The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-09-17
TranScendent EIOquence.

sive than the following extract from a late |
speech from that glorious young lrelander,
i. i. Meagher, we should be too happy to |
read it.
"Ihc pursuit of liberty must cease to be |
a traffic. Let it resume amongst us its an
cient glory-let it be with us IA passionate |
heroism. Fear not disscntOn. DisScntion |
is good where truth is to be saved. Repeal |
does not triumph, contend, where the re- |
peal principles of Cancellation Hall prevail. !
Repeal does not Incur defeat where these
principles are swamped by Whiggery or
Conservatism. In the former case it is
Whggery, masked and muilled, that sue
cecdS-in the latter, it is Whiggery, mask
ed and muil'ed, that is beaten. Disdaining,
then, the calumMioS of the public writer
and the invcctivcs of the public orator, how
ever bitterly society may sheer, however
coarscly a section of the multitude may
curse, assert this righteous principle. Res
cue the cause of Ireland from the prolana-
ton of those who beg, and the control of
those who bride. Eunoble the strife for
liberty, and be it here, as it has been in
other countries, gallant scrvicc-not a
vulgar game. Conform to one preccpt Of
the English Parliament depend upon your
own resources. Demanding independc
be thoroughly independent. Be as indie
pendent OF this Russell, the English Minis
ter, as of Metternich, Of Vienna, or Gnizot.
of Paris. Cherish in lis full integrity this
fine virtue, without which there will be no
true liberty amongst you, whatever be your
institutions. Beroft Of il, the heart Of the
nation will be cold, and crampcd. and >or-
did. Bcreit of it. the arts viii have no en-
during impulse. and commerce no iuyipor.
at,ng soul. Berelt of il. society dercncr-
atc,. and the mean, the rriyolo,is. and thc
vicious. triumph. The idIer. fine Ini>cr. th.
coward NAV laurb at these sentiments.
they NAV hiss them when they read them.
The worms Of the castle. know. Womb eat
them from the heart, of the younp. tbc 90.
ncrous. and the niltcd. The ola cLam,,ions
of faction-in whose vitbrrcd ,cuIs al ,,at
is pure and rcucrnrs in o,,r rotnr, La, ,.,I ,
ted or,t-may drive eiruoiso,,cd nom, onl
Div their tainted tongues. in their coarse
crusade against them. Then viii cowc tbo
dull pbilosophcr of fine ACE. to rebnIIc or,.
folly. orr want of sense orr inJi,crrtion
and proclaim that na,riot;sn - ,yiId nmi
rlitterinr passion. has died oIi. ,b,, il cn,'iI
not coincide with civilization and fron t,alo
II is falSel The yirtur that pav, IN po,rar-
ism its dazzling lustre--to Rorbarism it> rn-
dccminr trait0to Ibri.tio,,itv il, heroic
/ FORMS NOT dead. I,,tiurycS nra.cr,,o
to console. 10 sanrtiry Luuot,itr II b,s ~
altar in every cliur il. vcr.iir ,,J eo.,i-
vities. On the hcotbcrcd hiIls ~ scotland
the sword of Wallace is yci a Lri,,b, IIoJi.
ton. The rcuius Of Tiancc. briIIiart and
impeuIous. in the Literature If tLc Lo, ,,oys
its enthusiast HOMAGE ~ tbc pic,y and bnro-
ism of the yolIup Maid If Orleans I, her
new senate hall. ENGLAND h;ds bor .crIrto,
place among fine cllir,rs of her greatest
sons the manages of her IIompdcn and her
Russell. In thc cav and beontnops Genital
of Belgium. the daring hand of Gccfs has
reared a monument full of glorious meaning
to the three hundred MARTYRS of the rcyolu-
ton. b. the soft blne waters of Lake Iu-
ccrnc stands the chanel Of William Tel
On the anniversary of his revolt and victory
across those waters. rs they glitter in the
July sun. skim the LIGHT boats of the allied
Can,ons. From the urows Lnurr the han.
ncrS of the republic. and as thcy near the
sacred spot. the daurhters nj Ircpr,Ir
chant the HYMNS of their old uoetjc land
Then bursts forth the Glad Je D,7,,o. and
Heaven hears again the voice of thai Wild
chivalry of the mountains which. five CEN
turtles Since. pierced the white eagle of Vi
emma. and Gunm it pleading 10 the rock Of
Cri. At Iunspruck, in the black isle of the
old cathedral. the peasant of the Tvrol
knCels before the statue of AndreasIIGfcr.
In the delilcs and valleys Of the Tyrol. who
forget, the day on which he fell Within the
walls of Mauiua? Ii !, a festive dav all
through this Quiet. noble land. In fine old
cathedral his inspiring memory i, recalled
amid the pageamtlicS of the altar-his I'M
age appears in every housc-hiS victories
and virtues are proclaimed in the songs OF
the pcoplc-and when the sun goes down.
chain of frcS-in the decp. red light OF
which the eagle spread, his wings and holds
his giddy rcyclrv-prociaim tic plory o, the
chief whose blood has made his native and
n Saintcd spot in Europc. Sir. shall we mo,
Join in the glorious worship. and here il,
this iSland-anuiutCd by the blood of MANY
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the faith, the duties, the festivities ofpatri-