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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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. I
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
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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.
POLITICAL TOASTS. 83
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.
84 POLITICAL TOASTS
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.
J
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.
|
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.
87
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.
90 FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
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.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS, 91
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 (belle) of
Consolation—Both ever stirring to the hearts of
the true fireman.
The Firemen's Roll—A scroil of honor j may
ts bright names never be effaced.
The Machine, and the Boys who run with her
—May they never be out of wind, nor she be
vttit of water.
The Firemen—May the villain who cuts their
hose have no hose for his feet, and no bread for
his basket.
The Firemen—Their brave deeds always blow
their own trumpet.
The Lads of the Belt and Horn—Our guardians
while sleeping, our honor whilst awake—May
they never want a friend or fear a foe.
Our Engines and Hose Carriages—May they
never lack hands, wheels, or water.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS. 93
The Firemen and their Gals—May the flame
of love ever burn brightly within the home of
their hearts, and the waters of discord never put
it out.
The Fire Engine—The best of all engines, it
never collapses or explodes, but is always whole
for duty, and for whole duty bound tight and
sound by the firm bands of philanthropy.
The Fireman's Grave—the last home of the
noblest of hearts—May the tears of gratitude
ever play over it, and ,the fires of heaven light
it up forever.
The Fireman's Reward—
His bower, the best recluse to mortals given,
An approving conscience and the smiles of
heaven.
The fireman is our hero,
He plays it true and well,
His march is through the raging flames,
His music is the bell.
The Firemen — May they never be put out
with each other, but may they show themselves
equal to the task of putting out the conflagration-.
The Boston Herald — The firemen's friend—
May it never limber up for want of support so
long as the name of a fireman exists.
Woman—The only incendiary that creates a
flanie that the firemen cannot extinguish.
94 FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
----------Company—Their conduct this day, a?
on other occasions, is not only a guarantee that
they are eminent as firemen, but as citizens in
the ordinary avocations of life.
The Fire Department—In its members the
community repose implioit confidence, as the
faithful and trustworthy guardians of life and
property; no institution in our municipal regula-
tions is entitled to more respect, nor is there any
one which it is of more importance to cherish.
May our companies ever adhere, with an irre-
sistible determination, to their present well-
earned character.
The Firemen—While they labor to save and
protect the public, the public should endeavor to
aid and support them.
The Fire Department—Entitled to the respect
and confidence of the community, of which they
constitute a brilliant ornament, and an effectual
defence.
The Firemen—Fearless in duty, intrepid in
danger, prompt in action ; may they ever bear in
mind the well-known motto—
" While hissing flames around us fly,
We '11 save your homes, your lives, or die."
The Firemen—May the time be not far distant
when all the fire companies may be as closely
linked in the bonds of friendship and union as
the members of those now present.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS. 95
May the good order and good feeling for
which, aside from any otlier important merit,
they have ever been distinguished, never sub-
Bide.
May we be permitted to meet many a time
hereafter, and enjoy ourselves as we do this
day.
May this day's proceeding serve the more to
strengthen that spirit of friendship which has
hitherto reigned amongst us.
The Firemen — May they always have full
bellies, full pockets, and full hearts.
The Firemen of----------, Always ready when
called to rescue the property of her citizens from
destruction by fire. May we always likewise be
ready to show that we are good and worthy citi-
zens.
Our Citizens—May they never need an efficient
Company or a good engine.
The F;re Department—May it never lack that
efficiency, promptness, and energy which has
always characterised it.
Our Fire Department—Place them where Ne
buehadnczzar placed Shadrac, Meshac, and
I Abednego, and they will never leave their place
i till the fire is extinguished.
I The Fire Department—May the good feeling
J which appears to exist in the whole department
I never cease.
96 FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
The Fire Department and the Military—Both!
are public benefits, and both should receive public!
gupport.
The Washington Engine Company—They en
deavor, and succeed, to subdue the devouring
element just as their namesake endeavored and!
succeeded in putting down the enemies of free-
dom.
The Fire Department and the Military—Both|
of mutual benefit to the community; may theii
services be appreciated, whether in fighting the
enemies of our country or the elements.
Our Neighbouring Engines — As they have
been our former protectors, may they remain out
future friends.
Our Engine—May she always be as ready tc
play as to work.
Our noble Firemen—May they be like old
maids, always ready but never wanted.
Our Company—It has borne upon its roll many
of the most distinguished and public spirited
citizens; it has always been equal to, and ready
for any emergency.
The Fire Department—The reputation of the
city for good order is, in a great measure, in their
hands; they will ever be true to their sacred
trust.
The Ladies and the Firemen—One extinguishes
the fire of love, the other the fire of houses.
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FIREMEN'S TOASTS. 97
The Fire Department—May the same good
feeling now manifested by them ever continue to
exist.
The Companies present—United in the strong
bonds of friendship, let no action on our parts
ever cause a separation or rend the good feelings
now existing between us.
Our worthy Host—The manner in which he
has provided for us on this occasion, proves that
he is every way competent to administer to the
wants of firemen.
The noble Fireman — Ever on the alert to
cheer, by his example, those whose pleasure it
is to assist in overcoming the devouring element.
The Fire Department—A noble band, whose
chief aim it is to preserve the lives and property
cf others, even at the risk of their own.
The Firemen—They always play when they
vjrk most, and never work harder than when
they play highest.
Our Citizens — They are our friends while
awake, we will protect them while they sleep.
May firemen, when brought together, perform
their duties as a band of brothers.
The Firemen of the United States—If ever the
fire of disunion is kindled on our soil, may every
man be at the brakes, firm and unflinching in
the discharge of his duty, till the last spark it
extinguished.
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98 FIREMEN'S TOASTS.
Oirr worthy Host—May his pockets be as well
lined as our stomachs are well filled.
Our Company—May we never turn our backs
upon our enemies as long as there is a shot in
the locker.
The Bell—The signal for a fireman to prepare
for duty.
The health of our worthy Chairman— May it|
be as strong and pure, and endure as long, as theI
love and respect that our whole company bears
toward him.
The Firemen — That band of brothers who
never beat a retreat until they have annihilated)
the enemy.
I
The Firemen — True workingmen, yet ever |
ready to play.
[
Union and good fellowship among firemen
throughout the world, and our city in particular.
The Firemen of America—They deserve the i
support of all classes of the community. I
The Firemen—Ever ready to protect the pro- I
perty of the citizens, may the latter be ever ready I
to protect them in their rights.
The Firemen — May they be their own go-
vernors in social relations, but the public's most
obedient servants when duty calls.
The Fire Association—Boys of the right stamp, '
ever ready to man the brakes at the call of lore, '
friendship, and duty.
FIREMEN'S TOASTS. 95
The —■------Engine Company—Their prompt-
ness and efficiency as firemen, and their manly
deportment and generous social qualities, as
manifested on our visit to them the past season,
entitle them to the warmest welcome that we
can give. Welcome! thrice welcome to our
visitors!
