The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-10-31

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ic meeting in this city, in relation to the war rec
| ord of Mr.. Glover We did net learn the char
acter of the statements made by Mr.. Avery, but
| the reply of Mr.. Glover was terrible in its de-
| nunciatiOn of the war record of the candidate
for the senate. Joe Glover, as the boys call him,
sweeps everything in his path, like tornado
Ottan0 Republican,
Mr.. julius Avery has made goodly num-
Der of speeches throughout this senatorial dis
trict during the present canvass, but we are
advised has felt himself called upon in very
few instances indeed to allude to so unimport-
ant parsonage as Mr.. ]. o. Glover. and if it
| all, certainly not to allude to his war record,
for Mr., Avery, as well as every body else, must
hitherto have been in blissfu Ignorance that
Mr.. J. o. Glover had a war record Howey-
er, as Mr.. Avery doubtless has on several oc-
casions referred to Mr. Burton c. Cooks war
record, and particularly to his mastery retreat
from Bull Run, and Mr.. Glover is sort of tin
Kettle tied to Mr. Cooks tail and therefore re-
CARDS himself as part OF Mr.. Cook, it is quite
natural that he should take all illusions to
Nr. Cooks war record as referring to his own.
whence his indignation is not so wonderful
after ALL
But as to the terrible nature of his de
nunciation' of Mr.. Averys war record, we are
assured by democrats who heard it, that they
would be quite willing to give Mr. Glover an
other audience and even pay him to repeat it.
II was sheer tissue of low, drivilling filthy
bIockguardism, and has already made Avery
90 votes in Ottawa. So far from stating any
facts against Mr.. Avery's war record" Mr.
Glover ever made no decent allegations
| against him. His speech was the slang
against all democrats of "copperhead," "cop-
| perhead," secession sympathizer," &c, inter
| larded with fish market abuse.
In reference to the actual war record of Mr.
| Avery, however, there is little more to be said
than that of Mr. Glover, for neither of them
| took any active part in the war. We do re-
member this, however very distinctly, that
the first war speech we heard in Ottawa was
made by Mr.. Jnlius Avery at a public meet
ing in the Court House in April, 1851, when
the first efforts were being made to enlist men
in this city. Mr. Avery took the ground then
occupied by Mr.. Douglas, that secession was
unconstitutional ard meant revolution, and
that there was therefore no choice for demo
Gratis or republicans but to fight for or against
! the overthrow of the republic.
And Mr. Avery made a very eloquent speech
indeed to stimulate the young men of our
! city to enlist in the war for the preservation
OF our government, the constitution and the
Union. Mr.. Glover was present at the same
laeeting, and also made some remarks, heart
lly endorsing the speech ofMr Avery, implor-
ing all democrats to take the same view, and
to come up and help our republican admins
tIotlon to put down the wicked rebellion
* IS nothing but sheer and villainous false
hood, wholly unworthy of and disgraceful to
attliow practitioner at the bar and neigh
Dor to utter that Mr.. Avery at any time du-
ring the whole continuance of the war.
wavered one iota from that honest and cordial
support, by word and contribution of his
means, which he gave to the war IN his first
speech at It's outbreak.
tbs doubtless true, that when. during the
course Of the war, Mr.. Lincoln, yielding to the
radical pressure" which he himself so much
depred while yet yielding to it, resorted to
measures which were needlessly ty-
Tannlcal as they were palpably in violation of
the constitution, Mr.. Avery, like all other
democrats, as well in the armies as at home,
raised his voice against such measures, but
Wue dcuolncing the needless and outrageous
tyrannics and revolutionary measures of the
administration, he never swerved one iots
IRON his first position, that, in spite of these
lniquitics, the war must be continued to the
bitter end, until the rebellion is crushed.
Such is q fair and honest statement of the
"war record Of Mr.. Avery as Mr.. Glover very
well knows, and when calm and in his usual
courteous mood, will readily admit.
And now We ask Mr.. Glover in all candor,
does he not think il g little mean, nay con-
tcmptible, after having implored the demo-
Gratis on Bonded knees, as he and the republi-
can leaders did in 1861, to come up and help
put down the rebellion, and the democrats,
not only of Ottawa, but throughout the entire
north responded so promptly to the call that
IN the first regiments two democrats enlisted
to one republican, to turn round and denounce
these same democrats as 'copperheads" and
''rebel sympathizers.' The meanness is the