The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-03-13
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AnAncftV WIN

NJ haze rolled tnso tne BAst - SeR0S0 49,
"a su.susata Of the snos- proud and harry
Amsricsa Rspablie still re~siA Hasksd, totn,
.osrtsa and Bleedins. tLsfh ~ stiil hsps fer il
MI. the administration 81 oar present SAlsl
magistrate. These years just lsSs Aavs BEEN ed
eass to usXll. The coming four years AZ locked
forv,rd to. with the liveliest and most inttnsS
Interest. Eight years ago and &5fs Abraham
Lincoln vas elected Prssideat Of DE United
States. The very sectional positisa occupied BY
him in the CANVASS, contrary 70 the warning Of
al the earlier presidsnts, Was sikhly disunisn.
Whether igHorantly or knowingly assumed BY
him, his position and election were ! crime UNI
pAralleled in the history Of any nation Lin
coins sad taking of was no more Or less than
the legitimste fruit Of his crime. His Political
career was full Of violence, and his death was
violent. His life was bloody, and 30 was his
death. ''They that take the sword must perish BY
the sword" As the patriot il willing to lay
down his life for his country, 80 the American
people could well afford to spare Abraham Lin
coin. In the abstract Lincoln might not be- re-
garded by his neighbors a. bad man; but he
had thought SO much upon the nigger that his
brain had become added and debeuched. He
knew little Of men, and less Of nstions--the hts
tory, rise and fall of their governments. He
probably did not mean to commit any great
crimes, and yet his early training had been so
sadly neglected as to render him entirely incapa.
BILE of determining right from wrong. He felt
his way in politics and ethics as one feels his
way in dark night in an uatried path. He
knew nothing positively, and therefore had no
decision Of character, but moved simply rs he
was moved upon. He was the worst tyrant in
the hands Of Others, and yet seemed scarcely to
know it. All the crimes ever committed BY
ruler were committed by and under him, and
those who knew him bcst in his lifetime excuse
him on the ground Of sheer ignorance. Like ali
uneducated mon, he relied moro on his instinct
than reason. There were more men like Lin.
colin than like Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Wright
and Douglas, and hence no was filter leader Of
the revolutionary mob than they He was called
honest, for the simple reason that he was not
Known to be positively dishonest in, his ordinary
dealings with his neighbors. His supposed hen
saty was regarded by his dupes M amply sufi.
oient to supply the worst Of brains. A In the
tines of Salem Witchcraft" people stood calm
" BY and saw their neighbors hung without
judge or jury, and could plainly discern tbs
finger of God therein. The careful reader Of
history had anticipated from such life precisely
such death. Bullet the dead past bury its
dead The American people must feel Is if
passing ont OF an eight years aight--out of
eight long and dreary years in the wilderness
into the sunlight of hope and joy. The bells
throughout this broad land ought to ring msrily.
Joy ought to be unconfned. Con. Grant il GER
tainly such improvement upea Lincoln and
johnson that democrats osght to Join in tho gem
eral jubilee. Instead Of tending still or splitting
rails in early life, graduated at one Of the best
schools in this or any other coaHtry, Grant has
had no local constituency, whose oaprices aud
whims have narrowed his mind dswn to the lit
tie limits Of q little congressional district. He
has been out OF the marrow limits Of Gslena, and
has taken common sense view. Of this whsls
country and its great wants. stsaba.a q dft@
a.sf ~. - z q ! g "a L.
He has seen much Of men and things, and
oaght To entertain liberal ,views Of the same. He
can make avery good prssidsnt. 70 He csrtsialy
cannot make as bad . president p LineSln d
Johnsan. If he plays tho tyrapt 4 csn and wiz
submit. a am willing to submitsto the tyranny
OF intellect but to submit to bruts fsroo, y Sas-
net. This country has been fof eight long, DARK,
bloody years ruled by the brute force Of the few.
Let rs now hone and pray that reason may re-
sune her .ngcse. and that peace, PROSPERITY and
happiness IN ,ain bless our onos happy land.
NNw IN JRAL WAREHOUSE. ssg
Massrs Llec & Kniokerbocker Axt ,hpccsssors
70 7. 2 JOae% They have s,,laree aad Oonvs-
nient warehouse nearly in the SsltrS Z 4het c,n,
Just in front Of H. H. Halls H. III pAssi.e
this warehouse the other day acticed Il was
crowded with wagons, plows, drags, cultivators,
rakes, corn planters and in fact with oil tie i'm.
plemen!s necessary to the farmer. These gentle
men are the best mechanics In town and the in.
ventors OF several agricultural implements, the
most opular in use. They are hoasst men, we'll
known here. and cannot we'll BE- deceived them.
selves in regard to tle best implements, and cer-
tainly will never deceive the farmers knowingly.
CONCERT
The Continentals gave concert here, in Rob
inson's Hall, on Friday evening of last week, to
small audience. These Cohtinentals were
dressed in continental style, which was tho only
feature indicating that they como of these timea.
Their songs were very credtsblc Major Bar.
ton s reading nf Poe's Il xxan -r.a h...;hla ual