Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-11

From the HJcd>foft ~ cTmo"ty Su.N,! 80,
WHEN TMIs OLD HAT WAS NEW; c,n,
p,s,,,,fais dedeotsd 10 Hard C.der Ftst.rats ana LS az"
yyno, ,h,s old ha, was now, some twenty years ago
The rei,r,i.ts began &, fear n final o'tt,hi"" ~, u,luc-
Aud - III keep the party up, ana ian y - 49,. nm. nI hat was
They've changed their name . '"Ns
new. .a.nfmS.
nnen ~ a" H., ~ home " far Frdtal ends, TO itn" 'Isnn Wi'.ns "n",, , :,
Blu, ,honsh they We changed inc" 1"'''
do "A IN, A. they did, when thi-"ld Ia: was new!
When This old hat wa- new, The fsSr w f,in," a y. .ca hin; door:
r.. am ms alone wcrc found aiicne im' t"iiI'E ~
! ne . mu,. ,"t r"Il,d IN rutfc shirts when H.. old Eat was "
80, ,hs ,lB h.t was new-twaS laid "mc Henry lay,
WhIs an the Feds cried cut Amen" would '""' "e'o"'!
u. Ip Pray lar "war and pes,ilence, and hungry anime too
Before a Military Chief !'-wicn Tins Old D . q !"
when his old ha, was new, il | remember WE'LL,
Among The "heroeS' of the time, "oId i.ich"i! o,e wv o'"'
.pick Johnson neat III honor stood, among Us none lev "a.
For DICK was "hcro Of the Thames" when thhs pa NV vas y"
-. :. s.. II, In, was new-ere .spatent Whics'' were uiade,
,.nid Iiu,y" was a Fed'raiist. and wore the BLACK cocka"r:
,oiu inps 'ha Io,d knnws what! he,s hidden from our view
.Thnurt, 1 suspect he's what he waS-when lm" on Id "u' Nc"
When ,his old Ia, was new, Van Buren, was The man
The pnrpir Iov'd-athouGh abused Icy all tue Federal can,
a Democrat, unmoyrd, un' hang.d->ih !" rs COUNT! u"e-
us,s ever 5 cu her friend aud rdard-since uiS old hat was ne"
When tbs I'D nar was new, the pS" ghG used a. to ,, ray d,v:
Bur now tiry take the name &c " WiilG,@ a'i'e most u"
And n n al which they loudly scoffrd, when this old hat was pew
When this old hat VA, new, In Harrison was 4 Fed,
The enemy Of every mon Who ilh"ird i"r MS nrean
And # the peouic uf ONO have kept their records HnS,
He'd sell white men for drht and cost, when thus 'u h' Was new
When This old hat was new, nan Webster va, The man
Mn h hrnI.lt the BRUSH to our coa,, 10y heht> Tia, tinr"d mp blue
And would have sold W. IT, Il king, VIXEN tis "u ht Wa new
wlu.n mn. old hat was new, OF Harrison Us stid,
r., fisur. well among the Feds, lie wore tue ptacN co"hauc'
DENY this, WhIggIcS, If yoii please, but ever, y e"'
Linn I,audoIuh Kuew your hero we'll, when TINS ia ht Wa> he"
,v,-n ,his old hat wa. new, clay dashed these Feds Just right
Aud prov'd, tha, 10 their country, The! Were enemies ,h",r vi hsn';
But now, from disappointed hopes, he lawns ~ thht v'r I,s",
Aud .a,. ,n.ir orulnbs-hc wouldn't uncr-when Tins old hat wa
new
,rb., ,hiso J b,t was new, the FedcralHts did say
,1,yas wr,lp Il cheer when Yankee arms knocked down Joii
Bulls array!
Such were our "iefn1cIatic Nhl.",D when 'htS GU h' "So new
When his old Ia, was new. old Gov. Provost
The states invaded. NJ the head ii Il mum Iols British host;
But in the muddl- al the t.lt, what did old North btha "
Lay down his sword, and safety seek, when tls "a ui IL ht"
When thrs old In, was new, Van Hurn was The man -,
That ch,errd with voice and pen the soul OF iieedoihs eatah
band -
And !. ,mspn,s sv ord, NJ bloody Thames, did cur invaders s'rcw
And leave 10 fat The land thy soifd, wirn tins old ht was new
wv., ms old ba, was new, twas from tie Mountain state,
Tho "urniu, rarc Wings sent IN Bll Hall 4 delegate,
70 m ct III council al the tlau when Federalism blue
Mad. Hartford look Ike indigo. " hen this old hat was new.
When his OH hat was new, Chas. Marsh and Moses Strong,
To Washington Societies FIT hnn"rcd 10 b long
Charles Adams, iirinan hl.n and all the Fcdrrai crew,
Who burned Tom Jrf. III ,it:s, when THIS Old hat was new.
Ben. Swift and Samuel Pr-nt..S, Jack Mauucks, Phinaa> White,
J.b l., man, +. /. Walton iu,, IL mcnn"iy >'frcs a. r2h,,
And Horace Everett, David Pierce, an Norman Williams TOO,
W,r. All npposed "a The lrt war, when thls old hat was rtw.
And now. when hi. old hat j. old, thr>e red- come out aud try
To make ~ ti N taerare the char> "a guard our liberty!
Their patriotism, ike their logs, their rum, thcr riaGT 200,
Is SIN de 10 SELL, y rs rdZOIs were, when this ell ht Was new.
Come. then, huzz. for Mat aud Dick The homes; and The tine:
And give YOUR nlousht votes 10 those wh"'ve always StO"dtg you
And then sN heart rh .rs we'll give, just as we used To- do,
When nrt We heard Of pIocior'> fall, when THIS old hat was new.