Welcome to Company-------, Remembering with
grateful hearts the good cheer, the jovial boys,
and pretty girls that greeted us at-------, we will
endeavor to return the compliment, and bid them
welcoma to such entertainments as our city of
jolly boys and pretty lasses can afford.
The faithful firemen are certain of their re-
ward.
The Union of Firemen — The bond of theit
strength and the mainspring of their utility.
The Fireman—Onward in duty, unflinching in
the hour of danger, as unyielding in the work
assigned him as hickory, may his course through
life be a pleasant reflection that he has ever per-
formed his duty with honor to himself and credit
to the department.
The ---------- Engine — May their visit be as
pleasant as it is our desire to make it
TEMPERANCE TOASTS.
The Divisions of the World — May they add,
multiply, and progress in practice, till their nu-
meration table covers the globe, and the sum-
total of intemperance becomes, in round num-
bers, 000 (nothing).
Distillers—May their fires be extinguished by
the increase of the cups we pledge in.
The consistent Advocates of Temperance —
The great apostles of man's regeneration, wo-
man's peace, and the nation's prosperity.
Intemperance — The destroyer of early hopes,
the builder of gallowses, and the maker of early
graves.
Rum —The greatest undertaker upon earth.
Water — Ever bracing, ever satisfying, ever
plenty, and never mocking.
Tern perance Lod ges—The assem bly of brothers
feeling friendship, love, and holy sympathy.
The white collar that charms away the red
sign of intemperance.
The Order—Our own support and sympathy
while living, our families' friend when we are
dead.
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TEMPERANCE TOASTS. 101
Cold Water — We never want cash to buy it,
we are never ashamed to ask for it, and never
blush to drink it.
May the Divine Worthy Patriarch on high
grant the charter of success to all the divisions
of Sons and Daughters of Temperance.
Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging.
The Cause of Temperance—May it possess a
"travelling password" throughout the world.
The Red, White, and Blue — the emblems of
love, purity, and fidelity—May the symbol be as
highly and as unanimously worshipped as the
colours of our country's flag.
May true Sons of Temperance be all the
Order.
May we never denounce, but succour and re-
store, the inebriate.
The Daughters of Temperance—Their smiles
can make suns (sons)— shine upon our course.
Let every Son of Temperance keep the second
article of the Constitution in his heart, and it will
keep the pernicious article out of his head.
May every Son and Daughter be worthy of
"benefits'' but never need them.
The Pledge—Keep it, and it will keep you.
The Cadets of Temperance—The great cradle,
nursery, and academy of the cold water army;
"Just as the twig ia bent the tree 's inclined."
102 TEMPERANCE TOASTS.
Pure Water —
Old mother Nature tells us all,
'Tis the only drink for her sons below,
His heart and hand can never fail,
Whose drink is only "Adam's ale/'
The Sons — May abstinence and fidelity be
their outside sentinels.
The Daughters—Ever foremost in the heaven-
born cause of temperance, may they never want
for teetotal husbands.
Father Matthew—The Mississippi of men.
A glass of good Nature's ale —
May its recipe never fail.
We'll toast Columbia's Daughters — let all fill
their glasses.
May the blush of conscious innocence ever
deck the faces of the fair Americans.
May the fair daughters of America be re-
splendent in beauty, virtue, and honor.
May the bows of all American bowmen be
strong.
Fellowship to Americans, discount to the na-
tional debt.
American bravery, American virtue, American
honor, and American valor.
American Virtue and Honor — May they ever
predominate over libertinism and irreligion.
TEMPERANCE TOASTS. 108
American roast Beef— May it always be ala
mode.
Truth, temperance, and virtue.
Great streams from little fountains flow.
Touch not, taste not, handle not.
Love, purity, friendship, and temperance.
Drink only from the crystal cup.
Kindness is the most efficient law.
Temperance is our guide, moral suasion our
weapons; none are so fallen that love and sym-
pathy cannot reclaim them.
Ever mindful of our obligations, in God we
trust.
Temperance — The safeguard of our homes.
Pledge, every pledge, mine honor pledge,
From this auspicious day,
No more to taste th' accursed cup,
But dash its spell away.
May we all travel through the world and sow
it thick with friendship.
Intemperance—the mother of vice—May she
never become acquainted with any person pre-
sent.
Our Order — May its prosperity never be
checked, but continue till the end of time.
The Temperance Cause—May it never want
feithful advocates.
104 TEiUPERANCE TOASTS.
May all our members cling to each other, to
extend the influence of temperance, with as
much tenacity as the ocean clings to the land.
May this day's celebration tend to strengthen
the spirit of friendship which has in times past
existed between the members of our beloved
Order.
" Toast and water'* is procured in the speediest
manner, by proposing Father Matthew's health
at the nearest pump.
The surest safeguard of the liberties of the
people is total abstinence from all that intoxi-
cates.
Temperance—The handmaid of virtue.
May the intemperate be reclaimed and made
happy.
Wine — It biteth like a serpent and stingeth
like an adder.
To the lovers of temperance.
Our drink shall be water, bright sparkling with
glee,
The gift of our God, and the drink of the free.
DRAMATIC TOASTS.
Our Dramatic Worthies —
Here's to our Forrest, Wood. Field, and Bowers,
And long life to their patronage and powers,
To Junius Brutus Booth so small
Yet largest and the best of all,
Scott, Murdoch, Adams, Orley and the rest,
Better than many, and in some things best.
Here's to our native sons of Comus, first rate
sons of fun,
The Placides, Warren, Owens, Winans, and queer
Charles Burke the gun.
And Baron Hackett 'mongst the number shining
number one.
May Genius and Wit never be exiled from the
American stage.
Shakspeare — The lather of the drama.
The Stage—May it be virtue's platform.
The memory of all " stars " whose lights have
gone out.
Our Company.
To our Manager.
The Stage — The looking-glass of vice, which
reflects all its hideousness.
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106
DRAMATIC TOASTS.
THEATRICAL TOAST SO^O.
Our Daughters of the Drama —
Here's to Cushman's genius and eye,
Here 's to plump Jane Barrett's blue one,
Here's Anna Wallaces with diamond d/e,
With her dignity-soul to undo one.
Let the toast pass,
None can surpass
Their powers for holding up nature's bold glass.
Here 's to a Knight, with feeling and soul,
And fair little Fisher the charmer,
Here 's to fair Julia the Dean of the whole,
And Field, Hunt, and Farren so warm sir.
Let the toast pass,
None can surpass
Their powers for holding up uature's bold glass.
The Theatre—
A play house of liquor 'tis found,
Reminds us we 've instances twenty,
Some plays much in spirits abound,
And then we have mellow-drams plenty.
A manager's draft we all know,
When business runs dry, is no thumper;
But should all his house overflow,
He cries, " damme, to night I 've a bumper."
Many actors are certainly sum,
And folks in the critical line
Say comedians are given to mum,
While tragedians are given to whine.
