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# Fifes and Drums/A Song of Confidence

A SONG OF CONFIDENCE
We have not compelled them, urged them, nor cajoled them—  Of their own need they came to us, their own want and will. We but opened wide the door, bade our walls enfold them,  Gave them of our plenitude, as we give them still.  Surely we may never fear lest these should wish us ill.
We have broken bread with them, lit the flame that warmed them,  Bade them share our children's place at hearth and bed and board. ​ We have bound the ancient wounds—unhealed wounds that harmed them—  Shared with them our freedom from fear and over-lord.  Surely these shall aid us when our hand is on the sword.
Not with misplaced confidence, not in foolish blindness,  Do we trust these guests today who have known our best,— These who wrought with us in peace, walked with us in kindness,  These shall never fail us when men's souls are at the test,  These shall guard the honor of the House that gave them rest.
Theodosia Garrison.
# Fifes and Drums/"Ride, Vigilantes!"

"RIDE, VIGILANTES!"
Ride through the land, Vigilantes, ride! From this bound of the East where the inrolling tide With more than the red of the sunrise is dyed, As crimson the foam is borne to our strand!  Ride!
Draw not the rein, and make not your stand, Till ye come to the slumbering heart of the land: Tell them who sleep—so loth to awake, All unprepared for the storm that must break— Tell them, Humanity's all is at stake! Tell them, "'Tis Freedom that falls in the breach!" ​ If they murmur, adream, "Our peace, we beseech— The peoples at war—they speak not our speech!" Ye will say, "If ye sleep, then sleep—to your shame! Freedom's no alien, but one and the same; Wake ye, and arm ye, in her great name!"
Ride, Vigilantes, lifting your light, Ride through the day, and ride through the night, Searching out Men of Valor and Might!—  Ride!
Edith M. Thomas.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXV

Fab. CCXXV.
A Fox and a Worm.
A Worm put forth his Head out of a Dunghil, and made Proclamation of his Skill in Physick. Pray, says the Fox, Begin with your Own Infirmities before you Meddle with other Peoples.
The Moral.
Physician Cure thy Self.
REFLEXION.
SAYING and Doing are Two Things. Physcian Cure thy self, Preaches to us upon This Fable. Every Man does Best in his own Trade, and the Cobler is not to go beyond his Last. We have of These Dunghil-Pretenders, in All Professions, and but too many of them that Thrive upon their Arrogance. If This Worm had met with an Ass to Encourage his Vanity, instead of a Fox to Correct it, he might have been Advanc’d to a Doctor of the College perhaps: Or to some more Considerable Post of Honour, either in a Church or State.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXV

Fab. CCXXXV.
A Tyger and a Fox.
AS a Huntsman was upon the Chace, and the Beasts flying before him; Let Me alone, says a Tyger, and I'll put an end to This War my self: At which Word, he Advanced toward the Enemy in his Single Person. The Resolution was no sooner Taken, but he found himself Struck through the Body with an Arrow. He Fasten'd upon it presently with his Teeth, and while he was Trying to Draw it out, a Fox Ask'd him, from what Bold Hand it was that he Receiv'd This Wound. I know ​Nothing of That, says the Tiger, but by the Circumstances, it should be a Man.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
BOLDNESS without Conduct is no better then an Impetus, which is commonly Worsted by Conduct and Design. There's No Man so Daring but some time or Other he Meets with his Match. The Moral, in short, holds forth This Doctrine, that Reason is too Hard for Force; and that Temericks puts a Man off his Guard. 'Tis a High Point of Honour, Philosophy and Vertue, for a Man to be so Present to Himself as to be always Provided against All Encounters, and Accidents whatsoever; but This will not Hinder him from Enquiring Diligently into the Character, the Strength, Motions, and Designs of an Enemy. The Tyger lost his Life for want of This Circumspection.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXVI

Fab. CCXXXVI.
A Lyon and Bulls.
THere were a Party of Bulls that Struck up a League to Keep and Feed together, and to be One and All in case of a Common Enemy. If the Lyon could have Met with any of them Single, he would have done His Work, but so long as they Stuck to This Confederacy, there was No Dealing with them. They fell to Variance at last among Themselves: The Lyon made his Advantage of it, and then with Great Ease he Gain'd his End.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
THERE's No Resisting of a Common Enemy; No Maintaining of a Civil Community, without an Union for a Mutual Defence; and there may be also, on the Other Hand, a Conspiracy of Common Enmity and Aggression. There are Cases indeed of Great Nicety that fall under the Topique of the Right and Lawfulness of Joyning in such Leagues. He that is not Sui Juris, must not Enter into any Covenants or Contracts to the Wrong of his Master: But there are Certain Rules of Honesty, and Methods of Government, to Direct us in all Agreements of This Quality. A Thing simply Good in it self, may become Unjust and Unrighteous, under such and such Circumstances. In a Word, the Main Bond of All Bodies and Interests is Union, which is No Other in Effect then a Common Stock of Strength and Counsel Joyn'd in One. While the Bulls kept together, they were Safe; but so soon as ever they separated, they became a Prey to the Lyon.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXVIII

