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LANCASTER, PA.S WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. 1881.
Hancastet JjnteUigencet.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 3, 1881.
"LONG MAY IT WAYE."
THE STAR SPANGLEU BANNER AND
ITS AW r HOB.
Francis Scott Key and Hia ImperlsbaDle
Lyric Hew the Star Spangled Ban
ner Was Written Story or
Key's LHe.
W, U. Hensel in Philadelphia Press, Aug. 1.
Te-ilay is tlie anniversary of the birth of
the author of the Star Spangled Banner,
the national anthem of the people and gov
ernment of the United States. Pest-dating
Hopkinson's Hail Columbia mere than
fifteen years, the ether of our most famous
national lyrics, it has transcended it in
popularity and has given the world-wide
name te our flag. Neither of the songs
has great poetic merit, nor is the composi
tion of either the work of musical genius
or memfmental for striking effect. What
there is in cither te have given them their
place it might be hard te determine by any
rule of poetic or musical criticism. It is
enough te knew that in all the political
changes, the revolution and long strides
forward in American literature, the cele
bration, in song, of every epoch in our
history, with the lyre of nearly every one
of our native poets attuned, one time or
another, te their country's praises, and
with all the patriotic outbursts of theCen
tennially Whittier and Lewell, of Helmes
and Lanier nothing has yet superseded
.the Star Spangled Banucr. Nothing is
ever likely te. There is only room in the
popular heart for one natieual hymn, as
there is only p'ace in tne popular esteem
for oue overtopping national here. The
lapse of time invests each with an increas
ing veneration that shields it from critical
inspection or the attacks of iconoclasts.
The Star Spangled Banner is generally
credited among " single poems," whose
author's claim te fame is based upon it.
Moreover, he lias lived tee near this gener
ation te be yet viewed as an historical
character or given a place in literary an
nals. Seme time after his death, in 1857,
an edition of his poems was published for
acharitable cause at an argent request
upon his'widew for her consent and with
her semewhat reluctant permission. Her
objections were that, with the exception
of thatone with which his name wiU al
ways be associated, they were mainly
written for private occasions, improvised
and dashed off with little care and no re
vision. The book is new out of print, and
many of his descendants have been un
able te lay their hands en coveted copies.
Te the scrap-books and personal recol
lections of one efhis granddaughters the
writer of this article is indebted .for some
reminiscences and writings of him which
may net inaptly serve te commemerato mm
te-day and recall te this generation his
social accomplishments, his religious
character, his intellectual qualities, and
his poetic inclinations.
Francis Scott Key was a uative of Fred
crick county, Md., where he was born
August 1, 1779. A graduate of St. Jehn's
cellege, Annapolis, he adopted the law as
his profession, began its practice in his
native county, and removed thence te
Georgetown, D. C. He was for years
district attorney of the District of Celum
bia, being relieved by tne cnange ei -tienal
administration in the incoming of
Harrison. His only sister was the wife of
Reger Taney, chief justice of the United
States. Hen. Cfeorge H. Pendleton is one
of his sons-in-law. There was a Daniel
Turner who was graduated at the head of
the first class which went out from West
Point military academy. His portrait can
be seen en the walls of that institution. He
was a nephew of that Captain Jacob Tur
ner, one of the three commissioned
officers who, with six soldiers, were
killed in the battle of German
town. After the war of 1812 Turner
adopted civil life and became a member of
Congress from Ngrth Carolina. Jehn
Randelph, then in Congress, an intimate
friend of Mr. Key and frequent visitor at
his hospitable home, took Mr. Turner
thcre and introduced hitn iute the Key
family, oue of whose daughters he mar
ried. The ill-starred Philip Barten Key
of the famous Sickles-Key tragedy was a
son of the same household, Te a daugh
ter of the Turner-Key union, then a little
girl 9 years old New Mrs. Ellen Turner
Messersmitb, of Lancaster, Pa., the
author of the Star Spangled Banner wiete
this letter. It is cited here te show the
genial qualities of the man, the gracious
dignity and the sweet solicitude whieh
only courtly gentlemen of what, alas !
we have te call " the old school," seemed
te possess or betray. It is te be noted
that this letter was written less than a
year befere his death, which occurred
January 11, 1843 :
Washington, 4th March, '42.