DRAMATIC TOASTS. 107
Then Juliet *tis plain has her bier,
To the family vault e'er thoyve brought her;
Fair Ophelia alone 'tis we hear
Who, poor creature, had too much water.
Kiny Lear, in the midst of his court,
Inquires which way Burgundy went;
And Richmond, though just come to port,
Soon rouses king Dick from his tent.
While blackstrap Othello the shock
Of jealousy feels through his brain,
Iago sticks close to his hock,
And tips him a dose of sham-pain.
Thus a theatre, waving dry facts,
Is a tavern for critic spectators ;
And when they are slow ;twixt the acts.
The audience, alas, are the waiters.
Plays, like wines, are some sour, some sweet,
They please and disgust various throttles;
The plays that succeed are call'd neat,
And damn'd pieces are all the cork'd bottles.
IVTISCEIXANEOUS TOASTS
Our noble selves.
Prosperity to all good folks, and reformation to
all bad ones.
May we enjoy a city life without entering into
its follies.
American Beans, Beauty, Buckwheat, and
Bravery—May we never be without them.
American Beef—May we always have a
s>teak, a spare-rib, and a rib to spare.
The country lasses and the lads worthy of
them.
The trade and commerce of the states.
May every man be distinguished for his virtm
instead of his birth.
The memory of Robert Burns.
Caledonia — Stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child.
When Scotland's far aff bairns,
Aye think upon their mither,
The mosses, waters, slaps and cairns,
And bonny, blooming heather.
The memory of Allan Ramsay.
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MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 109
The Poets of America — Second to those of no
other country in talent or noble purpose.
The Plough—Its one share in a bank of earth
is worth ten in a bank of paper.
A fop is like a cinnamon tree, the bark is worth
more than the bush.
A child in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.
The United States — Our common mother.
Our Absent Friends—Though lost to sight, to
memory dear.
Dartmouth College — Formerly like the voice
of one crying in the wilderness; but she has
seen the wilderness bud and blossom, and sho
has contributed some flowers for the gratification,
and fruit for the benefit of our country.
New Hampshire—The Cornelia of the present
age, who can point to her sons and say, " These
are my jewels!"
The Culture of New Hampshire — Large and
fair in the fruit, but rather rough outside, and
gritty at the core.
A Free Press—That which gives us good proof
of its work, and adds to the columns of liberty.
The Sons of New Hampshire—Better to have
been born on a granite-bed than not to have been
born at all.
Our Invited Guests — Welcome visitors, who
bring the kindest sympathies and grateful recol-
lections of the Fatherland.
110 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
New England — Her plantations of which we]
chiefly boast are the colleges, the churches, and]
the free schools, established by our fathers nur»j
tured by their descendants, and which, under
the blessings of Providence, have made her and
her population what they are. I
Our Rivers — May the smile of the Great!
Spirit, which, in the view of the poor Indian, isl
reflected upon their waters, ever be reflected bjrl
our happiness and prosperity. I
Woman—Let us not forget that wherever nutnl
is most enlightened, she is most respected andl
beloved.
The Press—The regulator of mora and politi*
cal society.
The Press of our Country—The engine of our
liberty, the terror of tyrants, and the school-master
of the world.
The Girls of New England—The circulating
medium between the East and the West; their
drafts on our hearts are honored at sight, and are
sure to introduce small change among the masses.
The Parisian Printers of June 13, 1849 —Al-
though laboring and contending against the des-
potism of antiquated custom, may they yet learn
that moral and constitutional liberty are as
equivalent in language as they are glorious in
exercise.
Our Friends—Always welcome.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. Ill
Our Company—May it ever be as prosperous
as now.
The Union—May it be perpetual, and may the
time never arrive when a son of New England
shall be a foreigner in New Orleans, or a Creole
a foreigner in New England.
Woman — Gentle, patient, self-denying; with-
out her man would be a savage, and the earth a
desert.
The Ladies—Always favorable to a press pro-
perly conducted.
Woman—A Mistress of Arts, who robs the ba-
chelor of his degree, and forces him to study
philosophy by means of curtain lectures.
Long youth, long health, long pleasure and
friends.
Our Festival — Recurring with each year'3 re-
newal of verdure and bloom — long may it be to
us the spring-time of hope ; while we live it
shall be sacred to the commemoration of heroic
faith and patriotic devotion.
American Talent, Industry, and Enterprise —
Whether displayed in redeeming the soil, navi-
gating the ocean, advancing science, improving
the arts, or in establishing republican institutions.
The Ladies—We admire them for their beauty,
respect them for their intelligence, adore them
for their virtue, and love them because we can't
help it.
112 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The Press — Faithful and fearless in the sup-j
port of the free principles of our free people, we
hail with pleasure the presence of one of the
most musical of the tribe.
The four Boxes that govern the World — The
cartridge-box, the ballot-box, the jury-box, and the
band-box.
Success to the farmers of America, and may
they always gather a golden harvest.
Old wine and young women.
The Ladies—The honor of a lady is her name,!
and no legacy is so rich as honesty.
Behavior — The best knowledge of behavior
and converse is observing decencies.
Real Victory—He that overcomes his passions,
overcomes his greatest enemies.
Friendship in marble, and animosity in the
dust.
May the evening's amusements bear the morn-
ing's reflections.
May we have those in our arms that we love
in our hearts.
May those who mean well fare well.
May the present moment be the worst of our
lives.
May our endeavors to please be crowned with
success.
May we ever be ready to assist the distressed.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. US
May poverty ever be a day's march behind us.
May the shield of friendship ward off the ar-
rows of affliction.
May the blossoms of love never be blighted,
And a true-hearted young woman never be
slighted.
May the hinges of friendship never rust.
A heart to feel, and a hand to give.
Our Oak—The pride of the forest when living,
and the pride of the ocean when dead.
The Ladies — Without whose aid the race of
soldiers would soon become extinct—they are
the sweetness of our recreations, the alleviators
of our toils and troubles, and the great inciters to
noble deeds and gallant acts. " None but the
brave deserve the fair."
Hastiness in doing good, and horror in doing
evil.
May the gates of consolation ever be open to
the children of affliction.
May we never speak to deceive, or listen to
betray.
Love in a cottage, and envy to none.
Every man his right, and every rogue a halter.
May we learn to be frugal before we are
obliged to be so.
May the pleasures of youth afford us consola-
tion in old age.
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114 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
A merry heart and a sound constitution.
May those who fall by misfortune be lifted by
the hand of friendship
Happiness to those who wish it to others.
May each succeeding day bring greater happi»
ness than the preceding.
May generosity never be overtaken by poverty.
The hand that bestows, and the heart that for-
gives.
May health paint the cheek, and. sincerity the
heart.
May friendship, love, and truth unite.
Our absent Friends—God bless them.
May the friendly soul never want a faithful
bosom.
May mirth exalt the feast.
Our noble Selves—May we never be less.
