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EVERY BODY'S
TOAST BOOK,
AND
CONVIVIAL COMPANION;
CONTAINING
THE CHOICEST COLLECTION EVER ISSUED,
AND
BRIMMING OVER
WITH TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS FOR ALL CLASSES
AND ALL OCCASIONS.
BY AN ADEPT.
"COME, LET THE TOAST PASS"
PUBLISHED BY
FISHER & BROTHER,
No. 15 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
74 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORK.
71 COURT STREET, BOSTON;
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FISHER & BROTHER,
i the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Unites
States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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BOOK OF TOASTS, SENTIMENT?
AND CONUNDRUMS.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
May the liberties of America never be clipped
by the shears of bad economy.
May reverence for the laws ever predominate in
the hearts of the American people.
May the British Cock be always clipped by
American valor, if he crows too loud.
May the seeds of dissent^on or dissolution neve?
find growth in tho soil of America.
May the love of country be imprinted in every
American's breast.
May the meanest American scorn the highest
slave.
May he who has neither a wife, home, nor
estate in America, never have a share in the
government of it
6 PATRIOTIC TOASTS,
May the American Congress ever have wis*
dom to plan our institutions, and energy and
firmness to support them.
May the interests of the North and the South
never bethought distinct.
May politics never corrupt American man-
ners.
May the North and the South, the East and the
West, be ever equally distinguished by their love
of liberty and true patriotism.
May the enemies of America never meet a
friend in our country.
May the American people never know any di£
fbrence between the North and the South.
May our love for our country extend with its
boundaries.
May the cry of war no more be heard upon
our native shore.
May the Lion of Britain ne'er find a home in
the forests of America.
May American valor shine when every other
light is out.
May the hospitable hearts of the American
people never be seduced from their attachment to
the glorious and model Constitution of the United
States.
May every American at honor's call, spring
forth to meet his country's foes.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
May the Americans when they do strike, strike
home.
May Americans share the triumph of freedom,
in all countries, and ever contend for the rights
and liberties of mankind.
May liberty never be put out of countenance.
May those who, discontented with their own
country, seek a home in foreign parts, never find
one like America.
May the standard of America ever be crowned
with the laurel of victory.
May no Pope's Bull, or John Bull ever cow
Brother Jonathan.
May every American's head be a map of the
world, and his motto be commerce and glory.
May the pleasures of Americans be pure as
their breezes, and their virtues tirm as their
hickory.
May the talons of the eagle be ever the portion
of America's foes.
May liberty nourish forever.
A toast to America, the land of the brave, where
freedom inhabits, and commerce still smiles.
The sons and daughters of America, may their
union be cemented by love and affection, and their
offspring adorn the stations they are destined to
an.
8_________PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
A Venus, born from ocean's bed,—America.
A speedy export to all the enemies of America,
with interest.
A cobweb pair of breeches, a porcupine saddle,
a hard trotting horse, and a long journey to the
enemies of our country.
A health totfeqee ladies who set the example of
wearing Americaxi productions.
American virtue; may it always find a protec
tor, but never need one.
A health to our American patriots.
The American navy, the pride of the sea.
All the American family.
All the Charitable institutions of America.
An American's birth-right,—trial by jury.
An American's castle :—his house, may it stand
for ever.
American produce:—may it never exceed its
consumption.
America's toast: lovely woman and brave men.
America, and may the land of our nativity be
ever the abode of freemen, and the birth-place of
heroes.
America's rights, and may they never be in-
vaded by foreigners.
American belles and American fashions.
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America's annals: may they never suffer a
moral or political blot.
Americans in unity, and unity in Americans I
Our country's glory, and may it last to the end
of time.
Caledonia: the nursery of learning, and the
birth-place of heroes.
The President and Congress.
American birth and American valour.
The Union of the States: may their Union re-
I main undisturbed by plots or treachery, to the
v end of time.
America, the model of governments, and the
pride of the world.
America, home and beauty.
America for ever, the land boys, we live in.
America's future heroes, the Cadets of West
Point.
Prosperity and Unity to all the States.
Health to our President, prosperity to the people,
and may Congress direct their endeavours to the
public good, rather than engage in party distinc-
tions!
Here's a health to our nation,
Conversion to our enemies,
And he that will not pledge her health,
I wish him neither wit nor wealth,
Nor yet a rope to hang himself.
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With hearts and with glasses brim full,
Let's drink to America, our Mother.
Here's a health to Brother Jonathan, when he's
gone we shan't meet such another.
Long live the President that seeks the nation's
love.
Liberty, may it never degenerate into licen-
tiousness.
Labour's true reward to every American ; con-
tent and pleasure.
May every future President of the United
States, be as patriotic as the present one.
May the rising generation imitate the virtues
of our forefathers.
May our sons be honest and brave, and our
daughters modest and fair.
May those who would revel in the ruin of
America or her daughters, dance in a hempen
neck cloth.
May the growth of the American union never
be prevented by party spirit.
May Brother Jonathan ever be commander in
chief of the ocean.
May the traitor perish who would sunder any
of the stars that are formed upon our Star
Spangled Banner.
May the frowns of avarice never disfigure the
face of an American
PVTRIOTIC TOASTS. H
May every American be loyal and find a loyal
protection.
, May the rights of America never be invaded
by foreigners.
May America's hand be armed with the bolts
of Jove.
May the American ensign ever float over us, the
Jack of pure patriotism lead us,—and may the
pendant of every American man of war serve as
a cat o' nine tails to whip our enemies with.
May America's name and America's fame,
stand for ever pure, great and free.
May every American be famed in war, skilled
in art, and blest with beauties charms.
May Americans be ever the first to conquer
and to save.
May our country always be the casket of
science, commerce, learning and art.
May every true American be possessed of
peace, plenty and content.
May the annals of American history be un-
stained with crime, and unpolluted with bloody
deeds.
May every American leave his native land at
honor'i call, to fight, to conquer, or like Ringgold
fclL
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May every American act the patriot's part.
May fate always look with a propitious eye on
the children of old ocean.
May Americans ever be opposed to the union of
thurch and state.
May Americans never suffer invasion, nor in-
vade the rights of others.
May Amei ica, like a tennis ball rebound, the
harder she is struck.
May the olive of peace renovate the sinking
fund of the American nation.
May the enemies of America be destitute of
beef and claret.
May the health of our President keep pace with
the wishes of the people.
May every future President of the United
States possess the virtues of Washington.
May the talons of the American Eagle, tear the
bosom of her foes.
May " Invasion" prove l- the devil to pay,"
among our foes, and " Uncle Sam'' be always
able to say, " Who's afraid ?"
May peace o'er America spread her wing,
And Commerce fill her ports with gold;
May Arts and Science comfort bring,
And Liberty, her sons enfold.
May every American manfully withstand cor^
ruption.
PATRIOTTC TOASTS. 13
May the glory of America never cease to shine.
May the honors of our country be without
stain.
May Americans be invincible by united force.
May every American's hand be hostile to ty-
ranny.
May our country's staunch and stout defenders,
Ever make a firm stand for the good of her
cause,
And while we've a Congress, may no rogues or
pretenders,
Lay hands on our dear Constitution and
Laws.
May the liberties of our country never want a
standing army to back them.
May Americans secure their conquests by
clemency.
May we as citizens, be free without faction, and
as subjects loyal without servility.
May the American Eagle ever maintain ita
lofty position.
May liberty ever find an altar in America,
surrounded by devoted worshippers from all
quarters of the globe.
May Fanueil Hall, that famed old building,
which was consecrated to liberty, stand to the
latest period of time.
14 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The Worth of our Taylor and our Wool
proved a Shifld to our flag-, laid the foe upon hia
Pillow, and give Bliss to our land
May the cause of American freedom be ever
defended and maintained by Yankee hearts,
Yankee pain, and Yankee powder.
America! the land where the hearts of heroes
glow.
America! the birth-placo of the brave, the free,
and the fair.
What every American loves most! his liberty,
his lass, and his native land.
When duty's call command,
May we take our stand,
With heart and hand,
As the coinmnn cause demands.
May the Yankees ever spread their mightj
arms to guard the brave and free.
May the Yankee pine-knot hearts ever be tht*
shield of friends, home and freedom.
Yankee virtue and honor before foreign liber
tinism and skepticism.
The 5C Signers of the Declaration of Indepen.
dence, so lieavy that Johnny Bull could not lilt it,
Our Republic; may it outlive the people, and
the people outlive the earth.
The Constitution of the United States ! confu*
sion to those who dislike it.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 15
The memory of Washington, and may every
man in power, while he admires his deeds and
his character, strive to emulate both.
The Government and the Union.
The man who loves his laws and nation,
And shuns each vile association
That trusts his honest deeds in light,
Nor meets in dark cabals at night.
To the memory of those who fought and bled
!n our great and victorious struggles for liberty,
honor and justice.
The tree of liberty, may it be grafted on every
stock throughout the world.
Our eagle, whenever he sheds his feathers may
every freeman receive a plume.
Our country,—a tough piece of metal from the
mine of freedom, may it never bear the impres-
sion of fraud, or bend to tyranny.
The memory of Lafayette,—may the stars and
the tri color ever droop over his grave.
Our Country, Congress, Cash and Courage.
The Banners of the States of the Union,—Stars
of the great firmament of freedom, may they ever
reflect the brightness of each other and form the
milky way of human happiness.
The favoured land of our fathers,—America.
The glorious Revolution which turned a crown
into a cup of liberty.
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An American passport to travel with, and the
American Constitution for a companion.
The snow-capped mountains of America, an
emblem of the nation's purity, may they stand
forever.
The protectors of Commerce, and protectors of
charity in our cities and towns, success and utility
to them all.
The champions of order, and the friends of the
people.
The American clergy,—may their hearts point
the way to Heaven, and their hands take the
lead.
Here's less Bigotry, and more Christianity, less
* 'ondemnations, and more Conversions.
Christians and liberty,—may they walk hand
in hand on earth, and travel soul and soul to
jeaven.
The Pulpit, Bench, the Bar, and the Academy
of Physic.
The health of the soul, the mind, and the
body.
May America, a globe within herself roll for-
ever on the axis of liberty.
