The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-04-16

In closing his late speech, Eli Thayer,
Republican Congressman from NISsachU-
sett>, came down on the a.IitAroGs III a !or-
cibie and eloquent style. Thaycr~cena- to
be an honest man:
There ! another class. sir composed of
the political Ca>sandras OF the Republican
party. who are always prophc-yin-. in the
middle OF one great disaster. that another
still greater Is about 70 come-Vyl.p are
continually saving that slavery has always
had IT. own WAY. and always Viii have it
that slavery. under the bred Scott dcci-
sion viii vet bc established IN Ml~sachu-
settS and New lIamp~hire-that~ secret in
trigue> are going on Tor establishing il in
Canada, as well a. for putting the White
Mountains and Cape Cod under the lash
Uaughter) | have an account TO settle
with these men. have met them and
found them n great impeolinent 10 the
progress of freedom in this country In
the contest for free men and free labor in
Kansas. | affirm here that they were a
greater obstacle - cl;r progress than the
Border Ru:iians. or the bad travelling in
the State of Mi->ouri-tOr they We're filling
the country with the cry that Kansas WAS
lost
With q,,iverinc lips and moist eyes
they went about CRYING that al 'r0s list
The effect was TO send hundreds and thou
sands of men. who would have joined our
good colonies in Kansas, shivcring away to
the cold regions OF Minnesota | have no
sympathy with these men. OF thi- class
was CZZa in the days of David, who thot I
that. because the oxen stumbled. the ark
Of the Lord would surely fall and he
stretched out his trembling hand III sup
port of Omnipotence, Smittcn by the
. d, II. H.. .,.1
faithless Uzza died upon the spot Why
he died l ask no commentary to tell me.
Why any such are left Is not 50 clear
| Without faith. either in the power OF God
or the destiny Of man. they libel freedom
! and SANDER freemen. They have no Joy in
| the present and no hope Tor the future
! They seem predestined to disaster and de-
| feat: and woe TO the party or project III
which they assume authority or exercise
! influence.
To man OF this class the present life
! is one perpetual M ghtmare: and what the
! future will be, who can say? Can he be
| saved? Can man be saved without faith,
or hope. or works, with only repentance
and even that consisting not in sorrow for
his own sins, but for other peoples Vlr-
tues? Laughter.) Why, what if by
| some chance he were once III the Holy C!-
ty?-he would be no more saved than he
was before He never would see the tree
of life or the river of li!e-never would
have harp in his hand-but spy-gt'Ss;;
and skulking about the battlcmentS, and
peerinc off into ilimitable space Caush.
ter); if he should chance to see pret'
: Scott or the Supreme Court, even though
they might be beyond the great quit, he
would think they We're coming to cstab
lish slavery on the golden pavements ot
the New Jerusalem. Laughter.)'
DEATH OF THE RIGnrEoUs-"I once me
on the sea-shore, said the poet Sadi .:
Nous man who had been attacked by a ii
ger. and was horribly maneled He wa
diving, and suffering dreadful agonics-
Nevertheless his features were calm ane
serene. and his physical pains seemed t'
be vanqu;shed by. the purity of his soul
Great God said he, Il thank thee that
am only suffering from the fangs of the Il
/ ger, and not from rsnsorsc.'