Fab. CCXXXVIII.
A Covetous Man and an Envious.
THere was a Covetous, and an Envious Man, that Joyn'd in a Petition to Jupiter, who very Graciously Order'd Apollo to tell them that their Desire should be Granted at a Venture; provided only, that whatever the One Ask’d, should be Doubled to the Other. The Covetous Man, that thought he could never have enough, was a good While at a Stand: Considering, that let him Ask Never so much, the Other should have Twice as much: But he came however by Degrees, to Pitch upon One Thing after Another, and his Companion had it Double. It was now the Envious Man's turn to Offer up His Request, which was, that One of his Own Eyes might be put out, for his Companion was then to lose Both.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THERE are some Pestilent Humours and Froward Natures, that Heaven it self has much ado to please. Envy Places it’s Happiness in the Misery and Misfortune of Others; and Avarice is never to Pieas'd, unless it can get All to it self They may seem to be nearer a-Kin then in truth they Are, though the One is seldom or never to be found without the Other. The Best Use of This Application, is to Possess us with a True Sense of the Restlesness of these Two Passions; and Consequently to make Those Weaknesses Odious to our selves, that are so Troublesome to the World; and in truth, no Better then the Common Pest of Mankind.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXVII

Fab. CCXXVII.
Two Friends and a Bear.
TWO Friends that were Travelling together, had the Fortune to Meet a Bear upon the Way. They found there was no Running for’t. So the One Whips up a Tree, and the Other throws himself Flat with his Face upon the Ground. The Bear comes directly up to Him, Muzzles, and Smells to him, puts his Nose to his Mouth, and to his Ears, and at last, taking for Granted that 'twas only a Carcass, there he leaves him. The Bear was no sooner gone, but Down comes his Companion, and ask'd him, what it was the Bear Whisper'd him in the Ear. He bad me have a Care, says he, how | keep Company with those, that when they find themselves upon a Pinch, will leave their Friends in the Lurch.
The Moral.
Every Man for Himself, and God for us All.
REFLEXION.
THIS Fable has in a Few Words a Great many Useful, and Instructive Morals. The Man upon the Tree Preaches to us upon the Text of [Charity begins at Home] According to the False and Perverse Practice of the World when their Companions are in Distress. The Bear passes a Judgment upon the Abandoning of a Friend in a Time of Need, as an Offence both to Honour and Vertue; And moreover, Cautions us, above All Things, to have a Care what Company we keep. There’s no Living in This World without Friendship; No Society; No Security without it; Beside that the Only Tryal of it is in Adversity. And yet nothing Commoner in times of Danger, then for States-men, Sword-men, Church-men, Law-men, and in truth, all sorts of Men, more or less, to leave their Masters, Leaders, or Friends, to Bears and Tygers; Shew them a Fair pair of Heels for't, and cry, The Devil Take the Hindmost.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXIX

Fab. CCXXXIX.
A Crow and a Pitcher.
A Crow that was Extream Thirsty, found a Pitcher with a Little Water in’t, but it lay so Low he could not come at it. He try’d first to Break the Pot, and then to Over-turn it, but it was both too Strong, and too Heavy for him. He Bethought Himself However of a Device at last that did his Bus'ness; which was, by Dropping a great many Little Pebbles into the Water, and Raising it That Way, till he had it within Reach.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
'TIS a Kind of a School Question that we find started in This Fable, upon the Subject of Reason and Instinctt: And whether This Deliberative Proceeding of the Crow was not rather a Logical Agitation of the Matter, then the Bare Analogy, as we call it, of a Simple Impulse. It will be Objected, that we are not to Draw Conclusions from the Fictions of a Case, but whoever Constists his Experience, may satisfie Himself in many Instances that come up to This Supposition. We are also taught, that what we cannot Compass Directly, by the Force of Natural Faculties, may be brought to pass many times by Art and Invention.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXVII

