Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-01-03

All night brave husbands with fair spouses part;
Dismiss dear Love, take Valor to the heart;
NOW gentle Morn the east with bushes spread,
And rose Aurora from her downy bed
And also Hollins rose with fiery speed,
Nor did snifter huge of rum impede
his fierce intent, but quick he gave command
10 gather round each gun its separate band,
And pour their volleys on the hostile walls
Till every vcstige of their shanties falls.
For twelve long hours the bloody combat ragged,
Till glorious victory Hollins' wrath assuaged.
And whom the sun arose another day,
He turned his sable prow-and sailed away!
The parting waters round the vessel play
As DER the eddying waves she makes her way.
Now naughty Iiollins, ere he yields to sleep,
Explores what things his cabin cupboards keep,
Thinks on Squire Pierce,-and Selling ink and
pen,
Recounts the exploits of his warlike men,
Declares his shattered ship must seek the docks,
And, like the sinner, asks his Lord for" rocks"
What needs, 0 warlke hero, shall be thine
What fowery garlands round thy brows shall
Irvine!
Thy gallant name on hstory's page shall blaze,
A nations record in her hero's praise
J., Oh, Mr.. Pierce !-fain would my newsboy muse
t The aowery paths of peaceful poets choose;
Fain would she flee the fields of fiery Mars,
And laud thy glories to the listening stars;
The laurel place on thy expectant head,
And praise Of war thy patriotic dread.
A shameful sound, deep, low, but clear exprest
Exctes her ire, and gives the muse no rest;
To Slavery's minions, Freedoms army yields
l. Nor, weak, disputes for Kansas fowery fields:
Forth to her plains the band Of rufians went
l. And you, oh Mr.. Pierce, gave quick consent.
But bark dream, or else tho sounds that
surge,
Like breaking waves on oceans circling verge,
Are sounds Of war at first Il mingled hum,
Like that of armies meeting as they come,
Or pillows as they rise before the breeze,
When the stars sink beneath the sounding seas.
Freedom will triumph, spread from shore to
~ shore;
Foul Slavery's chace can contain no more.
u The mighty PEOPLE, that, from countless ED,
Their favor from corruption have withheld
- Oh, all thy minions, Mr.. Pierce, and thee
Shall be the objects of their ministry;
''' In death, political, shall sink thy FORM
couoJ tbo tbo oh H. r,o ~ ! j.
~ When statesmen, Liberty, thy ruin seek,
In reckless voice foul Savery's minions speak,
- And seize, relentless, on thy promised land,
Fix on thy fields the strong and threatening hand
noe In Vermont's vales and on her mountains bleak,
With proud security thy hauhts we seek;
Her sons increase thy honor and thy fame,
Here yet we bear that great and noble name
Which ourproud Aliens and our Warmers bore,
full And to our children left intact. of yore.
Our sisters see,' by what escaped the storm,
How fairly rises now her perfect form,
And may the sight arouse them yet to spurn
Their bondage, -and fair Freedoms virtues
learn.
Is. They see fair Liberty before their eyes,
In fair proportions, heavenly-born, arise
es; They Il see, forever, yet, on freedoms side
k The men of Kansas steadfastly abide
But turn, oh Muse, nor let fierce war regain
H. Her seat, discordant in my news-boy brain
49, Turn back, oh Muse rejoicing let us view
- Our peaceful triumphs, dear to me and you.
~ Joy fills the land here the industrious swain
Gathers the golden treasures of the grain
Here the light chat, in circling eddies borne,
Ascends, incessant from the gathered corn
Here plenteous harvests crown the farmers toll
80 With stores abundant from the fertile soil
Nor here the evils rise of dreadful strife,
'N' But every form of cultivated life'
Our fields not numbered with the CORY dead,
:, But peaceful Ceres rears her graceful head.
Then now rejoice, my friends,- up the fir
In tuneful numbers join the grateful choir,
Draw up the chair, and let the tale 90 round,
Tho loud without the wintry winds may SCUM,
Delight the eye with every pleasant sight,
And pass in merriment the winter night
These are thy various gifts, oh gentle Peace
These aid our pleasures, nor our joys decrease
Another twelve-month gone yet, tireless, her
'aS' Begins the prospect of happy year.
ds;
.ys- Ye wise and ye witty ye joyous and glad,
Ye sober and thoughtful, ye peusive and sad
Of whatever circumstance, title or grade,
walls Age, character, sex, avocation, or trade,
halls, We wish you all health, wealth. and conscien
ds, clear
s. What more can you ask for HAPPY NEwYE.