The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-09

+, and thou vast with our armies when they wer
protecting and defending this government
J against rcbcllion; thou hast been with this na
ton from the beginning and thou art with u
still.
Thou hast blessed the husbandman and tn
honest sons OF toll everywhere, Thou hast mad
us great nation; great in extent; great In com
ncrce aud wealth, in population, in art and sci
ence; aud We pray thee, oh God, that thoH woulds
make us as great in public aud private virtue, II
morals aud all the essentials Of eternal right
Icousncss. Bless, we beseech thee, the execu
tive, judicial and legislative departments of ou
goNernment; aud we pray thee 10 bless espe
cialy the president Of these United States. On
Father Of mercies and God Of all comfort, Oui
only help In time Of need look down, We bescecl
thee, upon thy sick servant, the President of the
United States for whom our prayers are desired
look upon him with the eyes Of thy mercy; com
fort him with the sense of thy goodness; pre-
serve him from the temptations Of the enemy
and prolong his lie. II 1t should be thy will t.
remove him hence, give him such grace as may
prepare him to enter into thy everlasting habi
tation; and oh, God, we mplore thee TO look In
mercy and compassion upon the afflicted family
and give them one and all the comforts OF thy
grace. Do thou strengthen and establish more
firmly this government through this appalling
calamity, and dispose the hearts of all the PEG.
pie Of this great nation to trust not so much in
themselves but more In thee, the great ruler OF
the universe, the king Of kings, the Lord OF
'pIuo' we pay 'hcG 10 press our echoois ana
anu an 'ne educators OF thc youth OF our
land, and all appliances used for the purpose OF
pionoIh9 uhueuuc"tloI, auu promoting pub
lie aud private morals
OclNe' us, we ueseecI thce, on, Loru, from
tehpcsts, iIoii oalte anu murder from sudden
rebellion, and do thou look in mercy upon all
lh' &c "ho are ~ a,'iictI9h' upon 'he WIDOWS ana
IorPhnis VI our 'alu anu ~ thou pity on, Loru,
rspcriaHy 'npso WIG arc PRISONERS ana captiVes.
n'tHs US We oesecch thee' thls year WIN aound.
aux harNt'ts ana pIoiohg our yves that we may
oo epi.eu ~ o"Joy '''S "ounuanoc "hu prepared
~ l'leen ..'1u ilo'e aruep'ap'c service III theiu
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The president then announced that he Ind the
Measure of introducing, Hon r 4 Coat ,,ho
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SPOKE us iol!o"s'
-Ur. President and LddioS GnR Gentlemen. When
last stood upon the platform In this square II
was upon the mournful occasion of laying the
corner stone of that monument, Uhe speaker
here pointed To the soldiers monument directly
in front OF HIM, dedicated to the memory of our
beloved heroes. II was an occasion full of sad.
ness. To-day | come before you when cloud
of thick darkness seems to be resting upon the
American people As left Chicago this morn.
ing the last dispatch which saw from Washing.
ton, which was dated at 7o'clock stated that all
hope Of recovery Of the President had been aban.
dOned, and that he would not probably live more
than two or three hours. A most terrible calam.
nifty has happened to this nation; not alone to
the chief magistrate of the nation, but to every
man and woman IN it. The blow that has fallen
upon the head Of our honored President has
reached the hearts of every true man and every
true woman in all this broad land. To me It'll
comes with the addition of a personal sorrow. II
have known him long and we'll. TWAS my priv
icge for many years to ne seated by his side, and
came to know him and love him; but it is not
on this account chiefly or mainly that think TO.
day the land should be clothed in mourning. I'll
is because the very highest type of American
manhood has been striker down by the blow of
an assassin We stand appalled, at the magni- |
tude Of such crime. Is our boosted land of
freedom, Of law and order to become like the an.
archy Of South America or the antocracy of Rus.
sia? He was my friend, but he was more; he was
a man that stood at the very zenith of American
manhood. He was not only the representative
Of the power of this great nation, cartwright for
ward with success in career Of unexampled
and progress, as you all know, but he
was representative OF the very best elements o!
American character. He was the example to all
the youth Of America that there was no lad so
poor, no institution so low but what from it the
lad may look upward to the highest honor and
to the greatest reward. He was an example OF
what American Institutions in their proper work
can do for the lowest and humblcst among us.
He was the representative of the very best per.
soual purity of the American people The repu.
tative of the man of the best sense of personal
honor. He was the representative of Christian
faith and hope, and for all these reasons the
blow which has come upon US has struck through
him to the family and the heart of every true
man and every true woman
There have been in the history OF the world
oyations to great men: there have been men hon
Dred with public applause. / have heard that
when XerXes carried million of men from Asia
into Europe that at the Hellespont the various
nations composing his great army marched mast
him ard rent the air with their shouts to the
great Emperor. But say to YOU, INV fellow cit.
zens, that in my opinion there never was so
great tribute paid to a man as when Yesterday
the millions of the American neonle with stream.
Ing ewes and crushed hearts met in their various
nlaces of worshin and sent nm one great antbem