The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-03-08
WESTERN ORITORY,

They have some very tail orators
out West, as the following extract from
an orarion will sufficiently show. II
was delivered on the forth of july, at
Lancaster, Wisconsin Territory. The
speaker, after s.alng that Europe was
no aChar: that she was mere obsolete
idea in comparison to US, proceeded in
this fashion:
If young America, then in the cradle
strnngled the British Lion, and after
ward bucked John Bull into the brinv
gulf Of Mexico, with what ease can our
country, now in the giant strength or
manhood, plant It's flag on The shores
Of the Pacific, seize Quebec and Glib
ral.er, blockade tho English channel.
and plant the stars and stripes upon
the Tower Of London. cloud cheer
ing)
Americans! remember that yonr
country was born N blood, baptized in
gore, Graded in the war hoop, and
bred TO the rife aud bowie knit. We
have fawt our way up. First came the
war Of the revolution. The colonie $
Gu, their way out Of it, through blood
and carnage and thunder, They tore
their blanket wide oping. Onst or
twist il looked like mighty slim chance:
but they cut and scared and tore and
/ shattered away like blazes. (cheering)
They grappled John Bull like pack
Of bull tarriers. They tuck him by
the launches; they graPpled the win
pipe and al last they made him below
like bloody thunder Washington
shealhed the sword The gentle olive
branch Of peace waved her green and
luxuriant foliage in majesty over the
shores Of Columbia; and foreigners
flockcd in and built their nests with us
among its sheltered boughs. But i
few more years had rolled away down
the railroad track of time, when John
Bull again came believing up the Miss.
issippi, paving up on his back the rich
sle Of Louisiana, and hornlng the bank
of saved river and flashing his tail like
fury. But just below New Orleans
he found The greet Jackson, and he
could shake him no more than an oxen
he couldn't shure!-(Great applause
Jackson stood thar like taurieror, and
met John Bull as he adva need every
time. AT last he hit lick, right back
in under between the horns, that knock
led The brelh out Of him, and sent him
off Keeling and bla,lng and believing
like he felt disagreeable at the stumik
sSoldiers of the Winnebago war
and invincbles Of Sank furse! (Her,
thirteen men arose.l Heroes of bac
axe! Veterans of stilIman's fight! Very
nimble men! You have come down tc
US from reform Of generation. Heavel
has bountilully prolongated out you
lives that you might sec the fruit Q
YOUR valor. You behold around NJ
longer the torch of the savage, and IN,
cleaning Of tomahawk AMI the sea pin!
knife. You no long watch the In
: dian trail or the ambush, or hear IN
: savage yell and The terrific war-hooF
; All is now peace and quiet.-Thos
; houses that you are the abodes OF civ
ilized and filmed white folks. Ihl
SPACIOUS edfce that surrounds you
not wigwam, but the temple OF jus
:" tice. How changed are all things
&c Under the spur Of the sehoolmas,el
u The very tail OF civilization has nd
vanced beyond what the front cars the
IS was. Let me die in contemplation
ht thy sublime destiny, exclaiming wi
as my dying breath, ''Bear the stars al
IS stripes alofs-and onward-onward,