Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-20
From the Dollar Newspaper.l
THE NORWEGIAN.

From the Dollar Newspaper.l
THE wORKIxe-mAN.
By CHARLES sAYRE.
Hurrah Hurrah for the working man,
In every land and cline!
Hurrah for those who WELD the press,
Or work by rule and line! ...
Earth canno: boast nobler race,
Nor one whose power has wrought
Such wonders as the working.man
To life and light has brought.
The working man the working.man
Brings change with every hour;
He settles in the forest,
And cities spring to power.
Let those who scorn the working man,
For honest worth make room,
1t 10 to him they owe the plough,
The ship, the forge. the loom.
The working man! the working. man!
His mission must fulfil;
His march 10 ''onward!" and his mind
Mouids earth unto his will;
Who shall the hearts wild impulse tame!
The mighty mind control!
Or turn him from the purposes
That waken in his so0ls
The working. man! the working man.
Sheds light upon his path;
He scars into the blue eKpanse,
Braves oceans stormy wrath;
To far.of islands ia the sea
He bears our flag in pride:
Proud emblem Of ftee.boru race,
That none may e'er divide,
The working. man! the working man:
The world will disenthrall;
whea k~a~ledee with the "miilion' rests,
Twill soon be free to all.
Grant to the working man bis boon.
school house on each hill;
knowledge 10 power" and through its aid
High hopes will he fulfill.
The working man! the working, man:
None s more flee or brave,
He claims dominion over earth,
And rule upoa the wave;
In every hour OF peril dark,
whep foes would overwhelm,
The first to stem the battles tide
Were ee.born working men,
The working man, the working man,
Brings from the hidden earth
The iron and dasky COAL
Treasures Of untold worth:
The choicest boon in natures gin,
Bestowed by power Divine
Richer by far than silver, gold,
Or gems from Indian mine.
The working man: the working man.
His labor scans with pride;
The "iron horse" upon the land.
The steamship on the tide;
| HIS genius rears him monuments
In every land and cline;
Press on, the prize s worth the race,
The earth will yet be thine!
The working man! the working man!
May boast a lineage nigh:
Sons ofthe sires Of seventy.six,
Their fame shall never die;
Fearless and free, their manly breasts
Meier felt craven throe:
The first TO grasp the battle. blade,
The first to spare foe.
A curse upon the craven few,
Who would divide 10 rule,
And let US write upon each brow
Foul ltTaitor-coward-fool!
Ours is common cause, and let
All working men combine;
Expunge each line political"
From Main to "forty nine"
} There comes voice upon the breeze.
That all may understand
Let there be light within the soul
OF every child Of man.
Aud let each kingly brow that wears
A giittering diadem,
! Remember that nations wealth
: Lies in her working men!
And let it be the honest pride
. or every son Of TOLL
= To guard the heritage, that God
|, Has given them, from spoil;
: Keep svermore before your eyes
!. The motto of the dead
q "Be sure you're right in ev'ry thing,
+ Then boldly 90 ahead" !"
n Aye, 60 ahead! and not q foe
Shall dare 10 turn us back,
[, With eye intent upon the prize
o. And foot upon the track:
Of None shall define our boundaries
~ On this green earth 80 fair--