The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-12-11
oy III. blessing. of peace Beneath the pa,.rnal

countries for generations 10 coaie, 'le thlte'
States have once been enabled To exhibit th'
proud spectacle of nation free hom puoit Geot
aud, II permitted to pursue our prospsTOu. w.'
for t.w wears l0nger IN PEACE. We may do the
same again.
But L is now said by some that this policy
mus. be changed. Europe Is me- longer separate,
from Va by a voyage Of months but steam nav.
CATION has brought her wi.hlu iisv days sau q
our shore. We see more Of he, movements, anJ
take deerer interest in her controversies. Al
though no one propose. that W should Jon the
fraternity Of poteniAtes who have fr ages Law
i,hei IN he blood .uG treasure Of tn II subjects III
maintaining tie balance OIL power ye1't 70 ANA
hat We ought TO interfere between eun'eudInS
sovsrei Sn- and ,he,r subjects for the purpose o!
overthrow ing the munarchles Of Europe and Is
tab,shin., % their place republican Institutions
B !, iss,iskci thatwe have heretofore pursasi a
different course from \ sense Of on weaauess. but
nov our Conscious strength dictates change OF
policy, add that il is Consequently our duty 70
mjpEl. in thss. contes.s aud aid ihoEe who are
s,rugg iiag for liberty.
/ Tns /. u mos. seductive bat dangerous ,rpes!
10 the generous syCpathies OF trtemrn. EnJ'Y
ius a, We do the blessings Of q free government.
there il no man who has an American heart who
would not rejoice 10 ace these blessings extended
to all other uatisns. We cannot witness the
struggle between the oppressed and las oppTesSor
anywhere. without the deepest 1ympsiy for the
frmsr and the most anxious desire tor his tn
umph Nevertheless, six prudent or r' It wise
to involve ourselves in those tores wsrsi !. II
indeed lrus that We have hsretoioe rsirainsl from
dong 80 merely from the degrading motive OF q
conscious weakness. For the honor Of the pat
riots " no have gone bsiore us, | cannot admit 1t.
Men Of the revolution who drew their swords
galnst the expressions OF their mother country.
aud pledged 10 Heaven their lives. thsir Tor
tunes. and their sacred honor" TO ma I,aln their
freedom. could never have been actustsd by so
unworthy motive They knew no weakness or
fear where ght pointed tie way and it is . libel
upon their lar fame for us. while va enjoy the
blessings for which they 50 noOy Tough; aud blsJ
o In.inuatc u.
The truth Is that the course which they pursued
MAS dictated by asrnse Of stern international JUS
toe, 10y ente.manllke prudence and u iarsering
" .-dum lo"kng not merely 10 the present nece.
sniss but TO the permanent safety and interests OF
the country 1tey .uev that the world was go
Yerned less by sympathy than by reason sud
force; iha; 1t wa. not po-srbl. for the nation to
become "prcragsndI-t 81 free principle. with
out srrayius ugains, is the combined powers of
Europe and that the result wss more likely to lie
the overthrow Of republican hb-fty here than IT.
extension there History has been wTtt,u ~
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s,ne petty acts 81 tyranny IA n neishoorrg pm
eipaht, The National Cuuv-n,Ion declared that
sne W. uld afford -uccor ard TIA icjuIty 10 al ia
tons who WISHED to- recover their iLttiy and she
.ay. It IN change To- the Executive power 10 give
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- ia, h.y,.,, Of ,.lf ,ov.,nn,nt under WHICH
IN. Fuyli,h eoloui-, yr.x M. and our revolution
o,lv f,s,d II. from tbs dominion Of . foreign
,,1.r viz go,,rru,nt -, a, yari,nc. with
,bo,. institutions. But Europy,n nation. have
hal no such training for .elfgovernmcn, and ev
effort establish BY bloody vol uttUus ma
b..n AMI mus, xitbont that ,yenar,ii,n con.
,inue 70 be-, failure I.ber,,. unr.,,lst.Ib, law
d.y.rerates into anarchy which soon b.ron,es
the most horriI of all ,le.p,tism, Oar policy a.
,i..'v IN ,,yprn cur.ely.. ana thereby to ae,
such AN exatpple Of national Justice. rfo,pprily
and true glory a. shall teach to all nation. the
blessing, Of .elf gorernmen, AMI the unparsl!el.d
erterprise and success. OF a free peoul.
Va live IN sn aye OF progress. and ours Is en-
nh.,ic,lly a country Of progress Within tho
. las: half century the n.m6er Of States IN TIN. L.
mon la, nearly doubled. the p.pul,tion has al
mos, quadrupled, ANA our boundaries have been
extended from the nassiss,rp, to the Pacific. Our
row,d with canals. The inventive talent Of our
county Is excited 10 H.. highest r,tch and the nu
m.r,i, appli,.ii,n, for naterts for y.lu,bl. i'm,
] pr,y.mert. Iinrinoui.h In. 40, and tn. r.on,a
IRON, all otbers-lbe geuius Of pue American ha
enabled our commerce To move ~ inst wind and
tide and that Of another ha. ann,hl!ated di,tans,
. in III. Transmission Of intelligence IN. vhol,
country !, full of en,srpri.e Our common
school. are d,Fusipy Intelligence snorg The non
ME and our iud.stry /. Gs, accun,uiatiny III,
eonf,rt. ,YI luxyri.s Of life hi. ia in mar,
pyin, tn our ncculi,r nositpn In our fertile soil
ard r,mnarativ.i, sna,.e ronulation but r,ucI
of II il also ovini, To- III. ,nn,lar insiituton, I'M
der winch v- ly. TO tho fr,ed,m which every
man feel. To engage in sny useful nur.ui, acror
din, 10 M, taste or inrlipa,,on and 10 the entir,
confidence that his n,r.or and pron.r,v will he