The Ladies —
For though they almost blush to reign,
Though love's own flowers wreath the chain,
Disguise the bondage as we will,
'Tis woman—woman rules us still.
The grand lodge of the United States.
The grand lodge of the world.
Come fill the glass and drain the bowl,
May love and Bacchus still agree,
And every American warm his soul
With Cupid, wine, and liberty.
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May we act with reason when the bottle cir-
culates.
The Bank of Earth—The only bank that there
is no discount on.
May we always be ready to give the devil his
due.
May the youth of our country ever walk in the
paths of virtue, honor, and truth.
Paddy's employment—Seven days' good drink-
ing.
Here 's to girls of every station
Throughout our Yankee nation.
The Cheats of America—Punished with their
own poison.
A toast before we go :
Huzzah for America, oh J
Let us care for no man, #
If no man cares for us.
The Trade of America — the toy shop of the
world—May its prosperity become as unbounded
as its resources and industry are unlimited.
The Irish Anacreon, and Bard of Bacchus and
Love—Moore.
While we breathe in this world may we taste
the. delight
That honor and virtue can only impart,
And like freemen drink both by day and by
night,
To a brotherly friend and the girl of our heart.
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Youthful Passions—May they ever be kept in
proper restraint.
The fair Daughters of America—May they add
virtue to beauty, subtract envy from friendship,
multiply amiable accomplishments by sweetness
of temper, divide time by sociability and economy,
and reduce scandal to its lowest denomination.
Virtue — It shines though contemptibly clad,
and is recognised and respected by noble minds.
Literature—The avenue to glory, ever open to
those ingenious men who are deprived of honors
and of wealth.
Contentment — The poor man who patiently
endures his want is rich enough.
Liberty of Conscience—A natural right, and he
that would claim it for himself must be willing
to grant it to others.
Happiness—A bird that knows no cage but the
bosom.
Man's better half—Grace, Modesty, and Love
—Let our hearts respect them, and our arms pro-
tect them.
Improvements to our arts, and invention to our
artists.
May the weight of our taxes never bend tht
back of our credit.
The spring of love and the harvest of enjoy-
ment.
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Beauty without aifectation, and virtue without
parade.
May love and reason be friends, and beauty
and prudence marry.
Love without licentiousness, and pleasure
without excess.
Charms to strike the sight, and merit to win
the heart.
Love in every heart, liberty in every breast,
and learning in every head.
Love to one, friendship to a few, and good will
to all.
May a virtuous offspring succeed mutual and
honorable love.
The greatest Blessing Heaven can send — A
j[ood wife.
May those who love truly be always believed,
And those who deceive us be always deceived.
May the love of the glass never forget decency.
Good Wine and good company to the lovers of
reasonable enjoyment.
We meet to be merry, then let us part wise,
Nor suffer the bottle to blind reason's eyes.
Fidelity to our friends and grace to our ene-
mies.
May the bark of friendship never founder on
the rock of deceit.
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Our honest friends. „
May friendship be enlivened by good humor,
but never wounded by wit.
The three A's—
Abundance, abstinence, and annihilation.
Abundance to the poor.
Abstinence to the intemperate,
Annihilation to the wicked.
The three B's —
Bachelors, banns, and bunns.
Bachelors for the maidens.
Banns for the bachelors.
Bunns after the consummation of the banns.
The three Cs —
Cheerfulness, content, and competency.
Cheerfulness in our cups.
Content in our minds.
Competency in our pockets.
The three F's—
Firmness, freedom, and fortitude.
Firmness in the senate.
Freedom on land.
Fortitude on the waves.
The three F's—
Friendship, feeling, and fidelity.
Friendship without interest.
Feeling to our enemies.
Fidelity to our friends.
The three F's—Fat, fair, and forty.
The three generals in peace—
General peace.
General plenty.
General satisfaction.
The three generals in power.
General employment.
General industry.
General comfort
The three Hs—
Health, honour, and happiness.
Health to all the world.
Honour to those who seek for it.
Happiness in our homes.
The three L's—
Love, life, and liberty.
Love pure.
Life long.
Liberty boundless.
The three L's — Love, loyalty, and length of
days.
The three M's
Mirth, music, and moderation.
Mirth at every board.
Music in all instruments.
Moderation in our desires.
The three M's—
Modesty, moderation, and mutuality.
Modesty in our discourse.
Moderation in our wishes.
Mutuality in our friends*
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The three golden balls of Civilization — In-
dustry, commerce, and wealth.
The three Companions of Beauty — Modesty,
love, and constancy.
The three Blessings of this Life — Health,
wealth, and a good conscience.
The four comforts of this life — Love, liberty,
health, and a contented mind.
The three Spirits that have no Souls—Brandy,
rurn„ and gin.
A lasting cement to all contending powers.
A lasting peace, or an honorable war.
A long cord, and a strong cord, to those who
make discord.
A speedy restoration of the rights of the people.
A revision of the code of criminal laws.
Addition to our trade, multiplication to our
manufactories, subtraction to taxes, and reduction
to places and pensions.
Agriculture and its improvers.
All the honest reformers of our country.
All the societies associated for promoting the
happiness of the human race.
Amidst the world's commotions may we ever
be true/to ourselves.
Annihilation to the trade of corruption.
Confusion to all those who attempt to disunite
the interests of our country.
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Confusion to those who baiter the cause of
their country for ostentation, or sordid gain.
Confusion to those who are fond of it.
Commerce universally extended,
And blood-stained war forever ended.
Confusion to those despots who combine against
the liberties of mankind.
Emancipation to the slave,
And liberty to the brave.
Everlasting life to the man who gave the
death-blow to the slave-trade.
Erin — The land of the brave and the bold.
Faith, in every kind of commerce.
Freedom to those that are oppressed, and bond-
age to their oppressors.
Freedom to those who dare contend for it.
Fill to the brim, and let the goblet's face
Smile with the sparkling purple—Drink,
My friends, the health—
"Our Country!"
Ever may she prove the rock of liberty.
And her brave sons, to distant ages,
Emulate your zeal.
Firmness in the senate, valor in the field, and
fortitude on the ocean.
Freedom all over the world.
Great happiness to our friends—great sorrow
to our enemies.
122 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Holy pastors, honest magistrates, and human©
rulers.
Honor and affluence to the patrons of trade,
liberty, and property.
He that holds his life as a debt to his country.
Holiness to our clergy, and humility to our
rulers.
Humanity to all created beings; especially to
our own species, whether black or white.
Increasing prosperity throughout the world.
Ireland — Sympathy to her wrongs, and a d&»
termination to redress them.
Improvement to the inventions of our country.
Liberty, property, security, and resistance of
oppression.
May the skin of our foes be turned into parch-
ment, and our rights written thereon.
May our statesmen ever possess the justice of
a More, and the wisdom of a Bacon.
May he who plots the nation's downfall gel
what he deserves,—a halter.
May the worth of the nation be ever inesti«
mable.
