The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
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without any tiav, ring, fer there is an ole
fogy idea that smells If the river Deleware
and the B ston Tea Party, that Is still em
blaz oned In print, and reads that all mel
are created free and equal" But time
heals all wounds, and the dripping OF Wa
ter wears AWAY stone. This world Is not a.
eden of endless rsst-a paradise for the
tax payer II Is simply the furnace where
the gold" of your seeming greatness
must be tried by fire." and tie dross
cleaned from II, that when you come t.
shuttle fl this mortal coil none of life's
dregs may cling 10 the soaring spirit.
The gold comes by patient enduring, SUI
teripy. submission; and the dross springs
from stubbOTnness, INSTRUMENTATION, and
the extreme Indulgence 10 the democratic
theory that war tax is not needed today
to morrow, and for all time TO come. II
10 needed! There is not doubt OF It II
is written on the credit side OF the cash
book Of the monopolist, the protected
Gould bug and the outer walls OF aristocra'
cy; and 10 remove II would make my con
gregation SO enraptured with JOY as TO be-
come rsving lunatics. and not cent In
your pockets 10 pay your way tOsn asylum (;
and hence public expense. But my text
emphatically fOrbids this state Of affairs
II says that the tariff MUST be preserved |!
When the rulers OF the Reps uttered that
decree they were moved 10 compassion for
the manufacturer and his ilk. They be.
held them In the agony Of fear and trem
bling lest the democracy should again
swoOp down upon them and bear away the
magic wand by which their gold Gomez
without labor. They saw the mnoeyeo shys
tiers and Spectators with hearts thrObbing
like the thump of tin can tied to the tall
of q neighboring dog,-thus the irrevOca-
BILE decree must" They have set their
Jaws together as a dog grips bone In the
presence of his yellow antagonist They
are a powerful people; they had fattened
at the public crib for twenty years, and
reared as they have been-a hot house
plant-they are unfit 10 cope with the biting
winds Of adversely, and would scorn 70 soil
their hands with the dust OF earth, and II
is our duty, and ought to be our pleasure
to crafty them In this slight and hardly
worth. mentioning matter. With the U. s.
treasury at their disposal they could lie
down to their slumbers and have ample
time 10 devote three minutes and quarter
70 your growing poverty. o.
II is sweet to be remembered where sympa-
thy is quick,
Fen though that remembrance has cost US
our all;
And unless you entthey will perish in Salt
Creek,
frenzied call?
Speaking of poverty, Shakespeare says:
!" Some men achieve poverty, others have
poverty thrust upon them :" but will not
heighten your bushes Of pride, and stir
your modesty by drawing the similitude
closer.
Ii is said that a " prophet hath honor save
In his own country" Here is where your
great honor Gomez In. This Is not your
country II belongs TO the Rers True, you
have a tax title to It, and you would dis.
pense with that! Who built this country
Was II the descendants Of Jackson, OF
was this country here before democrat
was heard of. You grOwl about protection
Protection is no new thing. 1t was born
with Satan, and he always resorts TO 1t In
using the cloak of responsibility TO shield
his Majesty's cussedness! Adam and Eve
both became prO:ectionists after insurer
deliberatioD, and their descendants, the
rulers of the Reps. found they could not
stand ON their OVID bottoms, and hence the
government aid. But they are deserving
Of II; is not their love of country greater
than all else-dont they want the whole Of
II?
Look at their untiring zeal In defending it
from the slightest suspicion OF unfaithful-
ness 10 the best interests OF her subjects
For instance: when they accidentally steal
q million or two of dollars from the u. s.
treasury 90 they telegraph It TO England
do they hire runners 20 cry II through the
highways and back alleys of Europe-Or
d they try to hush II mp, that the regrets
of my congregation may lie undisturbed AZ
the fountain head. But see by your tears
that my plesdings have struck with the
force of cyclone-a battering ram; yea
the kick of mule and It's we'll for better
thus, than forced against your villa
manacled slave driven In deiision before
that awful word MustW
But there Is comfort even In this, aside
from your inability 10 govern yourselves.
Remember the adage happy is the man
who can adapt himself 70 his circumstan-
stances" There are no exceptiODs-no
addenda Simple, unquali-
fed unhesitating yielding of your rights,
and happiness and white-rObed peace will
hover DER you as ward politician and
on the eve Of election.
Let no false modesty or untutored pride
Prevent you from swallowing this bitter
pill,
Thrust upon you by the Free Whisky" tide,
Though your corpus delieh lies CHASTITY and
still.
Preaching as usual two weeks from to.
day. q. WIZ.
Mild, soothing and healing, Is DR. Sages