Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-12-31
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PATRONS OF THE "ArNERTCAry.r
January 1st, Is43.


january 1st, Isdo.
A happy New.Year 10 you an,
Friends and patrons, great and small;
Here, before you, stands your Carrier;
Let him not too long hele tarry, OF
He may, pcrchance, thus lose in time,
As much as half your silver dime.
Give him something, ond quickly too;
It's but giving the Devil his due.
If time is money, and times are hard,
Then all, I'm sure, are well prepared.
but other thiogs have to ten,
On which I must a moment dwell,
First, let rogues claim our attention,
Who have had a new extension-
A kind of Legislative lease.
To chest or pay, just as they please
For which, they're laughing in thoir 6sis,
At our modern PhiIanhropists.
Make honest men pay all their dues,
And rogues pay theirs jus; when they choose.
This code of morals is surely just,
fregues ront pay, the honest must;
And surely nature ne or designed,
That lazy rogues should be confined.
But hold let's take nohier theme,
The coming presidential scheme.
Van Buren, first, let's take in hand;
His schemes are always ably planned
Which, should his friends but carry out,
His foes will fnd "the fox is out"
One term, however, should suffice
A moderate man, that's ou. advice,
Besides, why should we run DER the course
broken winded, dstaaced horse.
To little Van we'd therefore say,
Be satisfied, you've had your dy.
Next Johnson comes, brave, blunt and plain,
Who fought his way through heaps of slain
Tecumseh killed, as some suppose,
The Chieftain of our savage foes
Who, with his savage ally, Proctor.
Drenched our hearth with Msod and slaughter.
Give The Colonel but an open track,
And little Van he'll lay on his back
Next comes Calhoun shat man of'riron MIND"
Restless and wayward, whereer confined
TIE no Convention will be trust his fate,
But wraps around himself, his liI,le State,
Thus panopiied, he fans the Southern fire,
And stands before the world "a nullifier."
His little State he deems above them all,
Before which the others must rise or fau,
And as he rules her with despotic sway,
He'd have them all, his iron will obey.
Next comes John Tyler, whom unhappy fate,
Placed in kind of doubtful, middle state.
Without friends or party.to approve his deeds,
He hears no plaudits but from those he feeds.
Unhappy man to think the cares of state,
Could ever make him happy, wise or great
Resolved, both wings AMI ocO5 TO eschew,
His measures, stiil-bo,n, fail between the two.
Buchanan next, majestic, slow and sure,
With cautious tread, first sees that alTs secure
Strong in himself, strorg ia his native Stn.c
He makes his rivals feel his pond rous weight
His indecsion let him cast aside,
And grspple measures with holder stride.
II thus he'd act, (it's no unequal task)
For him, his friends might caira whate cr they
ask.
Ther, last noi least, we mus, not pass
The gallant statesman, Lewis Cass;
Tho late in coming in the Eed,
His friends will be the last to yield
His country ranks him among her ables, men
Who wields, with equal skill, sword OF pen
Thns, Democrats, it's ieft with you to say,
Who shall contest the race with Henry Clay.
On Tuesday next. the good, the wise, the grea
And small, at Harrisburg viii coneregate.
What various measures will be suggested,
How many wild-iire schemes cont, sted,
Heav'n only knows; hut we trust there Il be
Al ieas, concord and unanimi,y,
in adopting measures, that will restore,
The Keystone States prosperity once more.
These, then, are our wants, aud these our OIL
dent wishes.
Grant us t,en "RELsEF" bu, save US from you
'"IssuEs.'
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