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Book .9 1

A CONDENSIID HISTORY

O F THE

UYITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN RHYME,

CONTAINING A REPORT OF A I L 711E LEADING EVENTS ASSOCX-

ATED WITH DATES,

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CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL.

P U B L I S I I L D BY T l l E A U T H O R .

1882. T4-1 ,

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Entered according to a& of Congress, in tlie year r 883,

By ~ ~ A J O R HOTYE,FRLI)E~<ICK

In the Office of thc i 'l~rarian of Congress, nt Washmgton.

W. L. KLEIN & CO.,

PRIXTERS.

PREFACE.

GHIScondensed form of the History of the Unitcrl

States, 111 rh)me, has been p~eparccl w~th the \leu

to meet the wants and growing desire felt by a11 classes !;[;'of people, that the young may become rnorc intcrestecl in

the important History of our Country. f i;y the mode of tcacliing I 1:ow sct forth, I am fi~ll!. con-

\-inccc! that the youngest scholar upon entcrin:: upon its

drltics at School (heing alAe to read), can lcarn with the

grcatcst ease, the outline of our American Ilistory. At

the same time the dates and cvcnts arc so arranged

t!mt t!ley cannot but fail to impress the mind in a man-

ner not cxily forgotten.

'I'his work will also be found to be very helpfd to old

and young, as it will serve as a key and guide to the

many important changes this country has undergone.

M. F. H. CRYSTALLAKE,Illinois,

March, 1882.

I

CONDEKSED HISTORY

01. T I I b

UNITED STlZTES OF AhIElCICA

IN RHI11fk7.

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DISCOVERIES

IN 1435 was born in small Genoa's town,

A youth that evermore will give

Fair Italy renown.

It was CHRISTOPHERCOLUMI~US,the father

of the free,

Who from Palos port in '92

With Spanish vessels three,

Sailed o'er the mighty ocean's crest

For thirty-five long days,

( 5 )

7 0F TZIE 7 ;\/TI, 1) .C 7 A T/:7.

I-Timielf hc hornc~vard takes.

Then a t thc agc of sevcnty years

In I 506 he dies,

And leaves this world of trouble

For a home beyond the skics

And evcr may this noble heart

In pcacc and quiet rest,

Till called from his I1avma1\ tomb

As one among the blc\t.

A-a rc~z -~ -cu iVI irlc-ccI, (ves-poottc/lec) JOHN

Cf1130~ alld h i5 ion,

Arc the next to vi5it theic forcign ihorcs,

'"U11T o continue the work bcb

The coast of North ,Imcrica by the Cabots first

was hailcd

In 149411ear 13retton Cape ;

From whence the " iVa t t h t z~~"sailed

To 13ristol in England thc home of thcse

brave men,

here S E ~ A ~ T I N Estayed till 1498,

Thcn sallied forth again.

A n d give their pco l~ lc liomcs.

I n 1506 St. La\\-rcncc Gulf, I lb : \ - \~ (iz".izlrc) did -* esplorc ,

T h c sxnc ycar TSast U u c ; ~ t n nwas sccn,

A n d at l lar icn ( I ~ " ~ ~ - I . L ~ - L ~ I L ' )i n four 1110rc

A colony was scttlcd ; then I'OSCP: 111.: Leos

(1?oiztthn do In-on') cninc,

017 THL x ITMI sTA YES.

And Florida in I 5 I 2

\Vas given unto Spain.

The Pacific is discovered by 13.\1,1:0\ (hnhl-I.o'(r/~)

in 1513.

And the Sor thern con5t of Yucatan,

UnLnon 11 ceased to bc,

As Cor:rm (kor1t2'Ovczh)in I j 17 tlic conit-

line did explore.

And G I J A I , ~ . ~(,rye-hnl'rwh) coaitcd Southcl n

Mexico

In exactly one ycar more.

CORTEZ(kov-trz') conquered Mexico in I 521.

And AYI,L,ON (ceZ-yonc) i n I 520

South Carolina's discovery had begun,

a Ion The first circurni~avig t '

Of this Globe was hailed,

When MA-GEL'IAX in 1520

Around South America sailed.

From Wilmington to Nova Scotia in I524

VERRAZZAXI(ver-mt-sn/117ze)coasted.

Then NAKVAEZ(nor-ntn/lrtt/l)did explore

10 A C'OA'l'1EA:WD IIISTOR Y

The i~itcrior of Florida in 1528.

And St. Lawrcncc Gulf and River

IZeccivcs a iiinilar fate;

And the Mississippi in 1541,

Is held by Slxmish cliinc.

C ~ I < O S ~ ~ I ~ O(Lo-ro-7znh'do) in I 540 Sct.1. :',icxico

cxplorcs.

And A ~ . ~ n < c o x (all-Zar'sou) in I 541,

Sails by Gulf California's shore

T o the Colorado Rivcr,

Where to Gila (herZah)hc sails;

And Cnrtr<rr,r2o (cab-?*c~~Z>o)in I j42

California's coast dot11 hail

As far as n'orthern Oregon, and COIJGNY

(ko-Zeen-ye') is assailed,

I n planting Port Rol-a1 colony

In I 562 hc fail\.

T h e Huguenot>, undcr Cor r c , v , then in I 564

T o c o l o n i ~ e St. John's K l ~ e r in I ' l o r ~ d , ~

Fails a> once before.

A\MI'ILXIILL (nzqd-LLzrtJ~.t/ I)in I 565 he came,

And many n e r c the 5ettlc.i

\Vho by 111s inen TI cre \l,u11.

St. X ~ ~ g ~ \ t i l i e 1565 the date, i \ ~ o L I I I ~ ~ ' ~ ,

.And remain> the olclc\t city

Of the United States.

In 1579 the l'acific is explorcd by Fr,.\\c~s

DI: YKE.

And the Engli5h in San Francisco Bay

A new discovery make.

Then Santa Ii6 ( fay ) is founded in 1582,

By E s r ~ j o(es-$nyf/lo) who glvcs this region

T h e name Ncw Mexico.

SIR HUMPIIIIEYGILBBRT,in '83 a t Ncwfound-

land,

At tempts t o form a colony,

1.

When Albcrtnale and I'amlico Sound

He safely did csplorc;

This region t11cn receives Virginia as its llnille.

And in 1553, and '87,

Sir WALTE~:fails again,

T o form an English colony, on North Caro-

lina's shore.

But Gos~olmcomcs in 1602,

And Massachusetts did explore;

Cape Cod he did discover, and also gave it name,

Elizabeth Isle, Martha's Vineyard, and Kan-

tucket

Found, and added to his fame.

