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Fellow-Qitizons of renown'd Carlisle!
And Patrons of its faithful , filerald!"
Receive this me, , sage with a gracious smile,
Or all pry New-year hopes are peril'd!
Oh for some fruitful theme on which to write
And oh for thoughts that breathe and words that
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We'd bring important interests to light,
And teach you lessons that all should learn
Tis said by sage Philosophers of yore,
That to begin aright is all we need,
And then the hardest work we have is o'er,
Except to end the Poem, and read I
But we have fund it very hard throughout,
To write while sleigh-hells jingle in the car,
And all is noisy bustle round about,
As though seine awful cribis would api,ear.
A person's OA - I - gilts are all confus'd by noise;
And one forgets what one would like to say;
The Muse is silene'd by the sound of boys,
And the Poet's vision away I
Let's see! I hardly know on what to write,
(Jr in what manner to address my Friends,
That would their generous hearts delight,
And thus for all my failures make amends.
I have it I PoPics shall ho my theme I
A subject fresh in every mind;
Twill suit, the views and tastes of ,Messrs. Itheem
And Weaklev, with others of their kind.
This subject is an Ephraim's cake unturned;
It has two sides—a right one and a wrong;
And politicians have too often learn'd
That the right is not always to the strong.
The party spirit ran too high last fall ;
And what was written and what was said,
Partook too much of bitterness and gall,
And our revengeful, evil passions fed.
Both parties used the weapon of abuse,
Instead of argument and reason ;
Vulgar epithets were more in use
Than proof of Error or of Treason.
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Copperhead and Woollyhead and such like
Terms, reminded one of Buys in light,
Who, while they were too timerons to strike,
Would abuse etch other with del'
Tis sad, indeed, that men of higlis i
(,1 1 And brightest in our Nation's eat - A%
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By sordid, (awe-seeking Demagogues!
These slanders are but mea:ures used
To feed the vilest appetites of those
Who think, when men of office are abused,
They bring their own dishonor to a close.
v t; Our desires oftcn carry n- away, 0
Q And contract our sense of %Oita is right
And that which those who dill'er f6nu us say,
Is viewed in a distorted light. 1,
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S We think that ev'ry man should think ns we,
And help us to sustain our party cause:
We give to none that precious liberty
Which wo ourselves secured by laws.
Neighbor A thinks neighbor B's a f.Ol,
f rit a traitor and a scoundrel too,
Because 1i will not he a party tool,
And volt) and do as others winh him do.
And thus men made an Idol of their ViOWS,
A Deity of their candidate, •
And a monier of the man who chose "
To differ from them in affairs of State.
Many thought lcrgy should be mum,
Arid treasure r people's views by rote,
That when the election day should come,
They would be better qualified to vote.
Those who refused, received the brand
Of a copper or a woolly head,
As though they were vile traitors to their land,
And to all piety and justice dead.
While party issues are no proper theme
For Sabbaths sermons in the sacred Nave;
Yet who but Partisans would ever dream
That Pastors should their honest judgment wave?
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Their standing, and their calling make it just,
That they, as well as Demagogues at least,
Will be faithful to their public trust,
Without conversion to a lying Priest.
One wholesome lesson we have learned,
Ily party contests of a rabid kind;
Tu b 0 hereafter more concerned
About the faults we in our own hearts find
Give to others what is In honor due,—
Their right of judgment and of action,
To COllll try It to Church be faithful, truo,
Without dis,embling, or detraction.
Itemeniber the needy and the poor,
And pay the Pastor for the pew you rent;
1 , ,,r ere the storms of winter shall be o'er,
His moderate income Will be spent
And ye that conic to Market with your ware!
Ask a price within the bound of reason ;
Think how some poor people have to fare
In this inclement, wintry season I
; Would my friend, give fifty cents for eggs,
And the same for a pound of butter?
X To ask you that, would put you on your legs,
And cause your very heart to flutter
And now. kind Patrons, I have done my task,
A yol pause to greet thee On this New-year's day;
But dim small favor yet I have to ask,
le is that Joe Will not forget to PAY!
The prick,—we leave it to yourself to any
What compensation Poets ought to got;
For poetry like this, just lut Inc say,
The grateful Public owes a willing debt
We brought to you the "HERALD" once a week,
And now, its happy New-year Greeting;
One generous boon for this we seek,—
A Quarter to attest this meeting
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