The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-04-23

people, AS 10 suppose they will submit
quietly to tho destruction of free deba,.
IN the council halls Of the nation? What
hsiiehore have they been drinking il
Nashin gton that has drugged their old
perceptions Are we TO be. told that
American liberty is Of the bastard stripe
/ these men would make it? Has il, indeed
so d~grherated since it was TRANSPORTED
I from its ma i've land? Is our national
/ Capitol 50 much below Parliament House.
that men may only talk In it by the
card, and with bated breath ? For the
last hundred year: who has heard Of a
parliamentary expulsion in England for
words spoken in debate' II the House OF
Representatives eApel Ir Long, as at
tempted, it will provo beyond all possiLll-
Ity OF question or cavil that the free.
dom of debate under our bossted repu6-
iicanism IL not even what it was under
the British monai chy, aglinst the tyranny
of which wo rcvolted Every American
schnoi-boy knows that the language used
IN Parliament against the government in
favor of the American Rebels, was a
hundred times stronger than any that has
been used in Congress against our govern
ment in favor OF the south.r rn rebels, and
thst it was used with perfect impunIty in
the face OF overwhelming government ma.
joIities Said Lord Chatham. IN the House
of Commons in l1.1, IF ! Were an Amer
irsn, as | am IN Engiishman, while a for
sign troop was landed in my country
never would lay down nv arlns-uey.r.
never never Has anything Ike that
been heard in Congress fron, the sympa-
thisers with our rebellion? Said Fox.
There IS not an American hut must reject
h. t~,ia II,
The worst that Mr Long said falls far short
nf that Nothing i, gained by saying that
tho Ans,ican rebellion wa- right. and the
SOUthcru rebellion w.swr wrcug-lhat Chat
han; $ arguments we're good and Longs
argument. bad 10 the strong n.aioritirs
in Parliament our rebellion Vas lust as
ha,etl., and the necessity OF supporting
government. il 4 var already undertaken
for the maintenance Of ITS auth oriiy Just as
in1r.ra'ivc rs can be here even with
our own Congressional ,nalorities in re-
- ct 20 our crn rebellion The did not
cub thu speech of the sympathizers with
our rrhei,ion, simply and solely because
they I'D not have the constitutlaua. power
10 do IT, Nr.iIsr does oc- constitution
give eny such power.
We - p!ain language. tecavse the cri
ri demands t. Il - no time for houeycd
.petc, either toward m-n cr raltirs. The
cau~e of the country alone has claim
We vii not look a>s vciy on while the
CaI.e !. crippled, either hy mistaken
iI'.aGs or ma! gaart foes. 1t is sure of
triumph i those ahG are socially drputeu
u >Iv- il. the le -d-rs IL the field, the l-G-
islators md administrators in civil life. and
The conductor, al the puLllc press through
which puU.ic epjrion mainly speaks. do
their duty faithfully and we'll. But if
there TO uufaiiniulGe>s ia any OF these
spheres of ac!!cn, untold calamity may
como. We are "a sure a Of the sgu At
rlii day that tx pccple are not satisfied
vi,n either tn" past Haction OF tie present
action of their Representatives IN Con.
E-e-s: that among great numbers OF these
iucst earnest in their loyalty, thrro Is a
discomfort closely verGiu- upon disgust
This discomfort We do cot deplore 1t
comes from the very highest and best
qualities ot the American nature. Were
/, absent We should despair Of the cause
people that I'D be unmindful Of such
neglect in their public servants as these
Representatives have displayed during the
four months they have been in session, at
such a critical period for the government,
and that could be Insersibie 10 ;he viola
ton of parliamentary freedom, the most
.scrcd principle in every representative
government would be a people alike un-
WORTHY ,r6 unable to maintain conflict
L.. this for the ,..va;Icu Of huniaE iree-
dow, Thank heaven II Is not - There
! d;~ccnttUt-tv Tor .i.S mos! part -.ieMt, a.
vet u, for al tlst PROFOUND aud intense.
Tie ~ called servants Of the people in the
Car;to. Of tn. nation aT- the source of i,
and the object o. il !, bshocvss them