Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-01-03
HCARRIER,s Address
10 THE PATRONS OF THE
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.

VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
come, kind Patrons, with my annual store,
Be pleased to listen while tell it DER;
pTis culled with care from all that came 10 hand,
And brings YOU news from every cline and land
TO tell the honest truth will be my aim
Bit oacs a year this privilege claim
Smafl is the boon--deny i, not pray,
Blu, give some heed % this my passing lay
what shall singl How shall sing
The glory Of the youthful king,
who takes upon himself to-day
The power that we all obey :
The great and mighty king Of Time. 4
Whose presence fills each land and climS
Beneath the sun, and who is certain
Toiifa the futures mystic cuFtaiur
All least, twelve months Of il and show
Some things tina, nov We do not know
How shall I sing OF him. The fact i,
ii long has been a common practise
For printers to let fail tear
Upon the Old Years snowy bier
And with strange admixture smile,
Upon the New Year all the while.
And so / would not be in fashion,
Were to fail to put the7lash on
To Pegasus, the dying steed,
And never stop ir yerdant mead,
or pleasant,da or valley passes
Until get Mount Panassus.
On second thought, perhaps lis better,
And more in tune with the strict letter
Ofetiquetie, 10 speak about
The Old Year that has just gone oar,
And let the New Year, lucky elf,
Give description Of himself
When, in his tarn, he TOD shall ding
His sceptre to another king.
And i'll use word Of Latin
Ii Is because it comes so pat in
And gives better sound thangEnglisA
That oaen rhymeth ratherjihglish.
Three solid weeks in old December
Had Congress, as you all remember,
Consumd in voting fora Speaker
Each fruitless effort growing weaker
Until BY somecgood luck at last,
As flo compensate the past,
They sheld friend winihrop's corn, the mob
And settled on Georgia Co6b,
You know as well as l can tell
In rhyming words what next befell;
The Abolilionists, wiih.fame
pfcivil war uprear'd, became
More wild and violent than ever,
And hurl'd the bolts that soughtto sever
An Union thai should ever be
The hope and refuge of the free.
And from the South there also rang
The voice of defamation flung
Upon the air, as if+e weary
The very winds with tone so dreary
Twas then the friends of Freedom rose
And scowld TO earth the reckless foes;
Twas then the Union was proclafn'd
Eternal asthe cause il claim'd
Twas then the people firm and strong. \
Arose vast and mighty tbrong,
And with revefberating voice
Pronounced the universal choice:
That choice a noble pation's glee,
That choice was peace and liberty.
What level to the common ground +.
The temple that the past hascrown'd7
Not so! As long as we have got
"A Clay Webster and Foole,
"A Dickinson and Cass 10 stand
Beside the country, hand in hand,
And Fillmore, sturdy chieitain, strong
40 aid the right, and crush the wrong,
And Others whom we have no time
70 mention by theirnames in rhyme,
We need not thrill with wild alarm,
America is safe from harm.
TO save the drunkard's soul from wine,
Came Father Mathew, meek divine.
And rescued many from the clasp,
The foul, besotting, deadly grasp
Of Bacchus. May pure honors crown
His temples with bright renown.
Ah, Jenny Lind Fair Queen OF sonel
We waited true and waited long,
Until the ocean pillows bore 1 TN
Thy gentle person to our shore.
'Phen mid the people of good sense
Went many with less Wit than pence
To hear thy voice. Friend Tom was there.
With snowy vest and shining hair,
iHis4collar ad sidera. tollit,
And other fashions from LIE Toilet;
All, fashion! always Ia amaris,
When eer you come direct from Paris.
Kind patrons Once again stand
Before your doors with OPEN HAND;
IT'S New Years day, rscLAsp Youa frRsss,
And pay me for my humble verses:
4 would sing more, but truth is solemn,
This very line makes out the column,
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