The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-01-05
THE OLD CENTURY AND THE NEW
WRITTEN BY j. l.. POWER.

In passing from the old year and entering on
the new,
IT'S well to retrospect the one-of its record
take a view;
Experience is the teacher that tutors one and all.
And as we heed its lessons, so must we rise or
fall;
So on this New Years morning let us take a
backward glance.
And see wherein the study our future may en-
nance;
And let our range OF vision extend both far and
near
Der the century that's departed to the new one
that 10 here.
In eighteen one this nation commenced to put
on airs,
When jefferson, by message, discussed all state
affairs;
With Ave million population-so the census
gave
And an army OF three regiments to make the
world behave;
In eighteen three expansion was the order OF
the day;
Napoleon sold an empire for a small amount OF
pay;
In eighteen seven the British were ordered from
cur shores.
And Robert Fulton got up steam, and still his
whistle blows.
In eighteen twelve old England was made to
That she was not our equal on sea or on the
land
Brave Jackson at New Orleans, and Perry on
the Lake,
Taught her how our forces could give as well as
take; .
Our sister, louisiana. sought admission As a
state,
And Mississippi had only a few more years to
wait;
I'm tenth December, seventeen. she took her
place In line,
And her bright star on Ola Glory will never
cease to shine.
In eighteen twenty three the doctrine was pro-
claimed
By which MIR. Monroe has ever since been
famed:
That European powers these continents must
shun,
And II they failed to take the hint there'd be
some lively fun:
The monument on Bunker HUI its cornerstone
was laid,
And a great canal named Erie four hundred
miles vas made;
In eighteen twenty-seven the first railroad laid
its tracks;
1t proved a great sensation for the whites as
well as blacks.
And when, in twenty nine. a got up
steam,
OF such a great Invention no prophet dared to
dream,
But IN the year that followed, when trains COM
menced to run.
The world looked on amazed at how the thing
was done;
Mccormick and his reaper next come before our
view,
Moving down the wheat fields as il 'twere
nothing new;
Chioroiorm and matches were the next things
introduced,
They're among the greatest comforts this coun-
try has produced.
In thirty-two the Black Hawk war was fairly
well begun,
But in due time old Zachary got the Indians on
the run;
In that same year old jackson smashed the U.
5. Bank
In rascality and rottenness 1t was so very rank;
And the people again called him to the highe st
chair OF state,
And crowned with brightest laurels Old Hick-
DRY the Great;
In thIrty-four the nations debt to every cent
was paid,
But the treasury then knew nothing Of a PEN
sion raid.
The telegraph, in forty-four, sent its first mes
sage through;
From Washington to Baltimore with lightning
speed II flew;
And Morse, its great inventor, achieved such
bright renown,
His name through all the ages will, with graft
tude, go down;
In ~forty-six with Mexico we had a little tilt,
When Qu.tman and JEFF Davis made Santa
Anna wilt;
Chapultepec and Buena Vista were, by great
valor, won,
But Santa and his lesions could not enjoy the
fun.
But Just here w must mention what we would
have you know:
The printing press, in cylinder, was made by
X. NJ. Hoe;
The ball and pad. and hand machine, were for
ever laid aside.
When Hoe put on the steam and gave the order
From forty-eight to fty-elght-well have to
pass 1t by
And next year simply note, John Brown hung
very high;
He fed from Harper's Ferry TO the town OF
Charleston,
Where his body was cut down and "his soul
went marching on"
This brings us TO the war times, when passion
held full sway,
And North and South were marshaled In belllg-
erent array;
Secession was the watchword in all this South
ern land,
And MissIssIppians, by thousands. stepped out
to take a hand.
Four years Of awfnl carnage-of signs, and sobs,
Aud
or victory and vanqulshed-of hopes, and
doubts and fears;
But might. not right. prevailed. and the Stars
and Bars were furled
That had foated over armies the bravest in the
world.
"On fame's eternal camping ground they're
biyouacking today;
Their memories will be revered, those noble
boys In gray;
Their yalOr is a heritage. To bO cherished
through all time
Their patriotism the purest. unselnsh and
sublime;
X. K Lee and Jackson, and the gallant hosts
they led
Will live in song and story. and the lustre they
have shed
Will radiate our Southland with a clear and
genial glow
That will help all latent virtues In vigor strong
10 grow.
There are veterans Of our legions-a remnant OF
the host