May the Sons of America never forget the
struggles of their fathers, and the fortitude of their
mothers.
PVTRIOTIC TOASTS.
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America,—her cradles on the deep may rock,,,
but the foe shall never find her sons asleep.
Oar land, our lakes and skies, their stars* their
timbers and supplies.
The chair where great Washington was seated,,
Be it ever with honor and reverence greeted.
America, our native land,—may the falsehoods^
and misrepresentations of her enemies redound to*
their shame and her glory.
The liberty pole, may it reach to the sky,, and*
heaven's stars light on its cap.
Our land, our faith, our law.
Our country, right or wrong.
Our eagle's talons, and our peoples talentsv
May the American Eagle never prey fouL
May our country never be regardless of the a#
vantages which arise from the cultivation of her
own arts, her own manufactories, and her own
soil.
May peace abide with the friends of America,
throughout the world.
» May the heart wither that does not burn, when
justice weeps over freedom's urn.
May the American example disenthral the
world.
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118 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
May Americans defend their lands,
Ever by bold unflinching hands.
May the tree of liberty planted by the hands
of freemen, and warmed by the blood of patriota
»bloom forever.
May America be ever free,
The soil of truth and honesty.
If we ever find fault with American ground*,
vmay its soil grow a birch that may flog us.
America's daughters,—may the blue of their
• eyes, the red of their cheeks, and the white of
their bosoms, be the standaid of our love and pa.
triotism.
May the enemies of America be destitute of
heef, ball and buck.
May the ball of our enemies be a bawl for
• quarters.
May the honor of our Statesmen, Soldiers and
^Seamen be without a stain.
May Columbia's brave defenders,
Ever stand for the good of her cause,
While such we can toast theai, no rogues or
pretenders,
Can injure our dear Constitution and laws.
May our Courts^ our Schools, Capitals, and our
.Altars never want an army to protect them.
May Americans secure their conquests b/
clemency.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. ID
The land we live in,—may those who dia*
like it, find a worse one.
May our citizens be free without faction, and
faithful without servility.
May the pinions of the American Eagle spread
the o-pinions of liberty throughout the world.
To insure perpetuation, ,
To this great and happy nation,
'Tis the greatest demonstration
To give each generation,
Of every rank and station,
A liberal education.
Free from foreign innovation,
We'll hold in veneration,
A religious toleration,
Let each soul seek its salvation,
In the mind s emancipation.
It is nobler for the brave to fall, than live a lift
inglorious.
Brink to our native land and beauty.
Freedom I our hearts and swords are thine,
Thine are our lives and duty,
We'll boldly hail our country's call,
And die, or be victorious.
Peace, Plenty, and Content, to every true
American.
Patriotism, may it live eternal.
Prosperity, may it ever bless the rising mm and
ions of America.
20 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
Pride, may it ever be governed by honor, intel-
flgence and virtue.
America,—may she ever be as she is, tin
most free, and consequently the greatest o!
nations.
May all our States united forever, be one
nation, one people, the brave and the free.
In vain shall the enemy's thunder be hurled,
For our flag shall give freedom and law to the
world.
The American press,—the grand palladium of
liberty,—may it ever be unshackled and unbribed
The fair of America, and America's fairs.
May Americans never want power, talent, genius,
worth, or inclination, to second their leaders even
to death, in any struggle, in which their rights,
honor and freedom is concerned.
The North and the South,—may their union
be cemented by love of country, and fraternal
affection, and may their offspring tread the bright
path cleared by their sires,
A Pallas, sprung from the brain of divinity,—
America.
A health and home to the friends of freedom.
America, the pride of the lakes and the pearl
of the two seas.
America, lovely women and brave men.
May the love of country be indellibly imprinted
on the heart of every American.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 21
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
and all are slaves beside.
May our nation's rules exercise wisdom to plan
our institutions, and energy and firmness to sup-
port them.
May the interests of the whole nation be ever
inseperable.
May every state in the great galaxy of the
American union be equally distinguished by their
love of liberty and true patriotism.
May the enemv of one State, never meet a
i iriend in the other.
May there be no line of distinction between the
Mates, and the line which divides them.
Washington! his memory will be embalmed in
the minds of posterity.
Thomas Jefferson, the representative of true in-
dependence and honest republicanism.
The United States, our common mother.
The Revolutionary Heroes, and Statesmen ot
our Country.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,—we
render to her as our foster parent, the love and
devotion of offspring, and to her law obedience.
The American Union : — " What God has
joined together, let no man put asunder;" a union
oflakes, a union of lands, a union of states; none
may sever a union of hearts, or a union of hands.
22 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
'I he American Union forever.
May God palsy the arm that first attempts to
remove the front stone of our glorious Republic
New England, the Attica of America, and any .
one can point out the Demosthenes.
New Hampshire secured the Constitution by
her vote, and since then has furnished defender*
for it.
The memory of Washington, and the union of
the States.
The Union is safe, as long as the name of
Washington is revered.
We know no North, no South, nothing but the
Union.
The State boundaries of the United States are
almost ideal; our country is one.
The Revolution of 1776! when the beacon
fires of the conflict were lighted at Concord and
Lexington, the Sons of New England sprung for.
ward to the rescue with fire and sword. The fire
uf wisdom, and the sword of patriotism.
The memory of the heroes of Bunker HilL
May America ever be fair and free,
The native soil of truth and liberty.
May the heart of an American ever be Liberty
Hall.
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May the laurels of America never be blighted.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
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May the fruits of America's soil never be de-
nied to her children.
May old England's Sons, the Americans, neverr
forget their mother.
Our noble and patriotic Congress r may they^,
fearless of the falsehoods and misrepresentations,
of enemies, continue in its present career of
breaking the fetters of monopoly, increase the
commercial prosperity; and long continue to live
in the hearts of an affectionate, grateful, united
and happy people.
Our Congress: and may they ever be endowed
with the noblest quality of man,—honesty.
Our Constitution,—may it ever be the pride of
the Americans.
May the Eagle of America ever retain his
dauntless gage, the pine tree of freedom, its green
ness, and the stars of her banner their beacon
light.
May liberty, from pole to pole,
Her sacred laws extend,
And as the mighty waters roll,
Heaven's arches bend.
May every citizen who respects ourl aws, enjoy
their protection.
May the genius of America bear the bolts of
Jove in her hand, and the shield of Minerva on
her arm.
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Thine America,—hearts and swords are thine,
Rhine are our lives and duty.
Peace, plenty, and content, to every true
American.
Prosperity, and may it ever be the rising sub of
America.
Pride: may it be exterminated in both houses
of Congress.
The memory of Washington.
The heroes of the American Revolution.
The American government, may it ever con-
tinue to be, as it is, the greatest earthly govern-
ment.
Short shoes and long corns to the enemies of
America.
America, Washington, and the Eagle, sound
hearts and dispositions.
Success to the yeomanry of America, and may
they profit by their industry.
The American people, may they live long and
be happy.
Washington: and may true Americans never
be without his image in their hearts.
The President: may he always merit the es-
teem and affection of a people, ever ready to
bestow the meed of gratitude on those who de-
serve it
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 25
To the memory of those who have fought and
bled for America.
The land we live in, may he who don't like it,
leave it.
Our country, may it never outlive the memory
of Washington.
To the memory of the patriots of 1776, may
they ever live in the hearts of their countrymen.
The memory of Washington, and may every
man in power, while he admires his actions,
learn to imitate them.
The Union and its defenders.
The Constitution of the United States, End con-
fusion to those who dislike it.
To the memory of General Montgomery.
To the memory of Colonel Clay.
To the memory of General Worth.
The British Bull,—may he be cowed when he
attacks America.
Congress: may they always exercise the prerog-
atives with which they are invested for the peace
and happiness of the people.
The Commerce of America.
The American flower, may it never be grafted
on a foreign stock.
The Constitution of the United States, may it
flourish to the latest posterity.
26 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
Our Country, may it stand as the oak, and her
enemies fall as the leaves.
Our Country, for which a Washington braved
the field, and a Warren dared to die: may it
never yield to fraud, or bend to tyranny.
The American Government: and all those in-
stitutions, which are the best, the dearest, and ex*
olusive birth-right of every American.
True American Policy : protection to American
labour.
To the memory of Captain Walker.
The American Government and its wise
Senators.
The noble heart that dies for his country.
The favored land, America.
The glorious Revolution of 1776, the success of
which made Washington a President.
The name of America is a passport through
I le world.
Bunker Hill Monument: and may it stand for*
erer.
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The protectors of Commerce, and the promoter!
of Charity throughout our country.
The foe of the tyrant, and the friend of the op*
pressed,—America.
America, and may the land of our nativity be
ever the abode of freemen, and the birth-place of
h eroes.
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PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 27
America,—the land of our adoption, the wings
of her eagle are broad enough to give home and
shelter to the pilgrims of every clime.
American Belles and American fashions, and
American's rights, may they never be in-
vaded by foreigners.
American annals, written by the plumed pen
from the wing of freedom's eagle on the bright
scrolls of honor, may they never be dimmed by-
blot or erasure.
America's glory : may it last till the end of
time, and illume its torch on the altar of eternity.
The people and the people's laws.
America: the nursery of learning, the bed of
science, and the birth-place of heroes.
Courage to the hearts, concord in the mind, full
pay to the pockets, and honor to the heads of
those who tight for America.
America's Queens: her daughters at her fire*
side.
American pine, and American valor.
America and her children: the thirty-four
United States, may their union remain undis-
turbed by plots or treachery, to the end of all
time.
America, fame, love, beauty and duty.
America's rising stars, her children and her
schools.
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America : the Queen of the lakes, the Monarch
of the rivers, and the glory of the seas.
Happiness to our honest rulers, and the honest
ruled.
Long exist the laws, which the people love.
Reward, Content and Pleasure, to Columbia's
sons of toil.
May every servant of the people, be as honest
as he is just.
May our nation never want prosperity, nor our
people obedience to her laws.
May our country's safety ever be uppermost in
the hearts of her sons.
May the Gallic Cock or the British Lion be
iqueezed by the beak of freedom's Eagle, when
Ihey crow or roar too loud.
