The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-01-06
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THE BELMONT CHRONICLE.
JANUARY, lst, 1854.

It's the siihy n,gh' noui, anu u'p
Der MOUNTAIN ana '@'e' y - .,',.. 49,,
While hushed is tne song VI
And silence, deep sienee hew .,an
II Is an tour t'ke'his wheh 'he nea'
To bring ous lie measures ,o'n -. M ,.,,n. NJ hiss
And the past tile nrigi' pas'' WI" 49,,
h lived DER sgam IN an hour nh' 'u'''
Ths clock strikes eieVeh'oiu 'hie 'V',"e
And soon my thtco WIN hs W." "
One hosr !e' rehsihs' eh" '' w.. 49,
Alone and unheeded 'e' me mufe oe' '"' ra
Win 'he year almost gone WI 'sh' .'s' rIoss
But 70 w'hef ana pass "oN' o'' -, 80 o,
IN he quiet nome eire'e-'" ou'
Th al time hath len traces we 'a""0' ,., ,,nas
And cen should we glance Ger 'ie ''''"
There TOO we ma pi ahi'! "H' ~ w.,
Man, cage and restless is 'o'''e e,,.u. ." ,,''
While works OF renowh s"o" VEG '"a
Yes ever wehnd when 'he ea''n ""
That progress and 'ra'h mars wv .'or ..s.
Let US iook sufo""-A'' ' ,,,
Wah rumors oi wars .oi'no
Not the Gar aone i''" VI. 80. r,s.,h.,r
Fhe name VI Ieeu'n ',n,..,,, M :, sr,s,dn, there.
nn' NV 'ne -. ,ror, tho u;yb, of despair!
And man f0ua,ns ".. ,,. d,v y m soon Come
on' uty we Nv, ~, 49,, ,,rs, through the gloom
=, e, this wide earth wYsng doing shah cease
/, "a man live wi h man in harmony and peace
.n.,, Ion, n. lain shorn Of her strength,
- ,n. sleen of long ages is rousing al length,
Ard the voice of ner people goes up in its might
ror,,u,b and for Justice gainst errors dark night
p, our thoughts come back from DER the roihs "a'e'
IT. our own cherished land, to the home o tile
70 her let us turn and with reverence due,
xy.,ll spoak of her doings they pass into view'
.;h,n ,r.;ec,s kind friends are now all the rage,
"a ,non,h,s fn,, of greatness our statesmen engage;
m,. '.nuoncs, of Cuba. and the war with Spain,
.re omen TO political contest again.
IA ,ere we 10 believe all that great folks say
,r.. p.cis, ,ilro,d is now under way.
po,,oal factions, as of yore, are still
no.is,in, each other with re soule will;
..n ,,.,,.f what il the party they claim
Whether Barnburner, Hunker, or what not the name'
r..h firmly believe, were their party Withdrawn,
Aiybones Of the country with them would he gonel
,,,, ;ssonsions and s,rfe are found on all hands,
s;,, 0,n, in lie eon,es, the Whig tarty stands
rr..u, soo,s ,rofouud with isng visages tell,
In. ,yh,uinr tone. ,hs, suite,lithem well,
An IN -, ,,y,,r n.r,v has drawn lis last BREATH
w ~ ,,, n,o,y has gone out in death!
. -. -, ,ol,v, Like the oak in the storm
Ou'' ,,s ,,a,up,.d form;
more p'o"'', -, ,.ssoa Ger u-stilIfrm as a rock,
ino"s" ~ - ,uh.,mcd Inv the sbocki
,,. s,.,s.
But now lei US '"" ~ ou, y"
To Ohio, in deeds ever ho"'' a ,,,, ,,;n.
What lofty achievements - =, n,,, ,,n.n,
Hath che 'his year 'e" -. w do y. ,urn:
But alas! from 'ne o'Pe', -. ,,e dtsoern
For bio'' aaih o,o', W sav,h,eo
Tell "no' IN u.'n 80 .n,. an f,e.
npeop' .n.me upsu,lied would win
Thai hey who 80 =, .n hath been
Who'e a..re,, 10 the pi,eous tate,
ns's ,o,, c,v and the orpllans' wall
=" 'n' a,e,a. like the simoom's breath
" VS.. ,.nd cas-, the seeds Of death