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'W .43"'^ «1^' S6t^ -^V-«'X^T-«^^^H^^S^^^i»^:I^ ~) H-iS6 1 t :, ■ \ ■ • fc. f '• ■\ «v ^- . \ ' • „ W ' ' *B&sfia»»»Sto«Vk*-™->«-£ii.4nj,^v;^ MfM. -n^MaamnssM SS^»4i^ ** i ». ji*y .ij- .h -I . \ \ i^ «3™ ■ lttlv""l'«^. -T^^-,^- ■ *. * V PREFACE, Many people, I Buppose, write a preface because it 18 usual to do 80. I write one because it is necessary. Many rcader«, too, pay little or no attention to a preface. I solicit particular attention to mine. It i« the foundafion on which the superstructure rests. Without my prcfactf, the efforts of benevolence might be regarded as oAianations frou\ a fountain of bitterness. I wish the American people distinctly to understand, that the following has been written with a sincere desire for their individual advantage. The people have been j^ bewildered by political demagogues, and a vil(|f|lrty press, that they are •smTOn with a no ISstf fearful malady than national insanity- . What I have written is designed to clear their mental and naoral vision, that they may see how, and by whom, the^ springs of truth have been poisoned —how justice And. honesty have been outraged—' designed as a scourge for the guilty only ; for whom I cannot abate one twist of whip-cord. I lay no claim to merit in the execution ol my task, except in my adherence to truth. If not the whole truth, ifTTnothing but the truth ; more plainly spoken, perhaps, than you haveT)een accustomed to hear. It was begun and finished, such as it is, in a few ,^ IV. TRKFAOK. honre. I oovkUi ciwily have tuado it ten tiiuoH iU present length, but tliought it t» well t«» j^ive a short lesson ftt finit. A word or two more. Tlio sons of Erin must not for a moment suppose tliat I liave treated them harshly ; what I have said is desij^ned for those who are a dis- grace to their country. I regard some of them an my personal friends, and honour other* as ornaments to the character and literature qI the world. If they have conquered th(5 United States, it is no business of mine. And I feel assured that my American friends— and there are many whom I much esteem — and all true ft-iends to their country, cannot do otherwise than acquiesce with me. Now, baring made an excursion through this little prefoce, I fully agree to your proceeding, if it so please yon; to read what follows; and I beg what, nevertheless, I cannot venture to hope, that the scourged, as well as the vindicated, will recognize a friend in \^ THE AUTHOR. \ «/ ]Eraii$atIatitir Jlketrlte$. I. " Land a ho l" by^eorgo, 'ti» time to wake ; But, as for that, IVo hardly slept a wink. Now for the deck, and prosontly I'll tak* An observation. There, just on the brink Of ocean, there is something, no mistake : They tell me 'tis the heights of " Neversink"— WeU,->be it bo— H may be—s'pose 'tis true — But, like some tales Pve heard, 'li& very blue.' II. • * The ocean's yet around me, I have made, Companionship with it now many a day, In calm, and storm, in sunshine, and in ehade, ^ Have marked its moods, have seep tlie dolphins , play, '. Seen Anjphitrite's children ply their trade— " An interesting family are tiiey; f To say they have not sense is merely gaminon, They shew it better than some sons of mammon. ^LL-wn^ * if2 '%*«Mn-'j ^ ■4«>* 9>nitB.