The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-05-02

in front of the Monument, and not Of the cap
itol, therefore, IS the original plan contempla-
ted, that the Hon, Mr.. Perrin, democratic
member of Congress from New York, made
to Sergeant Bates and his flag the following
address of welcome: te o Pr
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sass SPEECH OF Hon. MR PERRIN. g. 81
!, sERaEANr BATES: AZ Unexpectedly to my.
self ~ to you, the reception committee have this
moment requested me 70 welcome YOU and your
Gag, after having been driven from the portals OF
Asnation's Capitol.
After such . repulse from such . source, no
place could be more appropriate than here, 81
The hase Of this unfinished monument, erestsd y
osnnenorats tho virtsss Of George Warrington,
the Father Of his Country. .a.,..,.
Gould the spirit Of that great patriot lock
down upsH this melancholy picture to-day, he
might deliver another farwell address to all the
hopes and prospects Of distracted country.
Look but . moment on the picture. The silk
a banner wrought by fair hands spoA the banks
q Il. MssissipRi and placed in ysur keeping BY
tAs eitizsns Of vicksburg On the 2Sth OF last jan
sasy, has been borne BY you, mid sunshine and
~ months, through the States of Mississippi,
Alabama, Gsorgia, North Carolina, South Care
Ina, and Virginia, and everywhere throughout
these once rebellious States it has been hailed
with Joy and gladness-evsry CITY, village, and
town joining in tho glad shout-sld men and
young men, soldiers and citizens, mstrens and
maidsns, oil, al welcoming it - the harbinger
Of better days. Even 1t Montgomery and Rich
mend, the boosted capitals OF tho late oonfsder-
aey, yop were escorted to the dome Of each Cap
itol, and the stripes and stars kissed again the
balmy breeze Of the snce rsbellions South, amid
the plaudits OF . conquered people
have frsm your own lips that every where up
on your triumphal journey you have received
the zane warm, joyous, patriotic greeting, and
I'll without the expenditure Of one dollar, from
-Vislsbarg T. Wellington.
Yet here. in the capitol Of the nation, by men
fall of professions and boasting Of loyalty, you
msment YOU expected to crown your triumphal
march BY planting that flag upon the aems of
che Capitol the massive doors Of that temple Of
liberty are slammed in your face, and yea are
driven to WashinGton's Monument, and there,
With bowed head, you have unfurlsd your
banner.
Had the so-callsd rebels torn from it twenty
six bright stars, Radical Congress would have
welcomed the dismantled ensign with shouts Of
icy, as being evidence of an unrspentant people.
But it was standing rebuke to them to find it
entire journey without an insult, and requiring
No reconstruction at their hands
Yours is the same banner denounced by Rad.
ical organ thus:
Tear down the Haunting lie;
Furl up the starry flag;
g. Insult no sunny sky
g. With hates polluted rag"
Gould YOU expect better fate for the flag of
your country from such souresp
Your mistake, Mr. Sergeant, is an innocent
and Q natural one. You believed in the profess.
ions Of these men. You Thought their loud
bsasting Of love for the Union was sincere. The
people once thought like you, but like yourself
they have found that they keep the word Of
promise to the ear but break it to the hope. Had
you taken seme dusky son Of Ham, and borne
him Atlas-like upon your back through the sun.
ny South, and landed him safely here, Radical
j. Congress would have opened wide those boltsd
/. DOORS and whom you thrust your sable brother
tho American citizen Of African descent-into
the ontstrstched arms Of the Goddess of Liberty
which crowns the dome of yonder Capitol, one
loud, long shout of Joy would have gone UP from
those gildsd halls below, and you would have
been hailed as hero and crowned with the
laurel.
Seated in that same Capitol from which YOU
are driven, they strike down the Supreme Court,
trample upon the constitutions Of our fathers,
ride over the sacrcdness of law, and, in the mad
ness OF their wrath, drunken with power, they
are this moment enacting the solemn farce Of
impesching = President for the high crime and
nisdemeaner of refusing to bow down to their
party lash, and daring to stand between them
and future power.
This "trator President" gave you and the flag
awarm welcome to-day, and the loyal Senate,
that bars yox out Of the Capitol, may, for that
crime, frame another charge in their bill of in.
s- dictment
g Bat we must not despair Thoir transient voice
? 70 not the voice of the people No; they but i'm
itate the rash youth "who fred the Ephebian
dome, that HIS name might sutlivs the memory
eithe pious fool who reared it."
well remember in the Compromise days Of
IooO. Daniel Webster, the great sxpoundsr Of the
constitution after voting for those measures that
spread the bow Of promise in the political hsav-
ons, returned to Boston and asked the pssr priv
Hegs OF defending his course, and the same Rad
isal fanatics that drove yes and your flag from
tne capitol to-day barred the doors Of Fsneuil
Hall mat cradle Of liberty, against Daniel Web.
!ter. Lake yourself, he was driven into the in.
oisment ar and gave them that rebuke, which
may well repeat here: ., - =
.gs- - 70 Solid men Of Boston, 70 have conquer.
"a Cd IN inhOspitable climate you have CONQUERED
:, sterile ana barren soil YOU have conquered the
= yefy waves that wash your shores; but you have
yet 70 conquer your prejsdices" ''lt - ~ -
sf Yop, cir, have faced rebel bullet. 8, Am. of
/. VA, ana YOU can bear Radical insult In time Of
The day win sooa come wb.n vonr ,,,,,.
banner can and uiu aoHt from yendsr dsme. az.
~ star having state, and every state having