The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-17

freedom and equality. and many laws ant
customs Of the present century were en-.
acted in the dark ages at time when
mankind were vegeta,ing in inglorious ig.
nominy and chains, and looked upon his
fellow man as his natural enemy aud phys.
lea! power was the standard of reputation
| But the invincible Press The pallad.
lum of liberty, the diffusion Of knowledge
and humanity, in her march to universal
government has trod down and is treading
down the eporm,ies of ignorance, power
and combmed agencies and is she not
now VIGOROUSLY engaged in battle with
the hosts Of ignorance and error and lies (;
and are not these foes to truth and man al
ready fleeing before her like chaff before
the wind ! Every day we see fresh de-
velopments of the potency of this agent,
following every new application of its
powers. In politics-in religion-in lit
erature and the arts what has been effec-
ted through the instrumentality Of the
Press! On the other hand where her
freedom has been trammelled. and her
mighty voice stilcd, man has lived out an
existence with eyes blinded to his own
state and welfare, his ears closed, and his
whole immortal mind enshrouded in the
gloom Of serviity, debasement and super
stition. The onward march of the nigh
ty engine of reform will ere long dspel
the clouds that obscure the horizon OF
mans happiness-wilI bring about the
reign of ''peace and good wiIl,' and the
doctrines Of gentle charity, will no longer
be the by-word, the reproach Of civilized
men.
How simple in knowledge, yet how
complex in ignorance, are the great and
mighty truths of nature. Man once freed
from the thraldom of the demon passions
man once stated and trained in the way
he should go will not depart from it. He
will not yield obedience TO his enemies
and the fortress of his honor will be i'm
pregnable and not be overturned by false
doctrine. He will not turn away from the
light of trulh--he will not Cypress his
fellow man for opinion sake, nor will he
conceal himself beneath the cloak Of re-
ligion, so that he may betray and wrong
his fellows, in the sacred name of christi
anity and as an imitator Of the meek and
lowly Jesus Christ! The principle OF
reception, "or of doing unto others as you
would have them do unto you" will no
longer be abused and outraged and its
peaceful and holy influence turned into
gall and bitterness. The accursed pas
sion of avarice, shall no longer beggar
whole nations of living souls its pois-
onous fangs shall no longer impede the
onward march of the most exalted feel
ings implanted in the human bosom.-
The criterion Of merit shall be intelleciu-
al superiority, virtue, in milk white robes
that f'charliy which covers multitude
of sins" and that love which drops as the
gentle 'dews from Heaven blessing him
who gives and him who does receive
Yes! The elevation of the reasoning
faculties, over the propensilies, will ulii
maiely take place Oh this mundane sphere
there shall he one universal flood of
light overspreading the four corners Of
this world, and it will be brought about,
by the establishment Of the principles of
freedom and the conviction, that man is
capable of thinking for himself, and an
inherent desire to better his condition,
which he possesses and which he will ex-
ercise; when not surrounded by the dark
ness Of despair.
The principles Of truth and light,
Must grow as error dies away;
II must be man's supreme delight
To walk IN reasons upright way.
lhe passions of the carnal mind
The freedom Of the Press will show;
Her teachings will be Of that kind,
I'oraise our joy to crush our wo!
She will dilIuse her cheering rays,
In The dark chambers Of tho soul
The mists of night she'll turn to days
And hur her beams from pole 10 pole
Till vice shall shrink to cavcrns deep,
To hide her head in guilt and shame
And virtue on the summit leap,
To rear aloii her glorious name!
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