The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-01-16
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IE JANUARY 1, 1910.

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- EEEE JANUARY 1, 1910.
u itnp tn old THIRTY.xrSE has gone,
And new, to greet the NEw YEARS dawn, ~
And alafice awhile at by-gone time,
The Gamma brings his annual rhyme.
Kind Patrons, muy this year to you
Re ont of peace and plenty too
May you be bicss'd with every joy,
sWffiiont one sorrow to annoy;
NAY Farmers from the fertile soil
Reap rich reward for all their TOLL
These nre my wishes, true and hearty,
For y,,n, kind friends, thro' EIGHTEEN FORTY. !
When We recall the by-gone year.
Tho world. how true did Shakespeare say,
IL but the stage where nations play
Wllilt. some perform the comic lar;;s'
Others the tragic part rehearse.
Tyrailts quarrel, aspirants jar
Then we see a scene OF war,
Where blood and carnage strew tho field,
Where nations fight and armies yield.
But Time, the great Is tomb builder" hes
Swift in his wake mutations rise.
Dread !. Spirit of the scy,he and glass - =.
What changes in thy pathway pass!
Time rolls the seasons swiftly by,
And bcauty's roses fade and die,
And mans stnpendous works OF art,
With man, their builder, too, depart.
How wise then was that Sage's plan,~
Who laughed at follies done by man,
For when ambition docs obtain
All that deep laid schemes can gam.
Time swings aloft his sliarpen'd blade,
And in the dust ambitions laid.
Now borne on fancy's rapid wings
Well visit courts Of distant kings:
In France, still Louis Philippe rcigns.
Lo! after all the q three days" pains,
Francesdid, like Esop's mount of old,
p-.c f,r we behold
That nation still compelled to bear
The chains which Europes yassals wear.
In Britain, and in Greece and Spain,
We see three royal minors reign.
With children at The nations helms
No wonder distnrd jars the realms;
At such u strange and foolish sight,
We Yankees look, and laugh outright,
And even red men spurned the law =
Which came from England's little 'sauaw,'f
We we4 may hugh at foreign lands,
70 see the sceptre in the hands
OF snch poor, simple, trifing things
As nations take for queens and kings.
Oft ,rors at once we find the crown,
The srcgdaihlg hand, and regal gown.
Here mast stop nor longer roam
Mid foreign courts--I'l turn me home.
You We heard how Satan. drcss'd in blue,
Once travelled all the nations through
To put, as he declared, all right,
Which was 10 stir up war and fight.
1t seeIsis he lately made a call,
TO sec tho boys ut Congress hall,
And there cnjoin what he calls order,
And try to kick up fight and murder,
And spread war throughout the nation
About New Jerseys Delegation.
It's said we've gotta liorrid way
To fight the wars of Florida:
That is, t. enlist troop Of dogs
TO drive the Indians from their bogs;t
Wis said they have to Cuba gone
To bring these new militia on;
wonder what great Alexander
Old Uncle Sam will make commander,
To drill these hounds, no longer brutcs,
But strangely tnrn'd to war recruits.
If I'dthc change, Ed bet a gallon
He'll choose the warlike Central Allen
AS leader OF the bayirg pack,
To put them on the Indians track;
Mctliinks, while laughter fills my soul,
hear this general call the roll:
.. fowler, 80 bow.wow'' the hound replies,
'sVenns, - she turns her leering eyes,
- Juno''-but Juno left the pack,
He whistles now to call her backs
No Juno comes-perhaps she's dead
BY Indian hands, perchance, shc, blcd-
And stretched on ginry's field alar,
She lies soldier kill'd in war.
Forbid. Oh Heaven, the dire disgrace!
That history's future page should trace
The time when freedoms stripes and stars
Led martial dogs to Indian wars;
Or when that glorious banner streamsd
Ger conquered ramparts DOG REDEEMED.
Athomc we have but little news
Sufficient to inspire the muse.
Misaouri's war at length is DER,
I've told you Of it oft before.
Its deeds need not now repeat,
You've read them in the Eye sheet.
You've heard how Allen stroye t. initiate
Himself, to something truly great.
. "A gentleman named Whichea'' went,
Or, as ambassador was sent,
( To suell the fight as have learn'd,
And stop the fame which fiercely burned.
Y 1;I-o hrEn.- s...asr,
He'd land on Des Moincs' northern shore
The Hawk-Eyes. laughing al his beasts
Repaired like soldiers to their posts,
Resolved, though foes ten thousand strong,
They never would submitto wrong
Bcggs should regard Iissouri's name,
Nor plunge her more in scenes Of shame.
4 he Mormon war is known full we'll,
~ Where women bled and children fell,
When ill-brcd, soulless fools command,
NJ wonder murder stains the land.
Now may bad feeling die away
Between tile Pukesa and Iowa.
We Hawk-Eyes are mingled race
We've gatherd here from every place
Some from beyond the Atlantic tide,
Some from the mountains eastern side
Here Hoosier. Sucker, Puke and Buckeye,
Corncrackers, too. from old Kentucky,
And w olvereens, from near the lake,
All these our population make.
Few rogues. indeed, como here to yox us,
Such mostly make their way to Texas,
! And few from justice fly away
!. 70 make their home in Iowa.
~ lhere 2 one thing strange, you all know vel
We've fifteen beaux for every belle,
Nv hltc in the eastern stntes rnI Z, ,orr