Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-05

MiINh''lilS, DuInlllH, HSlnC waste,
Too base To know themselves dcbaScd !?
That General 'Tryon, without shame,
Rcjoiccd at sight Of towns in flame,
Like Nero, the imperial brute,
who, while Rome burned, glad played hi.
lutte ?
Can we forget that Arnold brave,
Both fought and blcd this land to save,
Until his patriot zeal grew cold,
By offered bribc of British gold ?
With thirty thousand sterling pounds,
Sir Henry Clinton, Arnold sounds;
Arnold accepts, and sinks to shame,
Bat Clinton's is the blackcr name!
Poor tempted ones, whato'cr their fall,
Are less to blame than tcmptcrS all,
Else Eve, She first on earth to err,
Was worse than serpent tempting her.
Can CarOlinianS, without pain,
Think on the fate of Isaac Ilaync,
Brave colonclof re gimcnt
OF patriots, on freedom bent ?
How he was dragged from dying wife
For whose lone sake he plead for life
Ills plea was touching, Judges deaf,
Lord l;awdOn hung him like Il thief .
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l'y what occurred SO long ago,
What britain is at present stage,
or this much more enlightened ago.
We will be fair, and state but facts,
To prove bS her more recent acts,
That III her governmental ways
Shes kept the traits Of former days.
When eight years war its course had run,
With British beat by Washington,
our government soon meets the taunt,
"Brtannia rules the wavc,' you can't !
She claimed The ocean and the seas,
As formed by the Divine dccrccS,
For her bchouf and benefit,
AS if proclaimed in Holy Writ.
She burned our vessels, pirate played,
ON freight for foreign ports she prcycd,
Our Scamcn in her service pressed,
bcCamc Il common ocean pest
Petitions, prayers, rcmOnStranccs,
Though offered long, brought no redress,
And then ncrdrul war was made,
"For sailors rights, and for Ire" trade. -
In the irSt war. true history notes,
The Red men joined with the Rcd Coats,
SO iomahawk and Scalping knife,
Played their old game in the new strife
The Savagcs still savage were,
The British knew, but did not care,
Ana had Sachcm greater far,
Than any Chici in former war.
J" many now il may seem queer,
TrcumSch was Il lirigadicr
For savage foes in British pay,
/" help her cause, our men to slay
He WAS Chief, of chiefs the pride,
10 rally braves from every side,
ntil his war cry sent his sway
From Che great lakes to Florida.
Anew arose the war-whoop then,
Anew the bloody ScalpS of men,
Adorned the Red mans bayonrt,
" hcm he his British master met
Six hundred yelling braves with Brock,
Gave cautious Hull SO great Il shock,
That lac surrendered Fort Detroit,
with all his men, without Il fight.
But wicu TccunSch grim was slain,
The British cause began to wanc,
And on the wave met sore defeats,
Although She had the larger llcctS
But S,uadrunS long the Atlantic shore,
l.aid waste and burned immensely more,
And IN much more wantOn way
Ihan the base llcSSianS in their day.
An Admiral, Cockburn by name,
The wanton played To Britain'S shame,
iut General Ross, out on the land
Discounted tockburn'S burning band.
All unOppoScd, To WaShingion
lie marched with torch and SicIing gun,
To ashes burnt the Capitol,
With priceless contents each and all!
The White House next he fired apaCc,
Wth public buildings near the place,
And all in smouldcring ruins lay,
ALcl""c of that cvcntiul day!
Then FASTENED quick to Baltimore,
70 burn rs on the day before,
liut militia force in face
Sent him, like Judas, to his place.
Down i'll the fragrant, llowcry plain
OF Florida, then owned by Spain,
The British Agents Indians fed,
10 XIII our mon and scalp the dead.
Hut General Jackson spoiled tho plot,
When A.n iistcr and Arbuthnot
Fell III his hands that set them free,
Suspended on Gall0wS tree.
The British bent on further wrong,
With army full twelve thousand strong,
or veterans once with Wellington,
For New Orleans next made Il run.
on dark morn, ioGGy and calm,
The coming host of lackcnham,
EHpcCtcd high at early hour,
The city pr0Stiatc in their power
But gallant Jackson blocked The way,
With cotton bales and piled up clay,
And wien the Red Coats striped The val,
lie raincd them showers of lcadcn hail.
Ere morn'S full light eight hundred dca,
or Brit"n'S pride around were spread,
Nm, & them l'ackcnham lay cold,
While Jackson lost eight men, all told!
The remnant Of the conquered ncc,
Like Gadara herd into The sea;
llCnCciorth the lions been Lamb.
At thought Of war with Uncle Sam,
Gro be coninucd)
We arc now clubbing with tn,
ThliCc.a Week New York World. W,