Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-08-11
From The Mex Era.
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THE MECHANIC.
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BY JOURNEYNAN OF NEW ToRr.
Mechanics whose toll is the wealth Of nation,
Whose breasts its bulwarks when danger IS nigh
Though humble your lot aud humble your vocation,
You have honor and worth that the word cannot buy
The mrions of wealth may affect 20 desrise YOU
Pronounce you ignorant. sordid and base. lyou
But the moment will that shall teach them to prize
The they have written themselves shall erase.
Not theirs the hands that turn back the billow
That threatens to sweep DER affairs and homes;
They may live in the breeze that plays with the willow,
But woe unto them when the hurricane comes.
They must call upon YOU in the moment Of danger,
When the warbauner spreads ITS red folds to the alE,
When our homes assaulted by the hands Of stranger,
And our yalles re-echO the cries Of despair.
Where Of Roue's faded grandeur her ruins are telling
Where Athens proud temples reflect back the SUM-
In Palmyras strcets-now the acka'. lone dwelling
Are recorded the triumphs by industry won
There Is not a nation where science has ilourished.
There is not land where the arts have adorned,
But your vaor has guarled-your industry nourshed,
Through glory and shamc-tho' degraded and scorncd
Your labor in peace like BRIGHT living fountain,
SENDS rivers of wealth to replenish the earth,
And in war like the storn-boen rock Of the mountain,
You ward off the bias, from the land Of your birth
But when peace IKE the sum- DER your country is shining,
For the wealth you hesiow they repay you with
And the wounds you have borne in her unrcpnng
lngrattude bathes with adversely tears.
when The herald Of fame in the annals o. story,
The deeds of hero proclams through the land,
The monuments reared to cmblazon his glory.
And the deeds they recod-aro the works ot your hand
but what your reward when the conflict il ended
Or where is your niche In the temple of fame
The luurcls you with atnther's blended,
Aud darkness still rests on the arlizans name.
Yet bow not yeur hearts 70 the proad mans teying,
More noble in sorrow than he IN his pride;
At each mark of disiain with true dignity smiling
y ur acts will rchuko when your lot they dcride.
Let hope cheer your path though dcspscd aud neglected
BE virtue your shield when temptation Is nigh;
Dy Honors bright code Dee your actions directed,
Deserve and demand tho respect they deny.
Tor ages you langu.ahcd iu darkness and sorrow
Toillng on--i9r thc wealth that another must reap,
Each day of urict hut thc type of to.muuow
As wave reflects wave in their race DER the deep.
llut one after one our chains have been rNcn;
And tho daysior of Hope from The horizon rose,
When the atlr .lanelc l,g o. columbia given,
Called ho children Of toll meath ih shade 90 rpoae
Then hrh be- your aim Tor the portals II glory.
BY Freedom unhirfcd nov dise.oacs Ca the view,
tablet vhccon 20 cmhl01n your story,
An uru tor tho tcars O. your moino5 due.
When your country proud star through utuuty shining
Beams bright with the drola that her chll ron have done
May the lovclirH wreath round hcr diadcm twining
Be that which hcr tol.worn Mechanics have woul