The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-02
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Thus in the "kilng art" no prentice,
The countervailing good he sent US
Is hard to see. In shis poor land
Complaints still rise on every hand.
Increase OF debt-increased taxation
Negro sauce and domination;
Kuklux Klans and Lynch law sway
Displace the quiet. good old "
When bloody treason yet was rife,
And rebels sought the nations life,
Lay down your arms our chieftain said;
,"Ceasc to rebel,"-'twas thus he plead
"Obey the laws and constitution,
And fear no other retrbution."
And thus rebellion conquered, died.
Its more obnoxious leaders hied
hem of to foreign lands, no more
o breed contention on our shore.
But was our chieftain's word made good
The Appomattox bond of blood?
"whst ~ came from way down east the Yell
"what pardon treason black as hell!
Is this the impotent conclusion
OF all these years of dire confusion?
Have powerful preachers Piled their tongues,
And laid themselves out and their lungs
Have they told Providence what It must do,
Whom to avoid and whom to trust to;
Than ovsrtures and propositions;
And fred the northern heart for Slaughter,
Till blood flowed plenteousy as water;
And graves were made, full hall a million,
And treasure spent, billion on Jllion;--
And now shall all be thrown away
And gentle Peace again bear sway,
And fail the mighty reformation
For which alone We veXed the nation?
Not If We know ourselves" So said
Old Wendell, the Appollos-head
And carrier of the watering pot,
To keep his tribe Tor r,eance hot.
This we demand d he proceed:
Not only must each slave be freed
That ever bore the bondsnan's chain.
But on the whites be lad each pain
That in the cru, days Of yore
Our colored man and brother bore.
Instead of whites mands our cause
That black men W. sad make the laws,
Nor shall your southern white again
Hold office, vote, or meet with men
OF 'loysr guild on equal grade
Until of that vile land is made
Another model Yankee nation
With equal rights -miscegensuon--
School marms and neddiers. pu pkin pies,
Free thinkers. nio sing family 'es;
Zen to our dulcci asal twanE
As shibboleth-eaoi wretch 10 alng
On falling to say 'kecw' for COW.
Meow for now, or dew or 'heow.'"
Thus thundered the Apostle of hate,
And had his voice been that of Fate,
Obedience more abJect-profound
By all his tribe he had not found.
And thus 1t is that though the land
still walls for peace on every had
Malignant hate, predominant still,
Repels her sway, its cup to MI.
But mid the dismal gloom profound
a ray of hope Just fcksrs down.
Our congress, sore by feudS perplcxed
And inward grumblngs sadly yexed,
Give hopeful signs of inclination
grant milder dispensatlon.
a trial in the poplar forum,
Last fall, they found no holiday Jorum.
From out their chief, so hercely dumb.
The hopeful uttersnec was wrung,
"Let us have peace" The people plead
OF further vengeance what the need?
God grant him nerve and wisdom, too.
With stern, fixed purpose to pursue
The way Of which his words give cheer,
That peace indeed may crown the year.
And that grim crew, on vengeance bent.
Who loyalty howl with sole intent
To rob with holiness and zeal
Their brethren and the common veal
May TO their fitting home be driven.
Contempt's unfathomable haven!
Thus having brought, in my humble lay,
The ship Of state In hopeful way,
Turn we from state and high affairs
4 moment to more homellkc cares.
Our blessed city, In the main,
Has prosperous been, though some complain,
AS some forever will, you know.
Our onward march has been too slow.
Too slow, Indeed What can they mean9
Have we not in these twelve months seen
improvements rise on every hand?
New bridges .wo-machne shops grand,
Like Gilman, King and Hamilton's,
John Mager's, stormast's, Foyo & Gibson's
The Glass Works and the New Hotel
That none can in the state excel?
New dwellings, half thousand I least
On all sides, north, south. west and essts
And grand. too-ft for princely lawns,
Like Bushnelrs Griggs', Powcll's. strswnh.
New stores have opened. too, a score
At least what indications more
Need we that Ottawa prospers still
That due reward attends our skin {?
Then there's the railroad south to Streatos
ION paper) none can be completer;
New churches also grsndly rise.
ION paper pointing to the skies
With lofty spires. And In the Art
Prescrvative" . forward start
We've made that leaves all else behind,
steam printing presses driven by wind!
The thoughts suh!ime-its realization
Enough to 'stohish any nation.
Much more my wiii.n- pen could write
Much more In sooth II should indite,
And st,ll come short Sc!ond cac'latlou
or what might well h.d IN occasion,
rut well know yo 'nce grave
My stupid lines no i.ro are crave.
So hoping you may h,'i.y pardon
TN infection and nol ~ "r TOO hard on
My effort, I've no more to do here
Than humhly wish you HAPPY NEW YSAA
auction every evening. and clothing iters
On away, by John Stout, ut Thorne q Al
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