May the nation that plots against another'!
liberty or prosperity, fall a victim to its own m
trigues.
May the populace of our country be remark*
able for their patriotism and domestic happiness
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May the whole universe be incorporated in
one city, and every inhabitant presented with the
freedom.
May oppression be well shaved, and injustice
be well lathered.
May freedom's fire take new birth at the grave
of liberty.
May the Emerald Isle that grows out of the sea,
Flourish long in prosperity happy and free.
May our country be as it ever has been, a se-
cure asylum to the unfortunate and oppressed.
May those who root up the tree of liberty be
crushed by its fall.
May he who betrays his own country know
the want of a country to shelter in.
May our councils be wise, and our commerce in-
crease,
And may we ever experience the blessings of
peace.
May the sins of our fathers descend upon our
foes.
May we ever maintain steadily the rights of
our country ; and may we never be fettered by
faction.
May the trade of corruption be speedily anni-
hilated.
May all mankind make free to enjoy the bless-
ings of liberty, but never take the liberty to sub-
vert the principles of freedom.
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May liberty from pole to pole,
Her sacred laws expand,
Far as the mighty waters roll,
To wash remotest land.
May all the governments of the world speak
the will, and promote the happiness of the go-
verned.
May the protecting arm of the civil power al-
ways defend our rights.
May the freedom of election be preserved, the
trial by jury maintained, and the liberty of the
press secured to the latest posterity.
May the tree of liberty flourish round the
globe, and every human being partake of its
fruits.
May truth and liberty prevail throughout the
world.
May all martial and impolitic taxes be repealed.
May all nations rest beneath the tree of free-
dom.
May peace fix her residence in the four quar-
ters of the world ; and all nations, kindred, and
tongues, rank themselves among the" sons of har«
mony.
May corruption be chained,
And truth maintained.
May God with ample hand,
Shower blessings on the land.
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May pure patriotism ever guard the public
weal, and extinguish the torch of discord.
May wealth and commerce ne'er desert our
shore,
Till hoary headed time himself shall be no more.
May victory spin the robe of glory for the
brave, and fame enrol his deeds.
May the laws never be misconstrued.
May the sons of liberty marry the daughters
of virtue.
May the miseries of war be banished from ail
enlightened nations.
May our enemies never taste the union dish;
roast beef, cakes, puddings, and potatoes.
May our trade and manufactures be unre*
strained by the fetters of monopoly.
May every civil government be founded on tht»
natural rights of man.
May religious and civil liberty always go hand
in hand.
May all civil distinctions among men be
founded upon public utility.
May neither precedent nor antiquity be a sanc-
tion to errors pernicious to mankind.
May the devil ride rough-shod over the ene-
mies of the constitution.
May our jurors ever possess sufficient courage
to uphold their verdict.
126 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the love of country always prevail.
May we never be afraid to die for our country.
May our hearts ever be possessed with the
love of country.
May every state like ours be blest,
With liberty divine,
Where arts and sciences caressed,
A blaze of glory shine.
May we ever honestly uphold our rights.
May we never cease to deserve well of our
country.
May the liberties of the people be immortal.
May the brow of the brave be adorned by the
hand of beauty.
May the dawn of liberty in our country be
followed by its meridian splendor.
May we never find danger lurking on the
borders of security.
May revolutions never cease while tyranny
exists.
May the miseries of war never more have ex-
istence in the world.
May we always look forward to better times,
but never be discontented with the present.
May we never be engaged in a bad cause, and
never fly from a good one.
May domestic slavery be abolished throughout
the world.
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May religion, law, order, bo strictly defended,
And continue the blessings they first were in-
tended.
Our Native Land—May we live and die for it.
0! lpng life to the land of dear liberty's joys,
The land of our life, and where pleasure ne'er
cloys,
Where the women can love, and the men can all
fight,
The latter all day, and the former all night.
Where they 've hearts for the girls, and arms for
their foes,
And both are triumphant as every one knows.
Our native land, its laws and liberties.
Our native land, freedom, and fame.
Our altars and our hearths — When attacked,
may we die to preserve them.
Our friends! our country! and our laws !—
Home! Love ! and Liberty !
Our glorious Country —The home, the birth
place of the free.
Peace and plenty.
Put round once more the sparkling wine—
'Tis a cup to love and beauty.
Patriotism — May it live eternally.
Patriotism — That patriotism which would
willingly surrender its own existence to secure
the continued welfare of its native land.
128 mSCEIiLANE&L* TOASTS.
Peace and prosperity to Ireland.
Religion without priestcraft, and politics with*
out party.
Russia's Tyrant and every other Tyrant—Majr
they all swing together in a hempen cord.
Roast Beef—May it always ennoble our veins
and enrich our blood.
Success to the trade and manufactures of our
country.
Success to our army, success to our fleet,
May our foes be compelld to bend at our feet
Scotland, and the production of its soil.
Success to those who right for their country's
freedom.
Success to the promoters of commerce.
Solid honor in place of seeming religion.
Success to our arms by sea and land.
Success to that government which prefers
armed citizens to armed slaves.
Success to the brave,
And freedom to the slave.
Success to the Emerald Isle,
Where Shillelaghs and Shamrocks abound,
May peace and prosperity smile,
O'er the land and its natives around.
May our country be dear, but our liberty dearer
Toleration, and the liberty of the press.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 129
The friends of religion, liberty, and science in
every part of the globe.
The Shamrock, the green, immortal shamrock —
Chosen leaf
Of bond and chief,
Old Erin's native shamrock.
The independence of Mexico.
The man that bleeds for his country.
The liberty of the people.
To the memory of Wolfe.
The independence of Greece and the memory
of Byron.
The pruning knife that will lop off all the use-
less branches of the constitutional tree; the axe
that will strike to the root of the upas of corrupt
tion.
The abolition of arbitrary power all round th©
globe.
The universal advancement of the arts anoT
sciences.
The Land of our Forefathers — May it always
continue free.
The Cause of our Country—May God prosper it.
The land of the brave- and fair.
To all the intrepid and successful advocates o{
purity of election.
The People — May they ever vindicate their
rights, and fulfil their duties.
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130 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The upright elector, who never sells his vote.
The country that gave St. Patrick birth.
The memory of that child of liberty, William
Tell.
To the memory of Scotland's heroes.
Trial by jury.
To the memory of those who have gloriously
:fallen in the noble struggle for independence.
The brave, the honorable, and the free.
The abolition of the slave-trade.
The universal freedom and interest of man-
kind.
The majesty and liberty of the people.
To liberals, patriots, sages, and all,
'Who would tyrants control, and the world disen-
\ thrall.
Those liberties which were gained, and se-
cured to us by the best blood of our ancestors.
The constitution of our country, free and un-
. .mpaired.
The Equilibrium of State — May it always be
,preserved.
The National Institutions of our Country—May
they ever prosper.
To every statesman, who's of honest heart,
And boldly takes his country's part
A blow up to all fire-ships.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 131
The birthplace of freedom, the land of the
brave.
