The Kanzas news., 1858-07-24
welcome to hearsand hone-

Yesve come rom many sunny lano,
Beyond the foaning brine:
Sosne from the Severns sedgy banks.
Some from the stored Rhine;
Some from New England's rugged hills,
Some from her yerdant Wales;
From Britain some. from Ireland some,
And some from mystic Wales;
From many a Western prairie fair,
From many Southern plain,
Ye've come to breathe Free Kanzas air
And rap her golden graini
From where Neosho's turbid wave
Rolls down past Council Grove
Where still the dusky Indian maids
And painted warriors rove
Where Big Johns tents and lodges rise
In many dingy cone,
And many yelping Kaw bred cur
Salutes the traveller lone
And where upon his southern bank.
Neosho gently laves
The resting place of many brave
Sad old Cahola's graves
From Rock Creeks fertile meadows,
And Bluff Creeks rugged banks
Wright's Greek and fair Americas,
We give you hearty thanks
Thanks that you deign to grace our board
On this proud festive day,
With manly forms and Beauty's smiles
In eloquent array.
And you from Dow Creeks pleasant lands,
And e'AIlen's" wheat fields golden
No less to you-indeed tbs true
We feel to-day beholden;
And YOU from Plumb Creeks sunny slopes,
Florence and Forest Hills,
Thrice welcome! all our sanguine hopes
Your presence here fulflls.
And you whose ''household gods" abide
By Cottonwood's bright river,
AS crystal clear and swift and pure
As famous Guadalquiyer-
Where Ger " The Falls" in foam and spray,
His maddened waters leap,
Or where through stately walnut groves,
In calmer mood they sweep
Past young Toledo, rising town,
And Plymouth, younger still,
Increased by "Indian's" tribute food,
And Buckeyes" feebler rill,
Down past EMPoRIAs lovely swell,
And old Columbia's site,
And with Neosho's rushing stream
Blend. mingle and unite.
No lovelier valley greets the
In all his golden round
No filter home for noble men
On Earth's broad disk is found.
And still the gladsome cry, ''they come,'
Is borne upon the gale -
From Fowler's Greek and Solomon's,
And Eagles pleasant vale,
A gay and hammered host ye come
A goodly sight to see;
Welcome to Freedoms Festival,
Our Nations Jubilee.
From rapid Verdigris ye come,
"Four Mile and Shellrock Falls,
And Madison's fast rising roofs,
And solid rock-built walls.
And you who till the fertile soil
OF Elm Creeks valley green.
Where young Wsushara's s goodly homes
Reflect the sunlight's sheen;
And you whose loved ones dwell beside
Clear flowing Forty Two,'
Whether at 'Kanzas Center town
Or modern Waterloo.
And you from Duck Creeks cultured fields,
And sparkling Diamond Spring,
And embryo Fremont, (name most dear,
To which fond memories cling
EMPoRIA greets you one and all
With rapturous joy and pride;
Rich in the wealth that Nature gives,
Yet poor in all beside;
Rich in strong arms and hearts of proof,
f And hopes of things to come;
Richest of all in what she lacks,
Gin, Brandy, Whisky, Rum
She opens wide sisters
To every rival town,
Content with each to run the
For prosperous renown.
No architectural beauties
Has she BOW to glad the eye,
But beneath, the velvet prairie,
And above, the glorious sky,
While clustered on the sunny slope
The newborn city stands.
Whose name may yet perchanee be heard
In far-of olden lands.
Tleugh poor and weak she keeps the faith
Of Freedom in her youth,
And strikes for Liberty and Light,
Humanity and Truth.
Hope tells fiattering tale, that after years
Shall well repay for all our trials and tears,
When Kanzas, child of turmoil and of blood,
Shall stand, a State in Freedoms sisterhood;
Then shall ENpoRIA, 80 Hope whispers still
Crown with herFdwellings all this goodly hill;
Here shall proud Commerce hold her golden mart
Here Industry walk hand in hand with Art;
Here star-eyed Science fix her chosen seat
Humanity here find sure retreat;
Here pure Religion fan her holy fires
Here rear her temples-here erect her spires,
That leads to happiness and leads to God.
We hold to-day high Festival
For Freedoms triumph won;
Let banners on the breezes play,
From morn till set of sun;
Let bonfres blaze and cannon roar,
And children shout for joy
Let grateful anthems greet the skies,