New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-18


gather up the great constitutional lessons
of his life, he penned thess sentences Of adj
vice to his countrymen: The advice near
est to my heart. and nearest to my convic
tions, ie, that the union Of the States be
cherished and perpetuated. Let the avowed
enemy to it DO regarded - Pandora,
with her box opened, and the disguised one,
as a serpent, creeping with deadly wiles
into Paradise. Yes, the union of the
States must be cherished and perpetuated;
for, without union our independence and
liberty wonld never have been achieved;
without union they can never be main
tanned. The loss of liberty, of all good
government, of peace, plenty and happi.
ness, should inevitably follow dissolution
Of the Union.
ut must, indeed, be a mighty storm that
can push from its moorings tho sacred ark
of the common safety. 1t is not every
triflirg breeze however it may be made to
sob ard howl in imitation Of the tempest,
By the auxiliary breath OF the ambitious,
the timid, or the disconnected, that can
drive this gallant vessel, freighted with
everything that ia dear to an American
bosom, upon the rocks, or lay it sheer
hulk upon the ocean"
Sail on, ship of state!
Sail on o Union, strong and great
Humanity with all its fears.
With all the hopes of future years.
Is hanging GREATNESS ON thy fate!
We know what Matter lai thy keel
What Workman wrought thy ribs Of stee',
Who mads eaah mast and sail and rope,
What anvils rang what hammers beat,
In what forge and what heat
We're shaped the anchors Of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound or shock
Tia Of the wave and not the rock;
Ills but the hspping of the sail.
And not rent ID by the gale!
In sp,te of rock and t-mpest roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail Cd. nor fc II to breast the sea!
Cur hear t., our hopes, are ali with thee!
our hesrts, our hopes, our prayers, our teais,
Our faith Triumphant o'.r our fears.
Are.all with thse. are all with thee.
"Oar country, with all its sectional d.
versity of views and feelings, Is one. 1t 10
one in the political principles of republican
ism: one in the substantial basis of our
manners; one in that glorious constitution,
the best Inheritance transmitted to ne by
our fathers, the monument of their wisdom
and virtue, under whose shelter We live and
flourish as people"
"To this great republic union is peace,
union lie grandeur, union is power, union ia
honor, union is everything which free
spirited and mighty nation should glory to
possess"
Here, in the eyes of our countrymen and
Of the world, with the muse of history be-
fore us to record our deeds and our words,
let us, like Hannibal, at the altar of his
gods, swear eternal faithfulness to our
country, eternal hatred to it's foes. Show
we, that we are welded to the Union, for
veal or for woe, as the fondest lover would
hug to his heart the bride bound to him IN
the first bright ardor Of young possession.
Rally we, then, to the stripes and stars,
as the symbol Of glory to us, ard the har-
binger of liberty to all the nations of the
world. .
America it's not poets dresm,
A vain, delusivc hops, as it may seem,
OF on. who loves too much to judge aiisht;
4mt RIGA. thy stars a glory bright!
Those stars watch intent, and rejoice,
With q % ut III uitive prophetic voice, b..
Thy fate no foresee, dsrs for.tell-
On earth thy destiny is to excel 4. .l
TO sway in science, art 8, reigion-aH! :. 4
While vai1ly strugsl now each sinking realm,
OF Tines greatvessel fraught thou hold'st the
Upon thy giant States, with awe AID praise,
Through &C asn's wide extent ali nations gaze;
They raze with admiration, but with dread;
For now they feel DER them Q shroud 10 spread
Sole heir, thy nams they speak in agony;
They stretch til sir sceptred hsni 10 tbee
They know and shrink;-the annals they have read
OF hingaoms' rise and fall Of empires dead!
IT'S Gods decree uua hangd. It will be for EEL:
Men cltiss, realms. appear and disappear;
To worlds grown old, new worlds in Atrength sue
coed.
America tits now thy doom to Lead
Thy right, to WELD the steptre and command;
Thy rank the greatest 'mongst the great to stands
Last born, as others rose, thou risest not;
AID with tby fall the book Of nations . shut!
But to be true to our manifest destiny, to
accomplish our glorious mission, let the
cause of every single citizen be the cause of
the whole people. and tho cause Of the
whole people be that Of every single citizen.
AZ in the aspect of our lofty mountains,
primeval forests, magnificent lakes and
mighty rivers. there IL an American grand
eur, which reflects the national character,
laA mn. ma Ar;nfi am hA AxaltAd and haun6laGQ: