M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-02-14

ildicule OF Tic people their rcsClice
insulrej, adapted to The time; Tor cx-
ample:
"Yankre Dordle came to town
For % buy trr,urk
We will tar ard tva'hcr him.
And 50 We viii John Hancock"
When 'he brigade under Lord Per.
cv. Oh ile morning II the 18th "I
April. 177j, marched ont nf Boston
OH their way 10 Culcord and l. king
toD. the drum aud file played. deris
lively, ths very 0ir. Ga the rather
apid return Vi what there was left Of
them, they were tuIl they Lad h'cn
made 10 tauce Ia do it. Aud from
that time ont Yankee Doodle WAS
ace pted rs Il rem nisccncc If the first
Eattle Of the revolution. 1t wa5 play.
ed on every battle field in the great
slriic for American liberty. from Bun.
kcr llill 10 Iorki"n and the Pcd2e,
6 C) i; was heard umIst the Eurt.
Ing ol' tie l..iden Slrym ui infantry
and aiiiirIy on the pain Chalmrrla,
OF the banks oi the Chippewa m he
mn'h The SNOWY suras I'll McXicv.
and The pulses ofcvrry trnt American
heart, Of whalcv,I STATE or section,
have l,a;cd in'o hccordant Larm"ny
with l. inr generations past. Enl will
do So Tor generations pHSt, auI viii do
d. for = nclations YET 10 cone
"llnil Columbia has, also, u most
interesting history.
Taia, the most popular Of all 'hr
national songs Of America, VA. Writ
len by Judge Juscuh I1olknson, one
Of the signcrs nf the Ucclaration nt
Independence. It wNs written in the
summer Of 17SS. when II war with
France was iI,oug'Ii to he in,vilab'r;
Congress then being n session N
Philudcl, hin. The theatcr WIS then
open there and u Young actor, Il school.
mate Of Ilopkiuson Icing about to
take a henctit, asked The Judge to com.
pose for him some words to The tune
OF the "Prrsidcnl'S March," whch
was then the popular mir. This WAS
On Saturday; on the Monday night
following the song was ready, WAS
euag with great success, and Al once
t'Ok it's place as II national air OF
America AS the Judge. writing al
this song. il 1910, sa;d ut it, ''t was
truly American, and nothing rlsc; aud
the patriotic !rrling every American
heart responded 10 it,"
We should add here that the tune
itself. " Presidents March WIS
composed in 1899, bya German NAM.
ID F"ylcs, "H the occasion T.! General
Wushln. ton first visit to theatre III
ile city oiNow York. We consider.
now, that "" have made out 4 pretty
iair pcdisrce ior 'llail Columbia, "
aud one of which lao one bonn un
American soil has any reason to be
ashamed.
The origin Of The Star Spangled
Banner" us Il national song, is less
ancient, iur hardly less richly iraugIt
with patriotic associations taar the
Others We have hcrn treating Of. Its
listrry is familiar to our readers.
The air is old English, and has been
known, tIme ont Of mind. uni,r the
name Of i"Anacreon in Heaven To
this tune Robert Treat Paine wrote
enc Of his best OIcs, during the lie.
time ol Washington. II. was called
"Adams and lihcrty," and was writ.
ten l"r some patriutic ftstival dinner.
Jus, rs the company were taking their
p!ares at table, friend uithu wrteg
10 WHOM he had sh.wn his verses. .'uI.i
Paine hc had for gotten to name Wash.
iuglun in thcm. Wher,upOn the rra.
Gy poet called iur pen and ink, and
ipprcmpIu threw IF the best slalIza
III h.S soEg. it Was this:
"Shonld tie temr est uf war over. hadow our land
lSs o",,s call Ee'er Ieni Fr,cGun''s temple
esuuder;
Tor, pLino,ed, at il, portal shall Washington
All Iepei With liz breati III assaults of Z
tiAliLd,r,
His sword from tie sleep
" III sc.,bhard sha'. zap,
And contact, iti It's rsint, every fash to th'
deerj
And ns'er shall tile sons Of Columbia b.
slaves.
White the earth hears plant, or the Sc!
To!s is waves !"
And it was 10 iis s.hnc mir that. il
1914, Fiarcis Scott Key, ,ol Baltimore
then young man, and aiicrwaris AZ
emiDeLt lawyer composed that well
known lyric. The Star S,nngle,
Bannc..n 1t SO happened that Key
phder flag OF trncr, went on board I
British friga,c. wh.ch WAS one al !
feet that wa, thea beleasuerug Bal
ti:nore. During his stay on hoard tht
irigate, it aas decided to ccmmsncC