Rising Sun Times, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 1 January 1836 — Page 1

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TO HIS PATllOXS--JANUARY 1, 186.

ALL hail! ye worthy patrons, young and old, Whether in country, town, or city, ye reside. Pray deem your humble servant not too bold, If swift Pegassus he presumes to ride. And 'tis the wish, the prayer, the poet sing?, With blessings rich each patron's cup may flow; Th at each returning season on its wings, Bring health and peace, as sure as frost and snow.

Vicissitudes in life but few escape, Then why should man of chance or change complain?! Sure Heaven above us doth our actions shape, j Which leads to happiness, our end and aim. Each circling year our prospect brighter grows, j Success attends each measure that is right, Our happy land with milk and honey flows, I And patriot hearts thrill with a chaste delight. j No hostile nation dare invade our land, 5 No foreign despot can our sons enslave, I While lirm united is each heait and hand. i Rallying around the banner of the brave. $ i Let 1- ranee withhold our money if she will, j She justly owes it let her owe it still; i Her nation's honor she esteems full low, J When treaties sacred are disposed of so. And no apology to her is due, I Excepting such as enemies all rue. I John Bull may lick his chops, his hopes are vain, 5 For should we squabble, small will be his gain; j And France in honor still may act her part j Poor John with grief will then be sick at heart. j Among the many subjects which perplexes, Is Santa Anna's tyranny to Texas; He thinks, vain man, to make the Texi.ans yield, But first their blood will irrigate the field. For nurs'd in Freedom's arms they'll ne'er be slaves, 5 So long as earth affords them room for graves. Vindictive spirits in our peaceful land, j Set law aside, usurp supreme command; That fearful mania, Lynch,s law prevails, And all appeals to heavenly justice fails. t To end such mad excesses each should strive, And from our land the base pollution drive.

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What if a worthless man the laws defy Is this sufficient cause to justify Such lawless violations of "the peace? Forbid it Heaven that this should be the case. Of politics lve nothing now to sav, Since the eld racers Hickory and Clay Have flew the track but if a good man offers, With whom in safety we can trust our coffers, I'll wish him well, though neutrals dare not sin

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Yet tins I'll say, the People's loaves and fishes, Bring those around who empty all the dishes. Ere this the haughty Buckeye would have been In deadly conflict with the Woolvereen, Had they not been by better counsels sway'd, Although in arms each party was array'd, And vowing vengeance till our rulers spoke, It ended then as it began in smoke! A bustling spirit now pervades the land, Canals and Railways start on every hand; Such vast improvements, such bewild'ring strides, The world is topsy-lurvey on all sides. Ere long melhinks the tourist will be driven O'er earth as swift sis fly the orbs of Heaven ; From where th' Atlantic rolls his angry tide, Hither will be but as a morning's ride": The distant confines of the western main. One day we'll visit and return again. Aerial fligbts such common things are grown, That soon the space between the earth and moon A thoroughfare will be, where gas and steam Will vie in swiftness on their way between. Ihen we'll be certain whether Herschell's eyes Have told us truth, or rascals told us lies. What wonders then may not ten years unfold? Look back ten years, what wonders you behold! A visionary call me if you will Who is most visionary lime will tell. But now my story ends: both time and space Admonishes 'tis time my rhymes should cease: Long may your favors in the year that's past, Within my grateful recollection last.

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