La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-12

AAericans Sing God Save the Queen
ef England.
From the New York Sun: Our es-
teemed contemporary. the Boston Tran
script, has happy tears In its eyes as
It gives to the public '.thc following ap-
propriate ode composed by the Right
Rev. B. B. Usher to meet the patriotic
views OF those who love the old land
and the new"
"God bless the whole wide earth.
The land that gave US birth.
And where We dwell.
Here, with our hearts content.
May life in peace be spent:
God save our President.
Let anthems swell.
"Bless her. ON Britain's throne.
Whose might is right alone.
And spare her long.
Here In Columbin'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, N
UNFOLDING all that's right,
May stand prepared to ish.
For Liberty.
Fling wide our ensign's fold.,
And let the earth behold.
Our fiags are one.
Let all men know It's true.
The old. red. white and bluo
Lies blended in the new.
And strife Is 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 a joke. must be supposed to be, Ia
capable of writing, and how that in
credible hapdoodlc 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 hev. DR.. Samuel +.
Smiths words to the tune of God Save
the Queen" unfortunately selected here
as q 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. D. B. Usher doesn't
know what an anthem II. His notion
Of literature il about a. crude a. that
Of . Chicago crank who astounded w.
J. Bryan reading an Original poem" at
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 spirit
that will make for holy purposes and
closer union" What sort of patriot
ism? Not American patriotism. which
is the only kind Americans have to
cultivate. Not English patriotism. for
while. for its own interests, England
may find 1t worth while to cultivate an
artificial federation OF Americans. Eng
lish patriotism is severely English.
and both the non-traveling. genuine
Englishman and most travelling Eng
lishman who favor this country with
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 c-tsr'e Of sentims n.
talists and International arbitration
brethren.
"God bless the whole EARTH" except.
Of course, the Russians. Germany. and
everybody else who is guilty OF being
in Englands way. Whose might is
right alone" We should like poeti-
cal or even a prose summary Of Brit
ish expansion from the hand OF the
Right Rev. b. B. Usher.
The old red. white and blue will never
be blended with anything. The Usher
ode will never be sung anywhere but
at "smoker' Of that powerful ally Of
England. the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company. And the fame OF
the Usher OF chronology will not be
dimmed by that Of Usher. the ode
maker.
"Are you Interested In this don't
worry movement Yes. wish
could get NIL my creditors into Il.