Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-16

With sword upitfted in her mighty hand,
Called on her sons TO meet the brsggart foe,
And bear her banners into Mexico,
Her trumpet call IN every hamlet heard,
The North and South alike inspired and stirred;
Then from the icy hills of pine clad Maine
To the MeNique Cult and farthest Arkansas-
= Ready! W and " Forward TO the seat OF war :"
Then from the cities reigning by the sea,
ana inland marts of earnest industry,
From the lone homes OF hardy husbsndmeu.
Come forth the toilers with the pillow and pen.
Soidlers and citizens, to volunteer;
% all alike their country's honor dear.
Little they cared the cause of war 70 know:
Enough for them that in far MeNco
Our little army, then the nations pride,
Faced calamity red wars advancing tide,
ana II not hourly reinforced would be,
II and the nations flag, in jeopardy.
Inc nag that tyranny abhors and hates,
whose golden stars the symbols were of states.
Each star a sun that with its own light shone
NOT planets, with reflected light alone,
And waking with their stella harmony,
The CONSULTATIONS radfept unity.
hen, one by one, the days of glory came,
That neither North nor South alone could claim
Nor wished TO; whose immortal memories are
The common heritage of every ar:
Until the conquest of nation crowned
Our arms, and golden California found
No tyTant, by the right of conquest lord,
10 rule her by the tenure of the sword;
But Freedom, ruling by her right divine,
Making her, too, a star, with ours TO shine.
Nor dld We take her by the sword alone,
But by fair purchase made her all our own.
England remembers, with no lessening pride,
The old fields by her sons blood sauctitei:
Ike me N bers gincourt, and Crecy, too,
And Poictiers as well as Waterloo.
Shall the old gloTies of our arms grow pale,
EcliPsed by the latter? Shall the names grow
stale
And dim, like stars vailed by an envious cloud
Ofwhich their country once was Justly proud
Let rs, at least, IN reverence hold these names,
And guard with Jealousy their worthy flames;
Honoring, as then we honored, all the brave,
when Illinois strewed flowers on Buffers grave,
When Indiana mourned the fate OF Yell.
And Mississippi wept when Hardin fell;
Remembering that we all were Yankees there,
AND in the common glory had a share,
Consenting not that any State should claim
Exclusive right to any hero's fame.
Enough! but must try Your patience still,
Or reluctant promise do fulfill
To read the story of one glorious day,
writ when its heroes scarce had died away.
He then read his poem on the Battle o.
Buena Vista" heretofore published.
At the conclusion of the poem, a call was
made for Hon. Henry ). Lane, of Indiana, who
came forward and greeted them all as brothers.
and they could all join in the mngling Of
full, but he had been called upon at a moments
notice without preparation to speak to them.
tie called upon Gen. Cadwalader; who came
forward and briefly addressed them upon the
meeting of so many old comrades of the Mexi-
can war, and he hoped the feeling here COM
menced would be perpetuated long.
zen. sherman yielded 70 loud call for
speech, and told them OF the pleasure it gave
him TO meet so many of them today. He gave
brief description of the time when il took him
1873 days to reach Mexico via Cape Horn and
Alluded to what had been accomplished since
that day. he was glad to meet them, and
hoped they woald always be willing to defend
the same old flag.
Gen. Mcdowell addressed them very briefly
abiding TO the fact that every battle in that
country had to be won just where the enemy
chose to select the ground. He spoke OF Gen
Wool, who always called the Arkansas soldiers
Arkansas people, He spoke of the ssfWo
Lanes who together made a very broad road"
and related many interesting "reminiscences OF
the war.
Judge Mackey, of South Carolina. ad-
dressed the convention, and when he concluded
the procession reformed and returned to vii
lard's Hall.