Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-01-02
THE REPUBLICAN.
Carriers New Tears Address,
To THE PATRONS OF THE
Marshall County Republican.

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''I'nr With you once again my friends"
And be it what Il may.
Let life be false. or be j, true.
Iftidcs 20 up or down with you.
Zach swelye-nonih brings around to view
This Anniversary Day
u seemeth but summer ere
Since vas witis you last.
And there ia no gainsaying it,
Time runs little fast
'Twsre al In rain to tell,
What changes strange hare taken ,lace.
What changes NC have stunned and faced,
What shadows we have cast and raised.
Too fondly and too well.
Too foadly and too well. ! say.
For shadows uought viii be
But shaded nists before our eycs.
Throngh all eternity. .
AID castles built By fancies blind.
Win leave no lasting good behind.
But Fam Nth you osee again.
And II you'll pause minute.
IS Wen take trip across the vorld.
And peep at what is In il;
And though the courage some may hack,
An may take well . short glance bach
Twas on day departed. a tweive-moush. az least.
Three guests Of distinction sat gay at feast,
Discussing their vine and achievemsn is both DER.
AID counting their gains, be IL little or more
'Twould be vain 10 conjare how their countings
did range.
These guests Of distinction. Time. Progress and
Change.
- The first one was hoary and bearded and grave:
And 70 judge from tie lines which his broad fore.
head wore.
'Tsoud swell to the Arst DAY Of daylight or moro.
And sink in eternity's numberiea wave.
And 90 sseady his accent. and measured his tread.
'r~oald seem that inpromptu and impulse ~ere
Bat how could the second this counsel e'cr choose
Would puzzle far wiser head than thy muse.
a brisk, swelling air, and bright. gliss<ning eye
Rolled deep in his forehead. unxrinkied and high
His lips spoke the language In their bold decision,
0f"upward" his vatchsord. and "onward" bic
mission.
The :hird. with restless demeanor and brow,
A moment would listen. moment would bow,
Be seated In abstract. arise, pace the room.
Then change his apparel Of sonbre to bloom
Gage on him but once. then gaze - again.
And you scarcely world know him % altered his
niea.
And 40 have stated, these guests al we'll bred,
And well calculated to push things ahead.
Began in the morn ofeighteen sixty-one
To perform deeds Of wonder. before neveedone.
Commenced with gentle and slow Presentation,
To rasse arebcllion and overthrow nation.
The new year came clustering along in bis cars.
At midnight, escorted by myriad stars,
And wskencd the warlike and valorous Mars;
Cnyoked his Pegasus and gave him the reign
To scatter the missiyes of death Ger the plain.
Then io=d rang the tocsin. and long was the blast
Arise, suns Of freedom! new die 10 cast;
Arise natives, rise, ye Graded in peace.
This day doth prosperity and luxury cease,
The boom has resounded Of cannons deep err,
And the call has been given. to fight and to die.
To light and 10 die. aye, brave men and good,
lie cold on the battlefield. welter;ng ia blood =
The brave and the true. the valiant In war
Most loved la their homes-and our country's
proud fame.
Has lost priceless gems: and many s.bs,ghs star
Has vanished forever. with only a name
TO mark their repose on the pages OF Fame.
Plain soma Of the forrest. and proud. mighty men.
Are clad in the srmor Of battle again.
Alive y the tented 6eld-sileut she hearth
Which oucs had resounded With laughter and mirth,
Butwhie hey are Sighting. aud bleeding and dying.
Z Are there no fond hsasts awaiting n vainf
Are there no sad mourners IN solitude sishinE.
The retzra Of the ones Who come ns'cr xg.il7
But il - not enough. that Amsrica's soil
Her sons have awakened to strife and turmoii.
Il ID not enough that her own sons should mar
The FLAG OF OUR UNION. 'gainss brotbe.
n war.
But Ger the Atlantic the var cry resounds
That England shall ioosenh 6ercer blood hounds
: vesDrias name 70 America dear, r0-T
ahnr thy aid be given % desolste here7 =
Great Britain. the Isle OF the proud boasted free
Would ys too destroy our liberty treei
Forbid. God Of Heaven: defend still shc Right.
and sh5 arm be the shield % keep Right The Night
Bat IL = not alone. on the dread battlefield
i That man 10 cold death his dominion nusa yield.
Not alone II the gArb Of thu solder; the brave
lad the true have been srsitened and stilled 70,
- 80 The grave g-s7
There are young beads with -insless and fiesta
- and crown, i1of z afkSads
Dissolved Of their glory. and ia silence gone down
And the aged and care-worn their last words hav,
given
"Good bye to this earth and have gone home :,
Heaven,
And ssill We 90 on, with the same Heaven Ger ~
The past in the distance and the future before us
We hope-we rush on; ali. there falls star.
Arosher enc rises. We follow rrs glare.
We stop not, We think not; but onward. proclaim
{. The magnet which beckons to Glory or Fame.
= But Dcath:--- here We pause; alone shall VI
weep u t.ssS
Ger dsath's devastasions1 Sad vigjb We keep.
= Ab. nov We are thinking there's something to DO
Beside the pursuit Of the strange and the new.
o. sad - the night vind and white a. the snow,
Hath he brcathed on the face Of the living below
:. And they iaroudsd The Term and they placed o.
he bier
'The CO We best iovsd-;n this desoiate year.