The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-12
THE PALMETTO AND THE PINE.

They g, planted them s0ssshsr-0ur gallant rs' OF
Though one was crowned with crystal snow. and
one with solar gold;
They planted them together-on the worlds ma
At S.ratoga's 6eatbless charge. at Eutaw's stub
At midnight On the dark redoubt, mid plunging
shot and shell
Al noontide gssping in the crush of battles
bloody swell.
Which surged and swelled around them on that
memorable day.
When they planted Independence as symbol and
They struck deer, soil and planted the Palmetto
They planted them togethe-by the river Of the
Watered with our fathers hearts blood, watered
with our mothers tears
In the strong, rich soil OF Freedom, with boun-
teous benson
From their Prophet, Priest, and Pioneer-our
Father, Washington
Above them aoated echoes Of the ruin and the
wreck.
Like drums that beat at Louisburg and thun-
But the old lights sank in darkness as the new
stars rose to shine.
Ger those emblems Of the sections-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
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self-same soil
Our fathers vaor won for us by victory and toll !;
On Florida's fair everglades, by bold Ontar,o's
food,
kindred blood!
For thus it is they taught us who for Freedom
lived and died,
The Eternal's law Of justice must and shall be
justified
That God has joined together by fat all-divine
The destinies OF dweliers meath the Palm-tIee
and the Pine.
Aye! well plant them yet togethef-tho the
cloud is on their brows,
And winds antagonistic writhe and wrench the
stalwart boughs;
Driving winds that drift the nations into gaping
Sweeping ages, cycles, systems. into worthless Of
Though the waves Of faction, rolling in triumph
ant to the shore,
Are breaking down our bulwarks with their sui.
len rage and roar =, ;,
Washing up tie deep foundations Of Palmetto
and Of Pine.
Shall this, the soil Of Freedom, from their roots
By the chatting Of the pillows and the breaking Of
the spray?
No! the Hand which rules the vortex which is
Above lis hell of waters sets the bow Of prom
And the time will come when Discord shall be
buried in the Past,
At last,
And beneath that starry banner-type Of unity
divine
Shall stand those stately signals-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
Shall the old victorious Eagle from their boughs
By the double headed vulture Of Disunion and
Decay?
Forbid it, Heavenl Columbia, guard thine en-
blems gathered here
To grace the brilliant dawning Of this grand Cen
tennial year.
And bear them = thou m.rchest on with gonfa-
With thy foot upon the fetter, for the freeing Of
And guard thy holy sepulchre-M Mount vernon's
sacred shrine
For this is freedoms Holy Land-her promised
Palestine.
Oh! thou voice Of God outdowing from the lips
Hoothe the turmoil and the tumult-bid this strife
and sorrow ceasel
Ger savannahs stepped in sunshine, over noun
tains dark with rain,
Send the glad and thrilling hdings In thy sweetly
Let snowy North and sunny South send up the
shout, SAILS Welt"
And the music Of thy coming strike our heart
tAs to Jessie Brown At lucknow struck the air
Of "Auld Lang 6yne"
From the Highland pipes Of Havelock Save the
Palm and save the Pine
God plant them still together! Let them flourish
side by side
In the halls Of our Centennial-mailed in more
than marble pride;
With kindly deeds and noble names wen grave
them DER and DER,
With brave historic legends Of the glorious days
While the clear. e1ultsnt chorus. rising from
The echo Of our triumph, peals to earth's re-
While "Faith, Fraternity and Love" shall joy
fully entwine
Around our chosen emblems-the Palmetto and
the Pine.
Together" shouts Niagara his thunder-toned
"Together!" echo back the waves upon the
"Together!' sing the sylvan hills where old At
"Toge,herr boom the breakers on the wild Pa
ci6c shores
altogether |" cry the People,-and "together it
An everlasting charter.b bond forever for the free
or liberty the signet-seal-the one eternal sign
Be these united emblems-the Palmetto and the
N Pine.
Mrs. Virginia L. French in the Nashville
american.
STORIES OF THE WAR.
It will be remembered that our brave and
dashipg Gen. Phil Kearny was shot by some
of the Confederate infantry just at twilight of
the evening following the battle of Chantilly,
Virginia, while he was accommodating the
enemys position in person. The details Of
the death of Gen. Alfred Mouton, . prominent
Confederate leader in Louisiana, furnish an
exact parallel to that of Kearny. Mouton
nsomsndad division at fhA battle of Sabine