Indiana State sentinel., 1849-08-30
Yours, very respectfully and sincerely,
SAMUEL ID. PATTERSON.
HOueward bound.
A SALT RIVER LYRIC.

To the Salt rivers head where good bark lies moored
In quiet snug berth, by her anchors secured,
And her flag floating gaiiy and free in the breeze,
With her motto display ed, and her at their ease,
summons is borne the wings Of the air,
As it comes in the sport If its Ievelry there,
Which speaks 10 The heart, and awakens glow,
That repsys, with its rapture, an exile OF wo.
Homepord bound the woodland the boaswsn pipe shri
Calls each sleeper TO join, with voice aud will,
In the wide-ringing thoIus Of glorious huzzas
Which buIsts from lips this proudest Of days.
Our quarters. eommodious. are freely resigned,
As our sails se all spread 10 the favoring wind
For know they coming whose rights to this spot
Are secured by pfescTiption-and ours are not
Again DER the waters our tim vessel speeds
Unharm'd by past conflicts. prepared for new deeds
OF vaor and fame in the cause or the right,
Whether eonquering for truth, oerpowered by might:
Her flag high aloft, as the gale bears her on,
Shakes its gallant folds loose in the rays Of The SUM-
Be su!lied by fslsehood, or lowered by fear.
Our transit is rapid Twas we'll that we sped
With so little delay from tho Salt veT's head
For and nearer already they come
Who bound TO that REGION the place df their home:
But brief time has passed since with music and gee,
They sailed, full of joy, on a smooth, CLASSY sea,
To the haven Of promise to--hnd their hopes vain,
And straightway embark for Salt liver again.
The first who approach us seem gloomy and sal
Can it he that such stricken glad?
And a sulphurous odor is borne the breeze
AS hey near u.s. So strong Una, II Temps u. 70 ,nseze
And to which, like their "bue iaps" they strictly adhere
An Odd.fangled whim. bu, queer notions belong
Slowly and modify upward they 90,
With Truman Snith looking The image oil wo,
As hi. thoughts wander back to the time when his skill
Could trick Old Connecticut qui.s'fO his will.
His power has vanished, for true men are there,
Ingenious and honest, and strangers TO fear,
Who hwsrt all his schemes, ION his arts turn away,
Nor value his "fank" at eight dollars a day.
And here fOm the HOOser State come up ,hrOng.
The Salt river forests To wander among;
Aud legion of coons of all sizes and sorts,
Are brought in their train TO epliven their sports
ris the very place for them-fnr eOons OF all grades
For years had made famou. the Salt river glades.
Until last November put them TO fight
The idea is good-lndiana's all Wright.
The sound Of the rife gives to the ear
That the OF Kentucky now drawing near,
They loved their b1ld Clay and through evil aud good
Come cup to the rack" where their great leader sood
But as TO the fountain the pitcher may go
Full oft ere il catches the last crushing blow,
So "Kaintucky's bold huners' at length the day
When their MARSHALL is vsnqushed well as their Clay
And here, f,om the far-famed and fair Tennessee,
The State Of the ardent and gallant and free,
host re embarked for the Salt river shore,
To return TO their native mountains no more
Their pilot is Brown, who looks wORdrUusy blue,
AT q contest so strange, and an issue so new,
And thinks that a people must gIievously err,
Who rough, hardy soldier 70 hsR could prefer
The people were righ,-sBd sjfbonor to thee,
Thou land Of sound strong hands, Tennessee
From thee came JACKSON whose patriot zeal
Each wish and each Of his country could feel.
Whose eyes slumhered when danger was near,
And whose courage ne'er faersd in dutys career-
DatlOn-aDu
His memory and fame, while that nation is free.
And POLK too thine, whose bright deeds have place
On history's page that time neer efface;
Who ruled us 10 wisdom aud crcled The name -
OF country beloved with the halo Of fame;
Who guarded rights with vigiant care,
BY SANDER unmoved, and mistaken by fear.
His deeds his best monument pIove-and they live
Enshrinei in a luse no marble can give.
Twas meet that State which such had bestowed
On the nation, to serve and Ia govern for good.
Should spun the strong cords The designing would bind
In venomcls folds. TO enfetier the mind;
And nobly stand forth in defence Of the
OF Justice and truth, equal tights equal laws
And teach them that fslsehuod and fraud cannot be
The passports to trust, with the pure and the free.
And o hers are with thee. The word has gone forth
In the East and The West and the South and the North
And proudly banner is streaming On high,
Emblszoned in glpTy aud Ii ,h, from the sky.
II waves Ger bold heaIts all resolved Tor the right,
IL waves DER strong hands all prepared for the hgh
Aud the spirit of justice will hear il sublime
Through the crushing Of wods aud the iuns Of time