The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-15
For the Free Trader
The Earlier Presidents.


] hope shall not star.le you, Mr. Editor,
by any apparition from the disordered
scenes Of 1913. am not about 10 call you
back TO an;iguatsd records, nor 10 draw We.
~ largely upon the hitoric past. am not
about 10 recount the detailed array of mar
tial folces-,o renew the terrible thundcrs
upon the walls Of Monterey-nor TO bring
up in retrospect the Sanguinary Geld Of Bu-
cua Vista, with whose terrible olangor the
caption If this article was once sUtrrubly
comminglcd. These scenes have had their
day. SO well were the booming thuuherS
Of the terrible battle field enliyened and en-
richcd by illusions TO 'ihc earlier Presi.
dents that the people have been constrain.
cd TO characterize their high appreciation Of
hcroiSm by elevatinc the chief of the victo.
rious hosts TO the highest houorS within The
siGt Of free people. You. sir. will rscul.
lect, as the American nation canuu, forget,
with what Glacriiy the homes, and unsus-
peciing portion Of the people of this great
country came into the support Of old Xlck.
administration of the government 'aftcr the
example ur the earlier Presidents You
remember how much the old hero said a.
bout not being 'the president Of party
The Indi>pu,able records Of the past prove
how the whole nation was made TO believe
that odd lack had no friends 10 reward
nor enemies to punish No enc can have
forgotten how the wings affected 10 believe
that he was not wing cnouco for them
how they distorted their countcnarccs with
strange Crimace>, aud almost felt di>pos ed
10 go against the old hero. yet after al
concluded rs matter Of necessity. 10 srD.
port him with all their might Now, sir.
aprrc bend there is nobody to doubt that thi,
game was well played, and that the whic,
may well now declare that Gen. Taylci
'lurns out much better than they expected
And for the Wings, IS no neycryet obtained
an honest victory over the PEOPLE, il may
he matter OF great rejoicing that they have
obtained one at all. Those who never eX
peot 70 get into power except by stealing il
under some false ColCrS. need not be yer,
scruDuouS as 10 any Appearances of conSis
teucy when actually installed. But my air
was 10 set the wits If the world AZ WORK
to refer TO record and PASS when Genera
Washington, one Of 'the earlier Presidents
called the members of his cabinet togelhcI
in grave council over the val Of som,
petty postmaster for political offence. al,
permiHedhiS 0,Cn opinion 10 be nverrtlrd by
the votes Of those he had appointed 10 sta
tons beneath him. When was it that Gen
Washington established a political Cuilo
tine whose terrible axe stretched the Length
and breadth Of this great republic? If 10
Gen. Washington, will any ono inform II,
which one Of rhe earlier presidents pm
this machine in molten? | am not. sir
waiting over the fall Of Democratic head
at the hand Of the bloody axcman, hut de
sire that It should 1e remembered. and her,
after. when wings come forward with thei
cant about honest men. will it not he wei
If the people bear in mind the unblushin.
inconsistency between their professions he
fore. aud practices since election.
PUNCH.