Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-01-07
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Here's our Tribute ~ oi JotSs
Here's our Carrier With bis budget,
Patient waiting, At your door.
He unfolds it, and unrols..It.
'Tis panoramic view,
OF departed scsnes and seasons,
And events of NINsEY-rwo.
As ne canvass slow 10 rolling,
And the phsntom scenes 50 by,
We viii phcsograrh them truly.
Try to scatch them on the fy.n
First In order are the seasons,
That the golden cycle run,
Shows OF winter, heats Of summer,
In their journey round the sun,
To the farm and to the workshop.
To the brawny hand Of toll,
Nature has bean free and lavish,
Pouring out both vine and oil.
Everywhere within their borders,
From the mountain to the plain,
In the valleys 1oag the rivers,
Wave the fields Of golden grain.
There's NO other land or nation,
Can be found beneath the sun,
Where there's grs&ter compensation,
Fer mans honest labor done.
Happy, happy, fair Columbia.
With her tsening millions free,
Peaceful prosperous and sontentsd
May her masses ever be.
Now we note the vision changing,
Toward the eastward take our view,
Turn from Occidsnt moment,
As the Orient passes through.
All the old world bound in letters,
Bound in royal bands and chains,
Here and there give outward symp-
toms
or internal thross and pains.
Here and there the blood is poisoned,
In the body politic,--
TITS the anarchistlc fever,
Tends to make al Europe sick.
Nihilistic schemes and measures,
Oft is heard In undertons,
'Mong the masses disconnected
With the burdens of the throne.
Only Switzerland lie peaceful,
Graded 'mong her mountain peaks,
Even France with. her republic,
Ola doubtful future speaks,
Too much Celtic 10 her nature,
And al Celts do everywhere,
She again gives frstful symptoms,
OFFS revolution there.
Had she some the blood Teutonic
Running in her neighbour veins
1t would make her much more stable,
And less tickle oil her rsigRs.
Glad our uncle Samuel got it,
From old England long ago,
These two tsmpsramsnts comminglsd
Fiery Norman, Saxon slow.
But in France it is corruption
Bout the Panama Canal,
Frauds by the republic leaders,
That against her safety tell.
Here we leave our eastern neiQhbofs,
View again Columbias shore,
Take q futhsr inventory,
Of the Old Years crowded store.
All, it is the same old racket,
That our people often see,
Every four years comes the contest,
Who the President shall DO.
First Republicans in party,
From Pacific slope to Maine,
Were divided warm in contest
Tween the President and Blaine.
But when met at last in counsel,
Benjamin was named the map,
For Republicans leader,
To lay out their battle plan.
Reid OF New York chosen with him,
As the vics-chisf on the slate,
Drew their masses up for battle,
That decides party's fate.
Quickly after at Chicago,
Meets the Democratic throng,
Hill and Cleveland were before it,
Each with followers, fierce and
strong;
Though N. Y. was there 'gainst Cleveland
With itstigsr. Tammany, too,
Still the outside wanted Grover.
Said thatD avid would not do.
So the great convention quickly,
Took that tiger BY the tail,
Pulled it back and let out Cleveland
In Free Trade coat OF mail.
Then with Adiai as supporter,
Grover took the battlefield,
Challenged Benjamin to combat