The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-23

have said elsewhere what will repeat here hat 70
Is better to fgh for The first inch OF national territory
than for tie last. !, is better TO defend the door
sill than ihc hcrlh-souc-ihc porch than the altar
National chamc'crisa richer treasure hGn gold or sill
yer and exercises muIll influence in jur hour cd
danger which, il not power lis't l. IT, sure uly
Thus TAR ouS Is uniaui-hel; and let us all oin, how
ever separated ~ party ol by space, 81 90 preserve it,
; In the month of March following General
I CaSS delivered his celebrated speech on the
/ Oregon question. As this speech has been
circulated and read very generally. mere
alnson to it here is all that would appear
Necessary: but the following extract express
ses so fully the sentiment Of every patriotic
American that tits worthy ofrecord:
ut pains me- sir to hearniIusons 10 the destruction
oflhs government and to the dissolution of this CON
iederacy II pains me. not because they inspire Inc
with any fear hut brcau,r ought 10 have one I'M
proHOmceale word a. the Jews had Of Old, and TINT
word is DlSSolrIloN We should reject the feeling
from our hearts 1nd IT'S mann from Our tongues. Aud
this cry OF "No, w0i 10 jerusalem" CRATES lHrshy
upunmy ears. Ourleu-6irm is neither bccogpyird
nor ~ danger II l. yet thr city upon hll, glorious
M " lat II is still more glorious hy the blessing Of God
IN wlallt is 10 bC-1 land-ualk, inviting tie nations
oi the world, gLuug upon the stormy ocean u pu-
hicnI oppression lu follow to haven of safety and
OF rational liberty No ENGLISH Titus viii enter our
temple olhcrdom imou4h breach in the baitieIucutS
70 bear thence the AK of our Constitution and The
book OF our law, 10 take hcirs'at,ons in a ummphal
procession in the streets OF modern Rome, as trophies
OF conquest and proof oisrbmSsion
Many raven has croaked in my dry, but the aug
my has failed, and the republic has marched onward
many crisis has presented itself to the Imagination ut
our political tasS1nda-, but We have still increased in
political prosperity A. We have increased IN years and
that, too, accelerated progress unknown TO The history
OF the world. We have n class OF men whose ewes
uGc always upon the future, overlooking the bcs~I~
around us, and forever npprchcnsive OF some grnt
political cV. which Is 10 Arrest our course somewh, re
or other ON this side OF the mc.enium To them we
are the image Of gold and silver and brass and clay
ConiUnety unity winch the first rude blow Of ms
fortune is 10 strike from lls pedestal
"Forny own part, consider this the strongest 20
ycrnment on thc lace OF the earth for good and the
weakest for evil StrJHg, because is supported by
the public opinion Of a people inferior 10 none Of ti.
communities Of the earth IN all that constitutes moral
worth ma useful knowledge, and who have brclhcd
into their poltc1 system The breath fife and who
would destroy as they created IT, fit were unworthy
OF them. OF failed 20 tulH. their Just expectations
And weak Tor evil from thus very consideration.
which would make IT, tuies and IT. faults the signal
ol H. overthrow. IL l. the only governments ~ cN.
tcncc which no revolution can suhycr II NAV hr
changed, but provides for It's own change when the
public "li. requires. Pos and nsunccuons, and the
vanou- struggles, by which Am oppressed Nmuulnlipn
maniools it, suiafuL- and seeks the recovery of It's
rights, have no place here. We have nothing to fear
but ourselves"
The part taken by General Cass in the
subsequent exciting controversy on this
question. and his vote in opposition 10 the
treaty are too well known to require further
notice. Having been trained in a school
which taught him, in our intercourse with
foreign nations, to SIX for nothing but what
is right and submit to nothing that is wrong.
he had the iUorol ~G"nraqa ~. stand up for
quences. ." ~,..--
During the session of Congress hostilitics
commenced between the United States and
the Republic of MEXICO. General CaSS adj
vocated the most energetic measures for a
vigorous prosecution Of the war, and carry
ing it into the heart of the enemies country.
In the winter of 1917, the s.Wilmot Pro
viso" was nttoduced into the Senate, as an
amendment TO the three million bill, by a
Federal Senator from New England. The
design Of the mover was evidently TO defeat
the passage of the bill. to which il was to
be attached, ana 10 cmbarrass the Admins
traton in the prosecution of the war. Gen.
/ CaSs voted against the provisO, for reasons
| given in his speech Oh the occasion.
! 1t was during the session of this Congress
/ that the tarirof 1916, and the independent
/ treasury, were established. 1t is not alone
/ to the exclusive champion Of free trade, and
the ultra advocate Of hard money cprren-
/ CIV, that the opponents Of protection and the
enemies Of paper currency are TO look fUI
the defeat OF those measures. Such men
/ are usually in the pursuit of some thcoreti-
cal distractions, which gives them but little
! Influence with practical men. But il is to
men Of enlarged and liberal views, whose
strength Of character and influence carry
| conviction with their action, that the coun
/ try is indebted for radical and beneficial re
forms. Genera! Cass gave to these grcat
measures the weight Of his influence AN,
/ his Jealous and utinChing support. At III,
close of that Congress General CaSS wa,
invited by the Democratic members Of New
York, to partake Of a public diuncrat Alba
ny, as a mark Of their appreciation Of hi.
brilliant public services and their estimation
\ of his character as man. This honor,
however, he declined
In August, following he delivered an ad
dress before the literary societies of Dart
mouth College, New Hampshire, at the
annual commencement of that institution
The societies afterwards prepared an cle
giant gOlh.headcd cane, with appropat,
devices, which was presented TO him il
Washington, on the lth of March 1918.
On the meeting Of the present Congress.
General CasS was elected Chairman ftht
Committee ON Military AtlAirS-a post fo
which he was most eminently qualified an,
which, rs he had been unanimously select
ed, he considered it his duty TO accept Hi
course as chairman of that committee, AM
his views upon the war question, have
been seen in the daily proceedings Of thC
Scuoip Thr Ioi,0winu brief rcplV. l,(NI,