The silver star., 1898-03-10

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script. has happy tears in its eyes as
It gives to the public "the following ap-
propriate ode composed by the Right
Rev. B. B. Usher to meet the patriotic
views Of those who love the old land
ana the new:'
God bless the whole wide earth.
The land that gave US birth,
And where we dwell.
Here. with our hearts content.
E:y life in peace be spent:
God save our President,
Let anthems swell. y
"Biess her. on Brltain's throne.
Whose might is right alone.
And spare her long.
Here in Columbia's land,
May we with heart and hand
A proud, united band.
Be true and strong.
Hasten. o God, the day
When with united sway
On land and sea,
British and Yankee might.
Upholding all that's right.
May stand prepared to fight
For Liberty.
'Fling wide our ensign's fold,,,
And let the earth behold.
Our flags are one.
Let all men know tits true,
The old. red. white and blue
Lies blended In the new,
And strife Ia done" --
We print the ode for the double pur-
pose Of showing what incredible flap
doodle an English or a colonial bishop
as the Right Rev. b. B. Usher, II he is
not joke. must be supposed to be. is
capable Of writing. and how that in
credible fiapdoodle finds favor in
Boston. which used to pride itself on
its ability to read and write. A choir
boy of nine who couldn't write better
ode would deserve to be spanked for a
Ounce. The late kev. DR.. Samuel F.
Smiths words to the tune Of God Save
the Queen" unfortunately selected here
as national tune and called Amer
ica," are not any too able. excellent as
their sentiment Is; but this Usherian
Anglo-American imitation is as remote
from literature as 1t is from common
sense.
God bless our President,
Let anthems swell"
The Right Rev. b. b. Usher doesn't
know what an anthem is. His notion
Of literature is about as crude as that
OF q Chicago crank who astounded w
J.Bryan reading an Original poem" ut
the jackson Day banquet in which the
following lines appeared: Bryan. Bry-
an, we are with thee still. Bryan. Bry-
an. Bryan, BILL" The Transcript says
that the ode has the ring Of patriot
Ism. and will serve to cultivate q spirit
that will make for holy purposes and
closer union" What sort Of patriot
ism? Not American patriotism. which
IL the only kind Americans have to
cultivate. Not English patriotism, for
while. for its own interests. England
may find II worth while to cultivate an
artificial federation of Americana. Eng
lish patriotism is severely English.
and both the non-traveling. genuine
Euglishman and most travelling Eng
lt0nman VINO IdVOr tni8 country Win
their presence. heartily hate the Yam
KEGS, as indeed they do every other
race except their own. The Usher
hymn will please mighty few English.
men. except small CT re CT sentimsn
talists and International arbitration
brethren.
'God bless the whole earth." except
Of course, the Russians. Germany. and
everybody else who 10 guilty Of beine
In Englands way. "Whose might Il
! right alone" We should like poeti.
cal or even prose summary Of Brit
ish expansion from the hand Of the
Right Rev. b. D. Usher.
The old red. white and blue will never
be blended with anything. The Ushei
ode will never be sung anywhere bu'
at smoker" Of that powerful ally o.
England, the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company. And the fame ol
the Usher Of chronology will not bt
dimmed by that Of Usher. the ode
maker.
.Are you Interested In this don
worry movements" "Yes; ! WISH
could get nll my creditors Into H."