The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-15

and their eacred honor they shall also listen
to the proclamation of the beloved President,
who WAS slain 10y felon hands, by wh .ch the
| principles OF that declaration received so
practical an illustration end appli alton, and
upon which ITS kuthor as the representative
OF great People, Invoked the gracious favor
OF Almighty God. And not in vain, waj the
! invocation made, They shall listen to the
with compressed lips and flashing eyes,
awaiting the onset of the invader, mingled
| with the recital of the story of the bloody day
at Shiloh, the gallant conquest of Donaldson,
the struggles at Chattanooga. at Chcamauga
and Mission Ridge. When they hear of the
march of the fathers in tattered garments
and with torn and bleeding feet to Valley
Fore, that valley of the shadow of death,
and of the British prison ships, they Will also
/ hear of Andersonville and of Libby Prison
! and the other hells earth where our brave
| BOYS were deliberately and purposely starved
to death or idiocy. When they hear of the
march of Washington to Virginia, and the
crowhing triumph OF she capture of York
Town, they will also remember and recount
the story OF Sherman's grand march from the
Mississippi to the sea, and the capture OF
! Richmond and of Lee. Forever mingled in
the grateful rena'r'. france of goo1 men vii
! i'' Inc names of the heroes OF 1916, and
these OF 1865, as men who have each de-
Tended the same great principle and have
each triumphed eloriously in its defence and
| haze given new proof that
Freedoms battle, once begun,
B-queatiid from bleeding si.e % =cn,
Though baft3ed OF, is won.
But the results of the magnificent triumph
won by your valor, ere not conEn I'd 10 our
own land You have demonstrated to all
men, for all time, that in the government OF
Il free people by themselves, there IS sufficient
virtue and strength TO defend constitutional
law irom the assaults of traitors. Consider
the grandeur of this result. Because you
have Won this great triumph for the right,
o IT nation TO day furnishes the most conclu
sive evidence aud argument OF the capacity
Of mankind Tor selfgovernmemt. Had YOU
been conquered in the deadly strife, govern
ments ''of the people, by the people, for the
people would have rcrisl!ed iron the earth,
You have won victory not alone for one na-
tio.. or race, but for ali Inankind The lovers
o. freedom everywhere, are speaking 10 you
words of deepest gratitude, and for your tr-
umph are altering devout lhanksgivings. No
one OF all earth's toiling millions but has an
! interes. in your success. Two hostile sys ems
dreadful encounter. One a system that
seeks to educate, elevate and enlighlen the
( masses of mn, and TO dignity lab r as he
1 diviuely appointed means OF human progress
I and development. The other system based
I upon force only, which debased and degraded
labor III the person OF the labOrer. ana which
WAS compelled, by the necessity OF self preser-
vution. /, cloud IN intellect obscure the soul
/ ana dwarf the moral sense Of the laJorcr, by
/ d.nying to him all means OF education, OF
mental culture and advancement, To Withhold
: :rom man made in God , image, thar food Tor
/ the S.ul. which Vas as NECESSARY lor The de-
/ velOpment ni his manhood a5 his natural
food is to the Development and growth of hi4
; BODY. As a natural result and OGtErowth of
I the one system, we have seen poor boy at
AN early age our own Stat :. IN most hum
/ Die station, one of the !east favored jy for
/ tune, OF all the people among whom his early
+ life be.aa and pas ,ad In all the privatiJDs
aud discomfort Of actual poverty. with but
/ scantv means OF educ ,liou. without any o.!
! those aids by which the distractions in the
road to fame are .n'oothed, by his inherent
J manoOd and strength, rise. not only TO the
! highest emiueuce OF position. but also 10
( the highest place in the affections of his
! couutryme.. Who, - ht-c seen boy IN Il
[ iroutier settlement engaged II the humbIest
! and severest lab r. without friends or fortune,
would have predicted for him a career 80
Brilliant and hsneiCen, aud :. iiT,c SO descrv-
I cd aui end Iriug? The commun people loved
+ him because he was from among them, aud
! of the n. The poor boy from the pr,..rie,,
I became tue great leader whose wisdom aud
/ firn,ness gained aud slved nation in its
! hour ct deadly peril. He was our example
+ of what the poorest boy in the land may be
come under The iuliuence cf cut free in ,titu-
lions. \ good man, Il simple, kind hearted
gentleman, an honest, pure man, the good
President. When he died. the earthquake
shout OF victory, with which the land was
filed, was turned Ihto bitter weeping and la
rlantation. Many con1u@rOrs lave had tri-
urnphal professions in which the shouts Of
( the vivtors mingled with the wall of the cap
/ lives whose humiliation form d portion OF
/ the pageant; bu; this mans ashes were borne
/ d actoss u continent. aud millions OF .ree peo
| pie wepl beside his bier. The wonderful
grandeur of his triumph in death surpassed
all the living triumphs Of other men. Hal
lowed be the place OF his rest;
",Thc ccnsecratcd sprt shall be
To Freed",r Gem,
And Freedoms sons of every race,
Shall weep and worship there ;"
An art illustrate Gu OF the working of the