The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-12-25

in the " short aud simple annals OF the poor
The close Of eighteen hundred and sixty
eight is bright and glorious with hope and
The dying year, bequeaths 10 lis
the inheritance of numbcrles,
school-houses aud churches, colleges and
academies, deeds Of mercy aud love, ave, an
exalted public sentiment and Il sound nation.
al morality, The world is growing better.
and every age contributes to our nearer an
proaeh to the great millennium Of Justice,
Truth, Right, Manhood, and universal Free
dom and Equality.
We now bid the DYING year farewell. Re-.
fore our Journal will again be placed before
you he will be gone and consigned to the
stpulehre of past ages. The year ls69-a
short-lived monarch, but safe in his imperial
sway will be enthroned on the tripod Of tune.
\ mighty Colossus in the first moment of
birth, he will have passed over the islands
Of the Pacific, where missionaries have civil
lied whole tribes of sayages have looked
down upon the mountains and vallies of ia
pan, uptracked BY the step Of the European
crossed the mighty Empire Of China, with
her countless millions, where hostile aGmeS
now revel in the blood OF unnumbcred thou.
sands caught the prayers of the mission.
aries at Pck;1, and the mumbled incantation
before the illuminated altar in the heather
pHgoda, He viii have seen the redeemed
Sepoy, the regenerated Bushman aud the
contrite and God-pardeued MusselmNn IN
" Blended knee, . and the incense Of gratitude
rising from their secret a%ltarJ, that God is
merriful and Salvation freel In his seven.
league boots, the coming year will have
stalked across the dreary steppss of Tartary,
the jungels of Bengal, acrOsS rich India,
the hand Of Omer, with it, Wild approximations
aud its car OF JuggsrnRut will have maShed
through the kingdom of the daring Absvni.
an, who proudly and most justly as / think
being a Fenian Boy defes the British Lion
across civilized Europe with its art and mag
nifcence, where the ruins of ages lie side by
side with the creations OF yesterday will
have seen the lonely Ocean-SteAmer plough
ing its way across the dark Atlantic to II new
world teemng with millions Of human beings
and possessed Of countless wealth. Yes, he
will have dawned upon America-ths worlds
hope and salvation, with her uucircum-
scribed liberties, her dimless glories, her
fame betting the universe, with her inenably
glorious prestige of the PAST and hes radiant
future Of happiness and usefulness.
Thanks be to God! comparatively she has
but few prisons and jails murder, rapine
and plumber have but few records on her cal
endar of crime the midnight assassin plies
his Internal vocation with slight assistance
and all manner of v%illaiuy is reprobated and
placed under the ban of popular condem-
nation.
Patrons Of the " FLIG," A merry, happy
Christmas: These words will pass ths lips
of thousands thOughtlessly as well rs ear.
nestly uttered. Let US not forget ourselves
and take a broader, higher platform than ey-
er before, blot out old enmities and old
grudges and the nsW year with a
clean page.
Being a son Of the /" Emerald Isle" whose
melancholy history is blended with that OF
the unfortunate of all earth, and whose dark
fate has called forth the saddeIt strains Of
pSesy, ! will be excused from referring to the
place of my nativity. The murdered EN-
NETT still lives. The legacy he has left be-
hind him is the inspiration of Irish Liberty.
That noble patriot sleeps beneath the green
Shamrock, but the memory Of his patriotism
and devotion to the csuEs OF his oppressed TEL
lOw-cOuntrymen will forever stir the hearIs
those who lore him and his cause.
The morning breaks /; the sunburst CLEANS,
uu lreland's Wav--kisa-d emerald .horrs,
Aud DER her valleys, bills and streams,
A Hood VI living light IL ponrs.
That might which long with iron hand.
Hath crushed the freedom of he islr,
Where nature throws her loyiisst smile,
hhNll s"oH relax her lyrant grasp,
Aud tremhlr tor il waning puwyr:
For uheu brave hands Ia union clasp,
Then comes the despoi's Judgment hour.
Let Freedoms waichword ever sonnd
Prom DgrbJ's dalss 10 GalWay's titc-
Frum sEest killarnsy's ~blossnminE ground
To Baynss bright shore and ShannOn's aldo.
let Irish hearts and Irish hands
De- linked in faith aud hope and trust,
TIL =" Liberty ia laundering notes
Rs-oHnd from every rlid and glen,
And lrslands anthem sWell- frntn threats
NJ honest. free and mobile meh
GIVE NE NY H~ARD-EARSED QUARTER.
Finally to the Patrons Of the " FLAG,' we
ay to rsmunerate past f%aTOrs, and to have =
Iuiet conscience in all the future; that - your
asst days may be your best days" that no hor-
id phantoms may haunt your slunbers here
ifter, that the evening Of your life may be
Dent in this ronsolati,n NJ HAVING wr,rg.d