My Dear Ellen : I am afraid you have
get tired of waiting for my letter, and I
must premise you the next time you write
te answer you sooner. I was glad te see
you could write se clever a letter, and I
hepe you will give your little fingers a
ceed chance te be useful as they are grow
ing by practicing them every day in sewing
and writing. Seme young ladies aropread
of their hands and take great pains te
keep them white and nice ; but, unless
they learn te sew and write neatly, they
are geed for nothing. I hope you will re
member this, and keep your pens and
needles going briskly. But fingers are
net able, as yen knew, te write letters of
themselves. Yeu must have thoughts,
and then put your thoughts into words,
and then spell the words right, and then
set the fingers ageing. Yeu see, there
fore, that you must learn te think and te
express your thoughts, neauiujj auu con
sidering and trying te understand and re
member what you read will help you in
this, and I hope, therefore, you will be
fend of reading.
This summer I want your father and
mother te bring you all te Pipe Creek, and
then I shall hear you read and talk and
shall be much pleased te find you (as I
hope I shall) much improved in every re
Rnenfc and ns irned aS clOVOr. YOU shall
:t ana as goea as . u
these two smart little cousins, who will
fipn
be new acquaintances and very fend of
you. The eldest of them, Clarence, reads
new almost like a man ; the ether is tee
little te read, but is learning his letters.
I wnnt. te sea FranK very uiucn. i mm
I get you all at Pipe Creek I think I shall
start a school a reading and writing
school and a riding school and I hope we
shall all be very happy.
Tell your father and mother that we are
new looking out for them. Our winter is
fine, and the flowers in bloom. I suppose
your mother's garden is beautiful. Your
grandma and aunts and Barten and Charles
all send their love te you, and give mine
te father and mother ana an tne cniiaren.
Your affectionate granaiatner,
F. S. Key.
Te his grandchildren and ether young
relatives and friends he freely wrote in
this spirit, the epistles in mechanical exe
cution being marked by neat and legible
penmanship, carefully punctuated, written
in simple, easy, but vigorous and express
ive words, and pervaded by the kind tene
of the above.
Pipe Creek, te which reference is made,
was the place amid the scenes of his
youth's residence, where he resorted in
the summer season, and where he loved te
gather his friends and family about him.
That he continued te sojourn there in the
latter days of his life appears from a poem
te his mother, Ellen Key, dated Pipe
Creek, November, 1842, only two months
before his death, which ran thus :
I wish we were all In heaven, mother,
I wish we were all in heaven ;
The earth is a beautiful place, mother,
But I wish we were au i
In heaven.
Nothing was mere conspicuous in his
character than his religious veneration. A
faithful churchman, he. was went te gather
all about him at Pipe creek en Sunday
and read a sermon. Visiting Tuscaloosa,
Ala., in the winter of 1833, net unlikely
en professional business connected with
Mrs. Gaines' litigation, he found a note
upon his table one morning with the un
known writer's album and a poetic appeal
for a contribution te it from one whom the
fair suitor thus described :
Peet and patriot ! Theu mays write for fame,
But by a tenderer and holier name
I call thee Christian! Write thou here one
lay
Fer me te read and treasure when thou art
uway !
He was touched by this incident, no less
than by the marked respect shown him by
the pcople of the city when they learned
the identity of their visitor as the author
of the nation's hymn. He responded te
the invitation with a lengthy effusion, tes
tifying his high appreciation of the sym
pathy he had met :
Wc are net strangers. Well thy lines Impart
The patiet's fervor, the poet's heart;
Net even thy praise can make me vainly deem
That was the poet's power and net his theme
That woke thy young heart's rapture when
his strain
Was et that starry banner that again
Had wav'il in victory en the battle plain.
Yes, though Columbia's land be wide,
Though Chesapeake's bread waters glide
Far distant from the forest shores
Where Alab.nna'3 current rears.
Yet, ever all this land se lair
Still waves the flag or stripe anil star.
Still en the Waniev's banks 'tis seen,
Anil shines in Coosa's valleys green.
By Alabama's maiden sung
With patriot heart and tuneful tongue.
Yes ! 1 have looked areunil me here
And lelt I was no lereigncr.
Each friendly hand's frank offered clasp
Tells me It Is a brother's grasp.
My own 1 deem these rushing Heeds,
My own these wild and waving weeds
And te a poet, sound se dear.
My own song sweetly chanted here.
The joy witli which these scenes I view
Tells ine, here is my country tee,
These sunny plains I freely ream,
I am no outcast from a home.
Ne wand'rer en " a foreign strand,"
"Tills is my own, my native land."
