The Hartford herald., 1875-04-28

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~ wEDNEsDAY. APRIL %, 1875.
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GEy. JOHN WTELIANS-HZS
.. CIVIL AND MILITIA CAREER
THE LNSTRUCTIT.E HISTORY
B. OF 4 POLITICAL aDEADlBEaT
In the following article we shall en-
deavor to lose siglltof the flct'tllat the
subject of it has originated and put in
circulation, all Che State over. about
Us, one of the hasest f;ilsehoeds ever
coined in the mint of human nf;llevol-
ence,. viz that We deserted from the
ARMY during the war and fed to Can
ada, where we consorted with rebels
whose cowariiceimpelied them to seek
safcty in, aforeign land = We propose
to review his public career calmly and
dispassimately,B diresting rearself of
every feeling of private and personal
resentment, as becomes one who is
writing histOry.ofa is-.a b-eH H div lD
THE ILLINOIS t'coSFTscATIoN.""
.lWHLEAMs has tolditeverywhere that
his devotion to the Confederate cause,
at. the oufbrelk Of the war, cost hin,
$500, 900; that his Gprincely, domain
in Illinois was confscated and sold by
the GoEernment;i and IN his speech at
Maysyilie, lie actually asserted that bis
houses aadsstaeksl were destroyed by a
sloyal ni5b.' All this Is but apicture
eoajared UP by his vivid imagination
.s,Ap sir-drarn castle, whose tnrtets high,
And keep and battlemcnts; are only clouds.
we,pdbkshed a Democratic paper in
aeeunty adjoining that in which WI,
BIxsfs resided, and we are perfectly IA
nifiar with his career in that State, as a
"farmer" and politician from his ad-
vent in the Prairie State until his exo-
dns' therefrom And that career we
now propose briefly to recite. am
Having become Disguised with Ken
tucky when her Know-Nothings dis,
carded his claims to the gnbernatorial
nomination indtheir State Convention,
he emigrated to the Sucker State, which
the Know Nothings had carried almost
unanimously at the spring elections, as
the most inviting field for the cultiva-
tion Of political aspirations. Purchas,
ing (on credit a large farm in Piatt
county, he began business as farmer.
This fit did not last longer, however,
than the first Know-Nothing State Con,
vention that met after his arrival, which
assembled in the spring of 1856. He
attended this. and managed to secure
tohimself the appointment as one OF the
electors tor the State at large, rene
gade Dutchman of Chicago, named Da'
nenhauer, being his associate He left
his farm in the care of hired hands, and
rushed INTO politics. vi course hfs bus
mes suhereu' ne had Pureu''seo hl'
place ON credit, and instead OF eonhnme
himself to raising and selling crops. anG
outstanding the proceeds TO meet hi,
obligations at maturity, as prudene,
would dictate, he squandered his money
running over the State making politi
cal speeches The November election
annihllated his party, and, in a financia
sense' alliiiliiia'eu ann =" ilLiAAs. iie man
ageo 70 Keep ailoat al'er = iasnion 10
'we or inree years out nhaily cne sum
ohfls MS hotes were decided decided against nam II
'ne ria't olrcuit oourl' ana the prop
cry 'iiat iie ''0'c asserts was cohhscase'
ana taken away from him ny the FED
ftai Uo'erhnieh' IN consequence oil M
aunesion Din u 70 .ne reoei cause "ds q'''e'e:
s0'@ a. 'o4efV :. Sne' N ioOeclaf''oe 70 @'' or
oerc me Ctfc''u Court -Ot f''dtt county, q
sGt'.ty tle purchase deot, and this occurred