Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-22
sEJoHN GoTHRoF,s WAR soNG.',

Great Washington he gave us
His holiness inspired the man
With power and skill to save us.
She sent her fleets and armies DER,
To ravage, kill and plunder-
Our heroes met them on the shore,
And beat them back with thunder.
Our Independence they confessed,
And with their hands they signed it.
But on their hearts twas not impressed,
For there ne'er could find it.
But since that time they have been still
Our liberties invading, .-
We bore it and forebore it till
Forbearance was degrading.
Regardless of our sailors rights,
Impressed our native seamen, rtl
Made them against their country fight,
And thus enslaved our freemeu.
Then Madison in thunder spake- ~
We've power and we must use it,
Our freedom surely lies at stake,
And we must fight or lose it.
" Well make old England's children know
We are the brave descendants
OF those who fosged their fathers SO.
And gained our independence"
Our soldiers and our seamen too,
We put in warlike motion
Straight to the field our soldiers flew,
Our seamen to the ocean.
They met their foes on towering waves,
With courage, skill and splendor-
They sunk them down to waterY graves
Or forced them to surrender. ~
Decatur, Hull and cambridge. dear,
Did wonders in our navy
Brave Captain Hull took the Guerriere,
And Baiubridge took the Java.
Decatur took ship of fame,
High on the waving water
/ The Macedonian was her name,
And home in triumph brought her.
Perry, with flags and sails unfurled.
Met Berkely on lake Erie
At him his matchless thunder hurled
Till Berkely grew quite weary.
He gained the victory and renown,
And worked them up so neatly;
/ lie brought old England's banner down,
I And swept the lake completely.
Proud Downie fell on lake Champlain,
+ BY fortune quite forsaken
He was by bold McDonough slain,
/ And all his fleet was taken.
Where e'er they met Columbia's sons,
I On lakes or larger water. -a-.t
They sunk beneath her laundering guns
And humbly cried for quarter.
When Provost saw he lost his fleet,
He gave out special orders
For his whole army to retreat,
And leave the Yankee borders.
Through dreary wilds Of bog and fen,
Their luckless General blundered,
And fed with fifteen thousand men
From Macomb's fifteen hundred.
At Washington, the horrid crime,
Most tarnished British glory;
Children must blush in future time
To read the shameful story.
They burst the volumes which comprised
The best of information,
Their barbarous deeds shall be despised
By every Christian nation.
At Baltimore. the deadly blow,
The sons of mischief aimed.
The sons of Freedom met their foe,
And victory justly claimed. foa.l
Amidst their ranks our thunder burst,
Many were killed and wounded,
Their Chief Commander bit the dust.
And all their schemes confouRded.
Let William, Hull be counted null, III,
And let him not be named.
| Upon the rolls ofyaliant souls,
rOfhim we are ashamed. -,
A coward and traitor,
For paltry gold l-z 7=l-lt
His army sold, Fl H tFs 5lt97HE
To Brock, the speculator. F
When Proctor found brave Harrison
Had landed in his region,
AWAY the timorous creature run. sE
With all his savage legion.
But overtaken. wherein most
OF them were killed and taken,
But Proctor soon forsook his post. 1r
And fed to save his bacon.
At Little York. beneath the guns 8 b
esof Ghancey. Dearborne landed. le
And quickly made old England's sons
4 Resign what they .demanded