes
, for hi. nomination, that he might help
to defeat him on the day of election
How many more did the same thing is not
publicly known. But it Is kaova that
these same men voted at the town election
for the Union Soldier, whom II. g." h&s
dared to call a "cooperheaa."
! But though thus fradulently thrus: in
/ to the Republican ranks at the caucus, by
the party who had made tool Of him, or
J lie Ot tueni, u1Tuiy KNOW WhiCn, ne was
summari.y thrust out again. notwilhstAnd.
! ing the old game Of double voting was
| again resorted to-,hree double tickets in
his favor being found in the ballet box,
which though an attempt at fraud, pi owed
nct TO be a fraud
Let US pursue our inquiry little fur
ther. Was this Mr.. "Soule of the party"
one OF party Of seven zen who, on .
certain day fixed to asccrtaia the site of
certain school house, anticipated their
opponents, by organizing meeting poll
! ing their seven votes and eoiately
closing their poll, thereby precuding thsir
! opponents from voting at their meeting,
thus oblging their said opponents to orr
! game a separate meeting in order to save
| their eleven votes? Wa. not this Mr..
".So'tls of tho party" the leading spirit Of
that septemtemvirate? And when this
same ".Solde found be could not be the
"!SOltle' of school district No !, did he not
! secede from it, and help to organize diet.
no. g? And again, so soon as he found
he could not be the "Souic'' of no. 8, did
! he notihrust his children back again ups
on no. Il. swearing he would not again
send 70 no. 6 among tie Irish? Verify
| 'The way ef the trangressor is hard, but
lit must be travelled nevertheless.
wish al: B" had read the Spanish
proverb before he wrote. He might have
learned that 'he who lives in glass house
should not begin throwing stones"
Grand Rapids, April 20, 1864.