Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-07
AMERICA AND LIBERTY.
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Ye sons Of Columbia, who bravely have fought
For those rights which unsained from your sires had
descended,
May you long taste the blessings your vaor has bought
And your sons reap the soil which your fathers de-
Tended
In the reign of mild peace
May your nation increase
With the glory Of Rome and the wisdom Of Greece
A nd ne 'er may the sons of Columbia be slaves,
While the earth bears plant the sea rolls IN waves
In cline whose rich wales feed the mar,s the world,
Whnse shores are mistaken by Eur0pe's conmoton,
The trident Of commerce should never be hurled
TO increase the legitimate powers Of the ocean;
But should pirates invade,
Though in thunders arrayrd,
Let your cannon declare the free chatter OF trade,
For ne'er will the sons, &C.
The fame of our arms, of our laws the mild sway,
Had Justly ennobled our nation in story,
Till the dark clouds Of faction obscurrd our young day,
And enveloped the sun Of American glory.
But let traitors be told,
Who their country have sod
And bartered their God for his image in gold,
That meier shall the sons, &c.
While Europe her limbs bathes recumhent in blood,
And Lbe:iy's base threats with wide dissolution
May Peace like the dove who returned from the nood,
Find ark Of abode in our mild Constitution;
Bur though peace he our AIM
Yet the boon we dlsclaim,
lf bought by our SOVEREIGNTY, justice or lame
For neer shall the sons, &C.
IT'S the fire Of the flint each American warns;
Let Asla's proud victors beware Of collision
We're world by ourselves, and disdan division
While with patriot pride,
To our laws we're allied
No foe can subdue us, no faction ui'iue'
For ne'er shall the sons, &c.
our maintains are crowned with imperial oak,
Whose roots like our liberties ages have houiis"cu
But long our nation submits 10 'ns yunu au,i.b.d
Not n tree shall be left on the held whtre ~ houi''
Should invasion impend,
Every grove should descend c,
p,, the they shaded, our shores 10 ueiehu
For e'er shall the sons, &c
Iet our patriots destroy Anarch's pestiient worm,
Lest our Lber,y's growth should be checked W cor
Than lei clouds thicken round us, heed not the
Our realms feel no shock but the earhs own explosions
Foes assail us in vain,
Thouah their fleets bridge the main.
For our affairs and laws with our lives well MAINTAIN
For ne er shall the sons, &C.
,y,.n Tho ,empest of war overslladowed our land
i,s holts could ne rend Freedoms temple asnnder
For unnoved nj It's portal, did washington siann'
And repuse with his Breast the assaults oil the mum
His sword from the sleep
OF its scabbard did leap,
And conduct with IFS point, every nash 10 The detp
For ne'cr shall the sons, &c.
| Let Fame TO the world sound Americas voice;
No intrigue can her sons from their government sever
Our pride Is our country, her laws our choice,
| And shall flourish till Liberty slumbcrs forever
| Then unite heart and hand,
| Like Leonidas band,
And swear 10 the God of the ocean and land,
| That meier shall the sons Of Columbia be slaves,
While the earth bears plant the sea rolls in waves
Till the dark clouds Of Jdetion.-This stanza was ap
Piled by the poet, To The factious opposition TO The Fede
ial Government, exhibited by few violent and indls
Greet paitsans Of France and TO few repuied rscPi
ens c French bribery. II applies with equal force
similar opposition and similar imputaiions uf British In
stead OF French complexion in the war of 1872 IN il
annexation of Texas and in the controversy concerning
Oregon. Though denounce as dctions all opposition 4
the Federal Government its efforts 10 maintain tn
rights and dignity OF the nation, express opinion
uppn any mputaons of venality, but apply the poet
| rebuke 10 all faction and all treason.
I Whe Europe her limbs, &C.. lind Lberty's base &c
The original is Whe France her huge limbs, &C., I'm
.oeiety's base, &c. and II was applied TO the excuses
The French Revolution. The alteration renders III
stanza applicable 10 Europe at the present period
lie, asia's proud rietors-rhe original IS Let Rome
naughty retors, and it was applied to the French VIII
had Just then conquered Italy, and were threatcnin
war against the United States. The alteration make
the stanza applicable the British the present day.