The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-13
"STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT"
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Al the Tammany HAN CeIsbrAtIOn
THn following original ode was reeited By
John G.. SAKE, at the celebration OF the Atm al lam
many Hall, New York:
Ills the voice OF the erOaker-I hear him com
.sThpss Tammany boys, they are at it againi
Whv keep such a feast In q partisan wAyI.
sInaeDcndenee,' I'm sure, Is n National DayF
SO itisi God be praisedl and that y Just why
we Damocrats honor the Fourth of Julyi
Were 1t anything other, or smaller, l own,
We'd all be contented to let IL alone;
OR leave Il TO men, to a party, III say,
Accustomed to think in n narrower way
A marty peculiarly fitted 20 shine
NNHithS Blue sort OF light in a different line;
Whose leaders, for instanceVl won't call them
Being partial 10 soldiers-when cold in theiI
Appointed a day de it tenderly said
For browning with flowers the patriot dead;
aFiowers, flowers for the heroesr' the demagogues
While wiping a tear that is 'All in your eye
zone day for the soldier TO memory dear y
Whom. Eptad. they robbed every day in the year
And It'll at the Capitol mark how they treat
OF the DonS who determine n Generals merit
BY the gauge-nothing else OF mis- partisan
Mere feaity to party they reckon much higher
Than service 20 country, and so they inquire
And what has he done, now, for General Grantf,
Don't tell Ms" they cry, "Oi his honors and
But what il the brand Of his Uote-and eigarsF'
"A hit at the magistrater y some one exclaimsi
Well, I shan't abuse him by calling him names
honor his Office and let us reflect
The head OF the nation demands some respect.
lido not forget he's our President, placed
In the chair that a Jackson and Jefferson graeed,
Let us r~ecollect that-tin he's laid on the shelf
However he seems to forget IL himself
And As 70 abuse, with the worst could @y'
/ never could hope TO accomplish the end
Half so we'll as Theard a Republican friend
Who having, ungisely, forgotto ssbss57oe,
or being. unlnckily, not Of the tribe
Prosldental or sDost-al, as certainly failed
or the once he sought for, and therefore assaulted
The man in such language as passes belief
As one could employ In denouncing his chief.
He said-asI heard 1T 50 you viii receive II
He said, in such bitter. extrayagant speech,
As simple hyperbole never could reach
Pronounced in a manner less civil than hearty
sThe fellow disgraced the Republican partyV'
Apr0poS of the party of which I've made mention,
suppose 1 should give it some further attention
IL has very Few friends, and while / am sin"
i own the temptation to ~hit IL GgiHs
A party which bases, with singular ease
DenOunees small rogues who are caught IN the
fact.
Like the land-stealing rascals and similar Joo-
Meek-fseed. parliamentary, Radical robbers,
Who hasten TO place on the Visible hand
That deals In cadetships an Infamous brandt .,
While their own, at the moment grown holder and
Are plunged in the Treasury up to the shoulder.
Success TO Old Tammany, long may she stand
The bulwark Of Freedom-the pride ofthe Landl
What parties and factions, of transient renOwn,
In her Century's life, have come up and gone
dOrn.
While she, looking on, in her vigilant way,
Poked her fun at the farce, or her hand at the
And sthi, to her honor, whatever the fight,
Had n " word and n blow in defence Of the right.
She hailed the first triumph of Liberty's cause.
And the motto to-day is The Union and Laws"
She stood by the Flag when Old England once
more,
Unschooledby disaster, invaded our shore,
Aud got the old lesson repeated so plain
She scarcely will need TO be taught Il againl
And when il befel that the lettering State,
For the wind OF dissension that Faction and Hate
Through the length Of the Land had been sowing
afar,
Was reaping the whirlwird Of treason and war,
Still true 20 the Union see Tammany stand
With 'the old starry banner still firm in her
hand,
While foes at the SoCth would the Union divide,
And fools at the North we're for letting IL slider
saeeess 10 old Tammany therefore, say,
(HOU sweetly she smiles on the festival day ,
In health, strength, and beauty, long, long may
she stand,
The buISsrk Of Freedom-the pride of the Land.