America! may heaven ever smile with be-
1 ignity on the fair land of the lakes.
May Americans never have a tyrant to oppose,
o* weak rulers to pity.
May the lightning run rough shod through the
bowels of every foe to our Constitution.
The Revolutionary patriots of Europe, may
they hang by each other, nor never be cut down
till they have had their full swing against theii
oppressors.
The door of Liberty I the only threshold to
human happiness.
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PATRIOTIC TOASTS. <#
May every American be famed in war, versed
in art, and blest by woman's smiles.
The Union; may every State be the garden of
Science, Learning, and Art. Be fanned by the air
of liberty, and watered by the seas of Commerce.
Peace, Content and Love, to every true Ameri-
can.
To the memory of the great general, genius,
and conqueror, Napoleon. Victorious to the last,
for his being chained to the rock of St. Helena,
proved that his enemies were in fear of him.
The memories of the Martyrs of Liberty : all
those who fought for freedom, for independence,
equal rights and liberty.
May no American's true son ever flee or flinch
behind his gun.
The American ! ever ready to offer up his life,
at the shrine of his country's honor.
The Constitution ! it required the limited wis-
dom of time to frame it, and we are proud to be
able to say, that in the North, the South, the East,
and the West, it has able expounders and de-
fenders.
Mount Washington and the National Constitu-
tion : one is the work of the great architect of the
universe, the other the great work of the revolu-
tion.
Our old toast: Union forever
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The Star Spangled Banner : may its stars light
to the goal of happiness, and its stripes lash its
enemies into a proper respect for us.
Our fathers as they drew their swords, may their
sons never sheathe thern with dishonor.
The heroes of 1776, may their memories be
cherished in the hearts of their sons.
The tree of Liberty, that shades our country*
may its roots never decay, or its branches ever
wither as long as there is any artillery to defend
it.
The 19th of April, 1775! Lexington Common
and Concord North Bridge,—their fame bebngs
to all who manfully stood up on that day, in thoir
country's cause, too sacred to be the theme of
local jealousy, their glory is our common inheri-
tance.
Our Ancient Commonwealth ! A child born
of good parents, but left early with Massachusetts
Indians, and though forced to feed her children
from a clam, bake in the sand, to raise Indian
corn and pumpkins, to fish all about the bay be-
tween the North and the South poles, to spin little
cotton at Lowell and Lawrence, and to truck a
little in Yankee notions, all along from Cape Cod
to Canton, she has raised a large family and laid
up something against a rainy day.
The towns whose citizens took part in the deedi
of the 19th of April, 1775, there was a diversity
of gifts, but the same spirit.
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PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 3?
The heroes of Cuba ! may their second attempt
at Liberty, prove more fruitful than the first.
California, the youngest sister of our family of
States,—the Queen of the Pacific, with jewels of
gold upon her robe, and the jewel of freedom on
her brow, the voice of Concord, Lexington, an
Bunker Hill, gives her a joyful welcome.
The women of the Revolution.
The sentiment of American Nationality. It
awoke to life on the 19th oj April, 1775, on the
banks of the Concord river, and on the g-rcen of
Lexington. It has grown with the growth, and
strengthened witn the strength of America, until
it knits together a brotherhood of twenty millions
of people, and binds as kindred drops two oceans,
into one, wrought through their intimate nature,
comprising a part of every drop of blood of every
heart, the collision of local interest and local feel-
ing, can no more displace it than a snow storm or
thunder-gust in April, can dissolve the golden
bonds of gravitation that holds the world together.
Let that sentiment of American nationality, be
the first lesson taught to the infant in the cradle,
and the last legacy of the old man departing.
The County of Middlesex, the birth-place of
American freedom.
The town of Concord will ever have the honor
of furnishing the field on which resistance unto
blood was first made to the tyranny of the Britis'i
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parliament, while the little towns of all America
will ever have the honor of furnishing the men
who have the courage to make that resistance.
The 19th of April! those who remember that
day will ever stand by the Constitution of the
United States.
National Monument to Washington ! Burld it
to the skies, you cannot outreach the loftyness of
his principles. Found it upon the massive and
eternal rock, you cannot make it more enduring
than his fame. Construct it of the purest Pari-
sian marble, yoa cannot make it purer than his
life. Exhaust upon it the rules and principles of
ancient and modern art, you cannot make it more
proportionate than his character.
Liberty and.Union! now and forever, one and
inseparable
Washington! God caused him to be childless
that the nation might call him father.
The Union! entire, individual and sacred ; th«
strength and glory of the republic. INext to onr
maker, it challenges our highest reverence. We
pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor
to maintain it.
De Gubernor ob de State, he come in wid berry
little opposition, he go out wid none at all.
Americans ! This is a great country, wide,
vast, and in the southwest unlimited. Our repub-
lic is yet destined to re-annex all South America,
to occupy the Russian Possessions, and again, tt
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recover possession of those British Dr •
which the prowess of the old 13 coloni°VlftCes»
from the French on the plains of Abrah-08 WOIJ
rightfully ours to pre-occupy. Ours is arn' a^
and glorious country, Fanueil Hall was its ^rea*
but whar,—whar will be found timber eno ^t^'6 »
its coffin ? Scoop all the water out of the a 1
tic ocean, and its bed would not afford a n~
sufficient for its corpse, and yet Amerie ^r/*Vc
scarcely grown out of the gristle of b *! 8
Europe,~what is Europe ? She is no wl d*
nothing—a circumstance,—a cypher__a me lar~~"~
soleteidea. We have faster steam-boats s °^
locomotives, larger creeks, bigger plant- *♦
better mill privileges, broader lakes, higher m*0118'
tains, deeper cataracts, louder thunder Sn °Un*
lightning, braver men, handsomer women ar^er
more money than England dar have Wl^
afeered?
Who s
The memory of Washington.' still alone in W
greatness, and gathering accumulated glory -if
each succeeding age. Wlt"
California, Eutau, and New Mexico! Our K
a common acquisition, one realizing more th
the fabled wealth of Ophir, each entitled to ^
protection, the same beneficent hand which OUr
tends to the stronger, a constitution as a st ^**
cannot refuse to provide for the weaker gove e>
ments as Territories,
rtlm
Washington! with the qualities of the States
mm and warrior, he united those of tho philauT*
34 PATRIOTIC TOASTS. j
throphist and christian; he won our country by j
liis valor, breathed into its constitution the hal.
lowed elements of justice and kindness, and con- I
secrated it to the glorious goddess of liberty.
Our native land ! the heavens are her charter, r
the clouds her throne, the mountains her palaces,
Her companion is the eagle, her rope the starsI
and stripes, she rules the people held captive, not!
by chains, but by her charms alone, her govern-l
ment is invincible, her reign eternal. I
Our distinguished guests ! honored by their pres.1
ence we extend to them the right hand of fellotfl
ship, and give them, one and all, a hearty welcome!
The United States of America! may her liber-l
ty be always secure, and her Union perfect, howl
ever bounded.
The Union ! wherever the boundary lies.
Our State! may her Schools, Colleges, anJ
•Churches be her monuments, and her glories re*
main untarnished.
«
The Union ! one and indissoluble, may the exe-
cration of all mankind, and all posterity for ever
rest upon the head of the traitor, who dares to lay
hands upon the political ark of our beloved coun-
try, the land of Washington,—the morning star I
of freedom, the only hope of liberty throughout i
the world.
\
The mothers and daughters of America! here'i *
a health to all good lasses
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PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 35
The Union ! Let him who will, calculate the
value of this Union if he can. I spurn the use-
less effort. Its value is in the past, in the present,
and in the future,—in its promises,—its perfor.
mances,—its hopes,—in all it has done,—and is
doing,—and is destined yet I trust to do,—its
value is in the heart of every true American.
The descendants of the immortal patriots of
the 19th of May, may they mingle their blood
with the sacred dust of Davis and Hosmer sooner
than be found in the ranks of the enemy of human
liberty.
The true men of the nation ! Firm as the ever-
lasting hills, while others in storm and darkness,
have wavered and proved faithless; they hava
stood by their principles, and the man of their
choice, " Faithful among- the faithless."
The Constitution of the United States! with
age acquiring vigor, with every attack strengthen-
ing,—during its calm existence half the monar-
chies of Europe hive been sfiattered,—having
already survived whole generations of its enemies,
it will outlive the very memory of all prophecies
of its ruin!
Everlasting life to the man who defends his
country's honor.
Community, Unity, Navigation and Laws.
t May the guardian angel of Liberty smile upon
Hungary.
36 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The Union for the sake of the Union.
The memory of the father of his country.
Confusion to those, who wearing" the mask of
patriotism, pull it off, and desert the cause oi
liberty in the hour of trial.
Laurel water to the enemies of the Constitu-
tion.
May the brave never want protection.
Our Country, may it continue the land of liber
ty to the end of the world.
May blood stained war be forever ended.
Grape shot to our friends, and chain shot to our
enemies.
May the blessings of freedom be equally be
stowed throughout the world.
May the blessings of honorable peace continue
to us the blessings of plenty.
May Peace in the United States spread her
wings, and Commerce fill her ports with Gold.
May those who delight in unjust war, share in
its calamities.
May the laurels of our country never be
blighted.
May our lawa guard our liberties, and our liber-
ties guard our laws.
Two important Generals,—Worth and Gaine*
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 37
Three great Generals in power! General
Peace, General Pknty, and General Satisfaction.
May the olive branch of Peace renovate the
sinking fund of the United States.
May we never find danger lurking on the bor-
ders of society.
May we always look forward to better things,
but never feel discontented with the present.
To the memory of the gallant Walker, and all
our brave countrymen who fell fighting at
Mexico.
When honor is to be decided by the sword,
may it never find its way to the heart.
The American army ! may its distinguished
characteristic always be fortitude in the hour of
danger, and mercy in the hour of victory.
Our Constitution as settled by the revolution.
May the brow of the brave never want a wreath
to adorn it.
Our citizen soldiers.
May the weapons of war be used for warlike
purposes only.
May our soldiers be civil, but not in war.
May all those, who are engaged in the de-
i rence of their country be more distinguished by
# honor and courage, than by fancy uniforms and
accoutrements.
38 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
May the wings of liberty never loose a feather.