Port Royal is founded by DEMOSTS (da-nron'g)

in 1605.

13 O F 7 11h7 C,\*I1E1) S Tfl 713.

A n d the LO~LCIOII C O U Z ~ I Z I Z ~Pb71~01lth

T h e next year did contrive

T o settle our fair colon~es of Virginia and Mint.

And in 160s St. La11rcnce l'ort,

I s eitahliihcd by CII \ \ r i l l - \ I \ (sllnln-~lm'z') .

IVhen after namiilg ~t Qucbcc, l ~ i ~ n s c l f he on-

ward tahes,

And in 1609 discovers

Champla~n and Huron Lakes.

Then led the Canadian Indians

Againi t the Iroquoib 111 n ar,

And entered Northern Xcw Yorlc State,

Where no man had bccn bcfore.

The Huclion in 1609,

F i r i t brought the Dutch t o fame,

Uy the discovery of that river,

By a man of the same name.

COLONIES.

J .~VESTOWNis foundcd in 1607,

By Captain KL\\~)OI:I and hi\ band

Of enligraiits, who on Virgint,~ soil

Are thc first coloiiisti to laud.

Bla i inc l~~~se t t s ,with I h y Colony,

Is founded in 1628.

And in 1620the Rlayflov c r I'ilgri~ns

Alio settled in this State.

The English in 1622, New I Inmlxhi r~ colonize,

Wl~ich from them takes i t i name.

And to Maryland in 1634,

The English Catholics came.

New Englanders settle Connecticut,

From 1635 to '38.

And Rhode Island in the latter year

Receives a similar fate.

O F 71ZE UN(7L-11 S711TICS

Thc Dutch in 1633

T h e State of !Sew York c l ~ i ~ n .

And the English in New Jersey

Another colony gain.

Thcn \$'IT,I,IAM l'mr in I C Q ~

T o I'ennsylvania came,

Which was settled by thc Q~~;:kcrs ,

And from I-'ENXtook i ts n ; m e .

Then Delaware thc: same ycar

Was colonized by I % x r .

And North Carolina is sett!c:l i n ~663,

By rich Virginia mcn.

T h c French Huguenots ant1 I<ii~;li ;l? ii! 1670

Settle South Carolina State.

And Georgia, under OGI,I:TIIOIII'E,in 1733

The English also take.

WARS.

T h e strife tha t now does follow,

And which me now relate,

\\'as co~nmciiced by AAI)I :o~ ' tyranny

In 1688.

In I:l~glnnd, \VII,I,T \ \ I Prince of 01, lnge

I Iad succccdcd b~ utc 1<1nq J m ~ c s ,

.Ind p ~ ~ n i i h c d Govcrnor I ) I : ~ S

1 h d bro~igllt himielf to f;line.

'This lulled thc I < c \ o l ~ ~ t i o n ,

13ut n hind and helping hand

Deposed King Jaincs now rcccives

From France, his nativc land.

IHe stirred the strife for battle,

And they heard what hc did say,

13y opening up this bloody war

In North America.

0F 711E UA'I TED STATES.

The French Governor in ~Ggo,

The Engli5h colonies did annoy,

, h d madc the ivarliltc Indians

I-Iis friend and truc ally. ?.I he mlisacrc of Schc-nec'ta-dy,

In the middle of the night,

TI'ords cannot be found,

T o describe that horrid sight.

'Thc next foul clcprcdation,

On Salmon Falls was madc ;

Ii'heii most of its inhabitants

Were consigned to the grave.

This rouscd the slumbering spirit,

And SIR \VII,I,IA;\Z PIITITSis sent,

IVith a fleet and men and money,

These atrocities t o prevent.

I-Ie without resistance landed,

A n d a conqueror he is hailed

Of the coast from Port Royal t o Maine;

Then up St. Lawrence Iiivcr sails.

Adverse winds prevented 2

18 A COA-LI~;~Z-SI:/;Z / ~ . S T O / ZI/

His landing a t Q ~ ~ c b c c ,

LVhich causes this first c n m : x ~ i p

T o reccivc a fearful c l~cck.

T h c French, and brut;d India?,;,

I3ccatnc more troublcsoi-i~c c !cli d:ly ;

Of SCIIUUI,EI<'S(sky-Zcr) attack:; in 1692,

I l nve nothing here to say.

For scvcn ycars this noble country

Was harassed by the French,

JVho in thc ycnr 1Gg7

Both fleet and army sent,

L6'ith strict and urgent orders,

T o n'cw York and Iluston burn,

Gut on landing made a treaty,

And homcward did return.

King WII~LI~\I\Zdies, and AKNEsucceeds,

Just as this crucl war

I n 1702 breaks out again

With the Allies as before

After several minor sl<rirtnishes,

Colonel NICIIOLSUN with aid came,

And received An-nap'o-lis as its name.

Encouraged by this victory,

Canada is assailed,

Hut disasters meet the army,

And causes it to fail.

Thc same year (1702) at St. Augustine,

I3rings defeat to Governor XIOOI~F:,

IT'hich malies South Carolina's scttlcment

More troubles than before.

The Spanish and the French combined,

In 1706 invadc

Carolina, but are defected,

And many prisoners made.

T o Roanoke River in North Carolina

The Palatines then came,

And formed a German settlement in 1710,

From which New Rerne took its name.

Misfortunes meet these colonists,

In privation, death, and war,

Which was stayed by Utreck Treaty in 1713,

20 A CONDENSED HlSTOR Y

And peace was then restored.

The Yainnsces in I715

A great massacre untlcrtake,

But are defeated a t Sal-kc-liatch'ie,

And meet a drcaclf~~l f'lte.

The Treaty of .Zix-la-Chapcllc (ah- ld-shn-pel ' )

in 1748,

Stays the French and Engliih war;

But in 1754 it brcalis out afreih,

Nore \ igorous than beforc.

The French first brobc the Treaty

A t Reditone in 1752.

Built forts on disputed territory,

And the Engliih traders slcw.

This enraged the I3ritiih Government,

And orders here werc sent

T o Governor DIY\\1r)nIc of Virginia,

Declaring their intent

Tha t a person of distinction,

Who by him should be named,

Should demand an explanation of the French,

O F THE D;\T/71<D STA 7ES.

:ommcncc a fl-csh campaign.

Major GEORGE ~ V A S I I I S G , ~ ~ ~ ,

\iTho was born in 1732

I11 iVestmorcland Countj-. Virginia,

\Yas thc man hc thought ~ r o u l d do.

Entrusted \\.it11 this nii~:!;io:l,

Our hcro a t oncc did go,

And found the French commandant

A t thc town of Vcnango.