%^*)wluult Jb » «>■' ■#> •• « TBAN8ATL ANTIC SKBTOHBfi. m.. I*or man the earth, the ocean^ and the sky, Above, beneath, arowtid, appropriate schools From which he cannot fail would be but try, . To gain instruction, and to find the tools For digging wisdom's mine, they all are nigh: Why stand we gazing, idly, like fools. Upon the volun le of the kind Creator, tFnlearned to read it, save by a translator? lY. '-i I've done with moralizing — o'er the wave. The sun now rises from his last night's bed, And into I cepting spray-showers seem to lave, The burning brightness of his mighty head — Pray do not think 1 am a fo<»l or knave, From the absurdities I've ju8t now said : It needs, sometimes, to be like other people, E'en if thy liken broomBticks to a steeple. 'Tit TRATfSATLAlffTIO SKBTCHB8. %. T. < Haul the lee braces-keep her close-be stefedy/* Shouts the hoarse captain as he sniffs the brer-e; And on ^e shoot as if some favouring eddy, Were helper to the winds^ these new seas. The pilot near8.-^"Bysheetsan4 tacks be ready— 1 beg your pardon, sir, but if you please Keep clear of this." Obedient to the check. We turn.. The pilot leaps upon the deck. i f . VI. He was a little skinny, tawny creature, Not seeming much adapted to his trade ; But yet, 'tis hard to calculate the nature. Of many animals the Lord hath made : They change— in some we recognize a feature Of one we'U keep, at present, in the shade. Anent thia pilot— if the Yankee nation Kesemble him, what hope oi its salvation ! , -t_* — .y-^^-j^^. ' lj ^^ j^ 8 TRA 2f SATLANTIO 8KET0HB8. VIL Thua mused we, leaning o'er the vessePs r^row — Enough — 'tis not our aim to keep a journal ; Or tell mankind particularly now, How pass our days, in strictly a dinrnal Aecount of what we see, or think, or how "We know a scamp from a lieutenant colonel : "We take a very disnltary way, ' And never know the next word we've to say. VIII. We've seen — a village once that might be spat on, "We mean no disrespect, it once was fimall- — ' That city ofi th« island of Manhattan, A cosmopolitan affair, where all May sit upoa^the seat that most have sat on^ The scorner'& chair ; tlie Spaniard, and the Gaul, Chinese, Turk; German, Cossac, and Malay, And other monstdrs without ruth or pity ; A nd^ hordes of Irishmen who rule the city. ' ifjAku'JMmii^i&^ii .. ^u Ji.. . V' f TRANSATLANTIO 8KBT0H1W. 9 IX. James Gordon Bennett, that degenerate Scot, All renegade and rascal,throi igh and through— A halter should, long since, have been his lot- Assumes to be Goliath of the crew : ^here he would lead his minions, it is not His purpose to speak out, but if they knew, They'd choose another chieftain— anything — The best, a second David with a sling. ■'^<;.: X. He cannot fail to know— he scarcely leela, Ne'er felt, nay cannot feel, a blush of shame- He knows his villany, and vainly steals, ^ A cloak to hide the ulcers on his name ; And tries to cheat the devil at his heels. Xet him review the den from which he came, Let him reflect, for once, what he has been. And, if he dare% go back to Aberdeen. A 2 , \ •mi -V-. ... . ^ ' ■■.. . , ■ 3,3 '■•'"»■• r^"'' '•■?, 10 TfiANSATLANTIO BKl^OHES. Yes, let him go, his crimes were in the bud, In those past times. They'd scarcely know the scamp. Who robb'd their kale yards, cheated when he could, . ^ r And mused on mischief bjr a pine knot lamp :— They'd scarcely know him now— he's hatched a brood Of hideous crimes since then. He'd hate the tramp, If they'd nought else to givft the painper'd sinner, But porridge and oat cake, to make his dinner. • xn. As I write gratis, I expect no thanks^ 'Twere but a torlorn fancy if I did— For mentioning, 'mong other tilings, the pranks He played elsewfiere, before he shaved for Now, higheiv^ame was started, and the banks Required for their chests aft extra-lid, He reasoned then like Sudibras, (2) his neck Fe lt less at ea se in^cotland than