The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-04-17

because YOU have Nh immense territory, (the lon,
ger body Is, the more vplnerabe points 1t has }
and because your material interest. make YOU by
their diversity, dependent upon the condition Of
the ostward world
But again, am told Well If we are yulnera
ble, the more we are vulnerable the more We
must keep quiet, and not mix with foreign mat
tiers because. not entangling ourselves with for
eIgn matters, we will quietly grow We will have
IN hundred years population Of hundred
millions, and then We will be strong enough to
not only defy the hostility Of all the despots Of
the world, but also 10 dictate our laws to the
world, and will rule the earth
oh, yes, if the despots Of the world had no
brains in their heads, andpynitted you. traDqull-
ly TO grow to such power 81 earth But there is
the immense, there is the. dangerous faliacy Do
you think that the unhoiy alliance Of the despols
does not know that you would grow to such an
immense power if not checked in time And do
yon take despots for such fools as to quietly per
init you TO grow to giant Republic Of hun
dred millionsl 1t is quite clear that they would
have in vain murdered nations IN vain doomed
themselves aud all their postcrity to eternal dam.
nation. Their triumph would be but short aud
their dcspotlc sway but "A midsummer nights
dream if they permitted you TO become such a
power on earth. BE sure they feel already
at prc'cnt alarmed at your very existence, aud
had already attacked you'll lung ago, had they had
the power to do so. They have not attacked you
because their power was in Europe itself preca-
ti1us, threatened and conrovcr,ed bv their own
people and hy wars; bu, lei them but accom-.
pI,-h their foul design-|ct all Europe become
Cussark, and YOU viii sec how their first step
will be must be to fall with the concentrated
power Of all Europe upon yourselves, precisely
because, else You would become Republic Of a
bundled millions Could yoG believe that the
league Of de-pots could endure this when it be,
came morally afraid of the small example of
Hungarian Rrpublici Think about what !
have said, and then decide which i, the true pol.
icy for you-ihat which advised You to let, hy
your indIereE cr, the despots grow to u power
so dangerous TO Nou-or that which reveals it.
self in the sympalhics Of the people, which in it's
natural instinct is more circumspect and more
wise lan all the shortsightod calculations of an
uquated politics
Let me repeat to you in plain English what |
said Yesterday to delegation Of your fellow cit.
iz,us IN French: "N hen the struggle is engaged
about principles, Indifference is suicide. Nay, in.
difference is impossible because Indifference about
the fate If that principle upon which your nation,
al existence and uli your fltnre rrsts-tlat iud,t
ference Is so much as passive Submission to the
opposite principle, 1t is almost equivalent to an
alliance with despot,'
lie who Is not for Freedom is against Freedom
There j. no third choice.
The United States have arrived at the nCccssi
ty of being power on earth. and to act like a
powc on earth lndilIerentism for the cause Of
observation-disclosures about how the dcspots
dispose Of the condition Of the worll--that is 50
much as not to be power upon earth. And il
the United States DO not accept this position of
power, well then they have res igueI their fu-
tue, and TO resign Our future is suicide.
he peoples instinct feels the weight Of the
truth-it feels the importance ofcircunstances-
it feels the danger Of losing an irreparaLle oppor.
tunIty and hence the fact never yet met in hsto
~ that plain common mana poor harmless
exile becomes an object Of such swelling sympa.
thy rolling like Il sea in spite of all the passion
ate rage Of enemies and all the Christian tocr-
ance Of the Revtrand Father Jesuits, which they
IN such an evident manner show to me
have said the word; SO let me therefore look
to that spccter which meet in nv way--that is
tie second time, since am in the United States.
that pronounced the word. II is the time to
advertise by few remark, my reverend enc.
mIcs, that | am aware Of their hostility, and rca.
dy to meet it openly. make this advertisement
by design here, because il j. not my custom To
attack from behind and IN the dark. Nine is not
the famous doctrine that the aim Sanc'jfcs tie
mans like to meet the enemies face To face
n far field and fair arms-thats what like
And in one thing more will not initiate mT rev.
erend opponents; | will never indulge in any per
sunaliiIes-neycr act otherwise than would be
becoming 20 a gentleman, II they choose to pur-
sue different course let them do So aud let them
earu the fruits Uf such n course
My humble person | entirely submit to the
good pleasure Of their passion. If they tell YOU,
gentlemen, that | am no great man. they speak
the truth Nobody IN the world can be more pc.
netrated by that truh than | myself | have
not one inch of greatness IN all my frame, that is
sure. Nay, more, have not the slightest amb-
ton to have been, 10 be, Or to become ANYTHING
more than very plain, very common, but hon
est man The warrant OF that common equality
II have 1t here IN my C0nsctnCe-and the tran
guilty Of this inward pledge no aspersion of evil
calumny will ever succeed 10 trouble Being on
good terms with my conscience, do not much
care TO be on bad terms vita Cars aud Empe
rorS, their Ubedient servants, or the Reverend
Father Jesuts. Nay, if were on good terms
with them, scaccely could remain on good terms
with my conscience. So much for myself Now,
a few words as to the cause.
No man in the world being more penetrated
by the sentiments of Christian tolerance, more at
toched to the principles of Religious liberty, and
more adverse to intolerance and sectarianism
than myself and my people; besides half Of my
countrymen being Roman Catholics, and warmly
attached TO thoir religion, aud claiming moral
and national aid against that Car Of Russia, who
is the most bloody prosecutor Of Roman Ca;ho
lies so much so that the present Pope himself
before the Revolution, when he was yet moro
High Priest than Despot, in his capacity Of an
Italian sovereign, aud cared moro about spritu.
al Than temporal business, openly and bitterly
to the Cardinal against that bloody
persecution which the Roman Catholics have sui.
fered from the Car OF Russia; and considering
ut least that plead for Republican principles
to which the Reverend Father Jesuits should be
here warmly attached, if they are willing to have
the reputation Of good citizens and not be trait.
ora to your Republic, which affords to them not
only the protection OF It's laws, but also the fall
enjoyment of all the prlvIlres OF your RcpNbli.
can Frecdom,-it is indeed strange, striking
fact, to see these Reverend Fathers here in a
Republic co warmly advocating the cause Of De-
spotlsm, and so passIonatey prosecuting the
cause | humbly plead, which in the same time IS
the cause OF political Freedom and religious Lib.
crty for numerous millions Of Roman Catholics
throughout Europe.
Somewhat acquainted with the terrible history
Of that order, thought 20 find M explanation of
this striking fact IN the historical ambition Of that
order to rule the world, this their everlasting
standard idea, to which they in all times sacrtG.
ed oyerYlhlug, and mi5used even the hollcst Of
Rll--Rgllgiou--as an instrumcntality TO that am.