In answer to his missio:~

T h c French n-ould not \ \ . i t l~draw

From the disputed tcrritory ;

T h e consequence was war.

Great Meadows with W A S ~ I I N G T O N in command,

In 1754 he fought and won,

But surrcndercd a t Fort Nccessity,

And homeward then did come.

BENJAMINFIZANI~T,INand his delegates

Of fivc colonics then arc sent,

T o make a treaty with the Iroquois,

Which receives their full asscnt.

22 A COA;UBI\I~EII 1//5TOR Y

The Union of the colonics

By FILIYKI~ISwas proposed,

n u t rejected by the asicmbly,

And then thi i ~nec t lng closed.

Geileral I~I<.\III)OLI<and two r eg in~c l~ t s

From England do arrive,

And he meets tllc Colonial Govcrnors

A t Alcvandria in 1755.

131: \ I ) I )~LI\ ' soperntiolls are planned against

170rt du Qucille ( h n ~ r t ) ,

SIIII;I~EYagainst 1;ort Niclgara and a 1)oint on

L,altc Ch,u~nplain.

Thc first of theic actionr was at Fo i t (111 Quesne,

UI:,II)I)OCI<'s army routed, and 1 1 ~l l imi~lfwas

slain.

SHIRLEYthrough sickness and dcwrtlon

A t Oswego did retrcat,

Abandoned his cncounter,

And saved a sure defeat.

To defeat the English at Lake George

DIESK~IU(dytns-ko') tries in vain,

Which ends this first campaign.

T h e French General J1o\l'cAlr,v (mozt-ll./lnml)

in 1756

T h e next campaign soon ends

I3y the capture of Fort Os~vcgo

And fourteen hundred men.

r\Ios~c~11,_\1again in '57

X short campaign makes,

Dcfeats Coloncl XI(>II:OE,

And For t William Henry takes.

T h c planning of the fourth campaign,

I3y AI:EI<CI:OMI:IIC in 1758,

Is n orthy of that general,

Of which we now relate.

A t Louisburg in June

T h e English under AXII-IERSTgain

Cape Breton Isle and prisoners.

And next on Lake Champlain

Fort Frontenac, now called Kingstone,

The English under I~RAIISTRCETtake.

2-1 A COA7DEn'SED HZSTORY

Thcn AEEI<cI:oI~~:IE is defeated,

And Lord I-lo\v~: meets his fate.

a 1011The nes t opes t '

Is :lgainst Fort t lu Qucsnc,

Genernl I;c~i:msc!cfcats thc French

Xncl Fort I'itt docs xaiu.

The Inst campaign in 1759,

11'0~1:~pours o11t his noblc blood,

The noblest of the gc~icrals

\Tho died for 1l:nglnntl's good.

T'was on the FIciglits of Abrahnnl

Thc Frcncl1 bccninc a wreck,

MOSTCAI,ISZrcccivcd a mortal wound,

And the English gained Quebec.

Montreal thcn surrenders,

And this nrnr at length is o'er,

Which the treaty of Paris in 1763

Makes more binding than before.

The French possessions in America

The English and Spanish gain.

And England for Floi-itla

Gives Havana unto Spain.

25 OF THE UniTTLD STA TES.

REVOLUTION.

I;RICK\'DSIIIP with the l\lother Country,

On the close of the lait n as,

Was closer and much strongcr,

Than it ever was bcfai-c.

13ut the imposition of taxation

Urged the co!onics to commence

A just and lasting itrugglc

For their " Iiidependci~cc."

The seeds of liberty were <;own

When man first turncd the sod

By the birth-right all men o ~ i n

When on this land they trod.

The seeds soon grew and flourished,

And the colonists tllcii saw

T h e true destiny of this nation,

In a light not seen before.

"(i A COATDEA'SED HISTOX I'

They werc willi'ng that the English,

By parliament might malie

1,aivs to control the co~nnicsce,

Hut in other ways to rcgulate

The internal lanls and taxation,

T o raise money to be paid

For war incurred by tlic I:n;:lish,

And for their benefit nmlc,

They refuscd, knowing but too ~vell ,

If this taxation was impnscd,

The port of right and libcrty

Forcvermorc was closcd.

At the Snvigation Act in 1764

The first distant murmur rose,

4 n d greater grew the clamor

As this year did slon~ly close.

The Stamp Act much tallied of,

Passed in April 1765.

And to defeat its rash impostures

America then did rise.

Who claimed thc same just rights,

That all 13ritish subjects hold.

3Iassachusetts \\-as outspol;en,

Also Kew York State,

Rut it reinaincd for the former

The proposal thus to malie:

"That a convention of committees

ISy the colonial asseinblics named,

Should vcnt thcir iilclignallt feelings

13cfore this act lvas framed."

This prnposnl by the colonies

Was not too well received,

And it mas due to South Carolina,

That this proposal was agreed :

"Taxation without representation is tyranny,"

Is now the country's cry,

And the Assembly of I'ennsylvania now unite

With the "Sons of Liberty."

Twenty-eight delegates

Nine colonies represent,

28 A CONU EArSED N f i Toll' I.'

At New lJork in 1765,

T o the First Colonial Congress sent.

Tllcy ticliberatc, and in three u.ccl<s

ii 1)cclarntioil fi-xnc,

'l'lmt our co1ol;i.c~ shall be [see of tax,

E':sccl)ting those they naille

This blow ;I\-crts the Strunp Act,

Which in 1766 is rclxaietl.

Arid Amcricn to be by Ilii~glaud taxed,

Will now no longer yield.

'The ncxt year, 1767,

A tax is l)ut on tea,

Which rnnkcs us more determined,

T o sct our nation free.

A collision then soon happens,

\iV!len JOIIS I ~ N C O C K ' Ssloop is seized,

For violation of I<cvcnue Laws,

And in doing as hc plcnsed.

General GAGEand army in 1768

To I3oston tlic English send,

Requesting to be furnished with quarters,

The Iiritish Parliarncut in 17Gg

Censure these rebellious nays ,

And ask thc Iiing to eniorcc the law,

f \nd ma?.re us for trcxoi1 pay. 8

T o incet this with i n t 1 i g : ~ n t l~ ro tcs t

Thc Colonial 1,cgislatusc are resolved,

A I ; ~the assemblies of Virginin a i d North

Carolina,

T3y their Royal Govcrnors are dissolved.

