The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-06-28


! cd with natural enthusiasm, and collec
h ted variety of facts tending to elucdat,
/; all these subjects. In public address
] delivered not long after his return 10 In,
e United States, he sketched, with viyit
and brilliant pen, several of these topics
: but il is 10 be hoped that, from the mate
Z rails he has collected, work of moro
extensive kind may hereafter be given to
J the public. II is one which is rendered
peculiarly Interesting, from the nature OF
the friendly relations that have existed
and that circumstances will probably long
preserve. He remarked with great truth,
in the address referred to, that "such, far
more lhan hall century, has been the
strangeness and perpersily of other inter-
national pretensions, that this republic
and that despotism, though widely sepa-
rated, recognize the wisdom of closely &C.
mentiny ibcir mutual amily. The free
dom of the seas, the rights of neutrality,
the serchless shelter of the flag, were ear
/ ly links # sympathy ana confidence
which the forecast of Mr.. Jefferson strove
TO riyet. TO these ties are since added
others, springing mainly from a common
dom, if ever be points Of enmily, their
geographical relation on opposite TANKS
of rival and ambitious powers, gives TO
their declared friendship vast efficiency
IN discouraging assaults or encroachments
upon their own security, pursuits, and in-
dependence. Ii is but reasonable curl
osity which seeks to understand nation,
more likely than any other to be the par
manent and pacific ally of the United
States"
Since Mr.. Dallas return from Russia,
he has devoted himself exclusively to the
practice Of his profession and though it
is generally understood that, not long al
ter that event, a seat in his cabinet was
rendered to him by Mr.. Van Buren,, he
has, so far adhered to his determination
to remain in private life, That he will
long be permitted TO do so, we cannot
think, unless he shall strenuously resist
the wishes and the judgment Of his fellow
citizens. To the confidence reposcd in
him, founded in his adherence, from ear
lest youth, to the accepted doctrines of
The republican party, on every great ma
tional question, he adds brillancy of
genius, a spotless personal life, and quail
ties so calculated TO win the affection and
regard OF all with whom he is called into
association, that his native state, placing
him as she does in the highest class of
her favorite sons, will scarcely consent
that the ripper years of his life shall be
Withdrawn altogether from her service,
and that OF the people of the United
States. Adjoining and filing, as he would
with eminent distinction, the most exalted
Offices that his fellow citizens can bestow,
their hope is certainly as general as il is
reasonable and just, that none Of the acct
dents which hang upon all human foot
steps may withhold him from the honora-
die discharge Of those public trusts, which
are conferred by the willing sufrages Of a
free people, upon those among them who
have been found TO be the most deserving.
In personal appearance and department.,
few men blend more simplicity and digni-
ty ; and as a public speaker, his manner
is singularly prcpossessing. Though not
hafty or unusually rapid, his lively mag
nation and success in happy illustration
give 10 his speeches, even when least pre-
muditated, an attractive variety, aptness,
and ease, and make him one of the most
fortunate Of orators in occasional address
ses to popular bodies, as he has been one
of the most successful in scenes requiring
the highest talents for debate. TO letters
he is known to have always been as much
devoted, as tho occupations Of an other
wise active life would permit His nu-
merous political papers give evidence Of
an excellent style and II is not many
years since his occasional contributions III
the various branches of elegant literature
were TO be found in the publications Of
the day. If the wish may be fairly in
dulged, that one, whose public life has
hitherto been so useful, may not be here
after withdrawn from a participation in
public affairs, the hope may be expressed
with equal justice, that literature may yet
receive from his pen many of those con
ribuiions, in which genius and taste are
brought,o illustrate the dictates of judg-
ment always enlightened, and the honest
sentiments of a generous heart.
AucCdotc OF tb0 Sheppard Dog
The following account of the sagacIly OF ihe
shepherd dog is taken from the American Agri-
cultudst:
The sagaci,y of the shepherd dog isl
wonderful ; and i'll had not seen so much
myself, could hardly credit all we'read
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