Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02
From the Manchester Mirror.
Chronicles OF the Times.
UNCLE SAM TAKErH COUNSEL WITH
HMsELF-HE BUyETH A NEw
CoUNTRY AND Is GLAD.

|. And Uncle Sam was a youth when
he began to rule the country of the red
men, which Christopher the sailor found
and gave to Uncle Sam and to all his peo-
pie
.. And be ruled the country four
score and ten and one years, so that
he became a mighty man in power and
his country was great country, and
his subjects as the sands Of the sea, count
less.
3. Wherefore it came to pass that
Uncle Sam, in the ninety and first year
OF his reign, after that he bad triumphed
over the hosts of Jeph the Repudiator,
and put to flight him who was called
Max of Mexico, and stayed the hand
of Britannia the beet eater, and thwart-
ed the plans of Louis the lover of
Frogs, took counsel with himself, say
ing -
4. Ninety and one years have | ruled
this country which Christopher the sailor
gave unite me, and have triumphed over
all mine enemies and put to rout all who
would say me nay.
5. My country is great country from
the rising of the sun in the east to the set
ting of the sun in the west.
6. It's fate rewardeth the laborer of
the husbandman, and its bowels are preg-
nant with gold and silver and precious
stones.
:. Its cities are as the centers of the
world, populous and rich and magnificent,
and its towns the abode of peace, prosper
ity and plenty.
! s. Its banner is the banner of the free,
and upon It's written Peace on earth, good
will to men.
Q. Justice and Liberty be its corner
stones, and Right is its foundation. Its
past is the glory Of its friends, and its pres
ent is the hope of the down-trodden and
oppressed.
10. But its people be as the sands of
the sea, countless. Descendants of Shem
and of Ham and of Japhet, Celts and Sax
, ons and Danes, Hebrews and Greeks and
Barbarians, black and white and yellow
and red-of every nation and kindred and
tongue under Heaven.
II. And each day do they increase and
multiply, some two, some four, and some
T twenty fold.
IL. And some come In ships and some
in carriages, but more in the good old
E way ordained and established of the faith
, ers.
IS InSomuch that after little sea-
; son this country of mine shall not contain
all the people which shall follow my ban
ner.
IA. What shall | do that my people
: and their children and their chlldren's
e children may all find room and an abiding
place?
Is. l know what will do. / will arise
). and 60 to my friend who reigneth in the
Il country which is called Russia and say
o unto him -
q 16. Sell unto me the country which i;
Y thine which lieth nigh unto mine at the
e northward, that I may enter in and pos
e sess the land and improve it.
], H. Then Uncle Sam arose and sought
y out his friend and spake unto him as it i;
d written.
r IS. And his friend made answer unto
IS him in this wise:-
'e 10. The land of the beaver and thu
'; walrus which thou covetest IS goodly
i, land and a heritage from my fathers,
Va 20. But it is far from my city, and my
'. people freeze in its valleys and lose them
h selves on its mountains.
d 81, For my people be not Jonathan
1t which never freeze, nor vet Yankees tba
n never lose themselves,
%. So that for ten millions of piece
of silver 1 will sell to thee the land, anc
N thou mayest enter in and possess it anC
Is catch the beavers thereof
to %. And Uncle Sam summoned TO
lie gether bis counsellors and said unto then
e "Shall pay the price,"
J. "A. And the councillors said, PAY tn
'e price"
IS 25. So the price was paid, and the
y banner of Uncle Sam fCated over the wal
l. rus and beaver of the North
lie 26. And the country whose corne
OF stones were Justice and Liberty claspeC
in its arms four hundred and fifty thou
II sand miles of ice and bears.
4, q. And Uncle Sam rejolced and wa;
S, exceeding glad.