The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-05

Can contemplate. And what if peasant homes
Are novels filled with glooms while royal domes
Rise proudly in the sunbcams if the State
That is, the monarch-be but rich and great,
Is this not full amends for minor woes?
The sun itself hath spots: yet who but knows
That they do not dctract his blazing light,
Which clothes all nature with its radiance
bright
And glorious cycrmore. Now, even So
Is royal wealth pro iona puJico.
And thus the sovereign pleasure We have named
Absorbed the stately honors; since he claimed
To be the State; so that his kingly will
Appeased in full, all murmurs should be still.
And, luckily, such patriots are found
In our own day, and even now abound
Among our citizens throughout the land,
Who, springing up in crowds on every hand,
Are constantly available; and promptly move,
When vacancies occurs, that they may prove
Their loyal zeal by filling up the breach
In public service, and the duty teach
BY preccpt and example, to obey
The country's call to place and power; while
they,
Like sterling sons of freedom, cy'ry art
And article employ that call to start
In their direction, singing out each one
To make the willing sacrifice, and run
70r Office at command; and not alone
10 sacrifice themselves and all they own,
. Eorp,ace and spoils but even sacrifice
-All the;- competitors though otherwise
and go becomc-not serve-the State and show
The world what is pro bona puJiico
f9nw sad a. Is IN lin n,r
Had grave defects of character--and one
want OF eager promptness to assume,
With burning patriotic zeal, tho room
VI dignities and power when he might
And cen when urged upon it as his right,
Through dint of merit but reluctantly
Would he submit TO take the ready fee
of grateful hono7s though an ample share
Nburders or Of dangers would he bear
Most readily. He covered not with fear
When bloody conflict was impending near
Tie struggling colonies; but when command,
In glowing terms. was prOiIcred by the band
or representatives ia Congress, he,
Confused and oycrpowered, turned to iec
And left the hall with hasty step to hide
Ills deep emotions, in rsingtidc,
Oerwhelming utterancs He did accept
The paSt indeed aud manftilly he kept
The sacred trusi-Jut then, when all was past,
And he could yield untarnished at the last
The high commission whCk he bore through
toll
And obIoquy and gloom until the soil
Was freed from the Invaders. and the sun
OF liberty had risen DER the dim
And desoatc cTpansc where war had ragged
wish frantic fury which could be assuaged
But by the utmost hcroism--I say,
When all had been achieved, he would 10 pay
Receive flr all his services and loss,
Declining his reward for ey'ry grieyous cross,
And hardship, was the sense OF duty done
In bringing cut the grand result so won
BY zeal and faithful diligence-yeo, more;
When royal honors were proposed, before
The chaos was dlspelcd, lie seized the crown
Indignantly and cast the baublc down.
All me! VIC manage matters better now
Than thus TO waste our chDnces; or allow
Our perquisie' 20 glide away, as mists
Before the morning -un; for power enlsts
Our warmcst sympathics-but this aside.
The Constitution framed, the ever swelling It'd,
OF public gratitude the chieftian bore
In triumph to the chair Of State Yet DER
This honor he cXulted not but said
Twas an uuwelcome call which so had lei
Hin to iOrsakc his quiet home again,
For that arena where all public men
Must wrestlc with host of cares, and meet
Those troops q disappointment that, with flee
And noiselcss footsteps, circle round the pac,
OF honor and aut. GRITTY; and face
The wisest measures with their frownin- hate
But duty babe him 20 aid guide the State
Through early infaney-and 30 he went,
Though much against his wish, as President,
sObedient to the peoples urgent will,
To manage their supreme affairs, until
Their civil Institutions might acquire
A arm consstcncc and Of right aspire
To rank among the nations; and might show
TLg meaning Of the phrase pro bono Pu6tco.
"Tresd lightly Ger the ashes OF the dead
Amaxim which most truly hath been said
To be a dictate OF humanity
Must be Observed in this behalf; though We,
By way Of due apology, may say.
That while all proper maxims We obey,
Yet history doth yield instruction when,
And only when, we view the acts OF men,
And Judge their character thereby, That so
Examples may illustrate, as we 20.
The principles Of human life, and all
That win may learn from those who fall