Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-10-23

IatiOnal 1nteigencera at the time, and republished
a this and other Journals We re- produce it now
$ being exceedingly appropriate to the occasion,
hough written without an idea Of its application to
POLITICAL objects n2ozs Newark ADV.
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TO MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.
Hero of many battle fields,
New wreathed with Iaurels from afar,
Whose arm the sword and olive wields,, s:-
Champion both of peace and war!
Thou art naughty nations pride
-s To thee her truest hearts belong, 4sss Fazl
And o'er the slaves that do thee wrong
A-sa Who have thy noble soul decried, %
I'll In honor's strength thou toweTest strong.
8. When freedem's eagle from hercraig s..-
Was startled by the din of arms,
And to Britainnia's lion flag a
The whoop joined it's wild alarms,
Though then no veteran in wars,
Thy stately form arose like Mars!
And at the valor Of thy brow .aa,ff -sg.
Covered the willy Indians bow;
While Britain in the might oil mind, .lH.
sSj Moreithan her monarch's glory saw -5is 70
When waved our banner to the wind
0i Above the plains of Chippewa! 'ii '-
g Thy name is craven on the rocks 1a"
tli. \ hat brave Niagaras thunder shocks:
Thy louder fame is evermors
f.'i' Associate Of the torrents roar
Grand and resistless as the flood s.. @ +
BY which thy gallant army stood,
When through the lefrors oi the night
.a TIE guiding star - .s
That led the war
Was their true chieltain's might!
But tho Achilles on the field,
r In council thou our Nestor art, ...t
And for thy deeds Of peace we yield
Not paudts only, but the heart; saa
Fer these have wars the nation saved .
Her name more lasting honor done,
e Than all the battles thou hast braved,
Than all the victories won. sr s.
Beyond the MissisSippi's flood
8s E Thy maine a household word shaljbe, *
joined with the noble and the good
Whilelives grateful Cherokee. --'
# The hon Of the orest grows
But 6ercer when pursued by foes,
And wounded, turns i'll savage wrath,
Te st5iu the bold psrsusr's path; fJa
n Yet kindly eyes and voices mild, mass. rat
The royal beast. of pc eY can tame, . .--
So that the timid, gentle child
May guide Thy afondiing name.
Thus when the cruel mandate went
To quenclI the wigwan peaceful fires
When a bold savage Iare sent ih
From homes and ushes of its sires!
The Indian felt his noble blood ....s..
Curdle with wrath, firm he stood,
Resolved for fight 10 string the bow,
And turned upon his pale-faced foe;
s When, listening for the Iyrant's tread, g.
ia Behold silEery voice instead IN, ra.ss
Fell on his ear, like music's dream,
Or like his own wild forest stream!
His weapon falls--his eve is wet
The taIismanic touch Of love .s.t .'., sta
Has made him all his threats forget sIs+
re s Hath changed the lion 10 The dove! A
Aye, Nature 10 her chieftain gave
True vafor in a feeling heart
SO That could race subdtLe TO Sdre, e. .sTs .
a And act the CHRISTIAN Conqueror's part.
But bark! the booming gun calls back
Il Thine again the sword TO WELD; .
d Wars comet shows its lurid track, 5r.
And armies throRg the tented field.
'Tis night-alid on San Juan's walls
Red lightnings burst wit dismal glare ~
Thro' darkness WhIz death freighLed balls,
And streams of FIRE ilIume the air!
IT'S morn! A thick ascending cloud
conquered city doth eHshroud;
The buIwark, long nation's strength,
8J Yields up its battIaments at length, a,a
. Aud he-the soul ofFreedom's wars ..
Plants there our glorious stripes and stacs!
Without the great Ulysses mind,
Whose skill the willy plot Designed .t.
Th' Achasian hosts tho trained 10 wars,
Tho countless as the watching stars, 1920
Might long in vain have conquest hoped,
80 The gates Of Troy had never oped.
And hut for that self moving skill ..
Which To the need The plan creates,
Against us might be fastened still
fhe Imperial city gates. 3t
Hero of Mexico! to thee -l,s . .- &
All gates, all foriresses give way,
And in triumphant pageantFy,
Y Through an innumersus conquered foe,
Proud in their chief thine armies CO. 4
Had to the glorious day! -l
8 But sSveeter sognds awaitthne ear s.rl5 ~
Than from victorious bugles come, -..-.-
Beaing familiar words, and dear
'fotae worn warrior, Peace and Home! y
Great Warrier! tho no epic Tyre
81 d May, kIadliug with Humeric fire, a..er
Thy bold aehievmeats, first aud late, s......
In mighty song 2erpetuate:
Thou hast the germ Of deathless fame
Secure in that Gnsuled name
w hch shall descend frofa age to age, 3E
Adjoining every hstory's page. .-. ID.
Even now on traths subIimest hoight
Thou standest frE ia conscious right,
Aud still like some old aak, viii stand g s#
% Where storms thy daaIFtless soal can brave,
Nor ask from tickle EortRne's hand
The ploudrst boon she ever gave.
Yet honored lIeros from afsr
see thy glory like star
Rising with pure aud steadflst glow, -s.. ...-
Upon tranquil nations brow
There may it rest-Ret that 10 thes
The place would added lustre giSe:
But that our country blest may be
In HsNoR's TKgE Executive. a- -..... .s-
An Honorable Protest.