Fab. CCXXXVII.
A Fir and a Bramble.
THere goes a Story of a Fir-Tree, that in a Vain spiteful Humour, was mightily upon the Pin of Commending it self, and Despising the Bramble. My Head (says the Fir) is advanc'd among the Stars. I furnish Beams for Palaces. Masts for Shipping: The very Sweat of my Body is a Sovereign Remedy for the Sick and Wounded: Whereas the Rascally Bramble runs creeping in the Dirt, and serves for No Purpose in the World but Mischief. Well, says the Bramble (that Over-heard all This) You might have said somewhat of your Own Misfortune, and to My Advantage too, if Your Pride and Envy would have suffer’d you to do it. Bur pray will you tell me however, when the Carpenter comes next with his Axe into the Wood to Fell Timber, whether you had not rather be a Bramble then a Fir-Tree.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THERE is no State of Life without a Mixture in't of Good and Evil; and the Highest Pitch of Fortune is not without Dangers, Cares, and Fears. This Doctrine is Verify’d by Examples Innumerable, thorough the Whole History of the World, and that the Mean is Best, both for Body, Mind, and Estate. Pride is not only Uneasie, but Unsafe too, for it has the Power and Justice of Heaven, and the Malicious Envy of Men to Encounter at the same Time; and the Axe that Cuts down the Fir, is Rightly Moralliz'd in the Stroke of Divine Vengeance, that brings down the Arrogant, while the Bramble Contents it self in its Station: That is to say; Humility is a Vertue, that never goes without a Blessing.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXVI

Fab. CCXXVI.
A Curst Dog.
THere was a very Good Honse-Dog, but so Dangerous a Cur to Strangers, that his Master put a Bell about his Neck, to give People Notice before-hand when he was a Coming. The Dog took this Bell for a Particular Mark of his Masler’s Favour, till One of his Companions shew’d him his Mistake. You are Mightily Out (says he) to take This for an Ornament, or a Token of Esteem, which is in truth, no Other then a Note of Infamy set upon you for your Ill Manners.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
'TIS a Bad World, when the Rules and Measures of Good and Evil, are either Inverted, or Mistaken; and when a Brand of Infamy passes for a Badge of Honour. But the Common People do not Judge of Vice or Vertue, by the Morality, or the Immorality of the Matter, so much as by the Stamp that is set upon’t by Men of President and Figure, What's more Familiar then an Oftentation of Wickedness, where Impiety has the Reputation of Vertue? As in the Excesses of Wine, and Women, and the Vanity of bearing up against all the Laws of God and Man. When Lewdness comes once to be a Fashion, it has the Credit in the World that other Fashions have; as we see Many times an Affectation even of Deformity it self, where some Exemplary Defect has brought that Deformity to be a Mode. The Fancy of This Dog was somewhat like the French Womans Freak, that stood up for the Honour of her Family: Her Coat was Quarter'd, the faid, with the Arms of France; which was so far True, that she had the Flower-de-Luce Stamp'd, we muft not say Branded upon her Shoulder.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXVIII

Fab. CCXXVIII.
A Horse-man's Wig Blown off.
THere was a Horse-man had a Cap on with a False Head of Hair Tack'd to's. There comes a Puff of Wind, and Blows off Cap and Wig together. The People made sport he saw with his Bald Crown, and so very fairly he put In with them to Laugh for Company. Why Gentlemen (says he) would you have me keep other Peoples Hair Better then I did my Own?
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
'TIS a Turn of Art, in many Cases, either of Deformity, or Mischance, where a Man lies open to a Reproach to Anticipate an Abuse, and to make Sport with Himself first. A Man may be Shame-Fac'd, and a Woman Modest, to the Degree of Scandalous. I knew a Lady had one of the most Bashful, Scrupulous Persons to her Daughter that ever was Born. Well, says she, I am mightily afraid, This Girl will prove a Whore; for she is so Infinitely Modest, that in my Conscience if any Man should ever Ask her the Question, she would not have the Face to Deny him. A Frank Easy way of Openness and Candor agrees Best with All Humours; and He that's Over-solicitous to Conceal a Thing, does as good as make Proclamation of it. Wherefore the Horse-man here Laugh'd first; and so Prevented the Jest.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CCXXXIV

Fab. CCXXXIV.
A Peacock and a Crane.
AS a Peacock and a Crane were in Company together, the Peacock spreads his Tail, and Challenges the Other, to shew him such a Fan of Feathers. The Crane, upon This, Springs up into the Air, and calls to the Peacock to Follow him if he could. You Brag of your Plumes, says he, that are Fair indeed to the Eye, but no way Useful or Fit for any manner of Service.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
NO Man is to be Despis'd for any Natural Infirmity, or Defect; for Every Man has something or other in him of Good too, and That which One Man Wants, Another Has. And it is all according to the Good Pleasure of Providence. Nature is pleas'd to Entertain her self with Variety. Some of her Works are for Ornament, others for the Use and Service of Mankind. But they have All Respectively, their Proprieties, and their Vertues; for she does nothing in Vain. The Peacock Values himself upon the Gracefulness of his Train. The Crane's Pride is in the Rankness of her Wing: Which are only Two Excellencies in several Kinds. Take them apart, and they are Both Equally Perfect: but Good Things Themselves have their Degrees, and That which is most Necessary and Useful, must be Allow'd a Preference to the Other.
# Executive Order 245

