Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-01-19
A SOLDIERS DUTY.

A soldier is the noblest name,
Enrol'd upon the list Of Fame;
His country's pride and boast
Ills couutry's pride and boast.
Honor, the glorious bright reward,
For which the hero draws the sword,
For which the hero draws the sword,
Should neer be stand or lost.
To guard our Rights and Liberties,
His duty and his care;
The brave aud worthy to respect,
The brave and worthy to respect,
And from the ills of life protect,
The innocent and fair,
The innocent aud fair.
The Eagle tow'rng from her nest,
Her influence spread from East to West |;
There Freedom soon appear'd,
There Freedom soon appesr'd:
Twas there she saw her fav'rte son;
Through all the world his name is known,
Through all the world his name is known,
GEORGE WASHINGTON, reverb
And smiling. thus the goddess spoke:
"Columbia's sons draw near
A soldiers duty ne'er forget,
A soldiers duty ns'er forget
Behold, the bright examples set
The school OF Honor 8 here,
The school of Honor g here"
The song was received with great applause.
Mr. Ellington on concluding, begged TO offer
the following sentiment:
By Henry Billington.-The memory OF
Andrew Jackson.
Gen. Juo. Kay Clement was called to re-
spond to this toast. The speaker eulogized
Jackson, drew an impressive lesson from his
r.. e.. Al If h,cn
the perils Of the times, and our daty to pre-.
serve the fabric of government left US by our
fathers. He believed that no brazen wall OF
mutual hatred could be built by the misguided
men of this generation, along Mason and
Dixon's line, high enough, broad enough, or
strong enough to seperate the two sections
of this Republic bound together as we were
by O common brotherhood ties stronger
than hooks of steel by the crowd oil throng'
ing memories that come up from the past
mellowe6 and softened by the intervals oil
time, but sweet and holy, such wall might
be- guarded as the wall of Eden were guarded
by Cberubims, with flaming swords OF hre
but, daring all, the sons of the South and the
North, would meet each other in their holy
efforts TO scale the wall, and gather the How
ers that grow above the graves OF their com
mon fathers, and SO reveal to each other and
strengthen again the old love between them
BY c. j. Bruner, Es9.-M jor ANDERSON
q patriot soldier, the great heart OF the coun
try sustains him.
Col James Cameron, responded to this
sentiment, eloquently and most happily.
BY Henry Donnel, EsQ.-Tbe Press, Q
! peaceful engine, more powerful than any usec
| 10 war.
Ii. Is. Masser and j. p S Goblin, Esqrs
responded to this sentiment thereby demon
strsting that the Press was ably represented
BY Gen j. C. Horion.-Ths citizen soldier
Gen. Wm. II. X Kase, ably responded, vndi
eating the usefulness OF the citizen soldier.
By J. p. S. Goblin, ESq.-Govsrnor Hicks
of Maryland.
j. b. Packer, Esq, was called upon. HI
made powerfully impressive Union speech
which was listened 10 with marked attention
and loudly npplaOded.
| Capt. Ii. Van Gasken, said, Mr.. Presiden
! am the only representative OF the little bu
true State OF Delaware present. Permit nj
sir, to offer The State of Delaware slwayi
true to the Union. Where tue Blue Hen
Chickens crow, tories and traitors canno
| live"
| 1nle sentlmen. was reCeifeu Win Btea
applause.
Gen. Clement, said, Mr.. President, like IN
friend Capt. Vaogaskin, although adoptn
Pennsylvania for my home, am here to-day
the single representative OF my native Stat
New Jersey. Jersey blues and the "blu
hens chickens" had stood side by side an
shoulder to shoulder on many battle fele
New Jersey had always been loyal be
people were always ready for any sacrific
10 the service Of the commoDcountry, how
ever much it might effect their fortitud
their courage or their property. Trenton
Monmoth, Princeton, aud Redbank, as we
as Delawars's BraDdywine, aud Pennsylv,
MAS Independence Hail. and Valley Forg
would be themes Of poetry and history, Will
poetry and history lived in the land
Pennsylvasia, Delaware. Maryland and Ne
Jersey, we're united aud harmonious sisters
sharing together the perils Of the Revolt
tion, its privatious and suferings; togeths
they would stand. for oil time, q defenc
, against every effort to destroy the unit
and integrity Of this great Republic.
. Other speeches we're made and songs sun
. At an early hour the company seperats
delighted with the entertainment and vii
D each other.
y The closing sentiment was offered by I
/. ''an~l, Esq., "our host and bis FEM,