Our country's honor, her rights and no more,—
7 he people their rights, and no less.
All those who have fought and bled for their
couutry.
Humanity is America's glory.
Washington and his kindred spirits.
Our common schools! the safe-guard of our
liberties.
Patriotism ! Christ loved Jerusalem ; wept over
her follies, and devoted his life to promote her
best interests; such is the character of true
patriots.
In American soil, may we plant the tree of uni-
versal liberty.
American hearts and Hungarian hearts! may
they ever beat in unison together,
Ireland ! may it soon be divided from England.
May the American oak ever spread its arms to
guard the brave and free.
May the ships of America always bear bright
harvests home, of wealth and fame.
The orator of the day.
May American hearts of oak, defend and shield
their friends.
May the merchants of America traffic in every
Uiing but blood.
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May American's each other befriend,
For Unity's America's best hope,
And may every monopolists end,
Be joined to the end of a rope.
May we ever drink deep of the true American
bowl.
May nothing ere tempt us, our freedom to
barter.
May the patriots of Hungary ever be sheltered
by the American flag.
Here's to the abolition of all foreigners holding1
offices under the American government.
May the flag of our freedom float proudly on
the waves of American liberty, and hurrah for
the good ship as she sails into the free port of
justice.
May the interests of America be united forever.
May heaven descended charity ever dwell in
America's Isle.
May the majesty of day smile on prosperity
and patient works.
May true friendship always be found among
the sons of America.
United with America may Canada be,
One nation, one people, the brave and the free,
Then in vain shall the enemy's thunder be
hurled,
And glorioui Columbia give laws to the world.
40 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
When every other light is out may America*
virtue shine.
Yankee honor, may it never be imposed upon,
AMERICA, THE WORLD'S GLORY.
There is a land amidst the waves,
Whose sons are famed in story,
Who never, never will be slaves,
Nor shrink from death and glory:
Then strike the harp and bid it swell,
With flowing bowls before ye,
Here's to the land in which we dwell,
To America, the world's glory.
Blest land, beyond all lands afar,
Encircled in the waters,
With lion-hearted sons in war,
And beauty's peerless daughters :
Go 3 e, whose discontented hearts,
Disdain the joys before ye,
Go seek a home in foreign parts,
Like Columbia, the world's glory.
Whither in sultry climes ye rove,
A solitary stranger,—
Or seek the foreign fair one's love,
Where lurks deceit and danger,
Where will ye find domestic bliss,
With social sweets before ye,
A land so great, so good as this,
America, the world's glory.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 41
Here's the President, heaven bless him, and
long may he live.
I'll give you a toast of the oldest,
Liberties head ne'er was the coldest,
Our laws and our homes,
Be the glory our own,
And the last of her days be the boldest.
To the memory of Paoli.
The poor men heroes of the Revolution.
May freemen ever rule the wave.
Corre, seated round the festive board,
Where Bacchus pleasure does afford,
Fill high the sparkling glass,
And as the happy hour we pass,
Brink to the land, success, long life,
A tranquil reign and free from strife,
May freemen ever rule the main.
To the memories of Williams, Paulding, and
Van vert.
The glory of the land of Penn.
Pulaski I
Washington's last charge at Brandywine.
The mechanic heroes of Brandywine.
Anthony Wayne! at Brandywine.
Lafayette! the champion of Freedom in two
worlds, the hero of Brandywine and the friend of
Washington.
42 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
God has given the American Continent to the
free, the toiling millions of the human race, aa
the last altar of the rights of man on the globe,
the home of the oppressed for evermore.
All men are alike, the children of God.
The last days of Adams and Jefferson.
The author Soldier.
Arnold was the only man born in the New
World who could raise his arm and say I
have not one friend, not one in all America.
Patriots are ever ready to risk their lives for
their country, but honor is a sacrifice that no
man ought to make.
Men of talent, those who can pull the most fine
Saxony over the eyes of the public.
May the liberties of the people be immortal.
Firmness in the Senate, valor in the field, and
fortitude on the waves.
May our Commander have the eye of a hawk,
and the heart of a wolf for the foe.
May the sword of justice be swayed by the
hand of mercy.
The 17th of June, 1775, although the day waa
not quite won, it ushered in a glorious future, all
our own.
Freedom crowns from sea to sea,
The land that Warren fell to free.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 43
The old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
first to strike a blow for Liberty, she will be the
last to deal a blow at the Union.
Bunker Mill and American Liberty,—while the
Coliseum stands, Rome cannot fall.
The Union,—may its sacred trust be trans-
mitted by us unimpaired to posterity.
The State of New Hampshire ! Distinguished
for her love of American liberty, and nobly repre-
sented at Bunker Hall in the persons of Green,
Stark, and McCleary.
The 17th of June. In celebrating the achieve-
ments of the heroes of this day, may we long re-
member to teach our children, and our children's
children to emulate their virtues.
The Supreme Judicial Court, wiscl. established
by the people on an independent footing, that
they might have a government of laws not men.
The Monument on Bunker Hill,—the great ob-
servatory of freedom ! whatever change may take
place in the political firmament of the world, may
it never witness the obscuration, or the fall of
a single star of the American republic.
The Hero of New Orleans.
The Heroes of the Revolution :—
Hail the day that wakes again,
Thoughts of those heroic men,
Who, a small but dauntless band,
Fought to free her native land.
44 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
Prescott! the modesty of this sterling patriot
was not less remarkable than his heroism.
Bunker Hill! It must be committed to the
classic historians of the country, lo take its fit-
ting place on one of the brightest pages of our
annals.
The struggle for constitutional freedom, waa
the first great act in the Revolutionary drama.
Bunker Hill Monument! we wish that from
time to time, there should go forth a faithful re.
cord of the glorious event, and of the ill impor-
tant principles to which the monument is con-
secrated, that the traditions of this great act in
the Revolutionary drama should be kept in fresh
remembrance, and while the tower shall address*
its solemn eloquence to the eye, that the pen and
voice to the end of time should interpret its illus-
trious significance to the understanding and the
heart.
1 he memory of Warren ! he was the last to
leave the re«k>ubt, and the first steps of the pursuers
were over his dead body ; ages to come will weep
tears of admiration on the stone which marks the
cpot where he fell.
The Heroes of the Revolution ! It was these
Patriots which gave us the Union and the Con-
stitution, and which has sown our almost bound-
'ess domains with cities and villages, and swarm-
ing millions, and stretched a belt of rising repub-
lics in the life of man, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 45
The President and Constitution of the United
States.
Washington —
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, this was a man.
Bunker-Hill Monument—The ministry of Eng-
land, who undertook to receive a revenue in
America, sacrificed a continent for three pence a
pound on a few chests of tea ; it was that paltry
tax which piled upon each other the mighty
blocks of this monument, and planted our flag
on the headlands of California.
American independence must have its baptism
of fire and of blood, and the summit of Bunker-
Hill was the great altar of sacrifice.
The solemn appeal to arms was made on the
19th of April; the entire population of the country
had ratified the call, and sent its chosen to the
field ; and on the day we celebrate, three quarters
of a century ago, it was proved, by the steadiness
and courage of the citizen-soldiers of America in
open battle, that the cause of the country was
safe.
Liberty—There is a law within us, a law
which is every day made manifest, which pro-
claims and enforces the duty of mutual assistance
and love among all men, by whatever national
designation they may be known.
45 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The man whose land raised the goose, which
furnished the quill that wrote the Declaration of
Independence.
The Council-fires of American Liberty—Un-
erring beacons in the path of freedom, now and
forever.
The day and the event we celebrate—glorious
in the past, honored at the present—May the
blood of our fathers, shed on that memorable oc-
casion be the bond and cement of our glorious
and happy Union in all time to come.
California — The star of the Pacific, whose
brilliancy dazzles while its cheering light warms
the hearts of freemen : though so recently admitted
as a light of our republican constellation, it has
arisen in full-orbed splendour, and its course is
onward and upward to glory.
Connecticut—Honor to the generous patriotism
that prompted her to hasten, when the hour of
trial came, to defend the cause of freedom in
Massachusetts ; and all honor to the noble-hearted
and brave Putnam, the gallant Knowlton, and
the intrepid Chester, and their comrades, who
did their colony so much credit at the battle of
Bunker Hill.
The city of Boston, the daughter of Charles-
town — She always feels just as proud of her
mother's Bunker Hill, as ihe is of her own
Faneuil Hall.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 47
Bunker Hill Monument—May it crumble to the
dust before it shall look down upon a country
dishonored, disgraced, and ruined, by the break-
ing up of that Union which has secured its liberty,
fostered its prosperity, and spread its glory and
renown throughout the world.
Chief-Justice Marshall—one of the illustrious
founders of our American Judiciary — May it
prove a pillar of strength, in support of the noble
fabric of civil liberty contemplated by our an-
cestors: liberty regulated and secured by law.
The Orator of the Day — His words have
thrilled the public mind from Concord, from
Lexington, and from Bunker Hill: bravery ha»
rendered those places ever memorable; elo
quence has made them classic.
The memory of Warren—With the blessing:!
we have inherited from our fathers, may we in-
herit the principles necessary for their preserva-
tion.
Our Present National Congress—Brooding for
a long time upon the expected addition of the
thirty-first sister—the deliverance is at last effect-
ed to the great delight of the family.
The Union—Sustained by the Providence of
God and the affections of the people, it has stood
three-quarters of a century — may it be per-
petuated.
The new sisters of the Union.
48 i-ATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The Patriots of the Revolution—Their blood
flows in our veins j may their spirits rest in our
hearts.
The Union of the States—What God has
joined together let no man put assunder.
American Manufactures—The true support of
genuine independence.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts—A mo-
del State of a model republic.
The day we celebrate.
The Union— The first successful attempt, by
people of different institutions to live under the
same government.
The Union—For it our forefathers have en
dured much; for it they have sacrificed much;
and for the perpetuation of which may we bj
ever willing to die,
Memory of General Taylor—
To her best son: her best and bravest son,
Rough for the fight, but ready, heart and hand,
To make it up again with victory won,
In war and peace, the glory of his native land.
