M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-01-03


Their own souls,and have thus spuTned
The most Divine commands Of Heaven,
Msrsly to- win themseIVes an earthly
diadem. iIs.a. % .rsF
wego npon the principle, THAT truth
H isimightyp '',af lhoPes assail;
Though some hardy men our earthly
Though our imsgination's sometimes
Eighty, !.'. H prevail"
by toe cohimsnd Of God, "Trath must
Though We must soon resign 10 dull NOR
tslity, - i- .aa. so frail;
This feeble bark with Natures Slain
We look, We trust, we pray Futurity
Will give US pledges for our own best
sscuritI. 6.t 90
Nothing has happened on our pelesiul
4 shores, }lt. 90 ..iN si.1f
Within the Year that is fora yer gone;
Nothing which makes us glad il's o'si,
Or that with dread we gszs upon:
All! all 10 peace, abundant is onI store
OF everything; and there's no eompsr.
ison, ........ ttion,
To tie blessings poured upon our No.
While oil without is war aud blood and
devaStAtion. ,..l' .....|
To whom 10 honor dne-the Dewitt
Then give It hinJ but if Democracy,
Why not hint 1t 10 Occeptsbl.
To Sim, as we'll as to the ariCtocTscy;
He has the same rough, bOisterOus road
20 tnVsl' IsecreeJjI
Though not so E,uch Of bribery Aad
Then lSy aside your prejudice and come,
Within his ranks, you'll be at home.
Many the scenes for which the old year
Must give sccountj the strife with
othsr Nations
Is trulg borrll!e; bst no ground for fear
Can IaoTh America. or Iil hsI of her
station, 4la# .u, aa. lear.
And no harsh grating sound offends OUT
While Of such trouble there is no in
dicotion r talways have;
True we have sccide ats, 90 wa shall
But Dtt:9croiic Gov;ramsnt is where
the moneys saved.
"Givs the Dewitt his due"-of course |
mean now
Thn Printers Devil" but no odds
He needs it, as nay we'll be seen
BY looking; and as we all should know
Democracy is CREDITOR this oe our theme,
His name with praise you should en-
dow; @ lshOre,
Loud let the ~slkin ring from shore to
Democracy! Democracy! for eveTmore,
Sevastopol is taken Hurah! and
Let your shout arise, that such scene
OF earRagspnd GO blood Is o'er. Stand
Toy0ur principles, Ameficsns; stream
Out your hearts blood for our land;
Reserve the Union to the last ex trsme;
Let not the invading foe surround thy
camp, lamp.
Destroy Thy property, blow out Lifet
But ;hen, Americans, be careful,
You have foe within more awful
Than Death. He looks, and is less mer.
ciful
Than Belzebub; his march unlawful
And rapid, though some what wonderful
Must stop soon, as such careers are
sorrowlul [strike deep
Alike to all concerned. These foes
Their arrows, which send their victims
to eternal sleep.
We are in peace with all mankind;
Oar flag cen enter every harbor.
| While in the sciences we're not behind
And arts we cultivate with increasing
ardof;
To our own interest we are not blind,
But only blindable; and let our souls
abbor F ries
The idea of 81 cling up our Nations go,
Merely because some tell such pleasing
stories. .. sH
There is set of men, they say their
nume's re [whc
Republicans, alias Know Nothings
Prowl over the country with their game:
Az midnight, seeking what ioul worH
they can do Hill Of fame
For Democracy; striving 10 gain tn,
Al the expense OF friends, myself al
we'll you; Lstake,
Not only is our lives and property al
But home and friends, community an,
State.
IT'S such as these, my friends, that
Would have you guard against.
think it
Better to cleanse our own, before ou
neighbor's eye; 1--we omi
Better renoyate our own abode, les
The duty for ourSelt, and pine ava.
and die r [house Fl
Unprepared, not having made ou
For the abode Of our successors; ma,
Heaven erase such things from memo
ty day.
Then there's the Abolition Congress
a disgrace to negroes and mucl
more to whites; lchess
A set Of blacklegs, to gather cash an,
! PurPor,ing to be Logging for Equa
Rights, white less
| And while they raise the black, max
Because they're Irish or Dulch, am
say fight [shoul'
For The peoples liberties if black, bu
They be white, why then proscrib
them, if they could.
Then there's Ohio, the birthplace {
t, free lsa s.go-ruEE
The first OF all the States save thre,
Once the Capitol of Freedom, nol
the den 50 Ainuc- 1.-THE. ke
OF Fusion night prowlers. who ne