North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-05

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The British, consisting a. 4, 900 foot
"a few mohaloj men. and brigade q
aeary and light artillery marched sgsins
" 1t. Enssache. here they srfivea on th'
" morning u ihe Isth Dec. 1857. They
" placed . battery 0f heavy calibfe on The
" cast bagk ofthc river, with the laientloE
g Of eesting down the stone buildings op.
" posise; and By means of their ioag shot,
Z" 10 escape a repetition Of the reception
" they had 10 endure of ST. Denis, having
" ihere harmed that the small arms Of the
Canadians al close Yna,fer were ex-
eeodlngly pcrnieioUs 80 Royalty. From
the battery many Of The shots fell short,
I" and spent ibemkclses on the ice near the
+" shofe, where the church stood, and
Z" sgaInst which they were directed. These
balls, feroBique Jeanne an aged woman
" was iesrlessly engaged in picking up and
" carrying 10 the Patriots, in whose ranks
" were her husband, aged 81, and her two
" sons. The old man and her two sons
" wefe soon numbered among the slain:
A" bat VeronfTuc persisted both by exam
" pie and exhouallon, TO encourage her
" counifymen To conquer or perish in the
" sacred cause OF LIRERrr."
Ne ~AilGal cry, ne fearful shrek
Bars, ifoaa the bps Of verouiqoc
Calmly abe gard upon the dead,
And new vigour filed her frame
She wepi not for those splits fed,
She breah'd not onee each CHERISHED name;
She mark'd each bali that fury sent,
Ind when lis mighty force was spent,
The deadly pondrous mass she eaugh,
in Der strong hands, and swiftly sought
The few, the aoble sufF'rng few,
To God and to their Country true:
who void Of arms, Of arts dread power, |,
Fought bravoly in their dying hour; II
To heae the trifiRg AID she gave,
To these the iplur'd sod'ring brave.
Free, she stood amid the fight,
Her dark eyes flashing forth their light, Il
Nor needed she the balls that sped, d
Like arrows round her aged head, q
In accents firm, in accents loud
Thus spake she to the battling crowd: !
" have no tears, no grief to cast away,
All other feelings ofmy heart give way L
To one deep Vengeance concentrated there. a
What, though my hearth be desolate, a
And widow'd may be. O
It's swoe, to think shall have los, :,
My all for LIBERTY,
We SAID ii,-yes, and shall live to see r.
he day when this, my country, will be free;
hen despot Monarchs will no more have pow'r &c
o STAY our Children, and our wealth deyour: lpl
o lay our fair lands waste, and send horde "
foreign h'reings with destroying sword - T
o hre our holy temples, and polute sc
ur shrieking maidens at the affairs foot; -
az bleeding husbands ruihlessy to goad,
heir toirting limbs with heavy chains to load; va
sack our dwellings, and with brutal JOY IN
Ne peaceful, unarm'd habitants DESTROY; g.
} Try with 'niamy their names to brand, pr
nd homeless drive them to stranger land, ~,
wrest each right that God and nature gays-
change the noble freeman to the slave:
scot al our brave children of the soil:
70 boast Of crimes that make the heart recoil. no
call them rebels, traitors 10 the cause MS
virtue, and to Royal England's laws: ent
still be traitors, ifuat'rous it be, COZ
pant, TO thirst for Sacred LIBERTY, tha
sue, to humbly sue for Equal Right, a,.
when denied, TO try to crush the might a.
corsd faction, whose ,yrannous sway ~"
YES Freedom, Justice, from the land away.
At scorns you, loahes you, gals YOU with its yea
chains, Mr.
'aase the blood Of France flows in your VEIN, off
pair ye not, The time /, near at hand ~.
en ye as Judges, they as judged shall stand "''
en- foul Corruption hence must wend its wav en g.,
seek another home, another prey; 'oe
en- from your grievOus yoke, released you'll he otie
your lOv'd Country prosperous and FAIR, not
|. Adams, l7.h May. 1889 it W
gun
THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY. "A
From Tai,'s Magazine. iail
7 ~ 4 z.