The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-01-09
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO the Patrons Of the Bedford Gazette" "

CARRIE Il EDIaES9
To the Patrons Of the Bedford Gazette" !"
JANuARr l, 1868.
A certain sprite that dwells below
'rwere wrong, perhaps, 10 mention where's
The rounds each year is sure to 80,
To peGde out lis curious ware.
Each New Years morn he makes his bow
Though sprite he be, he's not uncivili
And very rarely makes row,
Unless TO show you he's tie dsr3
But If with smiles you pass him by,
81. And do not pay the usual quarter;
Or if with jokes his wit you try,
Perhaps you'll find you've "caught Tartar "
Now here he is, he's brought You news
Just iifty-two times in The year
BE clever and pay up your dues
What I've TO say you soon shall hear.
One year ago passed The doors,
And I'll was joy and life within,
Where sorrow now her tribute pours
From many heart rejoicing then.
Now widowed mothers through the land
Are mourning sons and husbands slain;
While silent Pity lifts her wand
To calm the hou5eless orphans pain.
And maidens mourn their lovers lost,
Who sleep on many Southern plain;
And wounded thousands hear their voice,
That na'er shall see their homes again.
And far away, in Northern forts,
The pris'ner groans beneath his chain;
Where grim walls rise, with frownng ports,
And mark our country's deepest stain
Above them floats the starry flag,
Our fathers bore on many a field,
When tyrants from their thrones were hurled,
And tyrani hosts were forced to yield;
Then freedom mildly ruled our land,
And yralts--onlY ,cross the seat
God stay the sacrilegious hand
That takes away our liberty @
And hurl each despot from his throne
Though fenced with bayonets of steel;
Show him Thy might, as Thou hast shown
Thy love for Christian martyrs zeal
"AwaEe, ye hiils!" voice rings out,
And freemen rise on every plain
In thunder tones hear them shout:
"The Constitution we'il uiaintain!"
Give US the days our fathers knew
Those days Of peace when Hope divine
Her halo round our country threw,
And bade her sons their strength combine.
Give us the days when gold again
Shall take the place OF WORTHLESS paper
When truth shall fall from stata.men's lips,
Instead of lies and senseess vapor
Give us the hope, to freomcn dear,
That when the grip Of war rolaxes,
Our land shall be of Bastes clear,
And we released from odious taxes.
Call back the dead the honest dead,
That now repose in peaceful slumDer,---
But Vernon, and the Hermitage,
Their sacred dust must still encumber
While high and low, each trust is filed,
With men unfit for public station;
Who, vampire like, prey on The dead,
And suck the life-blood Of the nation.
While "On to Richmondr' NJ. C's cry,
End push the general and his Forces
And virtue preach, though on the sly,
They speculate in army horses
Yes far and wide Corruption's friends,
Are honored, oft, with great ovations,
BY those who love the public pay,
Or live by stealing soldiers rations.
The negro lover whincs bis plea,
While Sambo grins his appreciation;
And laughs with all his barbarous glee,
To hear 'Marse Grceleys' great oraton
And "Father Abram" wondrous wise !
To-day will make his proclamation
80 that the saves en- n1dSse may rise,
To strike for their emancipation.
Ten million whites must be ensaved
To make three million negroes free
Oil glorious land, where Freedom dwell,
Is this thy boosted liberty?-
All this I've sung, one year has brought,
One year, alasl Of grief and gloom
God grant the one begins to-day,
4 brighter garb may soon assume
When North and South again shall join;
ANA white winged Peace her pinions spread