At XCIVWork the I<nglish in 1770,

The "Sons of Libcr ty" provoke,

U'hich causes the first blood to flow,

That frecd us from their yolie,

Then followed the Boston Massacre,

iZ wanton and foul blot,

Upon the heads of Eritishers,

Who inen and boys both shot,

For nothing save t h e British guard,

Was received with taunts and jeers,

In passing through the Roston streets,

30 A CONDEA~SEZ)ITIS TORY

Instead of accuitomed cheers.

The attcrnpts to raise a revenue

13y tnsation now docs fail,

A n d greater grew their strategy,

13ut to 110 awil .

.I hc onlj- tax in 1770

Is that they put on tea,

. l n d the way America met this

;it I:o,ton wc now see.

Our nien clisguiied as Indians,

111 Dccelnbcr 1773,

13onrc1 the " T e a ships" in thc harbor,

And pitched the chests into the sea.

This so enraged the English,

That in 1774

They closed the Port of Boston,

And threatened us with war.

America no longer

These insults could withstand,

And with our First Continental Congress dawned

The freedom of our land.

TO the English King wc send,

Andthe s~,spcusion of all commercial intercourse

\ilie strongly recommend.

Charlcsto~vn and Cambridge, Massachusetts,

Are scizcd by General G.KE,

Who early in 1774

Military Governor had been made.

R.lassachusetts in rcbcllion

The Uritish Parliament in '75 declare,

And send tcn thousand troops

For war to prepare.

W A S I ~ G T O Nand PATI:ICI<HENRY

In Virginia losc no time,

In organizing a militia,

To get our men in line.

At Concord Bridge the British in 1775 To Lexington retreat.

And at Ticonderoga the same year,

They suffer sure defeat.

'Then Bunker Hill the English

The English troops do run.

LVyoming in 1778

Brings again defeat,

Hut at Rhode Island

The English do retreat.

Cherry Valley, Savannah and Sunbury

The English also gain,

But Kettle Creek in 1779

Is added to our name.

Brier Creek and Stony Ferry

The loss we do deplore,

But at Stony Point and Paulus Hook

We are victorious once more.

Savannah, Monk's Corner, Charleston, Sanders

Creek and Fishing Creek

The enemy in 1780 fought and won,

But at King's Mountain and Cowpens

Again they're forced to run.

Guilford Court House, Hobkirk Hill, Ninety-Six

and Fort Griswold, 3

34 A CONDENSED I'flSTORY

The English in 1781 victory p, in ,

And a t Eutaw Springs the samc J-ear

The losers have no name.

Then comes the crowning victory

A t 'l7orktown in October '81,

. The surrender of Cornwallis,

And America's freedom won.

The war is virtually over,

And the British for peace do sue,

Which is concluded by a treaty

In Kovember '82.

35 OF THE UN(7ED STA TES.

POLITICAL EVENTS DURING THE

REVOLUTION.

DVRIXGthe dark and dreary days

That had just passcd o'er our clime,

The light of love and liberty,

Faint but sure began to shine.

Its rays of light and bcauty

On July the Fourth, 1776,

Were seeming brighter than ever,

Our Independence day to fix.

t This noble declaration t

Was written for this land,

By THOMASJEFFERSON of Virginia,

And by a committee of Congress planned.

Only one of its important features

Can we here relatz,

Which is "The Thirteen Colonies"

36 A CONDEAICED HISTOR Y

Became the United States.

TheWArticlesof Confederation

In '77 are framed,

For the govcrnxncnt of our country

And the honor of her name.

Then first appears the stars and stripes,

The flag that was to be

The cause of joy t o every heart,

And the emblem of the Free.

The Articles of Confederation by the States

In 1781 are ratified.

And cver may this noble deed

Be looked upon with pride.

The final treaty of Paris,

September 1783 is signed;

Our Independence is acknowleged,

And our boundaries are defined.

Our Northern limits now extend

In a line with the great lakes,

And westward to the Mississippi

Our boundary line partakes.

OF THE UArITED SIATES. 3'7

The third of November, '83,

Our army does disband.

Each patriot to his home retunls,

With thanks from all thc land.

General WXSHI~\TGTONin December

The army bids fai-cwcll,

For his home a t Mount Veri:on,

There quietly t o dwell.

Until the Constitutional Convention in 1787,

At I'hiladelphia meet,

Disregard the old Constitution

For a new one morc complete.

This is ratified by the States,

And the " More perfect Union" goes 'IIn operation March the fourth, 1789,

And our first President we choose.

38 YA CONDENSED H~STOR

ADMINISTRATIONS.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, the great and good,

The father of our clime,

Is chosen its first President,

In March 1789.

His inauguration at New York

Is in April the same year.

And JOIIN AIMIS of Massachusetts

Fills the first Vice chair.

The first important feature

'Is the Government support;

Which was met by a tariff

On all goods that reach our port.

The next was the Public Debt,

ALEXANDER before Congress laidHAMILTON

A plan that it might be funded,

Then very easily paid.

OF THE U M T E D STA TES. 39

Vermont is admitted as a State

In I791 ;

The United States Hank established,

And confidence is won.

The Presidential term is fixed

For the space of four years.

And WASHINGTONand A ~ h n l swe

1793,

Amidst the Nation's cheers.

The District of Columbia

A city then does claim

For the scat of our Government,

LVith Washington as its name.

Then sprang u p the two factions.

Federalists and Republicans ;

The one for Federal Government,

re-elect in

1 1

The other for power in the people's hands.

The French revolution opens

In 1793. France seeks us for aid,

But neutral we prefer to be.

I

40 A CONDENSED HIS TOR Y

The Whisky Insurrections of Pennsylvania

Occur in 1794,

And the Spanish boundary treaty

Is made in one year more.

Then W.\SIIISGTOXretires

From a noblc life wcll spent,

To his farm a t Mount Vernon,

For which wc much relent.

The Fcdcralists arc triumphant,

And JOHY A u m s they elect

As President the next four years,

Which in 1797 takcscffcct.

The Vice-President is THOMAS JEFFERSON;

And during their career

A war with France in 1795

Quite plainly does appear.

But the Government of that Niltion

By NAPOLEONBONAPM:TEis overthrown,

And the rupture that once threatened

In 1800 gone.

A t Mount Vernon in December, 1799,

OF THE UNITED 57 A IES. 41

At the age of sixty-eight,

Brave WASIIISGTON breathes his last,

Mourned by every State.

THOMASJEFFEIGON, Republican, in 1801

The Nation does prefer,

And the choice of Vice-President

Falls on AARON BUI:R.

Louisiana from France is purchased in 1803,

After the reduction of taxation,

And the Mississippi River becomes

Free for navigation.

AARONI ~ U I ~ I Cin a duel

Kills ALEXANDER HAMII.TONin 1804,

Through a political quarrel

That this country did deplore.

