The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-06-30

declare deliberate purpose. Let the
roll of the States be called. IL was
wise counsel. To call the roll Of our
nrmy, where every man cries "hercl'
or answers for his comrade, "Desd on
the feld,' is grand, but to call the roll of
bread Continent is sublime.
And So Illinois hos the foor ot last,
and cries. 1--WE give you Abraham Lin.
coln."-Maine Is summoned, aud lis an.
swer 10 Abraham Lincoln" The
Granite Hills, the Green Mountains, and
the Alleghanics, echo "Lincoln~ The
word comes out of the heart OF old
Berkshire, ard Up from the valley of the
Connecticut, and away from "thc wild
where rolls tha Oregon" Il drif(s In
letters Of gold from California, Rlitters
from Colorado, sighs from the cedars of
Tennessee, is shouted by "tbo hunters
Of Kentucky" across the grave Of the
Mill-boy Of the Slashes. And so the
roll sounds on from Maine to Montsnu; !;
the most impressive scene ever bcheld
II is announced at last, call for Lincoln
live hundred aud tweuiy.ninc." Men
spring to their feet; handkcrchicfs take
wing in the galleries; the Quiyering
cheers rise free and full: young faces
are ycilcd in t ars; women laugh aud
weep altogether; strong men swallow
their hearts as they listen.
And now the splendid band in the
gallery bursts out with "The Star Spar =
glcd Banner" Do you think how
wonderful eloquent il is, here in Bilti.
more! Why, fifty years ago, a British
fleet Of fifty sail entered the mouth of
the Patapsco. On the night Of the 18th
, OF September, opened fire ON Fort Nc
Henry. All that dreadful night Francis
5. Key, u Child of Maryland, was pris.
odcr in British ship, within the sound
OF a bell oTthc place where this Con
ycntion is now sitting. With the dawn,
the storm of shot aud she'll dies away
aud the prisoners eye seeks through the
gray of the morning for the flag that
tloated above the Fort at sunset. and h,
rcmemberingly asks;
|"oh. saw, can you see by the dawn's ear,
/ light.
/ What 20 proudly we hailed at the twi.
Ii. hts hst CLEANING
Whose broad sgipcs aud bright stars through
Ger lie rampant we watched. were 40 gal
hntly streaming;
The rockets red gar, bombs bursting il
air.
Gave proof through the night that our ha!
was still there.
oh, say, does that star spanglcd banner still
wave
Der the land of the free. an the home O.
the bravci"
AMI then, when the sun touches il up
he cries out exultuntly.
lis the star spangled baunar! Oh. long
may II wave
( O'cr the land or the free, and the home o
the brave"
' Aud now comes Yankee Doodle" nc
celebrated. and and thousand heart
keep time. The President announces
a dispatch from the Secretary of War
IL tells Of Hunters victory. II is goot
omen. II lhundcrs or the len. An;
now comes Andy Johnson, the tailor. III,
Senator. the Governor, the Patriot. Eve
ry other choice goes down befurc him
I"likc lcnves in wintry weather." 1t il
Lincoln aud Johnson, The word is said
the day Is done. There have been lttl,
flashes of pleasantly all along, but the,
wre put out by the steady, earnest bluz
OF solem purpose.
Gov. Dennison bids the Convention
hail and farewell. Men go out at thi
theatre door that have clasped hand
for the lasttime, and shall never NEE
again this side oI the dark river Shaks
scars grandest creations have beef
produced within there walls, but nOthir,
grander in them all than this one wuru
for Lincoln. ! have seen tho irol
Front" with fixed hearts and fxe
bayoncts, but | seen in the little dissyl
liable this Convention has uttered, sho
and she'll, and an hundred thousand men
God bless the Presdent--God snvc th
Union.