The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-26

Forcw.I landlords and bar.lenders,
Farewell all blue devil sendcrs.
Correspondence Of the "rree Trader
New York, March s, lS47.
The drama is ended-the curtain
has dropped, and the 29th Congress
is numbered among the things that
were. Would, that oblivion could
cover its memory and the record Of
its deeds. The one will live only to
excite execration, and the other to
cause the deepest regret. AT the
commencement Of the session, the
demon of discord took possession OF
the halls of Legislation, and held I'M
limited sway, except when depoSed
by folly or ignorance. The members
were alike deaf to the calls Of patri-
otism, and the dictates of reason. -
They remained as Indifferent about
the national honor, as they were ig-
norant of the wants Of the country.
'Gaiuts form and order they ,leir powers en-
ploy.
Nothing to build, but all things 10 destroy
Never before has there been such
disgusting, disgraceful exhibition
of factious disore anization; of pitt
full, conccited self-importancc; of
bombastic staggering; of elevated
littlencss and exalted puppyism, as
that within the halls of Congress
during the recent session. In form
or times it was thought to be the dn-
ty Of Congress to protect the honor
and provide for the wants Of the
country. But now, when insult and
disgrace threaten the former; and
ruin, by neglect, the latter, the am
bition. of pe9ber is to embarrass
the Government and thwart the lau-
dablc efforts of the Administration.
He counts his triumphs by the NUM-
Der of votes against his own party,
and seeks for laurels by uniting with
his political enemies in their attacks
upon the President and his advisers.
He assails with vulgar epithets, the
South, to win favor from the fac
tons OF the North. Bloated with
Sclf-conccit, and grown by success
as arrogant as he is ignorant, he in
suits the venerable patriots whose
lives have been devoted to the sup
port Of the principles of freedom,
and the promotion Of the happiness
of their fellow men. Destitute of
the ennobling qualities of an honor
able mind, he seeks for notoriety in
the dcspicablc tricks of the dema-
goguc. Alike wanting in the prin-
ciplcs of public virtue and personal
integrity, he is never awed by shame,
nor controlled by self-respect. His
egotism and vanity, prompt him to
attempt the part of a statesman, and
as an inevitable consequence he
ends with that of the bufloon. Toe
weak and pitiful to deserve notice
but for the station he disgraces he
would sink into merited oblivion
But so it is:
"lIood an Ass with reverend purIlr.
So you can hide his two ambitious ears.
And he shall pass for cathedral doctor"
That the federal leaders who OBJ
posed the last war, and in every
question with foreign countries hav,
taken the side of the enemy, SHOULD
in the present war with Mckee
prove consistent in their traitorou
course and oppose their own country
was what we had to expect. Blu
that any democratic member, repre-
senting a democratic district of hon
est freemen and true hearted patri
OTIS, should unite in the attempts t
cmbarrass the Administration an
thus bring disgrace upon his coun
try, and defeat to his own party
furnishes occasion for the decpcs
regret and the scverest indignation
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