THOMAS is re-elected JEFFERSON

With GEORGE CLIXTON in 1804.

And the great commercial struggle

Which almost causes war,

Breaks out with the English,

Who "search-r i~hts" dn claim

1

That sail upon thk main.

The British board the Chcsnpmke,

And from it four men take,

Causing President JI.:FFEI~SOS i i ~1807

A Proclamatioil thus to makc:

"That the harbors of this country

Are closed for British tradc."

And followed it by an "Embargo,"

Which a bad impression made.

The Republicans then po~vcr gain,

And in March 1809

JAMES MADISON is elected President.

And GEORGE CLINTONa second time

Is chosen Vice-president.

The Embargo Act is then repcalcd,

Followed by the Non-Intercourse Act ,

Against France and England wield.

The Indians then the war-path take,

Until General HARRISONand his men,

At Tippecanoe in 181 I ,

Send them home again.

43 OF THE U N l l E D STA TES.

The insults to our flag

By British vessels off our shore

Compels our President in 1812

To proclaim against thetn war.

General HEKIZY of Massachusetts, DEXRI:ORN

Is given the chief command,

And to defeat the English red-coats,

We strongly tnlw our stand.

The first engagement with the enemy

Was in 1812 at Detroit,

Where HULLdisgraced his name and flag

By turning from the fight.

Another hard encounter

Is fought on Queenstown Heights,

Which through being overpowered

Caused us to lose the fight.

But although disasters met us,

The pride of our navy

Was encouraged by the prizes

We gained upon the sea.

MADISONis re-elected President

In the fall of 1812,

41 A CONDENSED HISTOR Y

With ELBRIDGEGERRY chosen Vice,

The same policy they pursue.

Louisiana in 1812

Becomes a Union State ;

And overtures to stay the war

The Russian Emperor males.

The massacre of Frenchtown

Marks the year of 1813,

General PI<OCTOI<'Sname with this butchcry

Will never cease to be.

Then comes a crushing victory,

Commanded by Genzral PIICE,

Who took the tonrn of York,

But perishcd in the fight.

Fort Meigs is next beseiged,

And thanks to General CLAY,

The British arc defeated,

And we do win the day.

The second scige of Meigs,

On the twenty-second day of May,

Is conducted by Major CROGIIAN,

O F THE UlVITED STA IES.

And the English turn away.

The Clzesa$cnke is disabled,

And Captain L A L V I ~ N C Eslain.

In the battle of Craney Isle in June

Thc victory we gain.

Then the capture of the Argzs

W r very much deplore ;

IZut the Boxer in September

The 13ritish see no more.

Then follows Lake Erie battle

September the tenth, 1813,

The most decisive victory

We gained upon the sea.

In the Moravian Town battles

The English arc put to flight,

And we once more take possession

Of thc captured town Detroit.

We lose the frigate Essex

In the Spring of 1814,

And the loss of the Epervier

The enemy do deplore,

A CONDENSED HISTOR Y

Which is followed by the c?$ure

Of the British sloop Rci7zdter;

And the A v o n off thc coast of France

Is taken the same year.

The English at Connecticut

New London Port blockade ;

But their attempts to bombard Stonington,

T o relinquish they are made.

The battle of Chippewa in 1814

General BROWN docs win,

And Bridgewater under DIZUMMOND

Is gained by our brave men.

Then General SCOTT a t Lundy's Lane

From the enemy does retreat,

But covers it a t Fort Erie,

Where the British we defeat.

The second battle of Chippewa follows,

Which we dearly gain.

And our chief city, Washington,

Is destroyed by British flame.

From Balti~nore the same year

O F 7 H E l;N(7ED S7:,1 L5-S.

We also do retreat,

But at Fort McHenry ROSSis killed,

And the English we defeat.

Then another naval victory

With hard-fought zeal we gain,

Commanded by bravc M c D o ~ o u c ; ~ ,

And fought on Lake Champlain.

The Hartford Convention

Meets with much comment ;

And in December 1814

Peace i5 signcd at Ghent,

Though peace had been concluded,

In this country it was not known,

In the decisive battle of Ncw Orleans

Our supremacy was shoxvn.

One sad and pitcous incident,

At the close of this last war,

IVas the massacre of our prisoners

In England a t Dartmoor.

The second United States Hank

Is chartered in 1816.

48 A CONDENSED HlS'TORY

And Indiana's admittance to the Union

, This date does also fix.

JOHN MONROE and DANIEI,D. TO~IPKIKSin 1817

Are made President and Vice,

A triumph for no party,

As they were the People's choice.

The war with the Seminoles

General JACKSON quells,

And Florida in 1817

Spain for five million sells.

Maine to the Union in 1820

Is admitted as a State.

Then the important "Missouri Compromise "

Compels us to relate,

That the boundary line of slavery

Shall be the West Mississippi line.

And North to latitude 36' 30'

Which your atlas will define.

MONROE and TOMPKINS are re-elected

In March, 1821 ;

And in 1822 South America

O F THE U M T E D STA T a .

Had her Independence won.

This was called the "Monroe Doctrine,"

And in 1824

General LAFAYETTE makes a visit

With more pleasure than before.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS in 1825

Is the first Whig pafty choice,

And JOHN C. CALHOUN of South Carolina

Is chosen as his Vice.

The period of this administration

Was prosperity and peace,

And commerce and population

Continued to increase.

The seventh Resident, in 1829,

Is General ANDREW JACKSON, of Tennessee,

And JOHN C. CALHOUNthe second time

Vice-president we see.

The charter of the State Banks

By Congress is renewed.

And the Black Hawk war breaks out

On the Mississippi I'u v e r'

Thc Indians we defeat,

And take a tract of Western Lmd,

When peace from us they seek.

The Tariff Hill in 1832

Before Congrcss is laid,

T o the effect that on imported goods

More duty should be paid.

South Carolina and her people

Refuse t o obey this law,

Which brings JACKSON'S Proclamation

Tha t threatens us with war.

Rut a compromise is effected

In Congress by HENRY CLAY,

Which averted the secession,

And the trouble cleared away.

ANDREW JACKSON in 1832

A second term does take,

And MARTINVANBUREN

Vice-l'rcsident we make.

The Florida war with the Indians

OF 7HE U N 7 E D S7 AIES.

Breaks out in ' 3 5 ,

Attack Major DADE and his brave men,

And only four survive.

Colonel 2. TAYLORat Okechobee Lake in 1837

Many Indians slew,

And peace is restored by treaty

In 1842.

