The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-11-16

The Rev; " X, WmrrLEsrY. having been m
painted hy The Institute for that purpose lust nd WON
tory Address: '"''s 'a'eu.c
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-In human society. n,
!" large building some, who lay the foundation.
Moih pehehth the surface unnoticcd in their toll
C'iefs reach the highest top and flsten here and
'nefe the beautiful external ornaments. The one
part cutters IN the sunshine the other sustons il,
vast load unobserved in darkness. ''' '''
iour profession includes these extremes oflabor
rs wen rs the intermediate work. You arc or,;s,'
uYu your employer; your work, impershnble
inlnI When the temples and pyramids of human
buiiding-when the rocky mountains shall bnya
wasted away IN dust, fine, and small your work
WIN appear solid AMI abiding. Every foundation.
stone You now place, may be "a base for an eternal
ana lmpcrshaby glorious building. The orna.
mems s,r you now affix, may CLEAN forever
,.; mere - therefore, peculiar proprety jn.scss
0tler professions take YOU by the hand and own
YOU as fellow laborcrs: that The community make
YOU TO realize that it consciously enirusts to YOU
most dearinterestS that you yourselves be direc.
ted 10 the peculiarly interesting position Of ia-
srltctorS Of tie yo,mg in he western states.
The remarks which | shall make on this subject
will be of serious nature as BELTS the singular
condition of our country and the peculiar state of
society to which, US instructors, YOU must adapt
yourselves
Have you sufficiently considered The mature
end position of tie American prophet
The language in which address you AMI which
ycu are called to teach--the language of Milton
and Shakespeare. of Dryden, Baconanl Cromwell.
Is the language ola great mighty brotherhood.
The men who speak this language walk proudly
and securely on almost every spot of earth the sun
i,uminos. Their arts and arms are revolutioniring
nearly all nations. English and American steam.
ers and rail ears are sending light and fire through
the lazy realms Of Mousseman and Pagan. The
Turk gets otf his horse 10 ride on n Steamboat In
Ola stands aghast and deems vain thing to pour
her thousands Of soldiery in living waves on Eng
Iish pike and powder. China finds that inc,nta
ton aud witchcraft can't stop cannon balls and
bullets. France, Germany, Italy, and our mother,
England, while under the canopy that covers US,
cannot keep out the loud shoutings of our freemen
The ensigns Of our republicanism the fair breez
es Of all lands daily with The stars of our ban
ner are polar and guiding stars to the lost, sha
ken and wrecked Of other lands.
Thus you see the language in which YOU are
called TO teach, is the language OF mon Of power
o. proves, OF achievement OF victory, and Of great
glory And that the area Of their action is now
wide as the solid earth-wide ne the surgng ocean
All the earth has yet felt Of their energies little TO
what it yet must know. What race il aproadn1
itself over the whole earth-peoplinp not penin,
sulas and islands but vast uninhabi,ei continents
In some cases roofing out other races ! Not
the Grccian The column Of their strength and
glory is shattered and PROSTATE. Not the Ro.
Isan, their pierced eagle has fallen from the sky.
1t Is the Saxon race Of which YOU are the rcpre
sentatives, and whose blood flows in the veins of
your pupils
The beginning of our career Ms American Colo
ncs was worldrcnowncd The increasing en-.
largcmcnt of our territory aud resources Is an as.
tonishmcn, to ourselves. What INC final destiny
OF America is to bc--may no prophet tell US -
We now have US many acres Of territory as near
ly the whole continent Of Europe. We could find
room Tor three such republics as France in Ore
g0 nn and da rsxns