All ships at sea, and all sea-ships.
A cargo of spirits to our brave tars.
A round dozen to all pirates.
A tear of regret to the memory of every brave
sailor who finds a watery grave.
A twelvemonth's toothache to all those who
snarl at, and would destroy our military glory.
A speedy calm to the storms of life.
A health to those who are away at sea.
After we have weathered the storm of life,
may we drop quietly and gratefully into the
harbor of eternal bliss.
Good ships, fair winds, and brave seamen.
Girls for sailors, and sailors well stored for
girls.
Grape shot to our friends, and chain shot to
our enemies.
In the course of duty may we ever steer right
sea-ward.
In the performance of our duty may we never
rnn foul of our neighbour's comforts or interests.
May the broken tar always find a haven ready
to receive him.
May the arms borne by a soldier never be
nsed in a bad cause.
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Lots of beef and good fresh biscuit.
May the tar who loses one eye in defence of
his country never see distress with the other.
May those who escape the quicksands of jea-
lousy never run on the shoals of indifference.
May we always disdain to roam abroad for
that true merit and genius which may always be
met with, and ought to be encouraged, at home.
May gales of prosperity waft us to the port of
happiness.
May the main brace ever be well spliced
May the gifts of fortune never cause us to steei
out of our latitude.
May wisdom be our pilot, and discretion oui
rudder,
At the squalls of this life then we never need
shudder.
May our tars still keep their timbers together.
May the walls of each ship be more callous than
Troy,
And our brave tars' exertions restore peace and
joy-
May the soldier never fall a sacrifice but to
glory.
May the brow of the brave never want a
wreath of laurel to adorn it.
May all weapons of war be used for warlike
purposes only.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 133
May rudders govern, and ships obey.
May the brave soldier who never turned his
back to the enemy, never have a friend turn his
back to him.
May all those who are engaged in defence of
their country, be more distinguished by honor
and courage than by blue coats and nice accou-
trements.
To our next happy meeting.
May our cargo spread charity where there is
need;
On our mess may the poor and the indigent feed.
May we e'er keep from envy our cabin so clear,
And may temperance stand at the rudder and
steer.
May all battles fought in liberty's cause be re-
paid with freedom and peace.
May we die at our guns ere we yield to the
foe.
May the tar who has been tempest-tost at sea,
always find a welcome on his native shore.
May success and seaman's cheer
Glad the jovial privateer.
May our maritime rights never be invaded.
May every ship-wrecked seaman be blessed on
a happier shore.
May those bright laurels never fade with years,
Whose leaves are watered by a nation's tean.
134 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the storm of life be followed by snug
moorings.
Our naval afFairs well managed.
Saturday night at sea.
Soldiers, sailors, and all jolly fellows.
The heart of a sailor—may it be like heart of
oak.
Though our bold tars are fortune's sport, may
they ever be fortune's care.
The Sea, the rough Sea, the open Sea — May
our lives be spent upon it.
The Sea—The sleepless guardian of the world,
The Tar's Sheet-anchor—Hope.
To him that goes to sea, fights at sea, dies at
sea, and comes home in good spirit.
The army, the navy, and those they protect.
The truly brave and the truly good.
The Sailor's Reward—A safe shelter in the
harbor of Venus.
The foes well tarred, and our tars well fea-
thered.
The tar that sticks like pitch to his duty.
The Greeks — May they never again fall under
Turkish bondage.
The Soldier's Boast—An unsullied honor.
The heroes who contend for freedom,
The glorious cause of universal freedom.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. l*fr
Though drums may beat and trumpets blow,
May every man of war defy the foe.
The docks and yards that man the navy.
The naval promoters of all secret expedition*
The mariner's safe return.
When death comes upon us and shows us his
face,
May we never shrink from the unequal race.
But may we bear off to the harbor above,
Where dwells the chief Captain of mercy and
love.
All regular lodges.
All the friends of the craft.
All free-born sons of the ancient and honorable
craft.
As we meet upon the level, may we part upon
the square.
All faithful and true brothers.
Every brother who keeps the key of know-»
ledge from intruders, but cheerfully gives it to a
worthy brother.
Every brother who maintains a consistency in
love, and sincerity in friendship.
Every worthy brother who was at first duly
prepared, and whose heart still retains an awful
regard to the three great lights of masonry.
Golden eggs to every brother, and goldfinchei
to our lodges
136 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Honor and influence to every public-spirited
brother.
May every worthy brother who is willing to
-work and labor through the day, be happy at
night with his friend, his love, and a cheerful
glass.
May all free-masons be enabled to act in a
strict conformity to the rules of their order.
May our actions as masons be properly squared.
May masonry flourish until nature expire,
And its glories ne'er fade till the world is on fire.
May the brethren of our glorious craft be ever
distinguished in the world by their regular lives,
more than by their gloves and aprons.
May concord, peace, and harmony, subsist in
all regular lodges, and always distinguish free-
masons.
May masonry prove as universal as it is honor-
able and useful.
May the lodges in this place be distinguished
for love, peace, and harmony.
May peace, harmony, and concord, subsist
among free-masons, and may every idle dispute
and frivolous distinction be buried in oblivion.
May the prospect of riches never induce a
mason to do that which is repugnant to virtue.
May the sqnare, plumb-line, and level, regulate
the conduct of every brother.
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MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 137
May the morning have no occasion to censure
the night spent by free-masons.
May the hearts of free-masons agree, although
/ their heads should differ.
' May every mason participate in the happiness
of a brother.
May every brother have a heart to feel, and a
I hand to give.
May discord, party rage, and insolence, be for-
ever rooted out from among masons.
May covetous cares be unknown to masons.
All brothers who have been grand masters.
May all free-masons go hand-in-hand in the
road of virtue.
May we be more ready to correct our own
I faults than to publish the errors of a brother.
[ May all free-masons live in love, and die in
I peace.
I May love animate the heart of every mason.
May honor and friendship eternally reign,
May each brother mason the truth so maintain,
That all may agree
! Generous free-masonry
Is the tie of all ties — life's noblest chain.
1 May all the contention amongst true masons be,
I Who better can work or who better agree.
T May unity and love be ever stamped upon the
mason's mind.
138 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the frowns of resentment be unknown
among u ;.
May every free-mason be distinguished by the
internal ornament of an upright heart.
May the brethren in this place be united to
one another by the bond of love.
May the gentle spirit of love animate the heart
of every mason.
May every free-mason have so much genuine
philosophy, that he may neither be too much
exalted with the smiles of prosperity, nor too
much dejected with the frowns of adversity.
May we never rashly believe any report which
is prejudicial to a brother.
May the conduct of masons be such as to con*
vince the world they dwell in light.
May every brother who is regularly entered be
instructed in the morals of masonry.
May no free-mason taste the bitter apples of
affliction.
May unity, friendship, and brotherly love, ever
distinguish the brethren of the ancient craft.
