The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-05
JUDGE DICKEy ON THE SITUATION,

stabbing under the fifth rib, Being lh'pfh'eI
by the FREE TRADER Cullen was too Gull
and slow to make the discovery himself thal
Judge Dickey, as long ago as 1876 ch"!keu
out to the farmers in the Court House al o'
tawa exactly the course they now propose I"
take in regard TO the railroad monopoIlstS,
that editor now attempts, while saying pretty
things aboutthe "clearhcaded Judge DloKey'
to deal him slyly stab under the NTH fip ~
the statement that he both then regarded ana
now regards the monstrous steals Of the tariu
Imonopollsts as matters of secondary import
ance," but occupies the same ground WhlcA
the HepuJgicda advoca is, that the
robberies OF the lumber iron, steel, salt, cotton
and shoe-leather rings are matters to be lg'
norcd bv the farmers as above their compTe'
hension and calculated to injure the radlcai
party, and that they shall contine themselves
wholly to the question of railroad eXtoruoh'
To say that Judge Dickey now occupies or
ever occupied, such position, is slander as
indecent as il is mendacous. If the RepDjlE-
can editor had read the proceedings OF the
meeting from which we quoted he would
have found that the Hon. Vim. Reddick had
also addressed the meeting, taking the ground
that, while the proposed Niagara Ship Canal
was undoubtedly desirable, More Immediate
relief must be sought in a change OF the pres
ent tarifr-sucha change that every necessary
of life should be free from tax" and that Col.
Dickev. in his remarks, cordially endorsed
Dir. Reddick in saying that Our first recourse
for relief must be to change of the present
tariff" And further, If the editor of the he
D4Jltcag. had read the resolutions prepared 10y
committee Of which Col. Dickey was the
leading member, he would have found that
so far from the tariff robberies being ignored
as of secondary importance" they occupied
quite as prominent place in the proceedings
of the meeting, as the railroad extortions. The
following resolutions in regard to the tariff
were adopted:
Rtsolre6. That in the judgment OF this con-
vention the most fruitful source Of the present
burdens weighing down our welfare Is to be
found in the unjust and monstrous dlscrlmln.
alton against our Interests in our tarlil ana
revenue laws, and that nothing would ana Us
so promptly and 50 efficiently as the lmmedi
ate modification OF our prohioltory arln by
lhe SUBSTITUTION Vi "hooilIt NJ 80
Low 90 vii onpalize the burdens and en-.
nance our revenue
Resotced, That any system OF manufacturing
"illch cailhol Ioihpu's WIN Int ioi ,m, ,,p,
arcossariiv rrsnI, from mere revenue tariff, |
while our wants for revenue is so great is IN
worthy OF the care OF me general government
anu ousii, ~ ~ ne apai.uui'eu a -, and
on connnn cotton fabrics ON common wool |
and cotton, and many other articles of ncces-
sity, IS greatly 700 hish, anu shoulu al one
" Lcu ~ a. I'p l.,..orn,,ar,
anG cbaannn tho articles tn the consumer
In. = word the Iit,le game of the Ottawa
Reoy5licou. and Of every other radical editor
and noli,icion who wants postoffice or col
loctorshin and wants therefore So 10 run the
nresent uprisipr Of the farming and produc
inr classes AGAINST the monopolists as not to
hart the radical party" is an insult to their
intellipencr. and won't win. Even if the
farmers do not directly desirn il, or are un.
conscious of il their movement is inevitably
1r;f,ir, ,her, into onnosi,;on 70 the nolicv
and nrac,ice Of the renuhlican party. They
,ra,, IN their ORANGES and chbs nrofess rs
much a. tbav like not IN aim At marty objects
,,,,t tho ,,o,n,r, thov harin n discuss their
rr;o,.orcos ,hov COO ,bat ,be nresent govern.
inn ro,;cy of tho country is the f,rntsin head
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