The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-08

and Roman customs. In vain ulu staleshci
pervert constitutional laws" In vain did the
STAKEHOLDER magnify the crime OF deprlylng
him of his properly In vain did the gold OF
tbr south flow into congress God had decrced
that this nation shall be free, and his word did
not return unto him void.
Thus we have II government that Is elastic
and Yields to the pecullaritcs of All nations
that mnglc on our shores. And II Is truly SAID
that our land is like the delta of the Nile, the
INGREDIENTS and soil Of every formation OF al
frrcnt countries are borne down in the Hood OF
immirratiOn. deposited here to be turned by the
sunshine of liberty and tree schools 10 soil OF
iruitiulncss r.
In France YOU get polilcncss and light liter
AZURE; in Germany you ilnd deliberate ana SUB
tie thinking, in England John Bull--a com
pound of intellect and muscle; but mere we
have all of this variety in unity. we nave lhe
German deeply terminating upon ms rational
ism. the Frenchman to move upon the light
fantastic toe; the Scotchman leaning on West
minister with the Bible under his arm; the keen
wittcd freshman to fill gloom with mirth and
brave the lannon's open roar; the Chinainan
10 mimic every action of man; and the 1 an
kec, who always finds some use for everything
even TO the smallest end of nothing when II Is
Whitfield to a point. And this yankee power
or factor is the great distinction between Ell
rope and America In Europe is liberty ana
in America is liberty. But in most OF Europe
they play the songs OF liberty on the Key OF I'D
ertv. But in America the chords OF harmony
produce business, commerce, government ana
religion" THIS distinction arises out OF the
constitution. In America man is unit, but
in Europe man is a denominator OF an I'M
proper fraction 1t is no wonder then that El-
ropean and American thoughts clash, that the
home and foreign ideas of liberty produce Il
discord The feast loving European cant get
harmony out of the granite, concrete facts OF
American industry. ltistoo much like trying
to become eloquent in repeating the multiph-
cation table.
Yet with all of this variety, it is to the praise
of God that we have governed openly, impair
TALLY and triumphantly. We have had no cab
nj, or Star Chamber or Spanish lnqulsltlon, or
French Jacobn, or German illuminate; no
secret combination to play upon the liberty OF
the people Anything that has been politically
exclusive in our country has been branded as
infamous The order of Cincinnatl-the lead
ers of the revolution, secret proceedings OF
Congress, the order of St. Tammany, the Wash.
inptonian Benevolent Society, the Hartford
Convention. monopoleS in trade, and Mollic
MaguireS-all have been branded with the
mark of the beast and cast out to die. lhc
Southern confederation and ku hluI Khan, as
well as that dark cloud Of labor against capital
that swept over our land during the past year
in flames of destruction, all to-day are Smoui-
dering in their graves. They have been seen
like rockets to whiz, to speed, to burst and to
scintillate, All of these things reveal to Us
that on the one hand in our land is much en-
durance and on the other enough of vital force
and moral powers when once the ultimate hon
or of the nation is touched.
Now for minute look at The different lines
of progress Educational interest has grown
from parish schools and few select individuals
to the system of universal free schools, acade
mics and universities, where premiums are OF
fcred for research and discoveries.
The harmony and united cooperation in the
different branches of the church is no less an
object of interest Dean Stanley can not say
that today Christians wrangle and become
martyrs "in attestation ofpeculiar combinations
of letters ofthe alphabet" Every man retains
his creed and marches in the ranks and files
of the Christian army whose ultimate aim IS
holiness unto the Lord.
In the same line is temperance, that little
dwarf of pledge to abstain from intoxicating
drinks except on stated occasion has grown to
that mighty power OF the Ladies Christian
Temperance Union" all upon their knees be
fore the Great Jehovah crying for total abstln-
ence and prohibition. And woman, mir0bi!e
dictui has changed from that subdued quaker
little woman, living in the shade to that from
tispicce of an audience, called orator And
when she touches the hem of a city, all the the
ologies come and sit submissiycly at her feet to
hear in u fine disquisition of old ministerial
debauchees, Deborah, the Empress Helen, Joan
of Arc and the Queen of Sheba.
Not the least among the thousands of Israel
is the army of Faith The bold, fierce and
harsh scepticism OF the revolution in both
science and religion has passed away An artist
was asked to draw a picture Of the Israelites
turc of smooth sheet of water to represent
the sea. The ordercr was disappointed and
asked where are the lsraelites" They are
gone over" said the artist, where then are
The Hosts of Pharaoh ?" They are drowned 81
So, my friends, by and by you will look upon
the placid sea Of Gods revealed truth and ask,
Where are the believers" They are gone
over Where, then, are the sCeptics?' They
are drowned The progress of research and
evangelical truth warrants this prospect.
Thus you can trace out every line of our civ
ilization and see the progress and gradual I'M
folding of the noble, the pure and spiritual
This land is the stage of the final drama of the
Almighty. 1t is.he land of privileges. But it
Is land that demands earnest activity, Tor we
are working upon the elements or carving the
stones OF ii mighty superStruCture.
| asked very humble looking stone cutter,
What is that stone for" Said he IL don't
know. | cut as the stone is marked" Upon
the stone were a few pencil marks learned
atterward that that stone was small fragment
of beautiful wreath TO be placed in front of a
magnificent building. Each stone was mum
bcred on one side and on the other was a stem
or bud, ur a leaf, or bunch of fruit Some
day that blear-eyed old man would look up
and behold that stone that he had cut 1t stands
out in the most conspicuous part of great
building. Ills heart melts with JOY. He new
lcrthought that he could do thing so beaut
full and "a thing Ia be the admiration of genera
tons. Yet it was not he, bat the master build
er who had previously wrought and construct
ed the whole in his mlnd-the designer who
was the author of the conception and the fin
Ill who spmplpfel tho Nyhpln l,-t M ,,p;,,,