Quebec. fifgu^ iii • ■^ THANSATLAin'IC BEBTOHES, 11 xin. There's one great comfort for his numerous friends, His pilgrimage on earth can not bo long, I mean much longer, for his glass fast tends To Zero, if report does him no wi^ong. JFame writes, e'en now, his epitaph^ and sends It lorth into the world to float in song: It tells more truth than most groat men require, " Here lie the bones of a most suamkless ltar. A -T xiy. Now ril be gentle— only slightly touch On some few matters in this modern Babel ; A few odd millions cheated is not much. In custom-liouse or post-office, they're able,^ ' • Beings in paper currency, so rich, Tb wipe such trifles from the nation^s table. What if the Street O'^missioners are keeping In their own pockets, what is paid fbr sweeping ! "" - . , r ~ ~~ ■ ■ ^~~- ~^~' ^ . - . . ^ ~- ^"^ 'iV ... - ■ . .■■-.■■■ . • Tm> "'^1 J^i ^ 12 Ti^iqsfeiijLAirno sketches. , ■ t ■ ■ ■ A XV. And as for morals — what use bein^ too nice ? Some half a dozen murders are ^he most We hear of iu ft week— mice will be mice ; Men will be men, and Fenian rogues can boast, To beat the world in murder, and in lice : They win their laurels, and they'll bear the cost I To be particular a man's a fool— What if their greatest hero was Bill Fool ! (8) xti. So, gentle reader, go, in kindtioss think Of these good people, and their noble town ; It is a noble Babel, on the brink V ,0f a most noble bay, and rollingdown On either side, two nobb currents li^k Their waves, like azure sjems, around a crown. Oh, iioble Gothamites, shun Sodom's do^, By giving honesty a little room. \ ^j'lwluS'iar h -4-a^*a^^i V «tW!»»W?«Wr* P5WW- s TftANSATLANTIO SKETCHED. 13 I J . XVII. Still in the city's bounds, are many a score, Not sought or loved, by tkose I've been ad- dressing; Nay, I might count their ranks by thousaii'dso'er, ' Nor should 1 deem tb.e task at all distressing^ If I could coiitit so many thousands more. By some, regarded as their country's blessing ; Whether they move in public or in quiet. Like Horace Greoly, or Tliaddeus Hyat., XVIII. But now I mention names, 1 own most freely, I must be candid, both with good and e^vil ; I do not like to make my lines too mealy. Enough if only gentlemanly civil : Tm sorry, but must caution our scribe Groely, Not to attempt propitiate the devil— ^ To go between the rind and wood's a trick. They say has been a bother to old Nick. \ ^_,,7: • ^^ %h,kiaitJ^^^(^^^^^£t^ 14 TRAK8ATLANTI0 BKKTOHEP. XIX. , * " " ■ ■ ■ I hope he'll take the hint, 'tie quite well n^cant ; >Twill do no harm, if needed lees than ot^cc, on Some past occasion, '4) when he meekly l^ant, As for example, to the bosh of Joimson ; When he received the deputation, sent By the oppressed. Achastisementhissconceon. Would suit him better, and applied most freely, Than lame excuses by such men aS Greely . XX. Take it as kindly meant, and do not wince, Or try to palli^~be a man aUhough. I've thought upon tW subject often since, And pondered till \e thing looked very blue. Need I say more your jiidgment to convince? The lukewarm from his^nouth the Lord will spue. They who eei've good and evil^ialf and half, Excite man's pity, and the devit^^ laugh. ^'^ t > ■* J j^ ife.j'tE wi*'^^^ TBANSATLANTIO SKETCHES. 15 ' XXI. Let me reflect— I fear when I began To write of Horace Greely, I was under Some Btiipid false impression of the man ; All things considered, it was no grea^ wonder ; I'll now correct the errbr if I can— (5) I hope !tis not too late to own a llunder— Then, gentle reader, do not feel surprise. To find he's but a li^nnbug in disguise. XXII. .