Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-07-20


forkeder lightning, Drawer men. haudsomer
,esemen and more money then England dGr
have. [Thundering applaose.1 Who is afraid!
Ifyoung America, then in the cradle, strangled
The British lion and afterwards bucked John
Bull into the brny gulf of Mexico. with wha,
ease can our country, now in the giant strength
Of manhood. plant its flag on the shores of lhs
Pacific. seize Quebec and Gibralter. blockade
the English channel aud plant the triumphan,
stars and stripes upon The tower of London.
loud cheers Americans! Remember that your
country was born 10 blood, baptized in gore,
Graded in the war whoop, and bred to the
rifle and the bowie knife. We have fo,ct our
way up. First came the war of the revolution.
The colonies cut their way out Of it, through
blood and carnage and thunder. They tore
their blanket wide oping. Oncet or twict it
looked like a mighty slim chance; but they cut
and scared and tore and shattered away like
hell's blazes. [Cheering.l They grappled
John Bull like pack Of bull taniers. They
tuck him by the launches; they grapped his
wine-pipe and at last they made him below
like bloody thunder. Washington sheathed
The sword. The gentle olive branch of peace
waved her green and luxuriant foliage 10 ma
Iiesty over the shores of Columbia; and foreign
ers focked in and built their nests with US
among its sheltering boughs. But a few more
years had rolled away down the railroad track
of time, when John Bull again came below
ing up the Massassp. paving up onto his
back the rich and luxurious sile of Louisiana,
and horning the banks Of sayed river and lash
ing his tail like fury. But just below Orleans.
he found the great Jackson, and he couldn't
shake him no more then an oxen; he couldn't,
shore! [Great applause.] Jackson stood thar
like tauridor, and met John Bull as he ad-
vanced. euery time. At last he hit him hill
! of lick, right back in under between the
horns, that knocked the breath out Of him and
sent him off reeling and biaating and believing
like he fell disogreeabie al The stumik.
Again the stars and stripes waved their mag
nihcent foliage over our gal'yant navy, and
over the land Of the brave and the home Of the
free. The soldiers of those wars now mostly
sleep in glory. But there are soldiers of later
wars-ihere are those here who have mingled
in the bloody fight upon other fields Of car
mage, even here in these mining frontiers.
Soldiers Of the Winnebago war, aud Irwin
cibles of the Sank furse! Here thirteen men
arose. Heroes Of the battle of Bad axe!
Veterans Of Silman's flight! Very-nimble-
men! You have come down 10 US from re-
form of generation. Heaven has bountifully
prolongaied your lives. that yon might see the
fruits Of your valyour. You behold around
you no longer the torch of the savage and the
cleaning of the iomahawk and the scalpng
knife. You no longer watch the Indian trail
and The ambush or hear the savage yell and The
terrific war-whoop. All is now peace and qui
ct. These housen that you see around you are
The abodes of civilized and refined white folks.
This spacious edifce that surrounds you, is
not wiewam: but The temple of law an JUS
ice-; How changed are all things! Under
the spur Of the school master, the very tail of
civilization has advanced beyond whar the
font-eGrs then was. GIorions Freedom.-
Great and glorious country, Let me die in
contemplation of thy sublime destiny, ex-
claiming with my dying breath, Bear the
stars and the stripes aIoft-and onward-on.
ward-on-"[Terifc cheering G.