American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-01-03
By TIE CARRIERS.

KIND PATRONS, for your New Years dishes
Pve nothing better than good wishes;
I hope you'll not reject my offer,
But kindly take my humble profier.
need not tell you I'm no poet,
Because my verse will plainly shew it;
And sure you know-at bringing news
Pm more at home than with the Muse.
Well-snce to Eighteen Twenty Two,
We have forever bid atiicu--
wish that you, my friends, may see
In Eighteen Hundred Twenty Three,
Contentmcnt, JOY, and peace abound,
And plenty flowing all around.
My Muse, sir, swears she'll wear the breeches-
Then if my verse is like catstitches,
PRAY pardon me-for must write
Just as the Lady's pleas'd t'indte:
And if you're governd by a shrew,
O from my heart pity you,
And wish you speedily may tame
Your pcevish, turbulent, clam'rous dame.
7 wish our Independent Nation
May eer preserve her lofty station
That ev'ry National Jubilee
May find her glorious, great and free:+sA
And not to her alone confined,
Shall be my wishes-but my mind,
Like our good President MONROE,
Shall to the Lind Of Heroes go;
To GuEEcE-and that she may be
Soon bless'd with peace and liberty
Nav her oppressors' names be curst
Her enemies ground to the dust
And she from her long struggle rise,
The fairest land beneath the skies.
And that country's glory may
Continue to the latest day,
You all will grant it is essential
That our Elections PRESIDENTIAL
AS well as others, terminate
In choice of men both good and great;.-
Let then each voter act the part
OF an upright and patriot heart
And let it meier of him be told
His vote for pef was basely sold.--
For me, wish the MGHTY ONE,
Who gave our great WASHINGTON,
Would, in his mercy, send us more
Like those he kindly sent before.
Should foreign foes stretch out hand
To blast the glory of our land;
Or should they dare TO cross the waves
10 make the Sons Of Freewen slaves
o may the spirit Of oar Sires
Glow in their Sons like vengefll fires;
That spirit which in days of yorc
Drove the oppressor from our shore
Which gained our dear-bought liberty
And made us Independent, free
And if their bosoms with this fame
Intensely burn, each foe they'll tame,
And dauntess, firm, united stand
To shield the glory of our land.
wish our Legislators would
Consult alone the PUBLIc Coon
Nor spend their time in making speeches
Which on our pockets prey like lceches.-
Let them CoMmEnc1AL MEN protect,
Nor MANurAcTuREns neglect
And let our worthy FARMERS share
portion of their fostering cave
If thus protected by the nation,
Our citizens in every station,
Shall journey on right merrily,
Surrounded by prosperity.
As o." ASSEMBLY soon conyenes,
wish they may devise some mems
EG'cient, vigorOus, which shall
Complete ar 6ng desired C.aN.3L.--
The BENEFfTS!!! no tongue can SPEAK,
When DELAWARE and CHESAPEAKE
Their now divided waters ariagle--
Coon SIMS " 'tu;lI ,poLa A.a,,!.. ::..oja
Than e'er by mortal ears was heard
From hooking Or canary bird
move OH BAcHELons get married.
The motions seconded and carried
Rejoice, On MANS, dry up your tears,
Dspel your anxious doubts and fears:
What though the wrinkles on your faces,
Placed there by Time, not by the Cruces,