The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

ship, and Horace was his own man. From
this time till his appearance in New York
the biographer makes mention Of no pro-
digious feat, except his astonishing the
natives by defeating n rustic, In back
woods town somewhere in Pennsylvania
at a game of draughts, more commonly
known as checkers. Having now, with
the help of brother Parton, got our hero
safely into the great city, on his own
hook" we have the following journals
The Spirit of tic Times, Morning Post, I'e0
Yorker and 1ribune-to finish the story
with the exception of scrap of history
which brother Parton has overlooked, and
without which his history is incomplete
At some time from 1884 to 1910, one Fam
ny Wright, one Robert Dale Owen and
one Orestes A. Brownson, flooded the State
of New York, and other portions of the
country, with divers lectures upon Four
ierism, strong minded women, social re-
form free love, woman rights, amalgama-
ton of the races, black and white, and
nearly every other ism which has shamed
our world within the last fifty years. This
trinominal company found an earnest and
able supporter and advocate in Horace
Greedy and his paper. Previous TO this we
know nothing of Fanny. Robert Dale,
we believe, was a professed atheist. Ores
tus A, was young man about twenty
seven years old. He had already passed
through the Presbyterian and Baptist
mills, and was at Ibis period being ground
out in the UniveIsalist mill. That is
he had been O Presby terrain preacher. and
a Baptist preacher, and was at this time
Eniversalist preacher, in Ithaca, Tomp!lins
county, New York a short time previous
to this, one Guy G. Clark was hung at It'll
AGA for the murder Of his wife Clark was
a Universalist. The custom then was that
a man about to be hung, was allowed the
privilege of hearing his own funeral SER
| mon previous to the execution. Guy C.,
| very naturally requested that Orestes A,
should preach his funeral sermon. But
the authorities of the county wee Presby-
terrain, this reasonable request was re-
fused and poor Clark was doomed TO listen
TO sermon which sent his soul pell nell
to eternal perditioh. Orestes a. didn't
think this was quite fair, so he went to
work and wrote an address VIII h he in
tended to deliver to the crowd which
should collect to witness the execution.
lie believed that If he could reach the
crowd with this address Clark would be
rescued from the hands Of the Sheriff and
let go at large. But he failed torcach the
crowd with the address, and Clark was
hung. We know not what has become oil
Fanny. Robert Dale, we believe, is a,
present Chairman of President Lincoln
committee to inquire into the condition of
the freed citizens Of African descent in this
country, and report their sodier'y qualities
10 the Administration Orestes A, TO use
his own language several years since, found
4 home in the bosom Of tl.e Catholic
Church. Put a highly respectable mein-
Der OF that church tells Us that the head
of that d" bosom has but little faith in the
integrity o.. Orestes 4. Now, this scrap of
history IS introduced here only for the
purpose Of assisting brother Parton in the
grand object of his " life OF Greedy" viz.
to show THAT bis hero Horace, mas always
been foremost in all the great fau,ticis,ns
and Teiornat.ous in this country since his
advent in New York
CONCLUSION.
There is quaint old adage which says,
" there i but one step from the sublime TO
the ridiculous We have another adage
not 80 old, bat equally as true, which says,
- there IS but very small space between
a philosopher and a phool. Wonder If
Horace occupies that space We leave
the decision Of the question 20 an cDligh'
tened PUBLiC
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