The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-07
NEW YEARS ADDRESS.

The OalLu lis fruits III sllultu iucbSurc
Doled our-much shortened OF its treasure
By DrouGht's devouring dragon
Vet II more plerteous years we've had.
Old seventy was not wholly bad
For reasons shall mention:
frlJjin&-health and peace have best
Our land from 60, 10 far,hest west
Without days suspension.
Then few have yielded skies more tair ....
Or gentler winds or bAllicg air,
Than ammo 10 past;
Though that he lacked not sterner stud
To give Us shiv'rin.s quite enough,
Witness his parting blast.
But health and peace and genial skies
Are not the only gifts we prize
OF last years bounteons argess:
Much more for grateful contemplation
BY thoughtful men who love this nation
Our memory surcharges.
For years full half score or more
This Land had been afflicted sore
BY a hideous domination
OF one.ideas, isms, crotchets,
The vilest charlatans or botches
Fer Matched. to attlict nation.
"God and humanity" was the name
In which they wrought such deeds would shame
The darkest heather nation.
Fen ye, ones anger boils to view
The shifting, long faced, cantinS crew
That brought us such veXation.
"set tree the slsve"-a favorte note--
al nav meant N. N VITA.
"No caste" meant prostitution;
Equality before the law
Meant a device by which to draw
veil DER their pollution.
And thus by sAanIs and false prstonses
They revelled in power till their senses
From sheer safety left them:
Instead of cunning piller now
They boldly stole-nor cared they how
or good name II bereft them.
"Ar. we not loyal? ya'n'titwe
That crush'd the rebels and set tree
The downtrod man and brothere
And can this '"-' survive an hour
II our part : driven from power
To-. way for anothcr?"
linus Dolby tney Qtleu US. StlL,
The people had an honest will
That this thing needed Aendpg,
And thus. to this vile crews dismay,
We saw them last election day
Their way up Salt River vending.
And from the south and west and north
a harbinger Of hope shines forth
or q glorious restoration
or honest Democratic sway
By next Inauguration day
OF President of this nation.
Tins FOR what good old sevcnty's done
For our own land we al! and one
Deyoutly can be grateful,
But I'm profoundly gricved to say
That look from our own shores away
Presents q scene more hateful.
FACT IS on I other side the sea
They've got into q sad D,e!es,-
Most not'bly France and Prussia;
While Italy IS boilin. too,
And England's ina mighty stew
Abou. some threats of Russia
The story's quite too long 70 tell
And If you've read the TEADEs well
'Twould be but rehashng:
Tn points may briefly thus be stated:
The French for years the Dutch had hated
AID ached TO give IN . tnrashing.
Now that's game for two to play,
And the Germans feeling the same way
Arow in due course followed:
"iou wants TO ftc ?" says Bsmsrk; "vel.
You shall not wait Won day. py hell"
As"zwei gas lager he swallowed.
The French rushed madly toward the Rhine,
Half armed, half orgsnized,-in tine
IN quite UNIT condition
To meet the sturdy German hosts
Who swarmed along their Rhen!sh coasts
Like spirits Of perditon.
"Cn 10 Berlin ~ Napoleon cried;
'Oa to Paris" King Bill replied;
And thus each host moved forward.
AT Weissenbur- the fray began
IN bloody carHes,-uan for man,
Md carnage dire and horrid.
Al Ssarbrueck and a. Aldenbrueck
And many another bloody creek
The carnage was reptGJed;
Ill! up IN Hetz they cooped BA1alns
And gobblei N4ppy c, Sedan.
And thus n empire completed.
Then "On TO Psrisw again the cry
Along the German lines rang high
And " on to Paris" they trundlsd.
Bu' San 70 Paris" they found to thel, bother
Was one thing, into Paris another,
As'sa.as; rs walls they stumbled.
And 80 While outside sh!v'r!ng, rottns,
Tie Prgss!aa hosts are grmly seusst,ng.
The French inside rest easy,
Quite safe behind their granite wNu
Prom f5a's!an wrath or cannon bsls
Atleasi tn famine seize EN-
Paris IS Francs,"-,ill Paris Hau
Must needs 60 on the bloody ball.
How !2ur rFere rash 20 Judge YET.
But Of the end faithful sketch
Hope 10 be in time to fetch
lAmy lex! new yesr's budget
SO no, to spin my rhymes 100 long
III hasten 20 conclude TIL. song,
Paus.ng 10 make mer. mentos
OF topics one or two near home
That claim notice In my poen-
Please pardon the detention.
Iwere pleasant sure Ia lofty versa
Our eity's rapid growth = rehes,S.
Were figures more elastic;
But IN lhe!r stubborn, co.-ed wsr
They rerversey persist to,sy
Such boas, would be bombast;e.
The honest truth is too wei know,
Our ci'y's barely held It's owl
Since M last enumeration,
o The why and wherefore this thu,
shall no, bore you TO discuss
In this nsw year. Grafton.