The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

J which have produced the failure OF free
! government in these and other instances
tut II il perfectly evil eilt that The lack Ot
education and good morals among the macs
rs OF the people Is Chief among those caases.
Under republican government The people
| constitute the s,ale; in mnH8rchies, the
ruler. lam the State" SAID the fist Ma.
poleun. 1t ~ therefore clear that in order
that people may know their rights, and
knowing, maintain them, against the insidi.
Gus attacks Ut ambitious demlg Ogues as
! against foreign toes, they should be thor.
! 0ughly educated. AS the will of the people
! is law. aud that is expressed at The polls, it
| is wal to our safety that IL be tftaligenRY
| expressed,
| Our theory is that of The broades;, most
liberal democracy II we have universal
suffrage We should have universal education.
BY education ! mean not merely intellect.
ual, but moral culture. Let US have not
only the routine instruction q our common
schools, but also place within the reach OF
every scholar the higher education which
has been heretofore only attainabie by the
children Of wealthy parents Let us have D
high school IN every township. Let us
stop building churches cos,irg twenty,
fifty or an hundred Thousand dollars, with
ten thousand dollar organ, and pew rents so
high that poor man cannot afford to go to
heaven through their portals. Let us not
work the libo-er So hard, and pay him 50
poorly, that he cannot afford the time to
improve his mind, and must convert sun.
day into Il day at recreation,
The spectacle OF moral subIimily cxh,5-
tied IL the great uprising OF the people at
the commencement. OF the wal, was equalled,
if not exceeded, by that presented in the
disarmament of that noble army of volun.
teers which had saved tie country. After
review by TIE great Chieiains who had
commended them, each regiment and bat
terry quietly wended their way homeward
There they were n celved with open arms
by grateful people, among whom thev
were Immediately merged as citizens Sol.
diers no longer, the professional man re
tvrned 10 his Office, the farmer to his pillow,
ana the mechanic 10 his shop. Without
turmoil or disturbance that vast army dis
appeared
IL is not uncommon, IN fact ii is generally
the case, that wars, especially OF long dura.
ton, and where large armies ATE employed,
have disastrous effect upon the morals OF
the people generally, and especially upon
the character Of the soldiers. But ! defy
the closest scrutiny INTO the conduct of our
disbGnded army, feeling sure that it would
result In showing thaL the men who com
posed 1t have furnished us small it not
smaller proportion OF cIimlnals as any
other part OF the community. 1t the IEen
of any regiment or battery look around Tor
comrades WHO have Glsgrac,d their uni
form by bad conduct since the war, they
VIII find the number Exceedingly small.
But, my comrades, let Us be something
more to the country than harmless, law
abiding citizens. Bearing in mind the
priceless value OF the institutions your patri.
olism and volOr have preserved, watch with
care that they be not again Cndangercd.-
Let Us hold forth to cur former brave,
but defeated enemy, the hama of cordial
good will and friendship, and not mistake
the acts OF ldwless individuals for the gener
al sentiment of.their people While hold
ing them, like all Other citizens, 10 d strict
obedience Ia the constitution and laws, let
us be careful 10 participate in no Iaeasure
regarding Them which is not prompted by
a desire Tor their prosperity, and founded in
Justice. Thus shall comple'e harmony be
restored, and The bitter reclilcc,i)ns of the
past consigned to the grave Of oblivion.
Let us look also To our Own section. Let
us Ichuke all forms of corruption, especially
III tElclil il1hI tIe Lev Us seek Ia GlBulIy
and elevate labor and procure for il an adj
{ qGRte reward, Looming with d'siavor upon
all legislation viii Oh operates untQually or
nvCIburdens the industry Of the country
Let us strive tor the mora and intellectual
as well S the material, advancement OF rur
ccCr.ry, rcc:. Z :; rig that theI EN- hes cur
sheet anchor Of safety.
Let Us do Whatever we may to rtGItss
wrong, to encourage industry, TO check vice,
anu TO relieve poverty and distress. 50
shall we hasten that time which, though il
may be IN the distant future, is not impossl.
Bile, when man shall be elevated TO that
sublime position IN the scale Of sentient
being Ter which he was originally designed
by the CrCotoi--whtn The nations shall
earn Wa 10 more, when fraternity and
quality sha. be real and not chlmericai,
Ancn the Ciiikiug hammer Of industry shall
'cSOuud where now are beard the disCud.
nj notes Of rcNclry ard >tIie, aud when
be miserable ahudes ci povcrtv and dis
,Iace shall ne llluE1in"',d by the golden
unlph' Of virtue, iL.ui. 'ccrce AID sulsrlr-
ial LeprlntSs
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