The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-10-17

-hes~s Editors Free Trade--In the Edrlciae
Gazette Of the I'd notice An article entitled "Ex-
ira Drinks, which l had not thought worth
paper and ink to comment upon until it appeared
(somewhat abridged in the Ottaua Republican,
and until urged by friends to explain to those
who hold Republican publications az sacred As
the God they worship, that their party manufsc.
ture the most absurd electioneerng lies in their
great desire to beat democratic candidate, be he
even drsymsn. The "galoot" closes his blow
with an appeal to the citizens of Ottawa not to
take away the only draymsn we have in our
town. This much through policy the Republican
omits. l would advise him, while patterning after
and training among the insane, to ''go the whole
hog" or he will lose cast in our town
l wish all TO compare my statement from the
rscords-and my personal knowledge with that
of the Ottawa Republican,, and convince them
selves if deal too harshly with the originator
who feels hard toward me because / have with
drawn my subscription from his nursery hymes,
and infantile twaddler. Don't think hard of me-
boy, for thus doing-I don't want 10 iniure you
You are doing that fast enough when let alone
For instance when you were quite young, your
parents thought you had sense enough 10 keep
your legs out of a threshing machine; bat twas
otherwise, and you suffered the consequence by
the loss OF one II those valuable sppendages.-
Later they sent you to school and endesvored to
expand your brains. Whatever OF that sommod.
ity you possessed, would not stand the pressure,
bu. your animal propensitiss predominated and
you become the slave to sef-Abuse, which took
you to Jacksonville. When it was decided that
you possessed one idea supposed 10 be all you
ever had which was, that you were smart, act
ing upon this opinion, you took trip down the
Mississippi, as correspondent for y paper, when
God, through = niger, saw fit to take from you
your right hand, which had SO foully sinned
against his written law, and brought you so low
that even a oyer on guard would not let you
pass in the performance of your honorable pro-
fession.
You are again returned to the bosoms Of your
friends principally fenale) who care for you I'M
til the left hand has done its work, and you are
a second time returned to Jacksonville, this time
to become an editor, and as such, let me advise
you not to sacrifice your few patrons who consid-
er every dollar paid YOU donation toward cloth.
ing you. The third time at the insane ssy-
lum, which is considered not far distant by those
who read your sheet. Remember these things
and bride or apron those passions which have
brought them upon you and you may sustain
your "gsloot" another six menths.
The town records show that Warren II. Nor.
ton presented bill for police service instead of
eA'i" sci ss"lcu ~ Inc pdloot, tuSt
every member entitled to a vote, voted to allow
said bill that Messrs. Stlson and Goss made and
seconded the motion instead of opposing it, as
stated in the "Galoot " that they all expressed
themselves we'll pleased with him az police of
fiesr, &c. and to give him an opportunity to 90
abroad electioneering occasionally, they appoint
ed prominent merchant to do his duties in his
(Nortons) absence.
The only reason-e1cept the lack of anything
truthful to in lure Norton's reputation and eles-
tion-that / can see for the issue of such an ar
ticle was the change in policy of the board, when
the instructions were "for an officer to make no
arrests when it could be avoided thereby saving
costs to all concerned" and depriving officials Of
fees. They now propose to make the sufferer
pay instead OF those benefited Truly, Repub-
lican policy
will write again of the six dollar clause of
the same article, if there are any who do not
know who receipted for the money and the val
ne government put upon that mans vouchers ut
that time, when Democrats were in power.
w. II. NORTON.