May every brother use the mallet in knocking
off those superfluous passions that degrade the
mnn.
May all true masons lay aside,
Ensigns of state, that feed their pride,
And be ennobled by the name they bear,
Distinguished by the badge they wear.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 139
May we never condemn that in a brother which
we would pardon in ourselves.
May free-masons ever taste and relish the
/ sweets of domestic contentment.
May our conversation be such, that by it youth
may find instruction, women modesty, the aged
lespect, and all men civility.
I May every free-mason have health, peace, and
plenty.
May the free-mason's conscience be sound,
though his fortune be rotten.
May every free-mason find constancy in love,
and sincerity in friendship.
May hypocrisy, faction, and strife, be forever
' rooted from every lodge.
; May temptation never conquer a free-mason's
| virtue.
I May every mason's conduct be enabled to act
I so as to have an approved monitor.
May honor and honesty distinguish the breth-
ren.
May our evening's diversion bear the morn-
I ing's reflection.
May every society instituted for the promotion
1 of virtue flourish.
I May the mason's conduct be so uniform, that
| he may not be ashamed to take a retrospective
T view of it.
140 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the Jives of all free-masons be spent in
acts of true piety, highly seasoned with tran-
quillity.
May virtue ever direct our actions with respect
to ourselves, justice to those with whom we deal,
mercy, love, and charity, to all mankind.
May no free-mason desire plenty, but with the
benevolent view to relieve the indigent.
May no free-mason wish for more liberty than
constitutes happiness, nor more freedom than
tends to the public good.
May the deformity of vice in. other men, teach
a mason to abhor it in himself.
May the cares which haunt the heart of the
covetous, be unknown to the free-mason.
Prosperity to masons and masonry.
Relief to all indigent brethren.
The grand lodge of the United States.
The grand lodge of the world.
To the memory of him that first planted the
vine.
The female friends of free-masons.
To the perpetual honor of free-masons.
The masters and wardens of all regular lodges.
To him that did the temple rear,
Who lived and died within the square,
And lies interred there's none know where,
But those who master-masons are.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 141
To the secret and silent.
To all masons who walk by the line.
To the memory of the Tyrian artist.
J To the innocent and faithful craft.
To all who live within the compass and
iquare.
To all the fraternity round the globe.
The absent brethren of this lodge.
To the increase of perpetual friendship and
feace among the ancient craft.
To all well-disposed masons.
To all ancient free masons, wherever dispersed.
To masons, and to masons' bairns,
And all the fair with wit and charms
Who bless the favored masons' arms.
To all social free-masons.
To him who first the world began.
To all those who steer their course by the three
lights of masonry.
To every pure and faithful heart
That still preserves the secret art.
To all upright and pure masons.
The keystone of the masonic arch.
To all true masons and upright,
Who saw the east where rose the light.
To each faithful brother, both ancient and young,
Who governs his passions and bridles his tongue.
142 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
To all firm friends of the faithful craft.
The three great lights of masonry.
To the nation's wealth and glory.
The heart which conceals, and the tongtw
which never reveals.
To masonry, friendship, and love.
The mason who knows the true value of hii
tools.
To all true and faithful brothers.
To every brother the four comforts of life*
love, liberty, health, and contentment.
To all the brethren of this lodge, indigent or
wealthy.
To every brother who has a heart to feel and
a hand to give.
Come, fill up a bumper and let it go round,
May mirth and good fellowship always abound,
And may the world see
That free-masonry
Doth teach honest hearts to be jovial and free.
A Friend — and a bottle to give him.
A hearty supper, a good bottle, and a soft bed,
to every man who fights the battles of his country,
A full purse, a fresh bottle, and a beautiful
face.
A full bottle and a friend to partake of it.
Ale — May it never be stale.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 143
A drop of good stuff, and a snug social party.
To spend a dull evening, gay, social, and hearty.
A mirth-inspiring bowl.
A full belly, a heavy purse, and a light heart.
A bottle at night, and business in the morning.
Bacchus's bowl.
Beauty, wit, and wine.
Clean glasses and old corks.
Come, every man now give his toast,
Fill up the glass, I'll tell you mine;
Wine is the mistress I love most,
This is my toast—now give me thine
Cheerfulness in our cups, content in our minds,
and competency in our pockets.
Good humor; and may it ever smile at our
board.
How brilliant the sun look'd in sinking!
The waters beneath him—how bright
Oh! trust me, the farewell of drinking
Should be like the farewell of light,
You saw how he finished by darting
His beams o'er a deep billow's brim.
So fill up, let's shine at our parting,
In full liquid glory like him.
Good wine and good company to the lovers ot
reasonable enjoyment.
May good fortune resemble the bottle and bowl.
And stand by the man who can't stand by him-
self.
144 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS,
May we never want wine, nor a friend to par-
take of it.
May the juice of the grape enliven each soul,
And good humor preside at the head of each
bowl.
May we always get mellow with good wine.
May the moments of mirth be regulated by the
dial of reason.
May the votaries of Venus be united with Bac-
chus.
May we never be drunk at night or dry in the
morning.
May we bury our sorrows in a friendly draught
May Bacchus us mortals in pleasure e'er bind,
And shower his gifts for the good of mankind.
May we always be able to regale an old friend
with a cask of old wine.
May we drink little and drink long.
May we always mingle friendship with the
cup.
May no care disturb the soul,
May no mortal man repine.
May we fill deep enough the bowl,
And all our cares be drowned in wine.
May every gocd fellow be found in port, and
all bad ones be obliged to sherry off.
May we prize an old friend and love an old
wife.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 145
May wine never be the foe of love, but always
be Cupid's dearest boast.
May wine never prove the cause of strife.
May every man be a sticker,
To his bottle, his glass, and his liquor.
May we never see a frown in a bumper of
Urine.
May wine and good dinners make abundance
of friends, and may they always be found in the
time of adversity.
May we always mingle in the friendly bowl,
The feast of reason and the flow of soul.
May the goblet never leave a sting behind it.
May good humor preside wherever the bowl
circulates.
May back and side go bare,
And hand and foot go cold
So that belly has ale enough,
Whether it be new or old.
May we drink all day and revel all night.
May we all strike up a chaunt, and the wine go
round galore,
And may the publican ne'er tell us, he will not
trust more.
May we, like the earth, drink deep and yet be
thirsty.
May wine always be the whetstone of wit.
May we never be out of spirits.
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M6 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we always be prepared for a world of
purt spirits.
May we fill the bumper fair.
And may every drop we sprinkle
Upon the brow of care
Smooth away a wrinkle.
May merry-minded men mee't many modest
marriageable maids.
May wine make cowards brave.
May fortune fill the cup where charity guidei
the hand.
Our heads cool,
Our feet warm,
And a glass of good liquor
To do us no harm.
Now raise high the goblet, its virtues revere,
Let its praises in high-swelling numbers ascend,
May it be the cement that binds us to the fair,
And the bond which unites the warm heart of
a friend.
