The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-07-03
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his ferv.father. shea daria. eea,usies
q injustice and oppression
| HIT to crown AL W behold |. III the
American, whom The su ,isls II tho astr
banner thrills With homes. pride and
exaltaticn. III imagination he heholis
4 In tho var Of independence. horne On
70 victory Ny HI, gallan. ccantrymea
aeains, the famed rrcnaiiers u Eng.
land: hc beholls |. In lsia, IN tho
waters u Lake Eric. flying proudly
victorious over the shattered flee, Of
The mistress of tho seas" anil no
later than 1866 he sccs IL after many
: we'll fought icll, floating triumph
! antly from the walls d Richmond
4 II Is characteristic Of the true Amer
! lean never u admit TIM, his own coun,,,
or conatrymon can be surpassed
!, \ short nncclotc which mar Lc fam
|. iliar to some " you, will serve 10 illus
i ,ratc this popularity. A frenchma
visiting Napolcons grave wrote On III
tomb:
!, ''Napolcon wAsa statesman.
Aud soldier brave aud true"
An Englishman visiting tho sam
spot wrote beneath,
} "lsat Wellington did whip him
I, On thc field Of Waterloo
, An American coming ncxt aud n,
9 willing to let slip the opportunity
i vauntiug his counsrys fame wrote bell,
= 'lsus better siill and greater far,
y And tougher ,han slloc Rather,
w Was our George Washington, Tho chm
ID That could thrash them both together
What moro sublime example 81 p'
I, trotism can be- imagined than that
those heroic men who, In l776. rlcdt
l. I'd their lives, their fortunes, aud the
~ sacred honor isdefenre Of their eoantr
) They know full we'll TINT lht mother tsus
al would not lose her colonies without
i. bloody struggle They know that th'
a. would be obliged. young and sparse
10 settled country 10 nsti NJ u tho slAeM n
IL most porulom monarrhics Of Eu roy
'fhey knew That ihcy had comparative
ID no army, no navy, whilst On tho 9th
l.sl llsir opponent possessed tho ssronr'
h. navy aud the rtcadiest. best train
,ht soldiers u tho world. Aud yet I'll
ho did not hesitate. In tho face Of
-. those Disadvantages !huy wcrc not 4
ics eouragcd.
his The war which followed amply
NO monsttAtsl that noble, generous
om iroitism was not confined 10 the mn
lhc " spirits u tho revelation. AZ !,
lrst call 10 arms tho merchant iolso
ID, lis counting house, thu Amitl. his III
~, tin farmer biz rlow and oil hastcu
10 join tho patroit army. Again IN I
". darkest days u the revolution after
u disastrous hattie Of Long lslsnd, vi
Washingson'r army could DO track
", by bloody foot prints IN the sno
whom tho mon were destitute u mon,
q. food and clothing many brave sold
lay down 10 dic on tho frozen grou
- uttsring with lis dying breath = pra.
III The success II his beloved COUNT
- il would have bsrn hcroio ~ dic ~ b
liz. surrounded by his comrades .
lighting nobly against tho enemies
Cor his country, but 70 do Alono and ~
X. lscted, striving against the terrible !
list emics---cold aud starvation, requil
M. true patriotism The government
III Great Britain was not prepared
,rse such ! resistance. tho King d Engla
ur. soon perceived that tho hardy p'ono'
lc- u New England were more thai,
II. match for liz vaunted gronadlsrs; \
he WI. not long IL finding that
you revolution, ~Lich 10 had hnttcred b
seIf could DO es.iuyuiahed BY : few ~
mrnss. would inevitably deprive him
" hiA most profitable colonies. Bu' ~
we revert 70 tho days d our forc.ia
IN. -. f.r cxnms,lrs Of patriotism \