The morning times., 1896-07-26
Proposed Bust of Thomas Paine.

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the newly born Republican party in 1856.
Prof. Robert b. Raymond wrote a song
which al that time attained great fame. 1t
was entitled. Free Speech, Free Press,
Free Soil, Free Men, Fremont and Vic
tory
This song was sung in the Broadway y Tab
ernacle, New York, at the first Repub-
lican ratification meeting after the naming
OF Fremont. Upon the defeat of the Repub-
licans rallyiDg ror the next campaign Was
at once begun and Il song prepared which
was heard in every bomlet throughout the
North. 1t began:
sound again t,i.. bugle! Call the roll anew!
II months have well nigh won the day,
what may not four years do?
CAMPAIGN OF 'ss.
The campaign Of 1883 contained many OF
the spectacular features which had ini-
nortalized that Of 1910. The old log cabin.
with the coonskin nailed on the end, was
largely in evidence, and the famous old hat
became matter of pride as well as de-
rision. The efforts TO elect the grandson
were in many respects along the same lines
as those which had proven successful in the
case of the grandfather. The same Song
which rendered ''Tippecanoe and Tyler
too,'' immortal was changed into "Tippe-
canoe and Morton, too" and sung at every
mass meeting and barbecue
FREE SOIL PARTY SONGS.
1t Is a rather remarkable fact that in
1s4s, but eight years after the Wings,
under william Henry Harrison. had COM
petely overthrown Van Huren, and I'M
mortalized him in the best series Of songs
ever injected into politicaf campaign, the
samc Martin Van Buren, should again be
nominated for President by the Free Soil
party, on a platform declaring for free
soil, free speech, free labor, and free
men.
The cedar was the emblem OF the Free
Soil party. A little song book OF thirty
six pages was issued. with this motto on
the title page:
Cheer up, cheer up, Free Soilers, all
The time has come for action;
For freedoms Cause we must contend,
In spite of party faction.
A song entitled THE New Party" to
the air of Dan Tucker contains the fo.-
lowing suggestive verses:
What has Zachary Taylor done,
That he should To the White House come?
He's good for fighting, we1i allow,
but we don't want niID anyhow.
And now il is proposed, you know.
To make slave STAKES in Mexico,
And General Taylor's just the man
To carry out that Southern plan.
And then there's Lewis Cass, they say,
Is with every one, in every way;
He's what the people OF TINS place
Denominate great doughface.
\ sympathy song" devoted to Gen.
Cass, and set to the air Of Lucy Neal"
begins:
Cos n'l
Save in some fitful dream;
And next November you will be
On cold Salt Rivers stream.
On cold Salt Rivers banks you see,
They'll turn you out to grass;
a rev short weeks ana then twill be,
Goodbye to General Cass.
The concluding verse OF the same song
gives Gen. Taylor the following shot:
O, Zach, our Matty in this race
Will leave you back so far;
Wen have 10 senu Your bioUunounds out,
To find out where You are.
1t is barely possible that the suggestion
In the last liUe may have inspired Judge
Cobb. more than tour decades later, to
have propounded the conundrum. "where
am l at:' .
In the song Martin Van OF Kinderllook," :"
to the tune Dandy Jim Of Caroline" q
very neat rap is given the followers of
Cass:
Come, We hardy sons of toll.
And cast your ballots for Free Soil;
He wnoii vote for Ia NY Taylor,
Needs q keeper or jaflor;
And ne VINO stlli Tor I ass an be.
lisa Cass without the G.
The man on whom we love to look
is Martin Van of kinderhoOk.
SOME OF THE HYMNS. *
.
But the campaign songs OF the Free
Soil party were almost all serious. many
| of them semi-religious and calculated to
arouse patriotism rather than levity. They
were Of a kind and character vastly differ
ent from those which blew '.Tfppecaaoe
and Tyler, too,' into the Executive Man
sion. THE World Awaking," sung to
the air "a: S. Melodies, is fair sample
of Free Soil hymns:
O, the world from its trance is awakiDg,
With the spring OF regeDerutc youth,
And the ever-freed people are slakiBg
Their thirst at the fountain of truth.
o, the cankerworfn, custom, was eating
lis wa through the vein Of the age,
Til In man like The wild bird, seemed Beating
His breast Oh the bars of the cage.
Hark! A voice to the nations hath spoken,
In tones that have startled the world,
Let the dark chain of error be broken;
Let Liberty's flag be unfurlcd.
For time and progressive opinion
Shall conquer wnere cohorts shall fail,
And Freedom assert her dominion;
Hail Freedom, hail Freedom, all haili
The Freefnan's Glee Book, which fur
nished musical inspiration for the first ma
ticnal campaign OF the Republican party,
was themOst pretentious publication OF the
kind as yet issued. It contained lob pages
and was novelty In that for the fint time
the notes We're printed to accompany the
words. A large proportion OF the melodies
are serious and patriotic. One OF them.
The Artful D0dgef,' to the tune .IThe
Frog He Would awooing Co" excDriates
Brooks for his cowardiy assault ON Sumner