Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-01-02


Of sturdy Pioneers,
Before whose well directed blows,
The forest disappears.
The Middle and the Southern states,
Send of their bone and brain,
As good and noble specimens,
AS any they retain.
The North and South the East and West,
All send their stalwart sons,
To " claim" each acre where grass grows,
Or water power runs,
And soon each swelling stream that takes
Its volume from the hills,
Will be perforce, obliged to turn
Some saw or Touring mills.
About the plains, beneath the bluffs,
Beside the deep ravine,
The we'll built cottage or the hut,
On every side is seen.
And grateful hearts will upward raise,
Beneath those roofs to-day,
The thanks for blessings to themselves,
And dear ones far away.
While from our hearts, thanksgiving starts,
And peace and plenty flow,
Our homes to bless while happiness
Is given us below a-eJ
We must not forget that around us is raging,
The horrors of war, that the nations are waging,
That the Saxon and Gaul, with the Muscovites
meeting,
Send each to the other the bullet as greeting,
That rivers of blood with indeble stains,
Gush forth from their hearts, and sweep DER the
plains,
While far from the battle, the crying,
O'er the news that has reached them, of the dead
and the dying,
The Wife and the Orphan, the Sister, the Bride,
In the city, or town, ON the bleak mountain side,
Are donning the vcstments of darkness and night,
For gone from their hearts, is the halycon light
That cheered them along DER the pathway of life,
Fer arose this fell Moloch, the demon of strife:
And yet from this slaughter, We hope will arise
The spirit OF Freedom, while down from the skies,
Sweet Mercy will come; and together will form,
Above the dread scene of the battle and storm,
Republic that round it will scatter the seeds,
That growing, will nurture bold hearts and brave
deeds.
Until through oil Europe-indeed through the
world,
From the thrones they pollute shall each tyrant be
hurled,
And Mercy and Freedom thereafter shall wait,
And preside at the helm of each new growing state,
Then the wars shall be ended, the quarrels shall
cease,
And the political sky, hold the rainbow of peace.
Poland dismcmbered, shall Phoenix like rise,
Hungary arouse from the dust where she lies,
And Italy eargerly press,
To cling to the standard, that Justice unfurled,
To shelter the down trodden hearts of the world,
Then raised from the deepest distress.
Meanwhile new stars are bursting bright,
Into our consultations light, ,r r ...,Y
New stars from out former night, ,.., 5.., .,,
Of heather, blind misrule, w t.f.i
And on the record of the free, bre --,e.,
Are placed the &c islands of the sea"
Another home for liberty,
Another yankee school.
Religion with its holy breath, .-'s ''.2 '.D
Has freed that realm from moral death,
And now the voice Of heartfelt prayer,
Is rising upward ever there. 90 r.,
There is dark side here tits true, ..,.. -.
But light and shade must meet the view, ..,r..
(This world would be too glorious, bright no, IF
If to the day there was no nightly H..
We see the records black with guilt, lr-o,. ..,i
Of scenes where human blood is split,
In quarrels, duels, midnight brawls, ~ 80
In streets, saloons or festive halls, 20 bo'2i'ao'
For vengeance, spite, for bread or gold, Q 97oi.
For libel printed, storiesItold, j. dogs - '1'
Some moved by pique, by hatred some,
But more by HELPS prime agent, Rum. ,,-, ~
And other crimes may darkly bring, ri e4s a..;
New horrors day by day,
But Justice with unerring stroke,
Shall drive them soon away. 'Ai ? /" 'f''''
When man shall feel that sacred code, srT
OF right, which teaches all, ieai II ose2 %
That life and property and name, ''.' IN ~ 81
By crime should never fall, 49,. 81 s~.i.
Then may we look with eagernSss, .I ~.
For scenes Of peace and quietness, = III, III g.
Then from our statute book erase 4 ~ nil
The darker record; in its place ,,..e. ~, d,e.
The light of virtue all divine,
Will rest; and Ger the volume shine ~
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bslidq On whose bold highland roiT
Grim Moro il frowning, 81 .1se9.1 .eldr
So dark and formidable too,
That, should You pass creation through, !,
Nor lose your life by drowning, 80 ~
You'd own, that from Fort Ripley down
eu 49, To stocksdes on the Yubs, ea1ol
You could not find soorsv place asGl
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But Isabelle
Don't want to sell, ,.,.-,..f
And 80 the tarnal Yankee .-s
Will have to stake
sae q 3 The land, and take ed cfT
The hull ont with " thank'es." i,ggi.