The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-10
A New Poem by the CHIEF Justice

The Hon. JOIN f. MEAGHER OF Mankato.
the Minneapolis Tribune. and all who are
with us for tho recovery and preservation OF
the Chief Justices poetic writings, will be
delighted to learn that The Sun has re-
Gently found spirited Bacchanalian. the
existence OF which had not been suspected.
We hasten to lay this new FULLER poem be-
fore the country, with the assurance that we
have irrefutable evidence OF its authenticity.
and that 1t is here correctly transcribed:
"oh. briGh, Is the rsam Of the silv'ry stream,
A. leaps from its native mountain;
And sweet to the taste, In tie desert waste.
10 the draught from the pure. cool fountain;
But aweeter than shiA with Its transfer blisA
To me, In the desert roaming
And brighter stin. than the sparkling I'LL
10 the wine In our gob!eis foaninG
"CuoHr.-Thsn MI each glass, a. the moments PASS.
Let the red wine mantle high
A. pledge We here. to msm'ry dear
The pleasant years gone by.
"Oh. hard Is the s'rte OF the battle Of life
To the soldier youth contendinE
Full soon may fall cen the plated mail
lie fanoisd himself defending
Yet we'll on tc the neht with hearts 80 light,
AZ the stirring trumpets tone.
And never will yield the battlsnsd
TIL victory 10 our own.
"CuoRua Then drink to night with hsarts 10 light
To the untred world before u.s.
And gayly laugh, As the wine We quad.
And Join In the merry chorus"
AS no person with an ear for music need
be informed, this Bacchanalian by the Chief
Justice is intended to be sung to the we'll
known air Of Sparkling and Bright" In
deed, 1t almost sings itself.
Here the Hon. JOHN F. MEAaHER OF Man
kato aud the other promoters Of the Full
LER boom have exactly what was wanting.
a song melodiously available for campaign
purposes and ut the same time declaration
OF the candidates personal opinions on the
liquor question.
1t will be remembered that the Bachana-
liam by the Chief Justice which has been
previously published in these columns Is
marred by most unfortunate blemish
While very beautiful In other respects. that
song contains one line grossly offensive to
good taste. The Chief Justice urges his
companions in revelry to raise the hosanna
to ivy-crowned BAccHUs. our jolly:souled
King"-a sentiment not only impolitic
as introducing monarchical notions In a
free republic. but outraging the sense OF
propriety by its use Of word restricted to
sacred themes. The circumstance that the
Chief Justice needed hosanna to rhyme with
banner is no valid excuse.
This last Bacchana!lan, however. is free
from such objections; and it contains the
interesting announcement that the Chief
Justice. personally, when roaming in the
desert. prefers a red wine charged with
carbonic acid gas to the purest and coolest
samples Of ADAM ale. OF course this SEN
timent will have to be modified for cam
paign circulation in Maine Kansas. and q
few other benighted localities. Elsewhere
1t will 60 down.
Before the Hon. JOHN F. MEAGHER Of
Nankato has procured the nomination OF our
Anacreontic Chief Justice for President Of
the United States We hope to have gathered
the material for the Complete FULLER
Songster" that will sing him into the White
House, II anything can.