His patriotic and martial spirit burst
forth in another aud perhaps the best of
his lyrics, entitled "The Warrior's Ro Re
turn," and written in 1829, some fifteen
years after the production en which his
poetic fame rests. Its refrain is :
Then mixt with the olive the laurel shall wave
And form a bright wreatli ler the brew of the
brave.
His religious fervor breathes threugu
numerous strains of elevation, like his
translation of the Nineteenth Psalm and
a short poem entitled " Heme," ending :
And the loud hallelujah of angels shall rise
Te welcome the soul te its home in the skies.
Heme, home, home et the soul.
The besom et Ged Is the home of the soul.
Te one se apt te indulge in rhyme, and
at a time when every Miss had her album
ami dewerc! was one of the prevalent
fashions of society, the appeals te lnm for
"original" verses for such uses were
many and his indulgcnce of them liberal.
One of his playful responses contain these
lines or prophecy for the Southern belle
te whose album he contributed :
Sarah Gayles, thou wilt be fair,
Se a thousand swains shall swear.
And beloved thou shait be.
And be-rliymcd incessantly.
Slight the task et lever pale
Te sing of lovely Sarah Gayle ;
Never will his numbers fail
Te sound the praise el Sarah Gayle.
Sec, they come o'er hill and dale
Te gaze m love en Sarah Gayle ;
E'an from distant lands they sail.
Striving te catch u favoring Gayle,
And teach each Alabamian vale
Te echo te the name of Gayle.
In summer' heat they'll wish a Gayle
And e'en in winter's storm ami hail
'they'll still desire te have a Gayle.
ir thou shalt frown they'll sadly wail
With broken hearts ter Sarah Uayle.
Ami many a heavy cotton-bale
They'll count light prize ler Sarah Gayle.
S.irah Gale, thou wilt be kind.
And one day, perhaps, inclined
Te t&kea name mere te thy mind
Thau one which is se much bc-rhyined.
The Star Spangled Banner was written,
like all his verses, en the moment, te serve
the fancy of a passing occasion, and the
circuuibtauces of its compesitiou are net
only interesting in themselves, but are
almost necessary te be known te appreci
ate the reception which it had upon its
lirst appearance, aud which gave it per
manent lodgment in our national literature.
Like Keguet de l'Islc's Marseillaise Hymn,
a war-song for all natieus, which it must
be admitted far excels it in vigor and vi
vacity, our natieual hymn was written in
a single night, and the " morning gales
swept it through the land.
In 1814 Mr. Key and family were resid
ing in Georgetown. The British squadron
had moved up the Potomac river as far
as Alexandria, and the attack of foreign
marauders was expected at Washington.
A member of Majer Peters' volunteer
company of light infantry, Mr. Key was
forced, by his honor no less than his incli
nation, te remain in the city and aid iu
protecting its iij'" " w...-, ..-..
him Mrs. Key would net quit the place.
His relatives in Frederick, appreciating
the defenseless position of his family at
Georgetown, with their natural protector
likely te be engaged iu the defense of the
federal capital, sent his brother-in-law,
Taney, afterwards the chief justice, te go
and bring his wife and family te their
friends in Frederick. The preparations
for the defense of Washington induced the
early departure of the enemy ; but while
Mr. Taney remained at the Key mansion
a messenger came there with the urgent
summons for Mr. Key te obtain
gevcrmental permission te go aboard
the British Admiral's ship aud
secure the release et one Dr. Beanes,
whom a troop of straggling English sol
diers had seized in Upper Marlboro aud
carried a prisoner with them te the fleet
upon embarking ler tueir ucpunure, aim
the efforts of whose friends for his release
had thus far been unavailing. i lenasinp
for Dr. Beanes and a consideration for the
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i community of which he was a most highly
esteemed member and leading physiciau,
nressedMr. Key te promptly undertake
the mission, and with due authority he
hastened te Baltimore te take a vessel te
communicate with the British fleet in the
matter, the family, meanwhile, under
escort of Mr. Taney, journeying te Mary
land. He did net secure even the prom prem
ise of his friend's release without delay and
difficulty. Although Dr. Beanes had
treated the officers of the invading British
army with courtesy and hospitality at his
elegant mansion, and had tended their
wounded at Bladensburg with professional
Trill nnd hnmane tenaerness, tney main
tained that he had violated some sort of a
parole in putting himself at the head of a
detachment of citizens te pursue
and punish the plundering troops
who 'were depredating en him
".XS "" '" r
tainCU ami treausu mm uii-iu ui iraa
dignity, and only after considerable effort
onthepartef Mr. Key and the govern-
ment agent for exchange of prisoners, Mr.