■«■'* Disguise ? yes, call it so, 'tis very thin ; 'Twould not conceal l>is master's cloven foot; He'd like to hide the villany within, And fain, would come before us clear of soot. 'Tis hard to judge chameleons by their skin ; | And flaunting 'flowers mv have a bitter root. Better than print the riibbli of his bifb^ To brand upon his braw the curse of Cain. ■^ c iL. ^ £ £^^M^^.rfteW ^ wif Mti^^t^-^W ir 16 TRANSATLANTIC SKITTOHIB. •^ xxm. Now, too iiiucli bnllaet in a boat will sink her ; Too mnch conceit may make a man fortake An honest trade, if he's a shallow thinker— Ab many are—and only halt* awake. 'Tis thus a decent cobbler, or tinker. May leave his calling, and aspire to make " Discords in consonants and vowels pliant, Like Longfellow, or William Cullen Bryant. XXIV. Too much of anything, they say,'s not good ; The Yankees maij, percbaAce, have too much slaughter. As yet, they've hafmy slaked their thirst with blood, * And seem to value it no more than water ; And, like the vagabonds before the floo^k^B) Despise all virtue, and in wrath wax hotter ; Inciting scoundrels one would loathe to, spit on, To hurl malicious insults on Great Britain. V- •; ) -"W- TRANSATLANTIO 8KET0HEH. IT XXV. Mayor, in all cities, is a pompous name, 1 would not nip their laurels, if. I could ; But not to mention some would be a shame, Particularly our friend Fernando Wood ; Who made all other civic wolves look tamo— Foremost in villany's deg^ierato brood. Before election day, they wear a mask all, But, in New York, Mayor simply means a rascal. XXVI. The smaU fry— let thorn pass— I've nought to . say— Their name is lesion in this same New York ; It is not well in journeying by the way, To offer Jews you meet a piece of pork* Besides, Fra thinking of some other day, J^ And save my rhymes for doitig bettor work. So hero Til paase a bit, perhaps to think— W bafs more, Fin gettin g rather short of ink. x%i ■ •'A jf^S^^l' tZ^-^~X'' 1» TRAKSATUM^rriC BKVTCirm. XXVII. i ''%■ ■ x.^ « • ♦ • * • ♦ ♦ • • • ♦ • • ♦ • ♦ ♦ • • ♦ . ♦ * ♦ -** ^ • * • ^ XXVIII. iVe eecft some other cities, but of then. riliyte Uorealter— perhaps not write at all, Seen i^mI"^^ ^^® ^^^ "°^"^** ^^ '"^°' A re r.\i rBeein|»iis, you've seen them all. Seas; rilf^^ountains, bound a countiy's pen : Man's much the same where'er hU lot may full ; But Huron's glassy wave o'er which we're driren, Images, in its brightnets, nought but he a ven . \t:^' 1 'i} v.ks^^/»jt,V ^^'^^'iik>'eit*-^H% 4&.^^^i&>i4^MiS' -:ar u. • • ■ TBANSATLiLNTlO BWrTOUlW. XXIX. S I f 1 Wiiat peace is whispered by that evening ttar ! Itfl voice unto the heart, ie " Peace bo still •/' I feel its music though it comes from far— ^ Its mandate seems to vibrate on the liill, Thb wild bird seeks her nest, the beast hi^ lair \ ^ Free from the thraldom of man's despot will. Hail, to thy beam of beauty I who can be A renegade from faith beholding Uiee? XXX. Around, like emerald gems of variedeize, Islands lie baskiug on the blumbering deep ; With scar(» a zephyr fluttering from the skies, To fan I he feathery forests in their sleep. Or float nway the mists that slowly rise, Around each mimic bay, or rocky steep. One solitary bird thatjs on t^ie wing, ^f Beein^ , at this hour, the <4y wakeful tiling. I ^ •4%;?'.'- V'' r-.i I ■• Y ^ '^^^>h:c/ ^'■ ^Wr N >'«!