Peace and Plenty—
Corn in the big crib and money in the pocket,
Baby in the cradle, and pretty wife to rock itj
Coffee in the closet and sugar in the barrel,
Silence round the fireside, and folks that nertrc
quarrel.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 49
Faneuil Hall—Though dedicated to free dis-
cussion, and open always, alike to the raving of
fanaticism and to the appeals of patriotism, yet
its echoes are as prompt and true to-day as they
were in '76 to Independence, Liberty and Union,
Boston—Let her remember the noble principles
which, in the seventeenth century, gave her birth;
and the noble patriotism which, in the eighteenth
century,gave her freedom; and in the twentieth
and all coming centuries, she will be the noblest
city in the world.
Bostonians— Always lovers of personal and
national freedom; in revolutionary times, the
first to assert and most active in securing the
liberties of the people,- in all times they will be
foremost in maintaining and preserving them.
New Hampshire — The only State in New
England who prevented the enemy from landing
upon a foot of her territory during the war.
New Hampshire—Among the foremost in the
ranks of the Revolution : her soil never produced
a traitor; her women never saw the smoke of an
enemy's camp-fire. True to herself, she is and
ever will he true to Liberty and the Union.
Washington—As years distance the immortal
patriot from our view, his wisdom and virtue
beam with increased effulgence — a sun to the
political world, imparting vigor to the plants of
Freedom.
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m PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The President of the United States—May hi3
laurels, so nobly won in the field ever retain their
greenness.
The Heroes of the Revolution — May their
memories ever be hallowed in the hearts of their
countrymen.
The Signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence—May their names ever be held in grateful
remembrance.
The Battle of Benington—The New Hampshire
boys Stajik mad.
The Flag of our Union—We have often shown,
and can show again, that it can never be torn
down, except by the parricidal hand of our chil-
dren.
Our Country—Rich in the extent of territory,
her soil vieing in richness of product with en-
chanted regions, she is richer far in patriotic
sons and daughters—whose greatest wealth is
the freedom bequeathed them by their fathers.
The United States — Bound together by com-
mon ties, may no jealousies embitter the Union,
nor strifes rend it asunder.
Our Revolution, our Institutions, and our Union
.—The original of those watchwords of freedom
in the Old World, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity;
may their example spread all over the world,
while they remain to bless us and our children
forever.
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 51
A short Oration for the Fourth of Jult
for Unprepared Oratohs.—A western orator
being * unexpectedly called upon' at a Fourth of
July dinner, delivered himself as follows:—
Feller Citizens,—The great bird of American
liberty's flewed aloft,and soarin" upon the wings
of the wind, is now hoverin' high o'er the cloud-
capped summits of the Rocky Mountains, and
when he shall have penetrated the unknown re-
gions of unlimited space, and then shall have
duv downward, lit on daddy's wood-pile, I shall
be led to exclaim, in the grand, the terrific, the
sublime language of Paul, the Apostle, in his
celebrated epistle to the Aborigines—"root, little
pig, or dieP
The Genius of Washington — Its steady fire
will ever burn as the intelligence of virtue and
the virtue of intelligence.
The Declaration of Independence—An expe-
riment in political chemistry, which transmuted
colonial subjection to national sovereignty; and,
fro'i the decayed limbs of royalty, struck out the
light of Liberty and Freedom.
The Union of the States—A voluntary associa-
tion formed by mutual concessions for the security
ofmutua! interests : it is by these influences alone
that it can be perpetuated. General interest is
the only combining power to be safely relied on.
Force, unless it be used against a common enemy,
is only to be resorted to in the last extremity.
52 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
THE VXIOX.
•' Now and forever—one, and inseparable.**
Ye would sever the Union—but can ye undo,
The relation of brother to brother?
Ye may coldly regard him, and slander him too,
But when sorrow o'ertakes him, your heart will
be true
To the love ye once bore him, when together ye
grew,
In peabe, by the side of your mother.
Ye would sever the Union—but can ye untwine
The numberless ties that have bound you?
Like the threads of a creeping and delicate vine,
They are silently spread, in the rain and the shint.,
Till, when ye would burst them, each gossamer
line
Turns to " cord and to cable1' around you!
Ye would sever the Union—What! ye who were
nursed
In the arms of so holy a mother ?
Would ye dare to pronounce her astray and ac-
cursed,
Who rock'd you to sleep in one cradle at first—
Who shielded your head from the storm when it
burst,
And ne'er gave the charge to another?
Ye would sever the Union—but can ye forget
How your fathers stood shoulder to shoulder?
How like one, in orivfttion, their stern heart! were
set;
PATRIOTIC TOASTS. 53
How Jike one, in the conflict, our foemen they
met j
How like one they were melted by sorrow, and
yet,
How in danger grew bolder and holder.
Ye would sever the Union—but wo to the day
When ye mingle in council no longer.
What shall keep rulers from deadly affray?
What love shall be potent the people to sway?
Ye will find yourselves powerless the torrent to
stay,
Of hate and the right of the stronger!
"Judge not that ye be not judged."—Leave unto
God
The right of condemning your brother!
Until like an owner, ye stand on his sod •
Until your own feet in his pathway have trod j +
Until you are scourged, both alike, by the rod,
Never dare to pronounce on another.
But cherish the Union with heart and with hand.
As ye cherish your home and your altar j
Through the length and the breadth of our wide-
spreading land,
Alone by the eye of Omnipotence spanned,
Rise up in your strength, and the craven with-
stand,
Who dares to dissemble and falter!
The;Boston Tea Party—Sweetened with sugar
of lead for the British.
54 PATRIOTIC TOASTS.
The President of the United States—From his
exalted station, he can stoop down upon kinga
and emperors.
May the present and all future generations
emulate the exalted patriotism and unwavering
fidelity to the Union, for which the statesmen
and heroes of the Revolution were so eminently
distinguished.
The President of the United States—
He stands confessed the Nation's favorite son,
Who wears no laurels but were bravely won.
The Navy—
Our country's flag is swept from zone to zone,
By those who " bear no brother near the throne."
The Army—
In peace or war they equal conquest claim,
Who shield or strike in honor's spotless name.
The Military — Flattered and honored when
danger threatens; let them not be neglected when
danger fades away;—honored or neglected they
will not fail to do their duty.
NAVAL AND MZZ.ZTAH7
TOASTS.
All those who have fought and bled for
America.
Success to every young cockboat which ventures
on the ocean in defence of America.
America's Pride, and the World's Wonder-
He r navy.
America's sheet Anchor—Her tars and volun-
teers.
Our naval heroes, and the brave seamen who
to nobly seconded them.
Commerce and trade always protected,
And American seamen never neglected
Our Marine Hospitals and their supporters.
America expects that every man will do his
duty.
America's Pride—Her men-of-war.
America—The anchor and hope of the world
The American Volunteers—May they ever be
ready to receive the enemy in good style.
General Lafayette, and our gallant countrymen
who fought under him.
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NAVAL AND
General Frost, and the winter scene which
astonished the English at Trenton.
Health, rhino, and a snug berth to every Ame-
rican Tar.
Long may every foe tremble and every friend
rejoice at the arrival of an American fleet.
General Warren, and the glorious seventeenth
of June.
May the American soldier never turn his bayo-
net against his own countrymen.
May the laurels of American ever fade through
age, be blighted by cruelty to a fallen Enemy, or
be obtained otherwise than by true honor.
May the ensign of the American Navy always
prove the harbinger of dismay and defeat to our
enemies, and of confidence and security to our
allies.
May American soldiers and cowardice always
be at war.
May good American hands have true Ameri*
can hearts.
May our officers and tars be valiant and brave,
And our commanders constant and true;
May they die by their guns, America's right to
maintain,
And fight for the honor of their country'! true
MILITARY TOASTS. 57
More good ships for America, and less for her
enemies.
May the memory of the noble Perry inspire
every seaman to do his duty.
May every American seaman fight bravely and
be rewarded honorably.
May no true son of Neptune never flinch from
his gun.
May our brave tars never be in the fleet, (pri-
son.)
May the world's wonder
Be American thunder.
May our sailors forever prove lords of the main,
And the spirit of Lawrence revive once again.
May American fortitude and courage ever mock
at danger.
May the American thunder appear as dreadful
to the enemies of our country as the bolts of
Jove.
May American ships bear America's thunder
over the world.
May the army and navy of America ever
maintain their superiority, as hitherto, with honor
to themselves and their country.
May the deeds that were done at Bunker Hill
and Buena Vista never be forgot.
May the cause of American liberty ever be
defended by her hearts of oak.
58
NAVAL AND
May American soldiers fight to protect, and
conquer to save.
May every American fight till he conquers or
dies, before he yields.
May our enemies be pickled in the brine that
preserves America.
May we never want a Paul Jones to show the
foe we can be at them with one hand.
May the tars of America triumphantly sail,
And over her enemies ever prevail.
May the example of our heroes at Mexico act
as a stimulus to future ages.
May each soldier of Columbia a bright aegis bear.
To defend them from treachery's dangerous snare,
And whilst victory's laurels hang high o'er their
head,
May they pity the vanquished and honor the
dead.
May every American officer possess Montgo-
mery's courage but not meet with his fate.
May the enemy's flag be surmounted by the
American standard.
May the volunteer army of Columbia never
feel dismayed at its enemies.
May bronzed medals not be the only reward
of the brave companions of Scott and Taylor.
May the army of America feel no dismay at
the army of the world.
MILITARY TOASTS. 59
May the American Mars ever conquer the
British Hercules.
Manliness, merit, true friendship and love to
every American sailor.
May the American flag ever fly at the main.
May America, a world within herself, reign
safe on her floating towers.
Neptune's Favorites-—American tars.
Hull's hands—The tars of Columbia.
Hull—A "hull" team and no mistake.
The Battle of Monterey—May every brave
fellow who met his death in that glorious action
meet an eternal reward.
The Palo Alto heroes—May the widows and
children of those who fell in that battle never
feel distressed through their death.
The American Navy—May it ever sail on a
sea of glory, and, wafted by the gales of prospe-
rity, guided by the compass of honor, enter the
port of victory.
The American Army—May its distinguished
characteristics always be, fortitude in the hour of
disaster, courage in the hour of danger, and
mercy in the hour of victory.