JehnB. Skinner, was
his rclcase reluc
tantly consented te. But neither he nor
these who had come te secure his release
were permitted te leave the fleet until
after the impending at tack upon Baltimore
had been made. Thus was au 9Ccasien
made which furnished the inspiration for
the Star Spangled Banner. When the
fleet -reached Patapsco and the troops
were disembarked and Admiral Cochrane
moved up the river te superintend the
attack en Fert McHenry by water, the
American agents and prisoner were placed
under a guard of marines te prevent
them from landing upon their own ship,
which was anchored where they could
plainly see the flag flviilg en the fort from
their deck. With what patriotic anxiety
they watched all night " the rocket's red
glare" and the "bombs bursting
in air " may easily be im
agined. Fer hours the bombard
ment continued unceasingly, indicating
the stubborn and successful resistance of
the attacked party. In the early morning,
and seme time befere the gray dawn, the
cessation of firing led the watchers te
fear lest there had been seme signs of sur
render ; and then ensued a period of most
painful suspense, during which they
counted the watches of the night and
waited for the " dawn's early light " te
reveal whether there gallantly streamed
.from the ramparts the " bread stripes and
bright stars" they uau iiaiieu at
" the twilights last gleaming, "
and which they had exultingly
seen "still there," proudly waving
against the dark blue sky in the glare of
the rockets aud bursting bombs. The
light of day and their glasses trained te
the service brought joy te their vigil. The
movements of the British revealed the dir dir dir
comfiture of their troops en land, and
with the erders for their re-embarking
carae permission for the American vessel
te land. It was such scenes as these, and
under the thrilling excitement of the very
occasion itself, that our national anthem
was conceived, and, indeed, mainly writ
teu. Theso who knew Mr. Key's habit
of committing his strains te verse upon
the spot and of covering the backs of let
ters which he carried in his pocket with
the improvised lines can well understand
that his immortal lyric, merely the narra
tive aud expression of his feelings en this
occasion, was begun white he was watch
ing the retreat of the enemy, finished en
his way te the shere iu the beat, and writ
ten out in full exactly as it new stands at
his hotel in Baltimore en the very evening
after the exciting events which evoked it.
Judge Nichelson, the husband of his wife's
sister, was the first person te whom the
author read the lines, and he was se pleased
with it that he had handbills of it printed
and posted, which were read and icceived
with enthusiastic interest by the Ualti Ualti
mereans, rejoicing in the successful defense
made for their city.
It was set te music by Charles Du
rang, a native of Lancaster, Pa ,
and the first public lenditien of it
was at Ferd's theatre en September
12, 1S14. Its composer's name, by the
way, is seldom te be 1'euud in musical cata
logues. Whatever the merits of its com
position, it was a matter of little concern
te its author. Inclined as he was te
rythmical expression of his fancies he had
au igorauce of musical composition that
would be utterly inconceivable if it were
net, by a most remarkable illustration of
the law of heredity, made plain in the case
of seme of his descendants. He could net
tell ene tune from auether. Old Hundred,
Yankee Deedle, Hail Columbia and the
Star Spangled Banner were entirely undis
tinguishablc te the car of Francis Scott
Key. Upen the occasion of the visit te
Tuscaloosa, befere referred te, he was
serenaded, and the local baud naturally
played the music of his famous song. Te
the great astonishment and amusement of
the gentlemen about him, he innocently
remarked that "it was a pretty air,"
densely ignorant of the tune they were
playing. A daughter inherited the same
lack of musical aptitude, aud her daughter
iu turn ; and new, in the fourth genera
tion, a great-granddaughter of the author
of the Star Spangled Banner has vainly
tried for years te accomplish enough musi
cal knowledge te knew the tunc when it is
played.
Iu personal appearance Mr. Key was
tall aud thin, cleanly shaven, with a head
of heavy brown hair, disposed te curl
slightly? He had a face of marked beauty
of peculiar oval form, and a notable sweet
ness of countenance. He had large,
dreamy, poetic eyes and a genuinely sym
pathetic and mobile expression. A pic
ture in Independenc Hall represents him
as a young man. A pert rait in possession
of Ins daughter, Mrs. Turner, who with
some of her descendants is resident in Cal
ifornia, has been-copied for the statue te
adorn the monument which is te be erect
ed te him there, in accordance with the
8150,000 bequest for that purpose of
James Lick, the eccentric California mil
lionaire. Our National II.viiid.