The Democrats in 1837

Take MARTIN VAN BURENas their choice,

And RICHARD M. JOHNSON of Kentucky

Is chosen as the Vice.

The panic of 1837

Came with a fearful crash,

And many of our banks suspended

Through being short of cash.

Congress meets the same year,

With JOHN TYLER, of Virginia, Vice.

The sudden death of HARRISON

Brings JOHN TYLERto the chair,

And the Cabinet a t once resign,

Leaving DANIEL WEBSTER there.

Maine's boundary line is settled

By arbitration in 1842 ;

And Rhode Island changed her Constitution,

The old one for a new.

Texas caused some agitation

By her wish to become a State,

Which was effected in 1345,

As soon we shall relate.

The Democrats the same year

Inaugurate JAMES K. POLK of Tennessee,

And GEORGE M. DALLAS of Pennsylvania

Vice-president we see.

After Texas was admitted as a State,

Mexico still claimed

The country west of the Rio Grande (ree-o-

P ~ Z ' ~ Y>

OF TiYE U M 7 E D S I A TES.

And ruled it in their name.

We refused these so-called rights,

And to enforce it plainly saw.

The only course then open

Was to declar? against them war.

The first engagement under Captain THORNTON

We suffer bad defeat ;

But at Palo Alto (pnh'lo nhZ1to), under General

' TAYLOR,

The Mexicans retreat.

Then a t Re-saca de la Palma (m-snh'knh day

Zah pnlzl'mnh), under TAYLOR,

We another victory gain ;

And Monterey (mofz-te-ray') in September

Is added to our fame.

Then Saltillo (snhl'toel'yo), Victoria and Fort

Tampico we take,

And Santa Fe, in New Mexico, the enemy

forsake.

California in 1846

Her Independence claims, I

By America is gained.

TAYLOR'Sbrilliant victory a t Buena Vista

(bzvatnnk vis'tnh) in 1847,

Against Mexico under SANTAANNA,

Gave General SCOTT Vera Cruz,

And the castle San Juan de Uloa (sahn-kwan-

day-00-lot ah).

The conquest of Mexico

He then prepares to make,

Defeats the enemy a t Cer'ro Gor'do,

And an onward march he takes.

He captures fortress after fortress,

Until Churubusco (choo-roo-boos'ho) is won,

And within gun-shot of the Capital

Our army now docs come.

The American flag is flying

On Mcxico's highest towers ;

Thc fight is lost and over,

And victory is ours.

A treaty of peace is ratified

OF THE UN(;TED STA TES.

July the fourth, 1848,

And New Mexico and Utah

Are ceded t o our States.

This is called the Guadaloupe Hidalgo (gwa-da-

loo'pny he-da/llrgo) Treaty ;

And about this time

Gold is found in California.

And in 1849

General ZACI-IARU is elected President TAYLOR

With MILLARD FILLMOREas his Vice ;

A most exciting contest,

In which the Whigs do get their choice.

Congress passes the Compromise Hill,

And California becomes a State.

New Mexico and Utah Territory are established,

And Columbia's slave trade mct its fate.

Our President dies in 1850 ;

HENRYCLAY and DANIEL in '52;WEIZSTEIZ

And the village of Yer'ba Bue-na is burned,

From which San Francisco grew.

FRANKLIXPIERCE, of New Hampshire,

And WILLIAMR. KING,of Alabama,

Vice-President we see.

He dies in April the same year,

And a treaty then is made

For the Territory of Arizona,

And twenty million dollars paid ;

This is called the "Gadsden purchase,"

And in May, 1854,

The Missouri Compromise Act is repealed,

And the Kansas-Nebraska Bill is law ;

In one of its provisions

I t gave to every State

The power to its inhabitants,

Slavery to make

A common institution ;

And from this privilege came,

The opponents to this horror,

l 1 Abolitionist" by name.

The fifteenth President in 1857

The Democrats have the choice,

57 OF THE UNl7ED S7A YES.

And elect JAMES BUCIIANAN, of Pennsylvania,

With JOI-IN C. BRECKEUIIIDGE,of Kentucky,

Vice.

Mount Vernon is purchased in 1858

By Mount Vernon Ladies' Association,

With the view that it always should remain

A Monument in this Nation.

The first Atlantic cable,

Connecting England with this land,

Is successfully laid in '58

To a point on Newfoundland.

Minnesota then a State becomes,

And Oregon also joins

The United States of America

In 1859.

Then the doctrine of secession

First is heard in Southern States,

Which spreads like burning embers,

To prepare us for a fate

That humanity mill look upon

For ages yet to come

With trembling hands and aching hearts,

For many loved ones gone,

Who perished in this cruel war,

For right and liberty,

That broke the yoke of bondage,

And set the negroes free.

South Carolina in 1832

Disobeyed the Union laws,

But was met by ANDREW JACKSON,

The right man in this cause.

But greater grew the discontent,

As the Southerners did believe

They might quit the Union any time,

And do just what they pleased.

From the States they wished to separate,

And form a Government of their own,

Malting "Cotton" their wealth and l:ing,

And "Slavery" its corner-stone.

A Presidential contest in 1860

Was then close a t hand,

When a man for anti-slavery

1The Abolitionists do stand ; i

They elected AURAIIAMLINCOLN,

With HANNIBAL for the Vice; HAMIAN

But the Southerners disregarded this

And made another choice.

JEFFERSON DAVIS and ALEXANDER STEPHENS

Are made President and Vice

Of the Confederate States of America,

The Democratic choice.

South Carolina carries out her threats,

And passed an ordinance of secession,

Which is followed by six sister States,

With forts and ships in their possession.

On the twelfth of April, 1861,

The Confederates, under Gen. BEAUREGARD,

Caused Fort Sumter to capitulate,

And gained the first reward.

The news of Major ANDERSON'S defeat

Was so startling t o the Nation,

That the President called Congress,

And issued the Proclamation :

A CONDENSED HlS 70RY

"That seventy-five thousand volunteers

Were wanted for the war."

Then Virginia State secedes,

And is followed by threc more.

The Southern Ports are blockaded

By the ships of the United States,

And General MCCLELLAN in West Virginia

A successful campaign makes.

General MCDOWELL with the Union army,

His advance had now begun,

And the Confederates undcr JOIINSTON

Are victorious at Bull Run.

The Confederates win a t Wilson's Creek,

And General LVONis slain,

IVhich is followed by Bclrnont Butts,

And which they also gain.

Then Major-Gcneral MCCLELLAN

Succeeds Lieutenant-General SCOTT, removed,

As commander of the Union army,

Which is generally approvcd.

General W. T. SIIERMANin November

O F THE UNITED S7A TES.

