Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-07-13
Original Yosnl.


bROTHER JONATdAN.
Fourth OF July Rhyme.
nv pRor. n. EVAN EDWARDS.
The world Is old, and wearIily Its changefsl sea-
sons roll,
The SHOWS Of many thousand years, have gather
ed on Its poll;
Yet among its time-bowed nations, behold we
still another,
younger brother
lie moves among the nations, clad In his home :
made clothes,
Whiting at q shingle, and whistling as he goes;
He questions kings aud nabobs, about the last
years crop,
And asks the Turkish Sultan II he's anything to
swap;
He shows amazing bargains, in ehurns and thresh.
Ing mills,
with wcrld OF yankee notions, from pumpkin
pies 10 pills.
he roams through ancient Italy, and deems It's
ruins trash,
And calculates how easily he could turn them In.
TO cash;
He thinks the plains of Marathon, to glory sa.
cred now,
Would flourish nightly beneath apatcnt sub
soil plow;-
mur still,
And wonders ifns foua tain could turn cotton
mill;
lie. wanders into Africa, tho man Of wooden
clocks,
And deems the regal pyramids, useless hsap Eof
rocks
He caIculaies-he guesses-he could make-hc
rather thinks,
A saussse block Of Memnon-a windmill OF tho
sphynx.
He wonders n Parnassus, ofusefulness Is shorn.
n Tempe's classic valley can yield crop Of corn
He comes to grey Antiquity, and asks for somc-
thing new,
And talks Of money matters, as Yankee traders
do,
He visits John the Chinaman, and spends day or
90,
Upon the banks celestial Of the river Hoang Ho;
Admires the Chinese ladies, with their nicely Grip
pied toes,
And makes love 70 tho daughter OF tho king be-
fore he goes;
In reindeer sledge he journeys through Lapland
bleak and drsar,
Jockeys tho harmless nasives by cheapening their
deer;
In Norway and in Iceland Young Jonathan Is
seen;
In Greenland we behold him, sslll anything but
Tho ocean he would bridge. .or a tunnel dig be-
low:
IIe would level the mountains, capped with ever
Turn fr'c TO a eornneld, SOW Europe o'er wi IN
wheat,
Make Asian wilds re-echo to the tread OF hurry
Ing feet;
Turn Etna and vesuvlus 10 ovens for the baker,
Split Greenland into ice-rafs, and sell Il by the
acre;
Take the thread Of history, and use !. up for
twine;
Make cable and cordags OF the equin octial limo.
And eIIhow many years have passed since moth
erearsh was born,
BY the yearly growths OF Oyster Bay, or tho wrnk-
les on Cape Horn.
And now, behold him turning with true and loyal
breast,
To his homo amid the forests, to his cabin In tho
west.
lAs vine. they grow beside Il, they Chamber DER
Tho sunlight bursting through them, is slsnsiug
on the floor.
Breexes balmy as Of Eden, arc daliying with the
leaves,
And tho swallow ehirps and ehatten from her nest
In the caves.
Anesr, the book ismurmuring like distant voice
of prayer,
And happy childrcns ringing laughter Is borne
upon the air.
o sran. Brother Jonathan, Thy royal home Is
Como rise up, Brother Jonathan, and 90 along
with me,
And point mo TO tho heritage Thy fAsher. len fol
thee.
Speak 70 thy countrymcn and tell how high The
fatcs have raised theo,
And praise thyscm right manfuiIy, since Others
win notpraIse thee.
Tao B,iton sets his teeth at thec, and says loon
art thou,
Tho Gaul politely deems shee unworthy Of hI'
bow;
Old world conservatism pra,es about thy sad con-
dition,
And addlspate philanthropy, talks sasoly Of "a
misslon;"
They deem Thy world a wilderness, whore the
savage panther howis,
where tho iadIan's yell gives answer to tho hoot
Ing Of the owls.
Out speaks young Brosher iona than-Thi- II
the greatest nation,
Tho " isost and tho mightest, tho wonder Of ere
alton.
Iu kings arc subjects at tho. best, i subjects al
arc kings,
And tho bird Of freedom shadows all, with broad
Ind sweeping wings.
Tight
TIL tho world is like football ,slIts foes are ou
OF sight.
Onward and sunward, .tll In iss shadow broa'
aud deep,
Tho weary restless nations OF tho chainlss worl'
shaii sleep.
Tho stars which z en- our banner, shall brighter
heavens dome,
And for all Asmsies nations the World shall be
homo.
All. softiy Brother Jonathan, the prophets ken
may fall.
Your ship Of state may yes be given 10 the light
ming and the gale.
Your sanward going bird may fall. before Tho al
| ehers spite,
Tho stars upon your banner iads insoa ssaries
| night.
rhen listen, Brother Jonathan, and learn thin
/ OF two,
For much fear that vanitv may addie even you
Tis good 10 love your native land, 'is better IA
/ TO know
The means that made II mighty, and tho way /
! keep 10 90.
srls good 10 praise your native land, on patriot
days,
hut actions, strength and judgement, are bette
far than prise.
When q dense and swsylus mob, rend tho air wit
i loud huxxas,
And We soc some ponderous structure move, an
cannot see the cause,
| weknow 'tlsnot tho voices, with their loud o.
/ uiung peais,
But Tho silens men who move Il, BY iaboring a
the wheels;
And whom tho bolt Of heaven falls upon the tow
cring oak,