Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-20
THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
The clipper.
OUR CENTENNIAL



SoHSAS. or ss1soS-
when Freedom first her fag unfurled
Across fhe lahd-phleh row il free,
And shook is bright foidsto the world.
A newborn glory for the sea.
Her were faint. her ranks were few.
Feeble her power and weak her hand;
The uurseIing up 10 manhood grew.
And strobe giant DER the land.
And now hundred years have fed
Since hTst that banner on the ky
It's glorious stars and stripes outspread,
sign Of hope and triumph nigh,
It's constellation, burning bright,
Has gained stars from other spheres,
And caught The daWnins Of ihs light
which flames along The endless years.
rs sons have brought the D shtnlns dovn.
And hanesaed 1t 70 do thei4 wiiii
Iis forts IN every harbor fro~n.
Its thundsrs sleep on every hill;
Its power is felt on land and sea.
Ita eomnsfee sweeps scross the tide,
And millions OF fhs brave and FIRE
Nestle beneath It's shelter wide.
me srsary centuries slEsfs -s
HAD grown through years Of saasrea ~rons.
before the march Of Fr,sedonn's ts'i.
The western world broke int song.
Art reared her temples in the land,
The Ghrissian's cross, The taPsred sPiIe,
Rose nfath the toneh of Iabof'a hand,
And simmered in the sunnst's IRE
The desert waste garden grew
In prairie land, in tangled fsnf
~ -s-sid, astonished, paused 10 risw
l>-i4'he grand creative power Of men
Three millions saw the dawning light
That bless'd the land with Freedoms ray.
III. Il. al. g.-N.H
That breaks upon our eyes today.
The Old World brings her tribune here
To lay before the New Worlds shrine
The topics Offering sIneers-
rs wealth of olives and Of Wine-
Is laid before or feet to-day.
o happy omen, blessed sight,
Where shone but dimly Freedoms ray.
The world transfgured lies in lighti
One hundred years Of Freedoms reign
One hundred years Of and peace.
\ golden century again,
Bourgeons and blossoms with incrsase-
Swilf as d wind our courisTs ny
Aeross he land. from sea to sea;
In norther air. tropc sky.
streams oufthe banner Of the free:
And nesting 'neath each stripe and star.
Atlantic waves, Pacific foam,
Viewing The nations from Sfar,
Shout to their coming; Welcome home -
Welcome Columbia's arms spread wide,
She sstsnds beside each bssy mart
And, thrilled will joy and touched with pride.
She folds the whole world to her heart.
No bond OF sect, no tie Of creed,
Can make Or mar her generous pEan.
The only plea that all must pesd-
The common brotherhood Of man
The diamond from Brazilian mines
CLEANS here by Afrie's wealth Of gold.
AID silver from the long inciinss
Where coiorado's wealth IS told.
And Asia lays her treasures down,
= JaPau and India appear. .H-- HEa-r
bearing their offerings 70 crown
The fullsess Of our hundredth year.
o Orient lands where through the palms,
With eiSseless tone, ism morn iii night. I
The spicy brerseS hyusn fheir psalrss.
god give TO toon Of light
Aud make you fres as We are free, .a - 4
That e the years shall dsappesr,
The West may reach across the sea
To join in your Centennial year.
Torr hundred years of freedom past
Teor thousand years Of peace to come.
UahFoken by the warlike blast
OF rUampe', or the rolling drum u
GLAND Centennial 80 da5i - "
God guard thee until tin's shah cease.
His blessings hover DER my way.
And crown thee with His perfect peaeei
o blood bought land Thy rocks aud hills
Are Freedom's hirthp place; and the arch
Of heaven. Dat bends above thy riils
is vocal with Times grandest march.
For down the coming hundred years
hundred million unborn hen
close up each gap, where iieS appears
A vacant spot by hill or gleA.
4 hundred thousand homes shall rise
With marts Of trade, with liftsd spircs,
Aud IN the light OF Freedoms eyes
Forever burn thy altar hrest