Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-11-15
THE MILITIA.

THE MILITIA.
The militia were out again yesterday.
We INDUCED in $5 worth Of treason and
d'sobeyed our country's call.'-[Tribune.
| From this we opine that our contempt.
rary undsfvalues the militia SERVICE
Well. great geniuses will differ, as for in
stance, the editor Of the Tribune above,
and the editor of an Albany paper below,
who gives the following version of spir-
Elied address to his company at the las.
general review:-
91snds. Conntr1z,en and Sodgers!
Tenshun Squad! This lisa great coun.
try. and 1t has got d tareiDg start among
the white nations and Iniuns of the air.h.
What makes it great! Where does the
conglomerated elen,entums of its greatness
cum frum! / answer-jus, bring your
right foot into the line, Sargent Smike-I
answers in the voice Of hash thunder
The Militia!
Stop your darn'd cheering. men-den't
applause at my eloquence, for you'll put
me out. if you do. Yes the militia
Take that away, and there amt nu.hin'
left. The militia is the bone and grizzle
of the country. 1t locks, bolts and bars
the gates of creation, and stands sentinel
on the tallest ramparts Of Matters domin-
ions. This Republic would be misera>
BILE consarn bu. for the militia. 1. keeps
the ardent sperrits Of military effulgenceI
in. glow of Icelandic feverosity. I'm az
.ached to it, myself. think it's rich
The system can't be be.tered. Folks call
i, farce. I dom. see nu,hen to laff at in
it. It's plaguey solemn piece of bizi
ness, when you come TO hug down 10 the
naked reality ont. faint everybody that
can put on The regimentalilies, and look
like old Mars, the god of war, with de-
cided touch of julius Junius Brutus Ceaze-
her thrown in fur effect. No, street
There ain: bigger or more important
critter afoat than live militia ossifer, all
rugged in the full catoulerments of glory,
with strips to his breecherloons, epelet,s
| piled up on both shoulders, brass buttons
from head tew foot, silver stars shinin' in
the tails of his coat, cap and plume on
his head, and drawd sword in his hand.
SIGH sites enuf to make fallen man an6
woman think better Of his specie 'T:s
indeed!
l believe the preluscent delrium of
this distined Republic is cen,ered in the
militia. II can't stand without it. With
ii, its proud motto ls, DIVIDED WE STAND,
UNITED WE FALL!
Stop cheerin'-you put me all out
General WASHINGTON belonged to the
militia so did Sippio Afri.cane US so did
Boney2art so did that old Wizzigo,h
that ravished all Europe and burnt lis fen.
ces and its stone walls; and so also, sodg-
ers, do I!
| believe if all the doors should bust
through the para(nrnailye of the animal
economy, and slide down the creased plank
Of ancestral delinquency ker.slump into
the broad Savannars of this smilin' land Of
asses milk and unnamed honey, that nu,h-
in astir could poot 'em out bu, the militia!
That ar fact! Three cheers for the mil
tia in gineral, and the 9999,h Regiment
in pertickler.-Sodgers ground arms!
Who's afeerd! Whar's Mexiko, Kali.
forniko, and Oregon! Who's afeerd Of
them? Sodgers the mortal 9999th can
thrash the life on. of that are yaller, half
Spanish varmint, that Mexiko, any morn
in afore breakfast. Our motto is, Liberty
and Death, no,c and foreuer, one and in.
separable.' Whooray for Mexas Down
with Texico! Let's lick her!
| POLAND AND NApoLEoN.-This man
was sent for great purpose ofjustice,
and he was gifted with the faculties for its
execution. An act of imperial guilt had
been committed, of which Europe was to
be purged by penalty alone. The fall of
Poland was 10 be made moral to the
governments of the earth. and Napoleon
was 10 be the fiery brand that was to i'm
print the sentence upon the foreheads of
the great criminals. Il is in contempla-
lions like these, that the spirit of history
ministers to the wisdom Of mankind
Whatever may be the re.ribulion for in>
dividuals beyond the grave, justice on ma
tons must be done in this world; and here
it will be done.
The partition Of Poland was the most
comprehensive and audacious crime of the
modern world. 1t was deliberate insult
at once to the laws of nations and to the
majesty Of The great Disposer Of nations.
And never fell vengeance more immediate,
more distinct, and more Characteristic.
| I'll he capital Of Austria twice entered over
the bodies of its gallant soldiery; Russia
ravaged and Moscow burnt; the Prussian
army extinguished by the massacre Of Je.
an, and Prussia in day fe,tered for years