Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-06-28

IFoW aIkS ucSccnulng the OHlO ana heI
lucky, floating along the current, and r,
curing in echoes from the hollows Of Il
hills, like its eddies, became as dear to hi
IS the famous Rams de Vache to the natiy
Of Switzerland. We insert, as characte1
istic alike Of the political talent and ten
permanent of Buffers, some verses whic
the sound of this rude instrument evoke
when he returned home, resigning wi,
rapture 'the piercing fife and spiri
stirring drum" for the wooden horn, whic
can only compass, in its simple melod,
such airs as that to which Burns has 81
his beautiful words
When wild wars deadly blast was blawn,
And gentle peace returning,
WIZ mony sweet baby fatherless,
And mony widow mourning;
left the lines and tented field.
The music of this song made the burde
IF the "Boatman's Horn" and always ar
bounced the approaching ark to the rive
villages.
The sentiments of the poet, as we'll a
he sweet and deep tones which waite
he plaintive air over the wide expanse {
he Ohio, and have contributed to awake
he feelings which pervade these lines.
THE BOAT HORN.
o, boatman, wind that horn again,
For never did the listning air
Upon its lambert bosom bear
So wild. so soft, so sweet strain.
What though thy notes are sad and few,
BY every simple boatman blown,
Yet is each pulse to nature true,
And melody in every tone.
How oft in boyhood's joyous day,
Unmindful of the lapsing hours,
rve loitered on my homward way
By wild Ohio's brink of flowers,
While some lone boatman, from the deck,
Poured his soft numbers to that tide,
As if to charm from storm and wreck
The boat where all his fortunes ride!
Delighted Nature drank the sound,
Enchanted-Echo bore it round
In whispers soft, and softer still,
From hill to plain, and plain to hill,
Tin cen the thoushtless, frolick boy,
Ealte with hope, and wild with JOY,
Who gambord by the rivers side,
And sported with the fretting tide,
Feels something new pervade his breast,
Chain his light step, repress his jest,
Bends DER the food his eager ear
To catch the sounds far off, yet dear
Drinks the sweet draught, but knows not why
The tear Of rapture fills his eye.
And can he now, to manhood grown,
Tell why those notes, simple and lone,
AS on the ravished hear they fell,
Bind every sense in magic spell?
There is tide of feeling given
To all on eafth-its fountain, Heaven.
Beginning with The dewy flower,
Just oped in Flora's vernal bower
Rising creations orders through
With louder murmur, brighter hue
That tide is sympathy! its ebb and flow
Give life its hues of JOY and wo.
Music. the master-spirit that can move
It's waves to war, or lull them into love-
Can cheer the sinking sailor mid the wave,
And bid the soldier on! nor fear the grave
Inspire the fainting pilgrim on his road,
And elevate his soul to claim his God.
Then, boatman! wind that horn again!
Though much Of sorrow mark its strain,
Yet are its notes to sorrow dear,
What though they wake fond memory's teari
Tears are sad Memory's sacred feast,
And Rapture oft her chosen guest.
This retirement, which may almost t
considered seclusion, was enjoyed by Co
Butler nearly twenty-five years, when h
was called out by the democratic party
redeem, by his personal popularity, tn
district in which he livet
1t was supposed that no one-else coul
save it from the wings. Like all the re:
IF his family-none Of whom had mad
heir military service passport to tn
1onors and emoluments Of civil stations
ne was averse to relinquish the attitud
1e occupied, to enter on party struggle
The importantly of friends prevailed ; an
1e was elected to two successive term
n Congress = absolutely refusing to be
third time. He spoke seldor
n Congress but, in two or three fin
speeches, which appear in the debates,
power will readily be detected. whic
could not have failed to conduct TO tn
highest distinction in that body. Taste
Judgment, and eloquence characterized a
lis effort in Congress. A fine manner
IN agreeable voice, and the high consid
Grafton accorded to him by the member
II all parties, gave him-what it is tn
rood fortune of few to obtain-an atten
i've and gratifed audience.
General Buffers political principle
rave been, from his youth to the preser
lay, uniformly democratic. Brought u
n the school Of opinion in which Mr.. Cla
was once a successful teacher, Gener;
Butler refused to yield his principles, t
promote the aspirations of Kentucky
champion. Neither cajolements nor threat
could swerve him from the line Of rect
Jude; and this fact accounts for his hav
ing lived so much in retirement since tn
period of Mr.. Clay's detection from hi
old political friends.
While he held seat in Congress j
lS41 the case of the Mcleod trial came M
and Gen. Butler delivered one of the mo-
effective speeches which were uttered G
The occasion.
When the proposition to restore the fir
10 General Jackson came up in l943, Ger
eral Butler made the most effective speec
delivered on the occasion. It was lister