Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-02-08
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.N'esU YEARS. address,
OF THE NETWORK EXPRESS.
E-JA RYi, 1889.

UARY l., 1889.
TINE. with strong resistlcss force,
Moves onward in its annual course;
And us il rolls around the spheres,
Sweeps days, and weeks, & months q years
Last night the pale suns parting ray,
Beam'd on DEFENDERS closing day,
And called the world with gladstone cheer
To greet the approaching NEWBORN YEAR
Hail the first rays of morning light,
Breaking upon the raptur'd sight.
But who among the race OF man,
E'enthose who've reach'd life's utmost span,
Fer knew, midst all experience past,
A stranger twelve.mon,h than the last
More changes, disappointments, losses,
More sad reverses or more crosses 2
Cast the eye round the Empire State.
And view the stern DEGREES Of fate
How, in yon dark and dismal den,
Fipd with handful, not with men,
What symptoms dire Of furious broils,
Among the "victors," for the "spoils,"
Ger Marcy see fell ruin frown,
And strip him Of the Peoples crown,
OF power, long CHERISHED and embraced,
Its garb so tauer'd and defac'd,
So void Of substance to defend it,
That the whole Treasury cannot mend it.
Whose breast so iPd with party hate,
Will fail to mourn This patriots fate?
Sold TO his masters selfish cause,
Regardless of all other laws.
Through long course Of toll and strife.
He pass'd the midday of his life,
Link d with that desperate midnight league,
In scenes of low corrup; intrigue,
Grasping the "spoils" by party won.
Taking good care of " number one"
There Flagg aud Secretary Dix,
Their patriot skill and counsels mix.
Thro' thick and thin stand side by side,
And all tn emoluments divide;
While bravely sneaking in the rear,
The Argus opens listening ear,
And TO reward his hundred eyes.
Claims full share of every prize,
Sells off the house once built by Jack"
And stuffs the malt" within his sack.
Leaves its frail roof and triple walls,
And quits possession ere it falls;
While Seward vainly urg'd TO enter,
Shews loo much generalship to venture
"Too old bird" amids, the laugh.
To be entic'd or caught by chaff."
The Regency, that pirate band,
The foul corrupters Of the land,
Are scatter'd from their dark abode,
And strew'd in fragments on the road,
No more to plot their mlschiels there.
Or breathe contagion thro' the air.
Spread their desti uctive schemes abroad,
And cheat the State by lies and fraud,
Lo, now. from his exalted height,
Van Buren, opes his anxious sight.
And starts with wild hysteric fear,
A Il
New York, by some strange witchcrah won,
Discards with scorn her "lavourite son."
Cuts of his hopes, his fondest trust
And lays his honors in the dust,
Spurns the Magician" with disdain,
And bursts his ignominious chain
What tho Prince John. with iial haste,
Plough'd ihro' the wild Atlantic waste,
To lay before Victoria's throne,
His sire's allegiance and his own,
Her Majesty congratulate,
Upon her proud and royal state.
Join heart aud hand in making merry,
With many plenipotentiary-
The Russian dressd in golden scales,
The Turk. with half dozen tails,
Dalmata's Duke, Sardinia's Son,
The German Prince the Spanish Don
OuCW uOW hSpuUliCdio Gun
With Lords and Ladies in the dance,
And what small difference lies between
A President and Royal Queen;
And that, whoever may choose to blame,
IT'S less in substance than in name.
At least, whatever fools may say.
About the WITNESSES of the day,
No tide Of prejudice can run,
Against the great Republics Son.
And where's the gifted mind can shew,
What fruits from this faint hint may grow
Two nations, great in wealth and power,
Rejoin'd in some propitious hour,
Secure from inroads and from harms,
May safely brave the world in arms.
Who knows where all these changes tend,
How long they'll last, or where they'll end
But two short years their course will run,
But few brief months will greet the sun,
Ere he who now rules DER this State,
Must nerve his breast to meet his fate,
Muster Dutch courage" for tn occasion,
And try once more TO gull the nation
Step forth equipp'd with skill and might,
Aided by Cambreleng and Wright
And TO the People wide display
His merits, in the face of day,
And in the midst of strife and broils,
Claim the reward of all his tolls
And will that People shut their ears,
Destroy his hopes, and crown his fears,
Arrest him midway in his race,