Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-20

| WnllSG nBntlnB ana Whilst shouting Oul
Union-Rc1el yoll.
Our Riders, too, at Panama, with stal
wart steeds and frisky,
Begin to think, with Bryan's men, on,
| chanco Is growing risky;
So please, good folks at Washington,
send us on 'gainst Spain,
That we may have an equal chance re.
Wondering the Maine.
From East and .Wcst, from South and
North,
With ono accord wo are marching forth,
TO battle with might in oause that's
right
Under our "Star spangled Banner" to
| fight.
We arc here from Alabama-here from
| Wisconsin,,
And from tho Carolinas the boys are roll
Wo arc hore from good old Georgia
| hore from Illinois,
And that's the way they're mixing up
our gallant soldier boys.
We have boys from Mississippi and boys
from Michigan,
And fighters, too, from Ohio and famous
| Maryland; ;
There are soldier boys from Jersey, and
from Indiana, too,
And they're coming still from Iowa
| coming not few.
From Arkansas, Delaware, and grand old
| Tennessee,
Vermont, Now York, Connecticut, and
as far as we can 500,
Tho soldior boys c2mo rolling in, spoil
| ing for a fight,
To do their best for Uncle Sam and SGT
| poor Cuba right.
Kansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine.
Grand old Massachusetts, of most his
toric fame,
Now Hampshire, Minnesota, Missouri,
| Idaho,
All want q place in this 'procesl" of
Uncle Sans big show.
"Littlo Rhody," "Old Kentuols," Ne
vada and Nebraska,
Aud maybe, too, Bomo boys may come
from far away Alaska,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Wyoming and
All in limo to pluck from Spain hor islo
of tho banana.
Old Virginia gives her bost, fresh from
| tho Il. +. V.'s,
And sends along to SEQ them through the
| noblest Of her Lees;
'Gainst soldier lads such as those, alas
| for bankrupt Spain!
So often whipped, and easily, and being
| whipped again.
They arc hero, too, from Texas, in rogi-
| mental gang
Cowboys and Rangers-each riding his
mustang;
They are coming here from everywhere,
awhile with us to stay,
Soldering mid the orange trees OF
| Flowery Florida.
Dakota, Arizona, and tho Territories all
Are coming worry nobiy at thoir Unclc
Sammy's call,
Eager to be In the scrap, impatient for
TO plant the naughty Spaniards in Cuba's
| bloody soil.
And Bryan, too, the candidate of Presi.
dontial fame,
Is hero with all tho rest of us, to carve q
lofty name
In the fight for Cuba Libro, on tho land
and on tho soa,
And give valiant helping hand to sol
tho Cubans free.
In golden California tho boys are doing
woll,
And when they reach tho Philippines
look out for morry-~woll
Tho Asiatic. squadron, with Dewey al
tho helm,
Will snap in two the backbone of tho old
Castilian realm.
We have gobblod Santiago, and will take
Havana too,
For that's what Miles and Shaftor are
expected soon to do.
Wo'll gather in old Blanco, and send him
back to Spain,
And give him all tho time no wants ro
Wondering tho Maine.
We are sorry for Corvora--ho deserves q
| better fate,
lie couldn't euchro Sampson, for he
started out too late.
Lis effort, though heroic, was little Bit
too rash,
And he lost his mon and all his ships by
that ono fatal dash.
We've astounded that "war cabinet" in
tho city of Madrid,
And thoy arc thinking now quito serious
for the safety of tho kid
For crafty old Don Carlos threatens trou.
bio thoro at homo,
And is expecting momentarily to gobble
up tho throne.
With Sampson, Schley and Watson, and
tho boys with Fitzhugh Loo,
Wo'll plant 'em on tho land and we'll
sink ;em on tho Rea.
What wo did at santiago wo can easily
| do again
Capture Blanco and his vandals and
| sond thom home to Spain.
So whom Whcolor and his cavalry shall
| rido into Havana,
Wo'll sing lofty song of praise, shout.
ing, loud HOsanna;
For Joo is not akin 30 fear, and though &
| little chap,
Can whip his woigbG moro times than
ono, and rather likes to 'ssrap."
That we should givo tho "Boys in Blaok''
| full credit for tho fight
Which they made at Manzanillo, is
| naught but just and right,
For all through tho heated conflict they
| were present in tho fray;
Yes, tho "colorod troops fought nobly''
| and helped us win the day.
All praise to Teddy Roosevelt and his
! gallant riders game,
Who'Ve won reuorG lofty on tho monl.
| mont of famc;
Wen not forget tho "an.busl" trap in
| which his boys woro slain,
But count 1t in with interest whom we
! sottle for tho Maino,