Philadelphia Press Ed. -
What is our national Koug? The
British have their Ilule Britannia, the
French their Marseillaise, the Swiss their
Ranz des Vaches, and se en through the
family of natieus nearly every ene has its
own song which stirs the pulses and fires
the bleed as no ether human words can.
But when the question is put te the
average American the chances arc that he
will answer indifferently, Yankee Deedle,
Hail Columbia, America, or the Star
Spangled Banner, Each of these has its
own right te the honor. The first two,
while possessing merits of their own,
belong in spirit rather te the Revolution
ary period than te that of te-day. The
first is a tune rather than a song, for the
words are frivolous, while the second,
with its
Sound, teunil, the trump et tame !
Let Washington's jjreat name.
King through the world with loud app'.auie.
is rather an invocation of the Father of his
Country than of the patriotic or national
spirit. The Rev. Dr. Smith's America,
laboring under the disadvantage of being
sung te .the tune of Ged save the King,
the music of the English anthem of to te
day,is also destitute el the qualities which
appeal te the heart. The Star Spangled
Banner, with its impassioned appeal te
the emblem of patriotism, must then be
censituyed our national song, representing
as it does, the spirit te which Maryland,
mv Marvland. written bv a citizen of the
same state as Francis Soetl Key, appealed
in another way.
m
Druggist's Testimony.
II. F. McCarthy, druggist, Ottaw,n, Out.,
states that he was alllicteu with chrenicc bron
chitis for some years ami was completely
cured bv the usoetThomas' F-cIcctric Oil. Fer
sale at II. . Cochran's drug store, 137 North
Queen street, Lancaster.
What Alls Yeu ?
Is it a disordered liver giving you a yellow
skin or costive bowels; which have resulted
in distressing elies or de your kidneys refuse
te perform their functions ? It se, your sys
tem will seen be clogged witn poisons. xiiKe
alew doses et Kidney-Wert and you'll feel
run nnurmnn natnrn will threw efT every
imncdiment and each organ will Iks ready for
duty. Druggists sell both the Dry and Liquie,
A. r. Atlas.
aul-lwilvr
'Found at Lkt.
What every one should have. .and .
never be
i wUiMinf i Themas' .tcieum. "" i .,"
I SSSSSSS.
mruues. ami woundset every kind,
fSe it Til . Cochran's drug store. i:i7
It is
- North Qnccn street, Lancasler.
Price Tw Crate.
DKT HOODS.
J."
MARTIN & CO.
MOSQUITO CANOPIES
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Full Size rink Canopy .
Full Size White Canopy 1-80
Well made, or the best material and put up
free of charge. Crib Sizes.
OUK FALL STOCK OF
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Is the largest shown in the city. Call and ex
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We have made great reductions In cvpry cvpry
enc of our departments mid we are closing;
out our stock of
Trimmefl Hats ana Bennets
AT A ;UEAT SACltlFICF.
Lace Trimmed Hats, one let at 25c.
Anether let el Fine llati at .Vie.
Ilarains in Oinluit: Hiudrd Ribbons, Neh.9,
12. 1(1, 21, 10, at .5e, yOc. :Wc. 4le and aie a yard.
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Fine Linen Dusters :il$1.
HOOP-SKIRTS.
15 spring", Stapes...... ...40c
JO siirins, ."italics - 45e
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springs, tape trout .....1.0c
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COItSETS A SPECIALTY.
PAKASOLS LESS THAN COST.
Mesquite Net Canopies $2, including all
Fixtures.
Hamburg Eduiiigs and Insertlngs in Swiss,
Lawn and Nainsoek.
DecpFleunninKiitS0c,7.")C.Jlund$l.23a9ard.
Laces of ail kin.'s at greatly reduced prices.
Lace Cellar.', ler ladies and children in largu
variety. Ireni iOj te Wrf) apiece.
Lacs MItsand Lisle tiieves greatly reduced
te doe out the sleck.
Childs,' Pink and Blue Hese, knit, seamless,
fat colon, 2 pair ler ile.
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LL'MUEK AND COAL.
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8tri:tH above Lemen. Lancaster. nS-lyd
C0H0 & WILEY.
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