The Memory of a great General and a splendid
Genius—Wash ington.
The immortal Memory of Hull — May every
American commodore follow his example.
$0 NATAL AND
To MeDonough's memory here 'a a health,
And to his gallant tars,
And may our American seamen bold
Despise both wounds and scars,
Make France and Spain
And all the main,
With all their foes, to know
America reigns o'er the sea,
While the stormy winds do blow.
The American Navy—The world's check*
string.
Victory's Laurels—May they ever crown the
heads of Americans.
The Flag of America—May it ever triumph-
itntly brave the battle and the breeze.
To the Memory of Colonel Butler, and all the
hrave fellows who fell with him in battle—May
their gallant conduct stimulate every American
goldier in the hour of danger.
To the memory of our gallant Lincoln, and all
our brave countrymen who fell at Mexico.
To the Memory of General Warren—May the
laurels which America gained when he fell
bloom to the latest ages, untarnished by any of
her future warriors.
The World's wonder and envy, and America's
pride—Our navy.
The unconquered Navy of America—Succesi
to it* champions.
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The floating castles of America, and health to
their inhabitants.
The American Trio—Scott, Taylor, andWool.
Colonel Jack Hayes—The terror of Mexico.
Mad Anthony Wayne—The general that made
the English look black.
Vera Cruz—May the victory there gained never
be tarnished by future defeat.
The Midshipmen of the Constitution—May we
always thrash our enemies as they did.
The Prince of Navigation—Lieutenant Wilkes.
While Columbia's sons compose the bold crew
Of America, to loyalty, justice, and liberty true,
While the standard united from her mast is un-
furl'd,
May she ride Freedom's three-decker
The glory and hope of a wondering world.
General Mercer and the American patriots.
May the army and navy of America always be
successful in a good cause, and never be engaged
in a bad one.
The American Volunteer—May he never rise
in anger, nor lie down in fear.
The majesty of the people of America.
Grog, grub, and glory to every tar who fights
beneath the star-spangled banner.
Duty at sea, and sweet-hearts at home
62 NAVAIi AND
The Soldier—Long marches, foul rations, damp
powder, and deaf ears to the invaders of Ame-
rica.
The Volunteer troops of America—The right
arm of our liberty, and a model to the world.
The Regulars of the American Army—Theif
hearts never flag, and their flag never falls.
The Military discipline of America — The*
model and terror of the world.
May the olive oil of peace prove a balm for
the wounds of war.
A Patriotic Execration.—Dam the canals, sink
the mines, fire the forges, and consume th<>,
manufactures of America.
May the foes of our country want the food to
feed their enmity.
May the ensign of liberty float over us, the jack
of patriotism lead us, and may the pendant of
every Yankee man-of-war serve as a cat-o'-nine-
tails to flog the backs of our enemies.
May America's name and America's farne
stand great and free forever.
Here's to our naval heroes,
And to their gallant tars,
And may our young ones, like the old
Despise both wounds and scars;
May they let the foe, on every sea,
By skill and courage know, I
That liberty their freight shall be,
While ocean's billows flow. I
MILITARY TOASTS. 63
The memory of the gallant Pole, Pulaski, and
those true liberty-poles who fell with him at
Charleston.
To the memory of the brave Lord Sterling, and
the sterling sons of liberty who fell with him at
Monmouth.
Our Sea-ports, and our Ships' port-holes—May
they ever have a war dog to bark the flesh of an
approaching foe.
The patriotic committee of old Congress Hall,
who reported in favor of the Declaration of In-
dependence.
The immortal Memories of Hull, Jones, and
Bainbridge—May all our seamen emulate their
virtues.
America's hope-anchor—Her timbers and her
tars.
The brave Decatur, with those who fought
under him and mourned over him.
More toggery and no flogging to our seamen.
Here's to the tar! a tough, strong soul,
Fanned by a brisk and favoring gale ;
Health and wealth, and ready rhino,
To every tar that you and I know;
Should an enemy's fleet e'er cross the sea,
May they cast their death's anchor and there let
them be.
May we never want a Stewart or a Perry to
show the enemy we can beat them.
64 NAVAL AND
Our Mosquito fleets in the Mexican war—Thej
proved gally-nippers to the enemy.
May our officers and tars be valiant and brave,
Our commanders all noble and true;
May they die by their guns our dear honor to
save,
And fight for the red, white, and blue.
May our seamen adore the hard ships of our
navy.
To the tar that fights bravely—May he be re-
warded nobly.
To the Memory of him who cried, " Don't give
up the ship,"—may our seamen never give up
the motto.
May the memory of the gallant Hull ever in-
spire our seamen to their duty.
May the heroic spirits of our naval heroes re*
vive and never relapse.
May our enemies on the ocean be peppered by
our shot and pickled in the brine.
May our wounded and disabled seamen never
have to depend on charity for support.
The brave Perry, his memory and his motto,
M We have met the enemy, and they are ours."
May America's fortitude, honor, and courage
never be compromised for the sake of peace, or
sacrificed for the sake of war.
Delaware, and the old Delaware regiments.
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May the Yankee stars ever shine on the main
mast.
Yankee Tars, the pride and the pets of old
Neptune—-May they never disgrace their patron
The floating forests of America—Health and
the bright stars that shine over them.
The floating batteries of America—Health and
success to their occupants.
The brave Trio that Britain could not conquer
—Washington, Hancock, and Adams.
The Blue Hen's Chickens of Delaware, that
made the British lion look black.
The Midshipmen of our Navy—May they
know no mid-way between duty and honor.
The sons of every state to freedom true j
May they stand by the ship Constitution all true,
Nail her stars to the mast, fix her mast in so firm'
That'twill stand up forever through battle and*
storm.
.
To the memory of Paul Jones, who hoisted the-
first flag of the Revolution.
The memoryof the illustrious Andrew Jackson.
To all those who have plowed the sea, and
honored the field of battle, for the cause of Ame-
rica.
The daring Exploits of American seamen —
The world's wonder and the oppressor's terror,
Oar navy and otrr hardy yeomen.
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66
NAVAL AND
May every American do his duty.
May every soldier have his right and every
deserter a halter.
American Republicanism—The child of the
ekies, and the salvation of the oppressed.
Our brave Military leaders and their noble
followers—Nothing daunts them, nothing.
The martyred patriots of the British prison-
ships— May the bliss of their souls be eternal,
and the abode of their murderers be infernal.
The memorable Christmas night on which
Washington crossed the Delaware, and gave the
enemy at Germantown a Christmas-box.
The Memory of General Mercer—Ever merci-
ful and never mercenary.
General Scott, who gave our enemies a massive
volume of Scott's tactics.
The American Eagle—The angel of death in
the battle-field.
American Tars and American Stars—May the
latter ever shine over the blue-jackets of the
former.
May the materials which compose our navy be
native hearts, native timber, native iron, and
bound by native valor.
May the devil mate with all mutineers.
May true friendship always warm the heartl
and hands of Yankee tars.
MILITARY TOASTS. 67
May heaven's descended mercy ever govern
our sons on land and sea.
May the interests of the States be united for*
ever.
May every American seaman's child be nursed
in the lap of fame.
May the love of friendship, contempt of hard-
ship, and affection for the state, ever animate the
hearts of American seamen.
May the God of battles bless with victory every
Amerioan in conflict, and may our watchword be,
Liberty forever.
The Military of Boston—Ever ready to obey
their country's call.
The Soldiers and the Soul of Soldiery—May
they ever be as closely united in the bonds of
fellowship as they now are.
Our absent brothers in arms—May they never
be forgotten.
The Volunteer Militia—May they all become
veterans.
May our members be as ready to handle the
musket as they are to use the knife and fork.
The Commander of our Company—May his
days be prolonged to be a blessing to his friends,
his family, his state, and his country.
May the gale of prosperity waft us into the
port of happiness.
68 NAVAL AND
The Hungarians in America—May the laurels
they have gained at home continue to bloom on
our soil, and may they live to see despotism trod-
den in the dust.
Our Commander—May health and prosperity
attend him through life.
The veterans of'76, and the veterans of 1850.
The Soldier—Soldier in generosity, soldier in
the art of knowing how to live.
The Soldiers of the Past, the Present, and the
Future—May the enjoyment of the present be
sweetened by the memory of the past, the hope
of the future by the enjoyment of the present.
May the soldier be as comfortable at his post
as at the supper-table.
The Ladies and the soldiers—May they both
be ready to bear (bare) arms when called on.
May the tar who has lost a leg, an arm, or any
of his members, in defence of his country, be re-
membered and rewarded for his services.
In the voyage of life may content be always
our cabin passenger.
May each soldier of the United States a bright
®gis bear.
The American Soldier—May he pity the van-
quished and honor the dead.
A broadside of comfort to every distressed
seaman.
MILITARY TOASTS. 69
May the boat of pleasure always be steered by
the pilot reason.
Riches to seamen, widows, and orphans.
May the gifts of fortune never cause us to steer
out of our latitude.
When we watch in a calm may we always bo
provided for a storm.
Discipline—The soldier's pride.
The Sea—May it always bring a spring tide
of joy to our country.
May a son of the ocean never die on the bo-
som of his mother.
A true Soldier — The composition of a true
soldier is one who is first a citizen, secondly a
gentleman, and lastly a hero.
Our Citizen Soldiery—May its members ever
cherish the principles of exalted patriotism, in
order and discipline a model militia company,
in morals a worthy example for the young men
of our state.
Our country and our company live on, live
ever.
Our Citizen Soldiery—Ever ready to protect
the links of our glorious Union.
The Army and Navy—The marine and reve-
nue service of the United States, triumphant in
invincible valor their stars of honor deck the flag
which they so gloriously defend.
70 NAVAL AND
Our Volunteer Militia—The right arm of the
civil magistrate ; if emergency requires it they
will strike, and they will never strike in vain.
The militia system of the United States—ad-
mirably adapted to our wants, and to the condi-
tion of a free people.
Our Volunteer Militia—The mailed brow is
their glorious heritage ; may the sword ever b*
uplifted to defend the soil and to maintain the
laws of our states.
Our Journalists—Like Franklin, some of them
are ready to defend the militia in their columns,
or head a column of militia.
