Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-07


and virtue, peace, security proclaimed
To al sno groaled benea b "op9ress.9n's hippl
ehaiu.'
No jar-n1 tseori In the tuneGul harp,
Nor careless touch, disturbed its flowing numbers
The enchanted nearer was not wont TO carp,
Nor fold his arms in easy slo1hful slumbers,
Der deeds Of rnllice, such "a hate cngenders
When envy looks forth with suspicious eye.
Beneath the dark brow of the base pretender.
Who would the boon of liberty deny
To thc po.r, whom Coils mercy does not pass by
jealous AMI quick. rs freedoms sons ATE, ever
The least infraction of their bill of rights
Was met a: the instant With such manly vigor
As soon put all their enemies to fight,
Nor Iefl trace Of the accused blight;
Justice, and truth, and purity, that bring
Ecstatic pleasure with prevailing right,
Appeared 1, breathe thru those enchanted string
The silent REQUIEM Of all the race of Kings.
But Rome has c7anblei to instructive dust.
And Greece, fair home and mistress OF III" arts
Has Welded all her glory now to lust,
The yilest passion Of ambitious hearts.
And from her shores afftighied freedom starts.
And shiyerng. aies forth from expressions land
And passing, coyly Ger an Empires mart',
Pursues the footsteps Of Pilgrim band.
To where Colunbia's waters wash her smiling
strand
Silent--unhe lFi for many generations.
The magic harp new breatiesits purest strains,
The wind bears of the easy undulations,
And listening millions break their CALLING chains,
And seek home on broad Columbus plains;
And here for once, Nations heart in uaity
Sung JOYOUS anthems, in exulting strains,
Then welIed from out the Sase's lips in purity
Eternal riqilaace is The Price Of Libtrtg."
Well. hast thor Id. immortal Jefferson!
IN UNDECIDED warning ftom the great and good
The rays OF justice from the glorious Sun
Of liberty, obtained by patriot blood
Shine rot so brightly through clouds Of fslsehood
Perfdy and crrne-even IL freedoms CLINE.
Say wculd re change this sentence if We could
The history of Nations closes bu; in crime,
Where o.o-v, honor, justice and t! have 10 shrine
Succeeding those pure Says Of the past,
Compare the list Of pigmy Statesmen now.
In truth our glories are declining fast;
See h,oated Willard, foremost in the row,
Trampling upon Ms own official VOW;
With oil the lesser ttiags of little note
The smiling picE-thaaks. with cornplaisan; low,
IN hot pursuit OF Office. round him float,
While ner corn Whiskey floats down his vituperoue
throat.
Few glories crown the year that's inst now ended;
The magic harp, in fact, has lost its tones,
Else the sweet strain is with corruption blended
Or been bought 70, Ike Buck, to favor throaes,
Or sing the prise OF such as Sheriff Jones;
While Fitch and Bright, both Senator's by fraud
Are vet delighted with IT, blended tones,
T. crime and intrigue give the gracious nod,
From such deliver Us, We pray Almighty God.
Bekold. 1t FIRST dark rolling from the west.
A cloud, no larger than a human hanl
~ length tie sky hath dalkly overcast.
IL truth the prospect is sublimely grand!
Fog those who wish the Ship of State to strand
Or loat in fragments down the river Styx,
Guided oy old Bucks dotlrd- shriveIcd hand
Indeed, atf,rs have late grown too prolix,
For The harmonious ~ Democracy to fix.
Hail, Sympathy. the finest touch of at
Is 10, 90 potent as thy speli--alas.
In arousng the feelings Of the heart
For Kansas woes, when ours have come at last
This we will own, and 40 does ''Feritas,'
Who Ger his "5Iceding party grows pathetic,
Fills his balloon with sUlpl.gretiea gas
And sails aloit Ike comets, quite cratic,
And hints that soms one has grown aristccra'ic,
Behold: great Douglas now IN feedom's van.
The little Giant With the big back bone
Swears, in sooth, he's IN favor Of no plan,
But JUS, to let free Kansas now alone;
He thinks old Buck a consummate old drone:
Not the man By any means for the times,
And also hints that he himself has gone
A mite too far for these enquiring times, lcrimes
md almost linked his name with half the party
Enough of hese-true glory is not theirs.
Tha pampered nfpions Of the bribing South,
That buys up tr,stors to arrange affairs,
a kind Of piracy practised on the North,
Their gain, in sOoth, is Of but little worth, =
The fruits are gall and ,cOrmoood TO the taste.
For To- the boasted Party OF the NORTH
The two faced Hydra! strangled now. at last
Shows many e9ors, ike the bruised snake expiring
fast
We turn from these and grasp nobler theme
The quiet walks OF our sweet lovely village
And country seats, where valves the COLDER
grain,
The annual tribute to industrious tiliaSe;
Where JOY is sweet and no one covets pllage,
sor 10. great Ceres made plenteous feast,
And caused the land to flow with "nlilis anc
honey
Enough for all--for every man and beast,
Which may be bought for very little money;
Indeed. no land, save Italy, was ever half so sunny
a sound comes floating the midnight air,
se-guttural-earnest cry Of FIRE
Behold, the liquid fame consuming there
And WTeathing smoke. borne far above mdair.
Women and children, with dishevcled hair,
Half clad, escaping from consuming fame;
While men. with terror's pale lips. in despair,
Seek the absorbing element to tame;
But 10, what smouldering ruins there when mora
Jag came.
Yet, PLYsouTH! We, thy energy undying!
Shall re create more wealth for thee bY far