Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-07-04
Political MinstrClSy.

II Music and patriotism, the Tyre and the
sword, (says tho N. Y. American have long
gone hand in hand in the contests for free
dom. II il as old as Greece in her ancient
gories, and us recent as France in her lss
revolution the Pdrisienne effected a:
much as the bayonet, # not more.
So in the great political contest Of 1910
the Wings took to singing, and they raised
their own spirits and efforts, and inspired Tho
hearts of others, not at first to them inc lined
by their mnsirelsy.
TO be sure, one of their choruses ha'
turned out an awful mistake but that doe,
no, affect the practice. which is good az
well as time honored custom of aiding grea
political movements by the inspiration o
songs.
Our opponents, indeed, take it very much
amss-and having no mnsic in their owl
souls--they must read Shakespeare to Gee
what such people are fit for-are very virtu.
ously indignant at what they stigmatlze as
the bufioonery Of our songs and glees and
chorUses.
Well, It can't be helped-they won't vote
for our candidates, we suppose, any hcw--sc
ii does not seem very incpmbent on us to
consult the tastes which we cannot in any
way propllate--and we must e'en 60 on
singing.
The name Of FreiinghwgSea was at frs,
deemed rather unrhymeable, bet the annexed
extract from the Baltimore American proves
/ il to be quite poetic.
The first rhymes on the occasion OF Mr.
FaELINGnUvsEN's nomination were made by
Mr. Hardin Of Illinois. who was on his way
to this city in the Wilmington train, when by
train from Baltimore the news was brought
Of the nomination to the Vice Presidency.
Here is the stanZa:
we throw our banner to the breeze,
Its ample folds alofl are rising;
In words Of lighl, il there displays
The names Of Clay and frelinghuysen.
On the morning o! tho great Ratification
Convention the Wings of Vermont, as they
marched in procession, sung to n popular air
n very nnimating song in which the forego-
ing rhyme was already embodied. We copy
a single stanza:
Oh the "Yankee boys are wide awake,
They come from hill, from valley and lake,
And the song they sing both night and day
ls "clour the track for Henry Clay ;!
Iiurrah hurrah Vermont is rising,
IIurrah hurrah Vermont is rising,
Iiurrah hnrrah Vermont is rising,
For Harry Clay and Freinghuysen.
On tho same system Of pronunciation, are
tho following from the Hartford Courant:
The great Wing army's organizing
Under Clay and Frelinghuysen
Don't you hear the buges blast
Don't you see the banners 1y2
The great Wig army's driving past,
llurrah for Clay and victory
The Locos now are agonizing,
Because of Clay aud FroIinghuysen.
lIurrah for Clay the people shout,
And Frelinghuysen too, Nc. Nc. &c.
So too tho following from tho Newark Ad.
vertlser
Our foes are unsteady, for Office the re aiming,
Van Barren is sinking, his party disclam him ;
But our union pe.icctng, our hopes realizing,
Thro' undaunied Clay aud true Frelinghuy sen.
Our banner on high, our creed undisguising,
Let ns rally for Clay and true Frclinghuysen.
Other bards are more ingenious
The great Whig Convention,
With ardent intention
10 root ont the national poison,
Have started off Clay
To pilot tho way
Attended by good trelinghuysen.
A Philadelphia paper has tho following epi-
gram
Mark, what say
Save Henry Clay,
In our horizon,
The brightest star
That beams afar,
Is Frelnghuysen
II is thus found that FRELINGnUYsEN is
word of "cxceedlng good commando word
melodious and full Of harmony. 1t will be
sounded, along with that OF Henry CLAY,
through every quarter Of the land, and
with his it will be heard in the grand chorus
that shall celebrate the elevation Of both to
the high places Of the Republic.
That Of IAN BWen has no such euphony;
as the only approach to rhyme, and that ls
distant enough, is said to be ruin-bu, # no,
rhyme, as Ben Johnson said to Sylvester,
concerning certain naughty couplet, "lf not
rhyme, it is truth !"