The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-03-27
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tent TO appcasc the faithful and propitiatc the
forb?arancc of insulted decency toward me Il
sinner How. the author succeeds We shall see
as we stir up his pottagc. First, he says:
OF the character of the article that appeared
in the last issue OF the FREE TRADER | make no
complaint
Then in the name OF common dcccncy, with
some slight regard for clerical manlncss why
didn't you seek in manly way to repair the dam
age you had DONE and, with Il irankncss which
would so become your calling, 30 to the wronged
and irsul:cd parties and acknowledge your fault:
Accepting our article as one Of which he, as
minister of the gospel, makes no complaint,
the writer proceeds to compliment us, or com
piments can como from such source by iur
ther saying:
That article however, confirms the character
/ have given that paper, and will St"f as long rs
the present management lasts, simply because IL
just
Next we have a sample Of his truthfulness, a
sort which, indeed, charactcrizcs his entire
piece:
Referring to my brief article in the last Repub,
lican, did not expect the editor OF the :. s.,
after reading it, to write at the bottom 1hdt
srrittr must mean me ana my paper"
we Gay, anu S'SAJ iNuoN' w '"' 49,
Gle will bear us witness, that this statement,
which he both taciscs and surrounds with
quotation marks, is pure and unadutcred fic-
tion. No such sentence appeared IN our article,
and in our opinion is now thrust forth in
italics by protested minister, simply to
deludc his followers into believing lie that
they may be-deceiyed' Shame that one
so gifted with speech should not be endowed
with little more Of that precious jewel called
yeracity.
His next statement is dcplorablc. He says:
write now for the sole purpose of correcting
two or three miscellaneous affecting Others who
cannot be heard, rather than myself
If the above is true Of the Others, theirs is
truly lamentablc case Have the Others cen
cured the 'bel-wether' or why are not the PEE
Wees columns open to them as well is toJ. b.?
No Elder; you know such assertions are bosh and
won't go down with the citizens of Ottawa Our
people well know that the papers Of the city arc
always open TO communications so long as they
arc respectable and from responsible parties, ana
our cotcmporary has even published some lately
that would be no great credit to the Chicago
STREET Gd-6iic
Another choice tit-bit:
Personally have hitherto treated the editor
of the s. :. new nance as Il Christian ana gen
iIeman though | have differed from the course
of his paper on public question.
Does the Reverend shyster know what Chris.
tian treatment is, or is he lunatic? As much
as eight months ago we distinctly remember al
TRADE from James Baumc wherein with below.
ing voice aud gymnastc arm-swinging he pro
claimed that no man can be a Christian and pub
fish such paper
IN regard TO our mention Of the class who
were unable to obtain admission to his church
he other Sunday evening, as lie still persists
that the rowdy and saloon element predomnatcd
Ee shall not waste words to Convince fool
against his win but leave the Christian people,
who know The facts, to deal with the egotistie
alsifer as they see best.
Next comes his admission Of being the author
Of the Congressional Temperance Convention
proceedings:
About that report. The associate editor, Mr. |
Bliss, believe, waited on me for some notes on
the dOngs Of the temperance convention told
him had no report but could throw together
a few notes from memory that he could use. |
This did hastily, and those notes, all correct as
far as they went, were published word for word
This is the fact.
Very well, then why do you get colicky be.
cause We told it.. We hare il from as good and
enthusiastic q Temperance man as Reverend Jim
that such comment as We intmated ,cos podc on
The FREE Traders report.
Following comes his third sOmcrsault and is |
entitled to some little explanation. He saws
When the editor Of the s. s says that the in. |
famous sO.caled Temperance ticket was printed |
NJ the fUfq7h IpJyyjg1UDYg If0ybIg office nn la
sale street, be tells q double faschood He |
mikes statement false in fact, and false in its
purpose. He would intimate that the Lmgue |
or their friends, had something to do with that
ticket. The basis Of such an insinuaton will be
appreciated by the public when | state that the
Leagtp never had an office on La Sale street
though Mr. Rowe, successor to Bollmeyer print
ed two or three issues Of the IL tgue the ladies
had changed their printer some time before this
The facts ia regard TO the Tongue Eupch Office
are, as we learn them, that tins sheet las no
ethcr Office than that where II is printed That it
came forth az abortion, withou. an acknowlcdy
ed editor or uhidinC place; that the managers
required Mr. liollmcycr TO keep secret the name
u IT'S contributors, and thus it came that we To-
lated The Office. We never thought the ladies
were tht Wlthers of the tickets, and never used
any language wLich our readers could so con
strue. But Why did the ladies change their prin.
ter? Was il not because Mr. Bnumc was the ed.
tor and author OF several slanderous and black. |
mailing articles which cane near involving Mr. |
Rowe in difficulty: and was It not the fact that !
Mr.. Rowe told the ladies that unless YOU will
allow me to put responsible persons name at
The head OF your paper as editor you must 90 |
somewhere else TO get your work done" To |
tell the truth and shame the devil Elder, would
place you in better Eight before the decent
portion Of our community than then to sci Your
sell up like Pharisce and proclaim, 4 thank
God that alu not as other men, Although we
are branded by Short Stop rs profane falsfer,'
we Shanh tod that there are but few other men
IKE INN In the pulpit who, in fit Of rage stop
in the middle OF q sermon, as he did on March
18th, and long Tor a chance to stick his No. l3
brogans through a window sash
He closes very iamb-llke in reference TO asso.
cating his great name with that of Gabriel (i,y