The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-09-02

this curse Oh the human race that
makes our country now, one vast
metropolis, city of the recent
dead, whose graves are unkne!led
uncotfined and unknown. 1t be
comes and behooves us Oh all pub
lie occasions, to drop a frequent
tear in sympathy and memory
ever this vast eternal camping
ground of the departed. 1t con
tains those who were near and
dear TO us, all torn from our
homes and tiresides b. the decree
and violence of war, making many
of them truly desolate, falling e'er
they saw the star of their country
go Gown-pouring out their gen
erous blood Ike water, before
they knew whether it would fer.
tilize a land of freedom or of bond
age. No more can we hear the
music OF their manly voices, whose
consoling, cheering melody is
among the things that were.
ne harp that once through 1aEaS' halls
The soul of music shed .a -
Now hangs as mute on Taras' wallis,
As If that soul were fed
so sleeps the pride of former dave,
So Giory's thrill is Ger,
And hearts that once beat high with pra;se
Now feel that pulse no uIure
Let us study the events of the
past and try and profit Ly its sad
lesson. Let us hope that peace.
the only law Of love, may be the
the lot OF our how divided country
for many long ages; that all
tyranny viii be abolished, and
the tree of liberty again spread its
branches over the whole land:
that we may again be free and
sovereign people, resting under
its ample shade in peace, pros.jer-
lty and happiness. We can then
be unitedly proud of the country
which gave us birth; of this land
of the free and home of the brave.
III which we can interrogatively
eXcialm, yet again,
.Brcathcs there man With soul So deal.
WHO never to himself hath said,
j his IS my own, my native land ~
Let us hope that all corruption.
dishonesty and oppression may
flee our political sky, so that, as
IN the days of Washington. we
can gaze upon the ample folds of
our protecting flag like the ear
Hest astronomers-the shepherd
on the plains of Babylon-gazed
at the stars till they saw them
form into clusters and constella-
TONS overpowering, at length.
the eyes of the behoider with the
united blaze of a thousand lights.
SO may we, when liberty shall be
our watchword, and camp fires lit
OH every hill, be enabled to sing
AS we gaze upon thesenSign of our
country, conSecrated 10y so many
hallowed memories: ." 1898
i a of the free hearts hops and home
by angels hands to valnr given,
Ely stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven
But as political affairs now
stand, we cannot help having
dark forebodings for the future of
this country; indeed We live in a
suggestive era, with the bones of
the slain just newly piled around
us, and the political heavens gath
erIng for the thunders of another
conflict more terrible than the last.
We trust our notions are visionary.
but these storm clouds must clash
sometime, and the corruption of
tue country may see the handwri-
ting Oh the wall. wherein offended
Onnipotence is warming them.
that their fate will be more mourn
ful than that over which Marius
wept on the plains Of Carthage.
and more terrible than the de.
which marked the holy
city of David.
We are very thankful for the
attention shown Us to-day by so
large Il number of our good citi
zenS, and regret our inability to
merit the same. We esteem il
quite a privilege to meet SO many
bright intellectual cauntenances.
and you can rest assured the CON.
pliment you do us, is fully appre.
ciated. We would most particu-
larly tender the ladies' our undi.
rIded thanks as, without their
approving smiles, we could do
Our school re-opeEs on
the first Monday in September.
and we would again respectfully
solicit the patronage Of all good
people; we propose to attend
to businesS-giving it our
undivided time and attention. and
You can rest assured we will dis.
charge all our duties with indus
try and fidelity. OF this. we
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