The town of Beaufort takes

From the enemy in South Carolina,

And Fort Royal they forsake.

The same day as this victory

The British mail steamer Trent

Is captured with Confederate anlbassadors,

Who to France and England had been sent.

Virginia is divided into States

I n 1861;

And the new State, West Virginia,

To the Union does come.

At Mill Springs in Kentucky,

January, 1862,

The Unionists defeat the enemy,

And General ZOLLICOFFERslew.

In February General ISURNSIDE

Roanoke Island takes,

Destroys the Confederate vessels,

And important addition makes

To our territory in North Carolina,

Which give the Unionists delight,

They win another fight.

6 1 : h ~ rwith the Union army

Fort Ilonelson docs gain,

Causes HUCKNERto surrender,

And brings himself to fame.

Naslivillc is occupied by ~ J U E L L ,

And Columbus by the Union fleet.

T h e Coi~fedcrates withdraw from Washington,

And to Richmond do retreat.

MCCI,I.;I,LANresigns the chief command,

And on April the seventh is won

Shiloh by the Unionists;

And General POPEbegun

His campaign on the Mississippi

When Island No. 10

Is surrcntiered to COMMODORE FOOTE

With its stand of arms and men.

Fort I'u-las-ki surrenders,

Savannah's harbor's closed,

And Ncw Orlcans to Gcneral HC'TLER

Is surrendered by our focs.

The army of the Potomac,

General M c D o w ~ r ~in commmd,

Had bccn stationed a t Fredcricksburg,

To stay the Confederate hand

From a sudden attack on Washington.

And to Richmond they commence

Their march in April, 1862,

And strongly they entrench,

Ijefore the Confcderate works a t Yorktown,

When on the fourth of May

MCDOWELLmakcs his first attack,

And they quickly inow away.

iZt Williamsburg on the sixth of May

The Unionists do gain,

i h t at Fair Oaks on June the first

The victors have no name.

I n J ~ c ~ s o s ' sraid at Gaines' Mill

The Confedcrates gain success,

And in July the seven-day retreat,

At Malvern Hill the Unionists repress.

64 A CONDEh'SED HIS T O R Y

The Northern army under POPE

Suffcr sure defeat, *.

And to the city of Washington

The army does retreat.

The Unior?ists surrender a t Harper's Ferry

South Mountain thcy gain,

But a t Antictam the Unionists

Add victory to their name.

13y the Weitcrn operations of the Union fleet

Thc Confctlcrates are now compclicd

The city of Natchez in May to yield,

And Memphis, also, which they hcld.

General I<OSI.:CI<ANS at Iuka and Corinth

The Confederates did defeat ;

And a t Yea Ridge in Ar lm~sas

They also do retreat.

General MCCIXLLAN of the Potomac army

Is relieved from its command,

And succeeded by General B U I < N ~ I ~ E ,

Who takes the Union mcn in hand,

But disaster meets him a t Fredcricksburg,

O F THE UNITED SIATES.

And General ROSECRAXSdefeats

The enemy a t Stone River,

And to Murfreesboro retreats.

General HOOKERis made commander

Of the Potomac army in 1863,

In place of General ]~UI:S~IDE,

And in April we see

The disastrous battlc of Chanccllorsville

By the Confederate army won,

And the invasion of Pennsylvania

In June LEEhad begun.

Then comes the Union victory

At Gettyslsurg in July ;

And GRANT with Admiral I'OXTER'S aid

Vicksburg docs occupy.

Fort Hudson then surrenders

On the eighth to General IJANIG,

And GRANT for his ability

Receives the Union's thanks.

General ROSECRAMin thc South

Moves from Murfreesboro in Tenne5see, 5

66 A CONDENSED HZSTOK Y

And a t Bridgeport in Alabama

Gains a Union victory.

Then follows fierce Chickamauy,

Which the Confederate army gains,

Rut at Knoxville in Novcmber

The Unionists victory gain,

Missionary Ridge they also win.

Then A~RAIIAMLIXCOLN'Sproclamation,

"That all slaves are free in rebellious States,"

Is given to the Nation.

GRANT is made Lieutenant-General

In March 1864;

And the war a t once renewed

With more vigor than before.

Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna and Cold

Harbor

Undecided are fought in '64;

And a t Petersburg in June

The Confederates gain once more.

General SIIERIDAN at Winchester

A Union victory gains,

OF THE UNITED STA TES.

And a t Cedar Creek, after one repulse,

They another victory claim.

The army a t Chattanooga,

Under General SHERMAN in May,

Starts for Atlanta,

Taking Dalton and Resaca on the way.

The Unionists a t Dallas

The enemy defeat,

And SHERMAN'Sarmy marches on,

While JOHKSTONE does rctreat.

SHEI;~IANcrossed the Chat-ta-hoo'chce in July,

And Atlanta is beseiged.

General 1-10011 takes the Confcderatc command

From JOI-INSTONE, now relieved.

HOOD evacuates his stronghold,

And takes a Northern route,

To cut off supplies from SHERMAN,

And this way starve him out.

HOOD arrives a t Nashville,

By SHERMANclose pursued ;

Who leaves this place to General THOMAS,

68 A CONDENSED HIS TORY

And makes his greatest move.

Returning to Atlanta,

His army he concentrates, -And his famous Southern march

He immediatcly undertakes.

Believing that thc enemy

Could no more resistance make,

General GRANTgave the orders

This daring march to take.

In its movcinents through the country

I t made itself quite free,

By capturing mulcs and horses,

And uprooting slavery.

In December they reached Savannah

Upon the Atlantic coast,

Capturing Fort McAllister

And Savannah with little loss.

General Tr:o~.\sin thc meantime

HOODat Nashville does defeat,

Who loses half his army

In making his retreat.

O F THE UNITED STA IES.

The same day Charleston falls,-

And North Carolina State,-

In February 1865,

Sherman's army make.

Ad~nirall'ol<'rc~tand General TERRY

A brilliant victory won,

By thc fall of Fort Fiiher,

And the capture of Wilmington.

SI-IEI:~I\' a t Avcrysboro

The Confederates defeat,

And at Ikntonvillc under J o m srONE

Again t h q do retreat.

SHCK\IX~;'Sarmy entered Goldsboro,

March 1865;

And the encrny still retreating,

At Raleigh do arrive.

Grant with the Potomac army

At Richmond still remained.

Fort Stcadman and Five Forks

The Unionists now gain.

