The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-09
Now. boys. To Grant for president.

Now, boys To Grant Tor pre8taenI,
And God defend the right
The verse was written before the NOM
mating convention and was sung In the
hall There were other songs. miles OF
them. written 10 Grants glory. In which
'Lysses comes marching home.
and Internationally rhy mes with U. g. G..
bgt fortunately the dust is on these, and 1t
shall not be removed. Few OF them were
heard four years afserward. for then .
new crop OF homegrown poets had sprung
up. Greeley had no lack OF singers him
self. There was one song which travelled
far. Its chorus stiii comes sounding
Gown:
Greeley foreveri hurrnh' boysl hurrah,
Down with Long Branch and up with
For veil rally round the old white hat.
Wen rally once again.
Shouting for honest Horace Greeley.
The political cartoonist was strong mar
In the second Grant campaign, and even
more effective than four years later. In
the Hayes-Tsiden affair there was consid-
cradle carfcaturing. much marching and
burning OF bright lights and powder. with
but little singing The glee clubs were not
so popular and the Tyres were unstrung.
To say the truth there was little In the
life OF country lawyer I'm Ohio or cor
poration In New York 20 inspire poetry or
harmony. Therefore saitpetre and kero-
sene were invoked TO fire the public heart
In 1850 the soft spirit OF roesy again
dweit temporarily In the land GARFIELD.
the man OF the people. was the chief bene-
nciary. Hancock was not good subject
somehow In open disregard OF Garfieid's
clerical profession and well-known prfn-
cipies hundreds OF thousands during his
canvass made tunefui declaration that.
Wen all get blind drunk.
When Jimmy comes marching homa.
An EASTERN writer. almost before the
noise OF the shouting sn Chicago died
away. put up a brief biography OF tho
candidate. IL was substantially. IL not ex-
actly. as follows:
He early learned 10 paddle well his own
Upon ohlo's grand canal he held the helm
0eilun for euphoDy) true.
And now the people shout to him: 10,
It's for you We walt.
We want TO see Jim Garfield guide our
glorious ship az state"
Jim Jim Garfield at At r., the 'front.' 'front.'
'Twouid be sin TO fail to win.
With Garfield at the front.
One filed with the reverentiai awe felt
BY the small In the presence OF fame. said:
Garfield and Arthur. there they stand.
Match their worth In all the land.
This Is not q nation OF hero worshipers
and the song of the man who was inn
pressed lived for one edition only. where
as thousands sang Col. John A. Joyce's
verse to the familiar Golden Slippers
When the war began with a rebel row.
He took to the front. put his hand 10 the
plow.
Halle, halle. bale. hallelujah!
As said, Hancock was an III subject.
one or two posses~crs of rhyming diction-
aries and a whistiing acquaintance with
popular melodies labored In his behalf.
One OF them went back to early days
seeking "a interest the Sons Of the Revo-
luton. He noted that the candidates
family name was the same "a that OF the
fine writer vho set his signature 10 the
great American document.
From the old Declaration" he said.
I'VE follow It's fame: twas then honored
unsuliied: today IT'S the same"
Another polnteily desired every one 70
s'Hurrah for him, the nations chief. who
wears tho civic wreath" Yet another
Garfield sympathixer. who had witnessed
Gilbert and suillvan's early atEocity. wrote
TO Hancock's harm.
IN the Union war fought so well
That my name Is greeted with rebel yen.
One does not follow the sequence, but
the writer doubtless meant well and the
idea was probably clear enough to him. So
let II pass.
GARFIELD adhcrent later In the cam
paign wrought as follows ia the interest
OF the eaass cliaarpioned By the Indiar-
spoiis Journal:
Sing a song OF Shofgun..
Pocket fsill OF knives.
-Four and twenty black men
Fleeing for their lives.
When the polls are opra
shut tire nfgx~rs mouth:
rsnt that huliy way
To make A solid Southg
Northern SvmpaGhizerS
Making speeches chaTy;
Major General Hancock
Eating rshei taffyl
Engitsb in a Qaan8ary
How 70 save shefr dollars:
Aieng comes = solid South.
And fits them ali with collars.
Then there waS another who had evil
IDENTIFY heard 90 sectional lines and who
had a knowledge or the rally sorg. His
production began:
Wen repualase the debt. boys. We bor-
roaed from the North:
Shouting the hattie CRY Of freN5oua
Well burn the public schools an2 we'll
drive the niggsrs forth.
Shouting The battle cry OF freedom,
IT'S slavery forever. Hurr2h. boys. hur-
rahi
Down With the Yankees and I'D with The
bars
While we oSFracfxe the loyal ard murder
thousands more.
Shouting ne battle cry Of freedom.
T'hs song Of 1894 was Growers Grover,
We Shall Pc In Cover" IL vas prSaic-
fioa- In fSsS Il vas "a appeal
Grover. Grover Foar years more %
Grover TIE request was denies. 70 be
renewed more successfully az the end Of
the second H&rrisea's term Rsmfarnia
Harrison dfA rot AFoase the sarae poets-
cal spirit thar his grandfather awakened
he vas net 81 near the peoples heart
Blaine sas a candidate more ef the mini
than the emotion ard few nArps wsFs
struck fer hsF1.