Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-10
POETRY.
HYET ONCE AGAIN"

"YET ONCE AGAIN."
johns FIFTH AMERICAN MESSAGE.
Yet once again, my Jonathan!
Your loving brother sreeis you,
To do You ali the sood he can,
Yes. every time ne meets you:
To speak with lrue and tender tongue,
Not like a Seeding SteDlor,
But (ihoush year or So too youne)
A FRANK and faithful Mentor.
See! from my tsssel'd wis, up springs
No falcon with lis jesses,
Bul a iair dove, whose silver wings
Were made Tor soft caresses;
Right glad the olive-hranch 10 bear
Across the sounding ocean;
And fnd welcome everywhere
10 every hearts emotion!
And here to-day my carrier dove
l. bnrden'd with packet,
Which. well Inscribed with peace ana love
Has Justice too TO back II:
For many sterneg souls there De
Who nurse their wrongs iDten,ly,
And we'll II were, il all, ike me,
Could judge and chide you gently,
lney SdV,-n1Si biohJ Sos'S Va haNAt
10 bitterness they say it,
You borrowed uf the world, and then
Resolve you wont repay III.
That sundry OF the thirty States
Which heap your giant nation,
Disgrace their honorable mates
BY rank "Repudiaion."
They say-aud make believe YOU say
What tools they were 10 lend IL;
sWe calculate that eyeryway
They gave i, US TO spend il;
And since IFS sunk in road, and rail,
Canal, and dock. and clearing
Our creditors are out OF hail,
And we'll be hard OF hearinsp
don't believe it, Jonathan;
You're wiser, lruer, better;
know you'll pay Us when you can,
And blush TO be deblor:
Not Illinois, nor Michigan,
FLORIDA, nor Arkansas,
Nor Mississippi, 10 man,
Would give such shabby answers
don't believe il; never did;
I'd buy your Stocks Tomorrow
only wish my purse could bid
For all that you can borrow
I'd led in faith aud patience too,
But cannon quite afford it,
Because in Lending cash To you
kooS we co but hoard il.
For, men must wait a, any rate
(,l stands TO rhyme aud rcason,)
Till Labor 10 rising Stale
Produces in lis season;
Till banks, canals, and roads, and rails
Are well 10 working order,
And better hap and prosperous gales
Are every ones rewafder.
Now tnen-pehold that better hap!
A meny store OF treasure
Is pour'l into Columbia's lap
10 Californian measure;
Commerce and labor, land and gold,
And spitred migration,
Now bless your shores an hundredfold
And-shame Reputation!
Or, worthless all! up. kindly stock
Up, all my honest hcariiesl
And bring 10 shame's own whipping
The tw deiaulins parties:
Why should tylhe oi all your STATES
Throw scurn upon the o hers,
And lay dishonord debs as rates
Upon their better orcihers2
No len long years IS long enough
Whhou, longer dating;
And lines are smooth that once were rough,
And ell The words awaiing:
And many sneers al jonathan
Will no more get hearing,
And SPITE have lived lis little span
In bye-gone pampbeteefins.
And many WIDOWS heart for Joy
Will brlgnien mt, sladnesss,--
And many an orphan girl and boy
FORGET their Years of sadness
And many an honest puor old man
Shall have oulivec his ruin,
If you, my brother jonathan,
Be only upand doing!
Pull one, pull all and break away
From thus reProachtu' halter,
Lei not one whiting Rave to say,
One Yankees deiauliei:
Kick OUT the roeues, II rogues there be-
Why should ,n.y blot your brighlnessi
Aud let all Europe shout 10 see
Your honor and upfiebiness
0 children OF noble race,
Go on and prosper greatly
love your Anelo-Saxnn lace,
A BRUSH face SO a'elg:
Lei Spain alone be found in fraud,
And scorn be found upon her,
But stand with us. aud blaze abroad
In Anglo Saxon honour!
MARTIN F. UPPER