The Potomac army is set in motion,

LEEsurrenders a t Appomattox,

And the climax of it all

Is the surrender of JOIINSTONE'S army

On the twenty-sixth of April, '65,

Which year, through assassination,

ABRAHAM did not survive ;LINCOLN

A t F o ~ t n ' s Theatre, in Washington,

Our President was shot,

By JOHN W I L I ~ S BOOTH, a conspirator

Of a deep and bold-planned plot.

To remove the Executive and his Cabinet

Of this impoverished Nation,

By carrying out this damnable desire

Of wholesale assassination.

So in the middle of our rejoicing

W e were called upon to mourn

The death of the Preserver

Of our country and our home.

ANDREW JOHNSON was inaugurated

The same day that LIXCOLN died,

4In 1865. 1

JEFFERSON DAVISis taken prisoner, 1 i

In disguise in Georgia, I And carried to Fort Monroe 'I

A prisoner there to stay. ii i

Then Generals GRANTand SHERMAN I Their armies did review,

And from Washington disband, I!'1 Their duties to pursue. I

The killed or wounded in both armies 1 /j1Were about one million men,

And never may the stars and stripes

Witness this again, ii

Hut rather let sweet peace and love s

With us forever be,

To cherish and to nurture

This country of the free.

The first important question

Is the reconstruction of the Southern States,

And the Amnesty Proclamation

78 A CONzIErYsGU HZSIOI: Y

In May t h e President makes.

Provincial Governors are appointed

For the late Confcderate States,

T o re-establish good relations,

And secession to forsake.

T h e abolition of slavery

Takes effect Decernbcr 1865,

Knolvn as the Thirteenth .\incntiment,

And by twcnty-seven State5 ratified.

O n the terms of rccon~truct ion

T h e I'rcsident and Congresss d i . ; ~ z i ~ c ,

As the Executive will not give civil rights

T o the black rnan when set free.

T h e President insists the Sl~. l thcrn States

Into the Union then should come,

IVithout any further rcyuirenicnts

Except what they had donc.

This disagreement with tlic Congress

T h e Nation docs abhor

And the Southern States rcmnin in concert,

Ruled by Governors as before.

In June 1865

15 taken up by Congress,

Who the Revenue devise.

A resolution then mas passed,

"The public debt must and shall be paid;"

Which to holders of Govcrnmcnt Bonds

A good impression made.

During the progress of the civil war

I

t1 I

NAPOLEONof Francc in 1863

Destroys the Mexican Republic,

And an Empire there we see,

1

1i ,

With Archduke MAXI~~II .LIAN Emperor. 3

1 But at the close of our war,

Secretary Smv~rmdemands from NAPOLEON

His army to withdraw ;

! I

NAPOI,I?ONat once complies

And the Mexicans then rose,

Kill MAXIMTLI~IAN and his retainers,

And a President once more chose.

The quarrel with our President

74 A CONDENSED HISTOR Y

In 1866 does increase,

And the Reconstructioll Act

Does far from bring us peace.

I t enacted that the Southern States

Should under Military Governors go, 4 Passed Congress March 1867, t

Against the President's veto.

The Tenure of Office Rill

Then becomes a law,

Preventing the removal of civil officers

By the Executive as before.

The Senate now gives its consent

On all appointments made,

And likewise its permission

For removals must be had.

Secretary STANTON the President suspends,

Without the Senate's due consent ;

But is reinstated by our Congress,

Who on "Impeachment" now arc bent;

The House of Representatives

75 OF THE UNITED STA TES.

For violation of the Tenure Act,

And for general abuse.

The trial before the Senate

Of our President takes place,

When by vote he is acquitted

January 1868:

Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia,

Louisiana and Carolina, South and North,

Are re-admitted to the Union

On July the twenty-fourth.

The Territory of Alaska in June 1868

The United States acquired,

And thus the administration

Of ANDREW JOHNSONexpired.

General U. S. GRANT is the Republican nom-

ination,

With SCI-IUPLER COLFAXas his Vice,

Who are inaugurated March, 1869,

As the American people's choice.

The Fifteenth Amendment

By Congress then is passed,

-0

lp A CONDENSED HlS1'OIZ Y

Giving the privilege of suffrage

T o each and every class.

I t thcn becomes part of the Constitution,

And the remainder of Gi:mrr's first ad~nin-

istration

Is marked by the prosperity

Of our people and our Nation.

The Alabama question

Marks the ycar 1871,

And its spccdy settlcinent

13y the treat)- of 1Yashin@on.

This diylutcd question \\.as referred

T o a 13onl-d of Arbitrntion,

11'11o a t Geneva a \ \ -ad damagcs

Of fifteen million to our Nation.

The Citj. of Chicago

In 1S71 is burned.

: h d in '72 G~? . i s , ra second time

Our President is I-cturncd ;

I IESRY ~T'II ,SOS, of Xnssachusetts,

Vice-President we sce.

0F THE UNITED S7 AYES.

And the Modoc Indian War

Occurs in 1873.

The International Exposition

At Philadelphia, May, 1576,

Commemorates our Inticpendence,

And our Ccntennial docs fix.

Gencral CU\TER and his followers

The same year met thcir fate.

And the Territory of Co!ol-a:!o

Is admitted as a State.

RUTIIERFORD in 1876 n. EIL\ \ i~s

Is the Nation's choice ;

And WIILIAII A. ~VEIECIXR,of New York,

Is choscn as his Vice.

Peace and prosperity do reign

Through this admini5tration;

And in I 880 General GAKIIELD

a Ion. Is Prcsident of our N t '

Thc Republicans are triumphant,

Jx\lcs A. GXI:FIEI,T) is t l ~ c i r choice,

With CIIESTEK A. Ai.: r ~ i u ~ : ,of Ncw Yorlc,

78 A CONDENSED HZSTOR Y

Chosen as the Vice.

Hut scarce had he comlnenccd his term

With prosp~ctsbr ight and clear,

When a dastardly assassin

Ends his bright career. 7I'was on July's bright morning;

The White House he had left

For a journey to Long Branch,

T o seek a well-earned rest;

With his family and relatives,

And to get the bracing air

Of the boisterous Atlantic,

But they were not to meet him there:

For soon throughout the country

\fTith lightning's swiftness came,

The news that JAMES A. GARFIELD

By an assassin had been slain.

The cowardly assailant

In the depot waiting-room

Shot our Beloved President

And caused a wide-spread gloom

Until Scptcmber 19, 1881,

His trials and earthly troubles

To a peaceful end did come.

CHARLESJ. GUITEAU,the assassin,

An ecccntric, foolish man,

Was convicted of thc murder,

And his sentence is to hang.

Chester A. Arthur, of New York, The vacant chair does take;

And David Davis, of Illinois, Vice-president, the Senate make.

FINIS,(1882.)