(» \ ■ 20 TRANBATLAimO BKI?rOflm XXXI. Ob, for a homo on some such quiet shore I Where other voices ne'er or seldom reach, /S^ve sighing winds— anou the tempest's roar. And started billows drifting to the beach ; ^ Wit K but one kindred spirit to adore The tnight and majesty of things that teach. The he^t to worship at His shrine, who sways Bi& scepire o'er all life— throughout all space. ri- . xxxn. . The morning dawns above a wood-crown'd hill, We'^re speeding up the river of Ste. Marie 1 Met, from afar, by many a mountain rill. Sparkling from Grottos meet^r sylph or fairy. The pilgrim here vsrould fain to linger still, 'Mid scenes whose magic spell can never weary; But drifting onward, yet exults to find Each scene exceeding that hel^lft behind. .^ TRANSATLAin'IC SKETCHES. 21 XXXIII, t4 . There, giant rocks arc viled upon the strand, Sullen and dark, they frown upon the tide ; An Indian Wigwam here-a beach of sand— I The channel narrows-but then stretching wide, A hundred islets lie on either hand. Oh, glorious solitudes! can pomp, or pride. Power, T?realth, 01- tame, ambition's enterprise. Console the spirii like ^is paradise? XXXIV. Farewell, rve pass'd your hundred mazes now, Gazed up • our glens, and mark'd your hills afar These distant mountains, on whose flinty brow, Time aod its thunders may have left a scar, But have not 'ta\ight your lofty heads to bow, Fen to their sceptre. Will ambition's star Pollute your s^crediheights, or mammon hold, A revel in vour labyrinths for gold? ■ M ^1 '■ist * V f/u^^C^'S^ 1 *■ ' 22 TRANdATLANTrC SKETCHES. Farewell, IVe gazed, and dreatnt, and my poor ^ lyre, Shonld have a time, perhaps, of needed rest ; To mighty themes it never dares aspire, And e'en in bumhle ones, is poor at best ; And very apt at times, you'll say, to tire : Dull in description, rather weak in jest, . i And if its crazy strings excel at all, Perhaps they're best, when slightly tonched with V XXXVI. -*.■■■ V Farewell dear river, shades of peace, adien! Farewell, wUd. denizens (7) Uo long have dwelt, JuBt where your rapid wave is yclept Soo- ■ Though Saut St0. Marie is the way 'tis spelt- Farewell to village, wigwam, and canoe t oil, gentle reader, have you never felt, A shade of sadness e'en o'er triflcs^st, Because the look you gave themTVas the latt t "Sdi- i-v4ii.*)C*«>.*« ?hitT 1- -. ■«— uAiP-'lltKailnr™:- , ^*^r.^i^^^a,^»i^<^^^^^\^ *0 XLIII; / I » Freemen, to arm^'and if the hireling knavea, ' Dare touch one hair upon the Lion's bwjk, . Hurl each aud .U to ttieir appropriate grave., . Let none escape of all the blood-houn4 pack. If with .uch tooU yoori'O"'*' ^"**''''"'^*'"*' I hope in courtesy you'll not be sla:k;.:^ But try, in turn, the thickness of his skin, 1, And singe the bristles from his goatish chin. ^ ■ \ '■ XLIV-. ■•■■■■ ' ■ Make, too, a careful scrutiny around ; ^SomeaddersmaybelurHuginahole; They'll hiss at times, and, thus perchance, be found — Theee vermin ar^he most aocure'd of aU: They'd iaiii achieve their treachery at a bound, ButU* the dustof treason as they crawl, if such a reptile in your midst yousee, suspend to anakish carcass from a tree .' ■'-f\ . TRANSATLANTIO BKBTTOHEB. ar ■4^ a XLV. ck. # ♦ • • Ik ♦ ♦ • ♦ * * * ' ♦ * * * XLVI. ;e, be ound, the wiudfl tUt wander over crag and valley— Among giant trees, and rifted rocks- Over verdnre, and desolate wastes— over Limitless prairies, with their little flowers Which " blush unseen"— over the broad expanse J3i the "Father of waters," rolling ibr ever Ainid his thousand isles, and along the rocky . And " wood-^rown'd heights" of his shores. -mpr -^-^-^ ■' \ o "28 THAIWATLAMTIO 8KHT0HI8. JwLVIt. Whisper of days when Time was jonfg 1 /^ Aad they-crag and valley, riflfed rock, giant ^ * tree, Desolate waste, the flower of the desert, and the inighty river, ^ Wear a defiant smile of triumph, over The thtinders aud tempests, « ^ Of eternal and desolating ages, . ^ And mock, in scorn, . / The ways and the works of man. / tiJVUl. ' ' r Now, by aU sacred things ! at least by two, Appollo's lyre, and the/eeds of Pan-^ I Bwear these stanzas 1 hare blundered tUrough, Try as I may, will neither rhyme not scan. Well, there's b*t little Tiow that's left to do ; rU do that little better, if lean : If there be ftny who may feel like smarting, Accept some gentle courtesies at parting: I ^^fr*a* ;»<■"»► ^tV***"^"" ..