The Military—May they always be ready to
defend the liberty of the press, and the press de-
fend the military.
Our Captain—The warm reception given us
by our hospitable commander will ever brighten
our recollections of the excursion.
Military Friendship — An important bond in
maintaining military discipline and proficiency.
America—May its naval and military power
exist forever.
May love and friendship always cheer and
animate.
May the materials which compose our navy
be ever combined.
None but the ashes of the brave,
Smell sweet and blossom in the grave.
MILITARY TOASTS. 71
The moon on the ocean was dimmed by a ripple^
Affording a chequered light,
When the gay, jolly tars passed the word for tb#
tipple;
And the toast, for 'twas Saturday night,
Some sweetheart or wife
He loved as his life,
Each drank and wished he could hail her.
But the standing toast,
That pleased the most,
Was—The wind that blows,
The ship that goes.
And the girl that loves a sailor.
Some drink the land, some her brave ships,
And some the constitution,
tfome, may the foe and all such rips
Yield to Yankee Resolution
That fate might bless
Some Poll or Bess,
And that they soon might hail her.
But the standing toast, &c, &c.
Some drink the flag, and some our land,
This glorious land of freedom,
Some, that our tars may never want,
Heroes brave to lead em ;
That she who 's in
Distress, may fin .
Such friends as ne'er will fail her.
But the standing toast, &c., &c.
T72 NAVAL AND
May our company in the support of our legi
mever need the aid of splints, nor in support of
nheir arras the aid of surgeons.
The National Legislature and the Militia-
Mutual protection should be the motto of both.
The Press — Liberty is its watchword, and
liberty its reward.
The occasion we now celebrate — Its return
adds a new link to the chain of social brotherhood
that binds us to the common good.
Our Past Officers—Like careful parents, they
delight to watch the rise and progress of those
who come after ; duty requires that the retired
list be respected and accordingly obeyed.
May the anniversary of the Declaration of In-
dependence be as much honored by us as it w*s
by the thirteen original states.
The Military and the Union—The former will
be ever ready to support the latter.
May our tars still keep their timbers together,
and the rotten planks of mutiny never disgrace
the rudder of their understandings.
All hearty messmates, and may we never
want a mate to mess with.
Pretty frigates we., rigged and jolly boys to
man them.
Success to the lair for manning the navy.
MILITARY TOASTS. 73
The Volunteer Military Force and the Editorial
Corps of the United States—May the former be
ever ready, if need be, to spill the last drop of
their blood in sustaining our glorious Union, and
the latter consume the last drop of ink in writing
editorials sustaining both.
The Military and the Press of the United States
•—The two great safeguards of our national inde-
pendence and the people's rights.
The Military of the several States—Though
belonging to different regiments, brigades and
divisions, they are all brother soldiers of one
grand army—the army of the Union.
The Phalanx and their Guests—A beautiful
specimen of the citizen soldiery, the safeguard
of the Union and the terror of Disunionists. En-
courage them and they will protect us.
Our Military Exchanges—The best system of
exchanges which has yet been adopted to pre-
serve the Union.
The military spirit, and its gallant and accom-
plished representative at this board.
The Boston Independent Cadets — Although
disbanded by Governor Gage, in 1774, on ac-
count of their patriotism, they were reorganised
by the people's government, and have ever since
evinced the compatability of genuine republican
feeling with the deference due the high station
of the Executive.
POLITICAL TOASTS.
Here ?s to America, the Ruler and Queen of
the Waves—May she always extend to the weak
and oppressed those blessings with which her
own sons have been blest.
May the American Congress long plead our just
cause,
Establish true peace, our religion and laws.
May our Senators be distinguished for their
integrity.
May the influence of the executive always be
destroyed by its own corruption, and the liberties
of the people revive after every depression.
May the members of Congress, while they are
in Washington, never forget that they are the re-1
presentatives of the people.
May both houses of Congress always be atten*
tive to the real interests of the nation.
May the Americans form a government of
unanimity, and from that basis present an ex-
ample to the world.
May the people of America always oppose a
corrupt Congress, and give vigor to a good one.
The President—His rights and no more.
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POLITICAL TOASTS. 75
Our Country—May those who ill use her be
speedily kicked oiF.
The American Constitution and the People-
May the union which age has cemented be for-
ever inseparable.
The Ballot-Box—The only mode of procuring
a free and equal representation in Congress.
The Constitution of the United States, as settled
as the Revolution—May it flourish to the latest
posterity.
The American Constitution, and confusion to
those who would overthrow it.
Stump Orators—May their footing give way
when they utter falsehoods.
Office Hunters—May they find the doors closed,
and the people thumbing their noses at the win-
dow.
State Loafers—May they be without a loaf.
Humbugs—May they be rid of their bad blood
by a legion of bed-bugs.
State Borers—May they, like other intrusive
swine, be distinguished by rings in their snouts.
Short speeches and long consciences to our re-
presentatives.
The Veto—May it never prove a sore toe to
the people.
The American Eagle — May it never rise in
anger, nor go to roost in fear.
76 POLITICAL TOASTS.
Andrew Jackson's Motto—"Ask nothing that
Is not clearly right, and submit to nothing that is
wrong.
Freedom from mob3 as well as kings.
The Freedom of the Press—Truth published
with hone&t motives and for justifiable ends.
The Bible, the Constitution, and the Ballot-
Box—The political trinity of Freemen.
Free discussion, and freedom from passion.
Prompt legal justice and no lynch law.
May none but native-born freemen ever help
to rule, or help to make rulers.
Despair and disgrace to all demagogues.
Full stomachs but no foul corporations.
The Majesty of the People and the Laws—Our
. ight and nothing more.
The Constitution and the People — May the
Union by faith and freedom be cemented in-
separably forever.
The Ballot—The only safe mode of choosing
representatives.
The Party Press—May it be governed by truth
and moderation, and always be on the right side.
The Constitution—The first offspring of the
Revolution — may it flourish to the latest pos-
terity.
Peace and Purity at the Polls—The only con.
duct becoming freemen.
POLITICAL TOASTS. 77
The Constitutions of the different States—The
bright stars which revolve around the great sun
(the Nation)—May they ever respect the great
centre planet that warms, lights, and protect*
them.
The Union of the States—It must be preserved
in spite of the fanaticism of a few zealots at the
North, or a few hotheads at the South.
Election Judges—May every false vote they
connive at be a drop of prussic acid in their
bowels.
False Voters and foul Judges—May they all
burn in the devil's ballot-box.
The Franking Privilege—May all those who
abuse it be stamped by the feei of freemen, locked
in a mail-bag, and despatched to the office of
Lucifer.
The true and consistent advocates of reform in
morals and political economy.
May abolitionists learn to abolish fanaticism.
Disunionists—The enemies of the people.
The true Principles of American Liberty—May
they take deep root, and flourish to the end of
time.
The Clergy of our Country, who have always
supported the Good Cause—May they ever con
tinue to do so.
May our state men be as much distinguished
for their deeds as their words.
78 POLITICAL TOASTS.
To the pulpit, bar, and to justice.
May our great men be good, and our good men
great; and the props of our land be the faith of
each state.
May each officer's pride of wealth be the com-
monwealth.
May dishonest office-holders fall by a quick
rotation of justice.
Let us toast integrity, and roast corruption.
Here 's to Columbia, free laws, and a free church ;
From their blessings may plotters be left in the
lurch;
Give us pure candidates and a pure ballot-box,
And our freedom shall stand as firm as the rocks.
May our Chief Magistrates and their Cabinets
form a government of unanimity, and from that
basis defy a world of enemies.
May the people coolly oppose bad legislation,
and give life and support to a good one.
Government Places and Patronage—May those
who abuse either be kicked out, and may it be
their last kick.
America and her Children, the Confederated
States—May their union remain undisturbed by
plots or treachery to the end of time.
May the laws never be misdirected, misapplied,
or misconstrued.
The government and our honest legislation.
POLITICAL TOASTS. 79
Equal rights, honest agents, and an enlightened
people.
May every Fresident of our dear Union prove
better, if possible, than his predecessor.
May the ships of America ever bear bright
sails, good news, good cargoes, and good hearts
and have fair winds and light seas.
Our Legislators—Sound hearts, sound heads,
sound dispositions, and sound principles.
Our Governors — May they ever merit the
esteem of the people, and be always ready to
reward the deserving.
Our Chief Magistrates—May they always ex-
ercise their prerogatives for the happiness and
welfare of the people.
The Constitutions of the Nation and her States
—May they flourish forever.
The government, and those dear institutions
which are the shield, protection, and succour of
our people.
The wisdom of our laws, and the justness of
their execution.
Liberty—May it ever be enjoyed by Ameri-
cans.
Our Statemen—May they ever be endowed
with the noblest quality of man—honesty.
May the states' love for each other know no
bounds, nor their fenr of each other need any.
80 POLITICAL TOASTS.
May the eagles of monarchy never be suffered
to build a nest in our land.
May every American, at his country's call, be
ready to meet the foe.
May Americans share the sweets of liberty,
and ever contend for the freedom and happiness
of the human race.
May the stars and the eagle standard be ever
crowned with the laurel of victory.
May the joys of America be as pure as its air
of freedom, and its virtues be as firm as its moun-
tains.
May America ever be an asylum for the op-
pressed, and a school to teach them the great
principles of republicanism.
May those who 'd be rude to American roses
Feel a thorn's fatal prick in their lips and their
noses.
America and her Children—Her sons are brav«
and honest, her daughters fair and modest.
May law and obedience live forever.
May the growth of freedom's tree never be
obstructed by the poison vine of monarchy.
Our Chief Magistrate—May the greeting which
he has received from the hearts of the people be
repaid by his faithful honor and fidelity.
May the adjective victorious be ever joined to
the substantive America.
POLITICAL TOASTS. 81
May the stars of America ever light up the
ocean, and her sails whiten every sea.
May the traitor who would disunite the starry
confederacy of our union be himself disunited.
The government of our national state.
Daniel Webster — The eloquent statesman,
*hose patriotism is unswerving.
The Government of our Native State—Free in
its institutions, and sound in its principles.
