The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-03-01

Sioux of the border. Stricken and per-
secuted redman How few are the hearts
that will bleed al the recital ofyour woes,
or the tears that will fall around your
lowly death bed Look for the las, time
upon the little hllocks where repose the
remains Of those you loved, and upon
the banks of the stream where you sport
ed in childhood, or listened to the shad-
owy traditions OF the past! The mighty
warriors of your nation are driven from
their rustic iiresidcs-ihcy are hurried to
and fro like withered forest leaves before
the blasts Of autumn, and the few who
yet linger will soon cease TO lremble !.
May the deep wrongs which have
have been visited upon your people, and
the wild revenge with which they have
been repaid, alike find mercy and forgive
ness at the great council fire Of eternity,
and the red man be ushered into his hap
Ply hunting grounds, in fores. of fade
less and never-dying beauty.
"ll is the high prerogative of the farmer
to say who shall administer the various
departments of our government, and to in
dictate its policy. 10 determine whether
the noble ship of state, in which we are
all embarked in common, shall ride proud
y onward to her port of des,ination--her
anchorage in the harhor of happiness and
peace or whether she shall be torn by
the angry and conflicting elements Of
strife, tossed upon the waves of folly, or
wrecked upon the shoals of ambition.
The farmer is the first TO enjoy the bene-
fits of wise and just, and to taste the
bitter consequences which inevitably flow
from an erroneous, administration of pub
lie affairs. If government is judiciously
and economically administered if indus
try is not burthened by debt and taxation I;
if all are protected and none especially
favored; lis blessing, like the dews OF
heaven, will descend upon ALL unseen and
unlell, save in the richness and lulness
they contribute to produce. But if gov
eminent, like the monarchies Of the old
world, is placed beyond, or elevated
above the influence or condition of the
mass; if it seeks to entrench itself about
with Office and patronage, and relies for
its strength upon It's parasites and place
men, and not upon the affections of the
people; it cannot win by its Justice,
though, for time, it may tcrrify by its
power.
"Our benign form Of government
founded as it is in the mild authority of
opinion, and upheld, like the broad fab
ric of social order, only by virtue and in
telligence--is emphalically government
of the peoPle-a government of benevo-
lence, humanity and peace. The nigh
ty pulsations of its heart-s,rings vibra,e
responsive to the GIBBS and flows of pop
nlar action and feeling; and so lively is
the sympathy, and so indissoluble is the
union, that the errors Of government mus,
be the errors of the people. ]. therefore
becomes the farmer, next to the culliva-
ton Of the field, and the discharge of his
domestic and social relations, to possess
himself Of thorough knowledge of the
economy of human government and of
political science. BY this, it is not intcn-
ded to invite to the study OF party scram-
bles--lhe science of political rewards and
punishments-of clamorous partizans for
the honors Of Office or the emoluments OF
place and stalon-the patriotic shouts OF
the latest vlctors, or the Responding tone
of those who have just ceased to draw
their sustenance from the public treasury
but than true political science, in which
the broad and deep foundations of our
government are established; which incui.
Gates the pure and elevated sentiments OF
justice, virtue, equality and the rights OF
man: which teaches that the success of a
people walks hand in hand with their in.
dustry and lrugalily that all wealth is
the production of human labor; tina. it is
the legitimate province Of government &c
protect its citizens in the enjoyment o.
their industry. but no, to attempt the vain
and idle experiment of accommodating lol
them; that all power or advantage con
ierred by Legislation upon one, is ,aker
from another, or from the mass, and i:
productive of inequality and injustice
and tina! any system of government
which, in time Of peace, approprla,cs
the industry of its people to any purpose
except 10 ensure its own enlightened, hu
name and economical administration, is
uuwisc and pernicious, and is conducted
upon mistaken and erroneous principles
Mendicant Rsfnement.-In Dresden
little ragged child was heard TO call from
the window of mean house to her opo
site neighbor, please, Mrs. Miller, mo
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