*■ TAiilBATXtAimO AKVIOHIS. ' XLIX. 29 I pity, do not -blame the multitude, Poiabned by editors and politicians: These same base quacks would gladly suck your ,.*' blood, As they have done, to suit their ownTconditions. When e'er, my friends you seek for wholesome 'food, * Or physic, look for honester physicians. You'd have no cause for sorrow should you see Your shameless leaders dai^ling from a tree. ■■ V. ,'■■.' ■ : -i'^ ■ ■ '. : Vo— do not think my satire is for you, Yictimsot artifice I my warning words, Are raised to rend tlA veil of error through. Listen no more to arguments with swords* Unless theyVe dr^wn in honour by the true ; Withhold your confidence from wrangling /•; \:'-/ hordes ;.■ '■; ■ "rv V ■ . ^^^ AM though the time be rather lat6, begin To seek right counsel from yourselves— within. y *>'... -—),*. ^'A. 80 THAHBATLANTIO 8K*rOKB8. LI. f* Beware thesis Fenians, scout their guilty course; T^y' ve had just aU ingenious thieves can sAt Giye Ireland more she'd only growl the worse. to make her satisfied would he a tailr, : St Patrick might shrink from with a cyse- Tear from theirHraitor hearts the roti^Wask .Of freedom, and you'll see these hideous etvos. Wish sUvery to dl , except themselves. ^ 1 -+1^ '^ I ->v m. Your would berulers-nay the ones whoruleyou. Who grin, abd grind you with a treacherous Are ttrying their hand, 'mong other things, to school youi, To think teya^--i, X.K ■-■>^ .. / 82 TEAK8ATLANTIC flKETOntol. 1 love to wander on ndt knowingwhere, In^tb^ wUd 4epth8 of a primeval ibregt ; To mingle with the things of earth and air, Oniese last in thougli. My ryhmes may be the poorest You've ever jseen ; it matters not; I s^*'® The fate of others— poeteBter-^fibriBt— I lo v e die flowers too, bnt do Tiot care For Botany or Botanists a hair. fei.t_ , ,. ismh - r' '^ 9^ w -T .,v.»,g^^^. TBAlfSATLAimO sKrrcutB. 88 LVII. I love wild nature in her own revealing, But not the quacks who sham, but love her not, Ani deem themBolveBillnstr 10118 by Stealing, The#uit of other wit than the'.rB, and blot, Like^tnyeon, all beauty, truth, and feeling— (Thiigh the world's imbecilesjeyer^ their lot) All that's of feature from their mongrel page, otr^ ril stop— aud— kiss the paw of Ursa Major. \ Lvin. **% Or any honest quadruped's thatV nearer. But to return :— I said 1 l0ved to stray In nature's solituded ; which are far dearer To my lone heart ; or on a sunlit bay, To launch ray little barli, and onward steer her Before the breeze, amid the flashing spray ; Yes, hours like these are dearer to my heart - Then jostling crowds, of which I form no part. *A * ' • , u X / .'ra t ( A r •f Mi n * * '■^B v# b2 :x .#: ■- - ^nutin '■•■ . • ^ , • # • 9 «>, « • m * t. ^ -x ^ •v 34 TBANaATLANTiO BK^TOHIB* LIX. Yet I am no misanthropist I lore— Ob, how I love ! the faithful, and the true; And sigh, li)2fe him of old, to be a dove-- At least to have her wings— beyond the blue Expanse of heaven, to find, perchance above, . The loved ones lost to earth ; or with the few Who yet remain— they are but few at best- To fold my weary wings and be at rest. ■■••''' This is but dreaming, but I love such dreamB: Less beautiful to me, when I awake, r Experiences around me : low ambition seemB Tosway the multitude, who madly stake Honour and life, on what each gambler deems Equivalent; but one might safely take An oath that looserg. and exultaiit winners, Mostl y, deserve the reoompenae e€ Mnnera. m *■ jc .V S ^Aisg'.... ■.., -^Ji^i^jt;. ^U^4^^ 'lf'«»i, TTT'T^a laAHBATIjAWnO SKKTCBOS. 