The Commonwealth—We render to our foster
parent the gratitude of our hearts, and we pledge
to her our highest endeavors to advance her in-
terest, and keep her reputation unsullied.
The President and Vice President of the United
States.
The true men of the nation.
The Memory of John C. Calhoun — Over the
grave of Calhoun the North repays the debt it
incurred when the South rendered its generous
and heroic tributes to the national services and
personal worth of the lamented John Quincy
Adams. While the whole nation can thus unite
in a common sympathy, at the loss of the great
men of either section, the heart of the Union is
still unbroken and sound.
Wilmot proviso or no Wilmot proviso, slaver;
prohibition or slavery extension, I go for the
Union, the whole Union, and nothing but the
Union.
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82 POLITICAL TOASTS.
The Press—Ever advocates of the officers of
the law, yet sensitive and strong in defence of
the rights of the citizens.
Our President — May he always merit the
esteem and affection of a people ever ready to
bestow gratitude on those who deserve it.
Disappointment to all who form expectations
of office on the ruin of their country.
Short sessions to Congress, and unbiassed le-
gislation.
May the laws of the land always be consonant
with those of nature.
May religion and laws flow from upright and
liberal principles.
Oblivion to party rage.
May party politics never corrupt principles.
The States—The relation of brother to brother.
The Sons of the South—With hearts for their
friends as warm as their sunshine, and hands for
their foes as deadly as their night-dew.
Pennsylvania's Internal Improvements—We
don't approve of cursing, yet may you sink your
mines; dam your rivers; and blast your fur-
naces.
Our Public Institutions — May it ever be the
honest endeavor of each and every one of us to
keep them as unblemished and untarnished as
we received them from our predecessors.
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Our Governor, a true Son of a noble State—
His conduct is ever characterised by wisdom,
justice, and moderation.
Our Mayor—As vigilant and useful in his pre-
sent station as any officer in the state, he is one
of those upon whom we can look with pride, and
«ay "these are our jewels."
The Judiciary—As sword-bearers to justice,
we respect her administrators ; though they often
base their decisions on common law, their's are
no common minds.
The civil services of the United States.
The Citizen Soldiery of the United States—
Ever ready to protect the link cf the Union.
The Arms of our State—At all times the Arms
of the Union.
The Union—Now and forever, one and inse-
parable.
Manual Labor—The stepping stone to virtue,
health, happiness, and independence.
Steam Power — The physical lever of com*
raerce.
Machinery—The product of the mechanic—a
source of the laboring man's wealth and happi-
ness.
Knowledge and Wealth—Open to the acquisi-
tion of all, in the happy republic where it is our
happiness to dwell.
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Organization—The rage of the present age.
The Mechanics of the United States — The
moving power of the nation.
Our Public Schools—Caskets containing the
jewels of Boston ; we look with confidence to
our City Fathers to see that they are rightly set.
The Governor of New Hampshire—His virtues
command the admiration of all his fellow-citizens.
Public Schools—The origin and the support of
our republican institutions. They require the
aid and encouragement of every patriotic citizen.
The Orator of the Day—The state is grateful
to him for his distinguished services to her and
to the Union; his townsmen love and respect in
him a faithful friend, an honest man, and a wor*
thy citizen.
The Sons of our State—They will not love the
union less because they love their own state
more.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
The Firemen—The sentinels of our homes j
may they ever find a sentry-box in our hearts.
The Firemen—A cold water army that never
breaks its pledge.
The Firemen—May the ladies never cast cold
water on the flame of their affections.
While poets chant, in wild enraptured lays,
The seaman's valor, or the soldier's praise,
A theme as noble claims my present toast j
It is—" The firemen our city's boast."
May a fireman never be in want of hose, and
never "kick the bucket."
May his coat be water-proof, his flesh be fire*
proof, his bones be fracture-proof, and his spirits
be fourth proof.
The Heart of the Fireman—The first to be
moved by the sound of the bells (belles), and
the last to be deaf to their calls.
The Firemen—
In union may they toast each other's names,
The world their friend, their only foe — the
flames.
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8f> FIKEMEN'S TOASTS.
May lie never be toasted save by the glass of /
liis friends.
May he never burn except with ardor for the 1
• ublic safety.
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The Firemen—May their names be recorded f
in letters of gold upon the bright "roll" of im-
mortality.
May their speaking-trumpets arouse the sleep-
ing, in the hour of danger, as the trump of the
Archangel shall awake the dead.
They are bright stars on parade, and rainbows
of hope in the storm of danger.
Firemen's Visits—May they continue to meet i
as friends, and to part as brothers. J
May they travel fare free, and meet free fare, j
and smiling fair ones wherever they go. j
May he who would injure the Department j
have a parched tongue and putrid water to cool it I
The Fireman — Awake at all hours, warm- I
hearted in all weathers, and ready at all times. 1
Good attachment, free plugs, full pumps, and I
fair play to all true firemen.
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The Firemen of Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, 1
and Lawrence—May their " machines" move as I
swift as their spindles, and their fame be as I
bright as the Merrimac in the noon-day sun. j
Firemen—The heroes that never invade and I
never retreat.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
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May the wretch who would cut their hose be
cut by all society, and never be able to "come
again."
The Fireman — His heart is guided by the
great Director above to preserve the Uvea and
property of his children below.
The Fireman's Hat—More honorable than a
monarch's crown, and filled by a head a thousand
times more useful and noble.
May he who deceives the fireman by a false
alarm, be the first to need his aid and the last to
be served by him.
May the bright smile of approving heaven
shine through the thickest smoke, and cheer the
toiling fireman.
The Fireman's four A's—Awake, Away, Ar-
rest, Assuage.
The Fireman's Compass—For all points, and
honor points to all.
May the flames of dissension never find fuel
in the hearts of the firemen.
The Firemen—The gallant soldiers that shed
no blood and share no spoils.
The Orphans of Firemen — May they find a
friend in every heart, and a protector in every
hand.
The Firemen — The volunteers that need no
drumming up nor drumming out
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FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
The Fireman's Widow—May the memory of
her husband's services prove her passport to
every habitation, and win her a welcome in every
heart.
The Memory of Dr. Franklin—The first Phi-
ladelphia fireman, who taught the world how to
conquer the electric fire, and the devastating
flame of tyranny.
The "Machine"—The greatest of all pieces of
mechanism—it preserves what all other enginei
produce.
The Fireman's Badge—More valuable than a
king's regalia, and worn on breasts more worthy.
The Firemen at the Rope—Richer than thd
team of Sesostris, whose chariot was drawn by
harnessed kings.
To the fireman's wife that helps him on with
Jiis equipments, and welcomes him home witfc
a kiss and hot coffee.
The Fire Department—The army that draws
water instead of blood, and thanks instead of
tears.
The Dead Fireman—
Now quick they tear him from the smoking pile,
Death on his brow, but on his lips a smile,
And mid the ruins they the features scan
Of a lost friend and brother fireman.
Yet tho' his form lies black upon the bier,
His noble soul is bright in yonder sphere
FIREMEN'S TOASTS. 89
The Firemen's Ball—A chime of merry bells
(belles) and manly hearts—may the flame of
love light all eyes, and the stream of joy play in
all hearts.
The Firemen's Ball—May no alarm interrupt
its harmony, and no evil flame disturb theii
pleasures.
Honor to the Firemen—
Come hail the true heroes who the flames have
oft braved,
And stood your kind guardians in moments of
danger j
Whose valor your wealth, lives, and homes have
oft saved,
And who risk'd health and life for both friend
and for stranger.
To him give the praise,
In gratitude's lays, *
Till his deeds shall as bright as the element
blaze.
And ne'er shall the fireman's glory grow dim,
While an honest heart beats to gratitude's hymn.
The Firemen's Benefit—May the plugs of
public patronage play to overflowing.
The Firemen's Benefit—May the citizen who
refuses his patronage, find his pockets explode by
spontaneous combustion.
The " Machine," and the Lads that work her—
Long life and health to them, and long utility and
praise to her.
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The Firemen—
Drink to the boys
Whose chiefest joys
Are to keep the wild flames under,
Who, night and day,
Are prepared for the fray,
;Mid snow, or rain, or thunder.
FIREMAN'S ENGINE HOUSE 8LEI.
The city's throng to rest has gone,
All silently they sleep,
A heavy bell jars on the wind,
Which through the streets does sweep.
A broad red glare gleams from afar,
The sky throws back its ray;
Up! rouse ye then, ye gallant firemen!
To quell the flames away!
Both nurse and child in slumber lie,
Nor dream that danger 's near,
The merchant snores with closed eye,
The tradesman knows no fear;
Yet louder peals the 'larum bells,
The red sky mocks the day—
Up! rouse ye then, ye gallant firemen!
To quell the flames away!
May our merchants be ever mindful of the
bold hearts which rush forth at all hours to pro-
tect their property from the flames.
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The Firemen—The only standing army that
the world stands in need of.
The Fire Insurance Associations—May they
erer be mindful of the services of the firemen.
The Firemen's Processions—Noble gatherings
of gallant spirits, that cement warm hearts to-
gether, and awaken a spirit of emulation amongst
the young.
The Firemen throughout the Union—The pride
of every heart, and the protection of every home.
The Belles of America—May their hearts ring
the praises of all true firemen.
The Fire-shirt and Helmet—May they con-
tinue to cover bold hearts and bright heads.
The Fireman's Horn—The salvation trumpet
of the guardian angels of our homes.
Our Honorary Firemen—May they all share
in their retirement the honor they justly won in
their days of arduous toil.
The Fireman's Wish — May the next year
bring few false alarms, few false friends, and
few false fair ones.
Our Gallant Guests—We greet them with the
rope manned with brotherly love, our tubs filled
with the waters of welcome, and our trumpets
loud with the voices of honest praise.
Our Guests—May they never lack hands for
the ropes, or sweethearts for their arms.
)2 FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
The Alarm—The fireman the first out and the
last in.
Our Machine and our Lads—
By night or day,
They always come in play.
The Fireman's Heart — Our best insurance
company.
The Flames that light us on — the fire of the
house, and the flame of woman's heart—We'll
put out the one and cherish the other.
The Bell of Alarm and the Bell (bel
