The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-11-05
Very Small Business.

There is dirty and mendacious attack on
Mr. Reddick in the Ottawa Republican of
Thursday, which, as the editor of that paper
lays claims to being gentleman it is needless
to say Is &c ontributed.' The object is to GRE
ate very mean sort of prejudice against Mr..
Reddick about home by Matching up gross
falsehoods in reference to purely private bust
ness matters, A specimen or two of this wri-
ter's statements will serve to show to what
meanness men can stoop when writing under
an assumed name.
Mr.. keddick took stock in the glass fac
tory, but fearing the experiment would prove
failure, disposed of his stock at discount.
and had the other stockholders been as close
listed and penurious as Reddick, Ottawa
would to-day be without glass factory"
False in this, that Mr.. Reddick did not sell
out until after the factory was completed, and
then only because the managers were wasting
funds in experiments which he knew before
hand, and which the event proved, to be
failures
When Ottawa voted 100000 to the Otta.
wa, o. d f. X. V. r. r. Reddck thought the
sum too large, but in Il short time after he
joined the r. r. company in making demand
for sou, 1000 more, &c"
Another talsehood. Mr.. II. never Joined in
asking for the $4,000 more" or even voted
for the 100000 But if the writer of this
mendaclous communication in the Repubyican
don't know, there are men who do know to a
certainty, that but for the exertions Of Mr..
Reddick, after Ottawa had voted her Sl5O.OOo
the road would never have passed throuoh
Ottawa at all, but would have been directed
TO bonetit rival locality. The Fox River
Road may or may not be the making of Otta-
wa, but this fact can be proved to dead GER
tainty, that in spite OF the bonus offered. with.
out the determined eXcrtions of Mr.. Reddick
to get the road Ottawa never would have
got it.
1t is we submit, too late to undertake to stir
up prejudice against MIR. Reddick about home.
There is not citizen of Ottawa but knows
nm to be a man of as much public spirit and
enterprise as any citizen among us-a man
whose every interest ccnters In 0ttawa-wbo
don't send his money off for investment but
uses 1t about home-who is not waiting IN
make his fortune by bloodsucking here and
then pulling up stakes and moving away to
enjoy his wealth in bigger city and better
society than he finds here.
And another thing, La Sale county for the
last four Yeas has very foolishy permitted it.
seltnot only to be deprived of senator, but
has been S" weakly represented in the legisla.
ture as to be wholly without influence there. |
What is the result One state institution |
costing 100000 IN the erection of buildings,
and worth 100000 a year for its support. |
has gone to another county. When lacation |
was to be found for another important state |
lnstltution-the insane asylum-Ia Sale |
county. and notably Ottawa itself, had immes. |
surab!y the best location to offer, yet SO greatly
had our local interests been neglected that in |
the selection OF commissioners the cards had |
been especially packed against La Sale county. |
Are we forever to be represented in the state |
senate ana house by noOGdlcs Could they |
''stcal out La Sale county thus shamcl.ssy |
with Reddlck in the senate and an Arms. |
trong and Clark in the house Shall ".
sacrifice all our ocaI ntc,cs,s-,hrow asd,
all our best men forever to make bio men |,
ana tickle the pride ot few little fancy one |
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