8? ■Wirt ■,:/, i .;■■■■- . 'LXV. Bill Soward, like the fox— nay, the Gaboon, Bae sought his master, not a cat to draw, His nuts from out the fire ; and surely soon, The dehris stuffed in his insatiate maw. Will incommpdc the rogue for want of room : And, after all, he may have burned bis paw, To think what's in his Ipathsome nature cranira'd, 'TIS most a pity he's not dead and damn'd. LXVL Tain, boasting minions, from the field (»f blood I The hostile ranks were ne'er so strong as now j You were but hirelings to a scheming brood, And vainly sought a laurel for your brow. In brutal force you did the best you could, But freedom's lyre hung on the willow bough, While the oppressed of earth had none to heed You fought for villauy , but not freedom. \ ^' \ . *;«^jA *v* <- */ v^^.* "^ • * • »•■■ 4W' :vn. ■ -•"*»•♦ ■>•*# ■ K. 81 TRAWSiiTLANTIO SKBTCHBB: LiVii. do, Loes, from the battle field, the trad5 YoA left for glory, perhaps may dp as well- Go, toVhe lawyer's pen, the farmer'sspade, Or other things that it were hard to tell— Go solaiidows-orphans that wer« made ' Victims^o deck pride's altar-go and s^l "Potatoes, pWpkins, cabbages; or oat:, ^ Such calling^, better far than cutting tliroats, ^ \ ■ ■ ■ ■ .■ ■ ■ ■ ' ' ■ LXYm, 'Go, vaunted chikain of deluded hordes, You'll yet rem^ber how to tan a skin ; (11) •Repair, if needs hi v-ith discarded swords, ^ Your lack oftooH and honestly begin,- v To find that fame's a\ound of empty words j > And offc appUcKl to kiM a^eaaiQr sin Or if youVe lazyi go aM \«:.^ikii' ffsp^y -- ^ - *Tv -.■•^\-- N, 1:RAN8 ATLANTIC BKET0HE8. LXXI. 89 •i I go, a -wayfaring obscure man, , An4 leave those themes for better pens than mine; I've watched the tide oi strife since it began- Seen freedom dawn^-fioon witnessM itsdecfine; With little faith howe'er the current ran : I now the censor's chair and rod resign. IVe shown, as best I ihi^ht, your deeds of evil; ^ddf 1 could^ would hope youll cheat the devil. ' . . . ^ ^^ > ' •»,.■.■•■ ' ' I go to seek amid yotr leafy-bowers^— They will be leafy Whehth^ spring comes pn— The peace We seldom realize as ours, * m^n drifting with the sons of mammonjon ; I go to watch tlte -opening of the flowers, Anctdream of what ma^ be and what is gone. Oh, iiQystery of life within the heart! ; 1 .f. We flel thy power, but know not what thfou art .t^- ^^ ».:«. .,■- -:v-.....::«^ r. m -^ T/ST ', / i-r-vi ■■"r^. 1 -f. <^J 40 TRAW8ATLAHTI0 BKET0HK8. # ■ ■ • LXXI. ', • ' ■ "« ■ . ■ ■ » - I go to listen to the voice of birds, I go tolfatnre and its God fwtettchere; Tlie sighing windsepeak holier things than words-- : I love thqm better than most other preachers- The rock, the mountain, or the stream, affords, Foodforthe8onl.-A fig for allyour Beechetat You go to hear them spout. What then! Oui - honof All that theyVeally mean, is Fcce homv! ■ ■ ■ ,-■..:■/■. ,> - , ■ "' - Eoce, but not the one of Galifee— They teach the;doctrine of this cut-throat time ; IVe heard that ikpuntabank aspire I mean Attack Beechepm^^ ^® V . Bows down to Baal^ismost appropriate shrine. Alas, i^)r^hese deluded souls who gape. ■• ^ In.piymootlv Church, to glorify an ape T TEAN8ATLANTI0 8KBT0HE8. 41 • -^ , : ^. Lxxiu.