Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-06-05
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here man was free-1ree Dy ten
thousand proclamations from the
voice of nature, which spoke by the
authority of charters older than the
records of human governments, di-
viner than the statutes of legislative
enactments. 1t came to light the
torch which filled the heavens over
this continent with the red light OF
rage which flashed in the face OF
tyranny three thousand miles away $
to sustain and cheer the brave, the
wise, the good, through the night Of
struggle, and to.point the doubling
to the future where cleaned the star
of hope through the red cloud of war
to proclaim that on this continent a
republic consecrate to freedoms holy
cause should be established, though
it's name on the bsptisimal register be
written in blood; that here the tenn
pie of liberty should lift its spires to
kiss the sun, and that the oppressed
of every nation should worship at its
shrine. Freedoms truest champion,
its thunders shook the tyrant's throne,
and in its iron grasp the British lion
bowed his crest and yielded up his
locks of power. Over the prostrate
form of the symbol of foreign power
it bade liberty mount to her eternal
throne, and the millions to swell the
| oratorio of the nations birth.
America! America! land Of the free,
the asylum Of the oppressed OF every
cline, what hopes are lodged upon
thy hills and plains, what destiny is
thine! Is he not patriot true, and
the tyrant's foe, who looks forward
to the day when foreign rule shall
disappear and the eagle of the great
republic be the Egls that shall guard
ali the coasts :? Favored land, thy
trophies are numberless as the stars
thy glory perfect as the uncloudeo
source of light! Upon thy shores the
first republic of all time towers tht
pride and home of happy millions
A republic whose patriotism ha'
moulded into perfect symmetry thu
| temple and the shrine. Who's
. genious has flashed athwart the azur
, dome, bound, up the inky robe o
darkness and hung lantern in tn
vaulted night which drives the shad
ows back to rest upon the stars
, Ay, has climbed the stairway OF tn
z clouds, laid Its hand on the lit heral
: of the storm, clothed it with q Ian
{ guage, made it . messenger
e thought and built for it highwa
l far down in the oceans mysti
: depths where the builders toll and th
a sea nymphs tune their harps in cor'
: caves. Whose progress has laid th
: IRON rail and robbed distance of il
= WEAKNESS; subdued the wilderness
8 taught it to blossom as the rose, an
+ spread the harvest's golden carpet Q
=: the plains; founded cities who:
d architectural grandeur and CONNIE
e c,aI greatness rival the capitals az
a marts of old; developed a civiliz
!. ton before which Attican splend'
d pales and in comparison with whit
= Roman grandeur sinks into shade
If and forgetfulness. ,
# Lay broad and deep the found
3 ton Of fame's eternal pyramid; re
d the giant column until it shall tow
J. amid the stars and speak its aspir
d tions to the infinite; round its SUI
l. NIT with luster fadeless as the su
" and for each state in our Union pia
id q star; then up the dazzling helg
Of let the centuries climb, and in cha
,e acters that the world may read a
Or time cannot efface, write, benea
al the arch that glitters there, IA mo
re ument to the power Of the press
he There let it stand while the ages r
n-I-until time itself shall grow dim q
he like the streaks OF the morning cio'
70 in infinite azure melt away.
|e- We stand upon the summit OF
w. proudest civilization the world !
OF ever known; the past with all
m treasures Of its storied urns, its for
re. est hopes and dreams, its loftiest
An pirations, content to dwell IN
.ss shadow Of our grandeur. Memb
mo- of the press, let the thought insp
se. YOU with the great responsible
is which rests upon you; for, to you
ns given in charge this grandeur to ?
nat petuate and transmit undimed.
Ihe are the guardians of the proudest
1at public beneath the arched canopy