Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-01-04
New Years Address Tor 1918.

Furious his course, vet not unseen
The wither'd finger of Decay
Still points where Ger he winds his way.
The budget open'd, ont the flew
Wonders quite curious--aud new;
Accounts Of batlles-hofri romeurs,
With pateni medicine for tumeufs,
Law matters, PulIendorf and Valtel
Concerning Nations when ~ battle.
Also new rules To Toe the line.
Chslk'd by the watchful sIxrY NINE,
Shelving to Irishman the risk lie
lncurs iii taking grog or whiskey.
Among the rest were Pamphlets wonderful,
Enitled War--of blood aud thunder full
They told Of shocks and dire invasion
BY Yankees, on The British nation
That proclama,ons strong and loud are
To take The place Of ball aud powder
For troops equipped with these would push
on,
The Council thought, with resolution
And thea Nv ull he a matter curious,
To see men fight sans gas sulphareous
But though the President, gay deoener,
Has faild IN this, ms grand endeaVour,
- blind Is man, that quite content he lives
Uaheld by house of representatives.
Neaa lime by Congress many breaches
Were made IN British walls by speeches.
A. III Widgery bel would lay
That he could conquer Can s.day,
And Williams, influenced by the tankard,
Swore he could drag the Isle fast snchor'd,'
Aud, by me aid of red artillery,
Clap es'ry rascal in the piIory
HULL rais'd the standard, round they rush'd,
BY whiskey and by glory push'd,
Men, who devoted life and fortune,
John Bull, their enemy, 10 shorten:
noble sacrafce for those,
Who scarce could boast a pair of shoes.
But Ill dad they sustain the shock,
rhey had from Major Gen. Brock;
For speeches, Without gun or pistol
Can never make john Bull turn his tail.
For Hull heir hessts had ceas'd to beat,
lhey long'd for General RETREAT
| Then Welded, for he axe ofqu e.,
| To SPLIr-Loo x to WALK N tn WATER
| rheir only vsl'rous exploits we know
W., routing hocks of " true merna."
| Au1 even then The event was douhtiul,
The ram 80 often wheeled about full.
From Wars on land. " In proclamslions
| 5 rs powder, ball. or soldiers rauuns,
Where bladder gen'rsls, with spontooD,
Pluck honour bright from pale ise'd moon,
Tu we, 10 where our Nays glory
Bright CLEAN, upon the nations story;
Where Hull, Decatur. Jones' the brave
Re p laure,s on ,hc " mountain wave"
| Their exploits told in simple LAM uage,
| Blu, done with powder, ball aud language,
Latest LOS Gritty shall see,
Embiszon'd high in History.
Let land Hulls, Suylhs < Gen. Desrborns
Catch sheep aud eaten 10 'he care bones
say they are cover'd DER with glory,
Like Yankee tar and fealher'd tory
Swear TO the Calls, that surely they are
From pandemonlums' freeing sailor,
And thai their EXPLOITS on oar borders
are knocking down the Brush orders
S,ilI COW lrd . ,iers such as these,
No more shall IA of Ugh on seas
Our gall mt tsrs shall best man ain
! Their rights u, Ion The stormy man
And Ia ugh John Dull aud his brave dodgers
Would light at any TIME with Rodgers
| b.rt n dub, Tx w,ter raj, lie
" 0ld take 10 l4nd + ehss'd by chat'y.
The Gurfiele, Maced man, Frolic,
To Navy baiers gives the cholic,
And lasting monuments will be
OF Yaukee ska and bravery.
While glory ,hus attends cur navy,
May ali our Gun Boats 60 10 Davy
Thenshall we hope TO see our shores
secur'o by thund'ring SEVENTY FouRs,
! aud et'ry wind, blow where II viii
/ Tanning Columbia sjcsnvsss still
our muse would gladly take a Glance
4 Sweden, Russia, SPAN and France,
Where Bonapsrte with numbering myrn.
dpns
Deals blows to Russians and 10 sturdy dons,
And while he thinks, by lying bulletin,
+ Those frozen regions TO let new light in,
j We hope that fiom he walls of Moscow
He ne'er might bulge or make his horse.
go;
And that The hempen North Of Europe
Would for this tyram find new rope
But this al present, is not proper,
Since Time, Who on Us all puts stopper,
COmpels Us, with Ia, beny list,
From these, our labours, to desist.
Our good old State, while under orders,
Old emocrstical msrsuders,
Suiei'd strange tortures, with dissection,
To bring about their re election.
A thing begotten was, TO Scu,tIe
The Stae, by belly gerent Tuule
Something between IN owl aud gander,
The ding was mex nam'd Gerryn.aader.
A monster of such hotrid features,
Il scarce resembled living creatures.
Ye has god fasher Elbrldge Gerry,
Who, at tie christening, made right merry,
Grind hofribie, and scratch'd his pate,
And Swofe he'd send him thro' the state
To cur. from out the body poliiiek,
A Senate. who would 30 his foil, stick;
And wag TIL Congressman, who'd bow 10 "
70 Madison aud Joel Barlow,
And ire ly IN heir French war measures
Exhaust the Nauon's blood aad treasures.
bu though our state dld sometime wander