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Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Saturday, January 9, 1904
1904 CSR 87
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Peters may be reinstated to the position of sewer in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provision of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatements to one year from the date of separation.
White House,
       January 9, 1904.
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# Executive Order 242

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Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Monday, December 28, 1903
Mrs. Frank L. Harrigan may be reinstated to the position of ruling machine feeder in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatement to one year from the date of separation.
White House,
       December 28, 1903.
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# Executive Order 244

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Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Thursday, January 7, 1904
1904 CSR 87
Mrs. G. W. Shipman may be appointed a clerk in the Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General without examination under the Civil-Service rules.
White House,
       January 7, 1904.
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# Executive Order 2440

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Amends Executive Order 2428, July 25, 1916.
Signed by President Woodrow Wilson Thursday, August 10, 1916
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Panama Canal Act approved August 24, 1912, it is hereby ordered:
That the provisions of Executive Order No. 2428, dated July 25, 1916, shall not apply to alien silver employees. Such employees shall be charged for quarters, fuel and electric current in accordance with such rules and regulations heretofore or hereafter promulgated by the Governor of the Panama Canal.
The White House,
    10 August, 1916.
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# Executive Order 241

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Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Wednesday, December 9, 1903
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White House,
       December 9, 1903.
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# Executive Order 2428

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Revokes Executive Order 2120 of January 15, 1915. Amended by Executive Order 2440, August 10, 1916.
Signed by President Woodrow Wilson Tuesday, July 25, 1916
By virtue of the authority vested in me, and The Panama Canal Act approved August 24, 1912, it is hereby ordered:
* That the Executive Order of January 15, 1915, No. 2120, is hereby rescinded and abrogated.
* That effective July 1, 1916, officers and employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama, shall be allowed, where available, quarters free of rent, and shall be furnished fuel and electric current free.
* That the Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to assign to officers and employees of The Panama Canal and of the Panama Railroad Company, such quarters as may be available for occupancy, and to make all rules and regulations necessary to govern the assignment and occupancy of such quarters, including rules and regulations relative to the furnishing of fuel and electric current to officers and employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company while occupying such quarters.
* That officers and employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, for whom quarters are not available or who do not occupy such quarters as may be assigned to them by the Governor of The Panama Canal, shall have no claim against the Government of the United States for commutation of quarters not furnished or not occupied, nor for fuel and electric current not furnished.
* That all rules and regulations governing the assignment and occupancy of quarters heretofore promulgated by the Governor of The Panama Canal or the Isthmian Canal Commission, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order, are continued in full force and effect until such time as they may be changed by regulations promulgated by the Governor of The Panama Canal under authority of this Executive Order; and all rules and regulations heretofore promulgated by the Governor of The Panama Canal in connection with the use and occupancy of quarters and the furnishing of fuel and electric current to officers and employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order, are hereby rescinded and abolished.
The White House,
    25 July, 1916.
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# Executive Order 24

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Signed by President Grover Cleveland Wednesday, November 25, 1885
To the People of the United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United States, died to-day at 5 o'clock p. m. at Indianapolis, and it becomes my mournful duty to announce the distressing fact to his fellow-countrymen.
In respect to the memory and the eminent and varied services of this high official and patriotic public servant, whose long career was so full of usefulness and honor to his State and to the United States, it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all the public buildings of the United States; that the Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days; that the usual and appropriate military and naval honors be rendered, and that on all the legations and consulates of the United States in foreign countries the national flag shall be displayed at half-mast on the reception of this order, and the usual emblems of mourning be adopted for thirty days.
By the President:
       T. F. Bayard,
             Secretary of State.

## Associated orders

Adjutant-General's Office,
* The following proclamation [order] of the President of the United States is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
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* On the day next succeeding the receipt of this order at each military post the troops will be paraded at 10 o'clock a. m. and this order read to them. The national flag will be displayed at half-mast. At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired. Commencing at 12 o'clock m., nineteen minute guns will be fired, and at the close of the day the national salute of thirty-eight guns. The usual badge of mourning will be worn by officers of the Army, and the colors of the several regiments, of the United States Corps of Cadets, and of the Battalion of Engineers will be put in mourning for the period of thirty days.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Special Order.
The President of the United States announces the death of Vice-President Thomas A. Hendricks in the following order:
[Text of Executive Order printed above]
In pursuance of the foregoing order, it is hereby directed that upon the day following the receipt of this the ensign at each United States naval station and of each United States naval vessel in commission be hoisted at half-mast from sunrise to sunset, and that thirteen guns be fired at sunrise, nineteen minute guns at meridian, and a national salute at sunset at each United States naval station and on board flagships and vessels acting singly, at home or abroad.
The officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will wear the usual badge of mourning for three months.
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