The Arkansas advocate., 1833-08-28
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WRITTEN FOR THE ADVOCATE.
 LOS ITEM MPos. Down with the stars and stripes from out
 tIao sky! 1T Twith your banner from tho abounding
 deep! Chain up the eagle from his flight on high! Bid him no more along the ocean sweep. Scream to the wind-turn to the sun hls Ay! down with freedom from her rampant
 steep, And tall promontory. and prairie wide, Where she hath been, till now, 80 deihed. Listen! how Europe rings from land to
 land, With loer, and laugh, and hatred's biting
 scorn, nd slzSiings kin sit smiling. while with mighty
 wand Rebellion stalks, above a land now torn With strife and tumult--and their armies Ready. to darken the still breaking morn, And lend their aid to this unhallowed
 strifa So lately sprung of terror into.life. Stoop down from out the sky, unhallowe ed
 star. " Those beams of blood strike freodom's
 heart so cold Calhoun. upon whose front Is written war, And rank rebeiiion-oh! ten thousand
 fold More than that Arnold, thou hast tried to
 mar The edifice of liberty, and sold {. c1,, Il Inn than he, And fearful shall thy degradation be. For thou vast once star, to which men
 turned In deep deyotion--yea thou vast our For then thy bright and natal glory burn
 ed- We listened to thee as an angels voice; Within deep darkness in thy fame inured, Praise and applause have hushed their for
 mer noise, And thou art falIen-and like Lucifer, Hast here and there a blinded worshipper. And ha&kthou sunken then in truth 80 low, To love Applause from men so foul as they? Be not deceiYed-When thy enthusiast
 glow Hast passed, as soon it must, from thee a.
 way, And thou shalt find myself debased below The darkest traitor, told Tn history Then wilt thou hate myself, and shun
 mems eye, And then thy pride has nought, except to - tllis;. let have loved thee in thy day of glory, And IWouid urge thee yet to look around Look at thy ancestors-those patriots hoa-
 ry. Who fought for all which thou wouldst now
 confound, Go! read of them and their surpassing sto-
 ry, iand change thy course--before the fear
 ful sound Of shame's dark ocean, terribly shall stun Thine cars. and whelm thee in it's break
 CTS dun. And ye who blindly follow where these Whom disappointment and disgrace have
 wrought Unto this traitorous and foolish deed Turn back!-along your onward path is
 nought But shame, and woe, and ruin, and the
 need Of torturin1g pity-which yo will have Ay turn!--point out the letter and the
 chain, Which bind you, but in fancy dreaming
 vaini Look on the future with prophetic eye! 5 s4o' On yon plain are armies gathering, As mist collecting when the storm is
 nigh And such stosin.- alonglthe hill. aides iihe light horse-and. the. dark patrolling Hoyers in front, as birds with restless
 wing And here the riileman moves, sure and
 swift And here the musketeers unbroken drift. The battlel-listen to the musketry-- While ever and anon amid the roll, Cries out the cannon--now the cavalry, Careerng down like storms that seek their
 goal And now as sea will fiercely dash with sea, The stern battalions charge, as with one
 soai-- And now like seas that break in spray and
 rain, The broken bands go floating back again. The fight is o'er! and here lie many one, With bosom crushed by hoof or cannon
 vain, The hoary head lies glittering in the sun, Piilowed upon the chargers misty mane. And just arrear, with hair like moonlight