The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-10-04

thought, hope and life said to hush The
soft FOOTBALLS of our advancing civilization
walking Ike an unseen spirit among til,
nations, arouslng them from an eterna
sleep, and opening their eyes TO behold thu
enormities Of their wrongs and the gran
deur Of their rights, and stirring them with
a divine energy TO redress the one and Il
vindicatc the other.
Republicanism, indicted and ar.aigned
pleads mot guilty" Repubicanism takes
issue with royalty Republican simplci'y
challenges royal magniticence. deny the
base accusation. | hurl back the foul impu'
tatlon. In The name Of my country, in the
name of her great and good men--ln the
name Of her distinguished statesmen and
gallant heroes; in the name of her insttu
tons OF learning and charity; in the name
OF her temples dedicated 10 religion and
ait; III the name of her hOnOred living and
her hOnored dead; IL the name of her
grand, majestic, immortal hlStOry--ln the
name of her proud monuments towering
, heavenward--auG III the name and by the
authority of this monument, CommemOra-
tive Of exalted virtues, inscribed with the
names and sprlnked with the blood OF your
own loved ones, suImounted with the god
! dcss of Liberty, gazing upward into the
bright heavens 10 catch a glimpse of their
| Immortal spirits hOvernAg DER US to- day.
stamp the everlasting lie upon the impiOus
! declaration, and swear that Republics are
not ungrateiul. lugratl:ude is not our sin.
| FOrgettulnCss o! eminent abilities, trans
cendent virtues, exalted lives anu heroic
sacrifices, is not cur crime. We cherish
the memory OF the great and good and
! noble men OF our land. Living or dead, we
| hold them IN sweet remembrance.
| Imay speak of Washington, First in
war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of
his countrymen.' As long as the Potomac
rolls tC the bay, its placid waters will wash
the base of NJ. Vernon, where repOses the
Father OF his country, and hither friend
and stranger Will come, To weep over his
tomb and do him reverence | may speak
OK old Samuel Adams. who when the sound
of the battle of Lexington broke over the
blue hills OF Massachusetts, and waited to
his impatient ear, cried out with Il heart full
of ecstacy, The war has come The war
mas Gomez
i may speak Of Thomas Jefferson, whose
political doctrines of human freedom and
human equality found expression in the I'M
mortal declaration of independence, . may
speak of old John Adams, who in support
OF that declaration said, sink or swim, live
or die, survive or perish" / give my hand
and my heart to this measure. | may speak
of the aged Stephen Hopkins, who signing
that instrument with palsied hand, SAID
The King OF England may see my hand
tremble, but not my heart" | may speak Of
Charles Carroll, whO under the.aCCuSetiOn OF
high treason subscribed himself Charles Car
roll,ot Carrollton, that his Majesty The King
or England, might know where to find his vic
tim. | may speak Of John Jay, who, offered
a bride, sand; "As poor as am the King of
England has not gold enough to buy me
may speak Of the young Lafayette, who
left the home Of his youth and the wife Of
his bosom, and crossed the wide Atlantic to
enroll his name among the sons of liberty
and fight the battles of freedom. I may
speak Of Dekalb, Steuben and kOsciuSko
who came from distant lands to imperil
their lives for liberty. may speak of Pat
rick Henry, by his lmpassioned eoquence
thrilling the house Of BurreSseS and cleo
tritying his COmpatriots: 81 know not what
Others may debut as for me, give me liberty
or give me DEATH
/ may speal; OF Putnam who left his
plough In the lurrow and fastened away to
Join the patriot army around Boston.
may speak of the brave Warren, whose lii.
went out ca Bunker Hi. | may speak of
Robert Morris, who pledged his private
fortune 10 pay The soldiers IN the field and
sustain the national credit. | may speak of
Benjamin Franklin, whose matchless genius
not only invoked the lightning and directed
its pathway, but commanded the respect
the confidence and the admiration of the
courts of Europe. / may speak of that
dauutess old hero, Ethan Allen, who cap.
tured Ticonderoga, by the authority OF the
great Jehovah and the continental Congress.
| may speak of the lmpetuous Stark, who,
at Bennington, swore he would whip The
Red Coats,or Molly Stark would be widow
| may speak of the young Hale, educated,
the idol of his friends, blessed
with mother and mothers love, captured
and sentenced TO die, was denied the poor
Of writing TO either, was refused
the consultations OF religion, and died, utter
ing but one regret, that he had but one life
to lose Tor his country. | may speak of
the noble Lawrence, whose dying words
were, Don't give up the ship" | may
speak of the gallant Perry, whose laconic
despatch was, We have met the enemy and
they are ours" | may speak OF the intrepid
John Paul Jones and Stephen Decatur,
whose deeds shed imperishable honor upon
thc hHlcIlChH navy. UliS speak or that
Old man, Hickory, Andrew Jackson, who
'wore in his wrath, by the eternal this
Union shall be preserved" ! may speak OF
the hero Of Buena Vista, who, when the
enemy was sweeping down upon his guns,
couily SAID, "a little more grape, Captain
Bragg" and turned the tide of victory. |
may speak OF the gallant Mulligau, who, IN
his dying moments, SAID, Leave me, bows I
and save the flag may speak OF the OLD .
Roman soldier, General George 3. Thomas,
who led his troops up the mountains and |
fought battle above the clouds. | NAV
speak ot the dashlng Sheridan, who rode all /
The way from Winchester, that day, and, .
gathering up his scattered forces with the ,
rapidly OF lightning, hurled them with the .
torce OF an earthquake upon The foe, snatch .
ne victory from defeat. | may SPEAK Of the .
enthusiastic sherman, who fought his wav .
rom Chattanooga to Atlantis, and marched .
MS troops wildly down to the sea. | may
'peaN OF that silent, imperturablrm man Of DIES
lny,Whose face never paled, whose hcaIt new
,r quallea, and who never lost IA hattie | may
speak oi n"b,c Farragu, who laShcd himself
. The top gallant mast, and swinging in
nd-alr ordered his fleet into hattle. | may
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