The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-15
NOT VERY GRACEFUL.

1t is always mean to kick man when he is
down; 1t is especially so when it is done by
pretended friends, Before the election the
Mendoza Reporter was quite cfusivcIn its lar-
dations of +. G, Webster, and even the Kendall
County Record ventured to say that he was the
right man TO lay out old Sam, or words to that
effect After Wcbstcr's inglorious defeat, how.
ever these papers appear to have lost all their
tenderness for him. The Reporter says un.
iechngly that, ain his defeat we are taught &
lesson. Many republicans who would gladly
have voted tor an old and consistent republi
can, did not feel under obligations to vote for
man who had struck out and opposed the
party whenever his personal interests were to
be subscrvcd. 1t was hard to convince voters
that their refusing to vote for HIM was any in.
dlcation Of what they would do next year In
fact the voters felt as independents Mr.. Web.
the cruelty to say: "Mr Webster was post.
master for eight years, was removed, got mad,
and supported Alex Campbell for congress,
He was a sOrchead for some time, and so the
republicans would not all vote for him"
Blu. the Crownng cruelty in the case is on
the part of Mr.. Webster himself, who, like Joe
Murphys Dutch hero, gets mad enough over
his defeat to kick himself drec times" He
reminds one of the unhappy school boy who
vents his important rage not only on the pcGa-
gogue but all his helpless school-felows. To-
say nothing Of his gratuitous and dirty abuse
Of Asa Hoffman, the following ebulliuon of
insane wrath is consricuouSly boyish and in
bad taste. Says Mr.. Webster:
Well, the election is over, the liars and blow
ers and stinkcrs have done their work and got
their pay and mostly recovered from their
headaches, and the editor is happy to congratu
late himself upon five things first, that the
thing is over; second, that he has no word or
act Of his or spoken or done on his behalf !
during the entire canvass to be ashamed of or
which he desires to recall that his friends,
whom he gratefully remembers, did splendid
work for him unselfshly and freely and LAID
him under obligations which he will be eager
to repay when opportunity shall occur; fourth,
that although he did not succeed in beating
Raymond, he scared the old man out of more
than years growth and salary; and fifth,
that being now not a candidate for Office, he is
III llDclly " 10 tS uc always Has uOUc, Just
what he pleases, without caring copper what
the independent voter may think or say about
1t, and that he is free forever from the perse-
cutions of venal scoundrels, who, with a wink
and smirk, want to know If he is not gong
to Scatter some dust among the boys"
We feel rather sorry for Webster lie bore
himself-so far at least as his paper was con.
gracefully during the contest,
and we are grieved to see him show up so pitt
ully now that it is all over HIS reference to
liars and blowers" sounds like covert thrust
1t the authors Of certain very notable circulars |
hat were issued by coterle of juveniles in
Ottawa in his behalf, though doubtless IN their
Effect lnjuring him enough to justify his
wrath while the 'stinkers" and "headaches"
s obviously intended for certain noted repub
lean politicians from Ottawa who tray ersed !
La Sale for q day or. two before the election
displaying massive rolls of greenbacks and do
ng their level best to get the whole town
Trunk in behalf of Webster