- . ' -\ '■ ■-. Tie pleasant here to lie l^on the grass— — * All flesh is grass, they say, or some one said— Api gaze upon the drifting clouds that pass Athwart the sky, just o'er the mouutain'3 head : Type of man's little pilgrimasre, alas ! The fitful voyage of life wiU soonbe sped ; When he who's free, and he who wears a fetter, If in the right, will find his lot made better, Tve done. When I hegan I did not think . To writetenline8,but80ontheycountedtwenty ; And finding that I had sufficient" ink, ;, ^ I Btill'wr^te on, ahd having yet a plenty— But now mj rhymes are out-Y^ God8,^hat naeant yer By luring me thus fiist and far, to link - : My thoughts with things! little love to write I Well, m submit, and wisbyouall goodnight. ■■■■ ..■..:;..--■., . , . ■ .J - ■^: ^;- r ' * J "T^ jyij?' •*; ' .i^TJ**" '■»^ -vr.',-," '■■ j-'s' rf- J..'">-"""^;"'>V''. ■ I I NOTES. 1, V... f , • V' « ^ ■ .• XII, lin« *•, v; 'Peibapi be recocts wWedited a blackgukM^ublic*- tion-"The Aberdeei^ Shaver," in connection ^^ one Kid.. ' ■■ ■ ■ 2. " He rtatiyned then Uke Hudibras. cfcc-StanBa xn, line 7. »' He who fights and runs away, j* «( May live to fight another day." , ■ .'■'■ ' *** ' '• ■ » . *jr»« "What^onoarth does all this mean," I enquired. Oh, it s Bill Pool's !uneral,wa8 the reply. / . , rin g told ito own atory. .^^''''?~y::'r''rT^:7r^:r:~r^-': -.:■-.:':-. 4. I -^ .' "h\ /; ;*'^^*^'!n i ;\- i^ 44 / N0TK8. 4. Some past occaHon \chin he n^e^ili leant,-^i-m. xix. line 3. T«Kn.on receWed the deputat4 of coloured people, re- , with mean evasions, and insuiiiijfg i»ibouu , :Z!^ted to .mooth over, lite/. lick-pitU.. .nd .ycoph«i, Mbe if. , '--j' S r« now c<,rr««A« «rr.r i/' X ea».-8t.ni« XI.. line 5. Since writing the foregoins. Uteely ha. f"""" °V"f «™bl.nce of di»gm.e, and comes^nt the «»owed fnend of Fe^u"™. Witfe» i note he add«e«d to that .co«nd«. Rober"' II OFriOE or THE Tribukk," « Nnr Yonit, June 25tb, 1866. "Dear Sir," ■ , . . »Iwi.hto»y to your friendB («*. ^'"«;";>J»-J'^^ whatlhope «.«etime to »y to them more fully, that Iha^ tohthatae time is not far di.tant when I"'"-! 'l-^ beltn., »nd •« SO"""-! by the Irial., and tfcat they w.U b " tW.ur.ly olght to be, earnestly devoted to the Uberty7.Um.n, .U nation,, all race,, here and .very- where." , • (^gpnACB GBBBLY." ^ ■ ■ ' ' . '■'^' ■"■■■■' '*.. ".. ■j' ■''•'' ■•."'' ^ God »w that th. Wictodn.» f .-T *" .ytlV' th.S. «d««f«'y«»^""»;t**** thoughU^f h« w^ w!^ onWevil eontiriially." (?«.«*., «• ". T. »• L ^ew^nt^'T^s J," NCyiKS. «6 ■■* /«< «toe y(M.r rapid »<«» <• K^* ""-S'"" T"' - lineZ. ^ . • . I»M Jogu.., two mi..ion.ric. of the order of J..«., jn«Ur tjn«X. of Count Fr«nten.c, then Governor G.n.W « KC acco»p»nied b, «ver.. H-« >ft t^ 'T •« PenUnguUbeo. in » bark c«..» for Saut St.. Man..; ^ Th. rout, of PaymbauU .n4 Jogue., lay th™.gb '^ Georgian ba. and tbenc. -^^^^^^^ iri t' r^rr C:e,":;wratVtwf.Kw^^^^^^^^ 'fund an Indian Village wUh. population ol two thoosand Boula. Th. abundant, of white-fisb, and the f««i«^«- J"' «»P; Jng themin tie foaming rapids, hay. made th.. the cho..^ resort of thoCtippewaa for cnturiM. , / . ■ ■ -aA •■■■ ■ °' * *■ ByUvinginMrranloobaso a re««ff<.j^ ( 4-. .•■■■■■ ■•;■■■■ ^' '. The whole are raMs neoAy 46 K0TB8. r 10. Who gate the tulor a goad time to drtnV on. ^SUnw WIT line 6. Ewrjbodj taowi tk»t PW.id«nt Joh..ton wm > #*' # -* Ik !i- * . #■ r w. "'. .# ■ft*' ■' ff ■:f- .'Mi^»itt^' of ifc*' ^ ^.3^' .^.,. J' ^ '%^ % >^S'i> 1^ u * •«»"iii *{. ►■Yi5«;"i*?fiv.--,'; 'V' ! <• < r^^f, ," ij "., ,. t V-. ' si "t,;, ■ ■-/ ' ^■■■' / !iaS'._, ^^^■■■-:-.''m\ ''*. H M V?