Push round the glass boys, and be jolly,
Nor heed the pedant's idle stuff,
Whether 'tis wisdom, or whether 'tis folly,
'Tis pleasure boys, and that's enough.
Reason and Prudence — The chief supporters
of Bacchus.
Sunshine and good humor all the world over.
Solitary confinement to unsocial fellows.
Social comfort to our social friends.
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Sorrow's Physician—Wine.
Sound corks, full bottles, and empty glasses.
Though our pleasures are embittered by care^
1 may wine always temper the smart.
I To Bacchus, Vulcan, and Apollo—The first
who raised the vine ; the second who formed the
sparkling bowl; and the third who first struck
the lyre of harmony.
The right end of Life — Live and be jolly.
The lip and the glass and the merry good fellow,
Who's always good company when he gets mel-
low.
The potent delights of sparkling ale.
The heart that fills as the bottle empties.
I The oftener wine is tasted may it be liked the
' better.
The grand summutn bonum of Life—A bumper
of wine.
I^ The spirit of the bowl.
To our absent friends.
I To our social friends, all round the table.
The barrel of old humming ale.
The flowing bowl.
The joys of music, love, and wine.
The big-bellied bottle.
7 Wine — May we like it the better the older it
I grows.
!
143 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Wine — The best boon of earth to man.
When the can overflows with liquor, may
good-fellowship always prevail.
Wine to strengthen friendship and light the
flame of love.
Wine —The liquor that gives life; may it
never be death to the drinker.
Wreathe the bowl with flowers of soul,
The brightest wit can find us ;
We'll take a flight towards heaven to-night,
And leave dull earth behind us.
Wine — The spring-tide of life and the fuel of
love.
Where nectar brims the rosy bowl,
May there be found each jovial soul,
* *4 May festive glee forever mellow
Each jesting, jolly, hearty fellow.
Wine — May it be our spur as we ride over
the bad roads of life.
Wine — May it make the dull witty, give life to
the grave,
The coward more bold, and the valiant more
brave.
While we enjoy ourselves over the bottle, may
ye never drive prudence out of the room.
Wine—true source of every pleasure,
May we never from it part,
s£ For it is alone the treasure
That can soothe the aching heart,
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. H9
Wine—Mellowed by friendship and sweetene'
by love.
Wine! for there's no medicine like it.
Wine — The parent of friendship, composer of
strife,
The soother of sorrow, the blessing of life.
Wine — The bond that cements the warm
heart to a friend.
Wine and Women — May we ever love them
dearly.
A-rtless love, and disinterested friendship.
A speedy union to every lad and lass
Beauty's best companion—Modesty.
Beauty, innocence, and modest merit.
Community of goods, unity of hearts, nobility
of sentiment, and truth of feeling to the lovers of
the fair sex.
Constancy in love, and sincerity in friendship.
Far hence, far hence, be jest or toast
From hallow'd thoughts so dear,
We'll drink to those we love the most,
As they would love to hear.
Laughing lovers to merry maids.
Love's slavery.
Love, liberty, and length of blissful days
Love without fear, and life without care.
Love for one.
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Life, love, liberty, and true friendship.
Love at liberty, and liberty in love.
Love — May it never make a wise man play
Jiie fool.
Love without deceit and matrimony without
regret.
Love's Garlands—May they ever entwine the
brows of every true-hearted lover.
Long life, pure love, and boundless liberty.
May love and reason be friends, and beauty
and prudence marry.
May the cautious fair never be deceived by the
mere appearance of love.
May "Lovers' vows'' never end in "Lovers'
quarrels."
May the lovers of the fair sex never want the
means to defend them.
May the sparks of love brighten into a flame.
May the joys of the fair give pleasure to the
heart.
May we be loved by those whom we love.
May we kiss whom we please and please
vhom we kiss.
May the bud of affection be ripened by the
sunshine of sincerity.
May the fire of love never feel decay.
May every lover be faithful to his love.
I MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 151
I May the presence of the fair curb the licen-
tious.
May the confidence of love be rewarded with
1 constancy in its object.
May the honorable lover attain the object of
his wishes.
May the lovers of the fair be modest, faithful,
and kind.
May the wings of love never lose a feather.
May the union o£ persons always be founded
on that of hearts.
May the generous heart ever meet a chast©
mate.
May the temper of our wives be suited to those
of their husbands.
May true passion never meet with a slight.
May every woman have a protector but not a
tyrant.
May we never overleap the bounds of prudence,
nor trespass on the bosom of friendship.
May tb % true lover never be deceived in the
object of his atfection.
May those who enter the rosy paths of matri
mony never meet with thorns.
May matrimony and domestic bliss go hand-
in-hand.
May the smiles of beauty enchain the fickle
heart.
152 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS,
May caprice and coquetry be aliens to our fe-
males.
May woman's bosom be pleasure's couch,
But free from thoughts unholy;
May it be warm to virtue's touch,
But cold as ice to that of folly.
No magic fc^t tZi«5 magic of beauty.
Our favorite lass.
Sense to win a heart, and merit to keep it.
Sincerity before marriage, and fidelity after-
wards.
Success to the lover and joy to the beloved.
The spring of love, and the harvest of enjoy-
ment.
The dignity of the fair sex.
The life we love with those we love.
The lass we love, and the friend we can trust.
The comforts of matrimony, and the single
happy.
The single married, and the married happy.
The fountain of love in all its purity.
The greatest Blessing Heaven can send — A
good wife.
The Companions of Beauty—Modesty and love.
The Pillars of Love—Kindness and constancy.
The maiden's blush, and the virgin of fifteen.
The union of two fond hearts.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 153
The face that nature paints, and the heart that
knows no deception.
The pleasures of imagination realized.
The chaste lip of love.
The voice of her we love.
The ladies ;—God bless 'em,
And may nothing distress 'em.
The joys of love.
The dimpled Cheek—May it never be clouded
with the blast of shame.
The kiss of love on the lip of innocence.
The lass with a sparkling eye.
The maiden, whose charms cannot cloy.
The eye that beams with love.
The Village Maid — May she remain so until
ihe gets a good husband.
The lass who avoids coquetry, and the man
that abhors seduction.
The true Lover — May he ever be successful
in his suit.
The fairest work of Nature—Woman.
The lover's dream realized.
The Fair Sex — May they never want lovers,
nor their lovers want means to defend them.
The roses of love without the thorns.
When love attacks the heart, may honor be the
proposer of a truce.
154 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
All Guardians of their Native Land—May they
be enrolled in Honor's deathless page.
To Venus and love.
Administration without peculation.
A bill of exclusion to those who would serve
their own private end and neglect the public
good.
Confusion to rotten boroughs and borough-
mongers.
Confusion to those who, rearing the masts of
patriotism, desert the cause of liberty in the hour
of trial.
Death or Liberty.
Great men honest, and honest men great.
Here ?s America, the ruler and queen of the
sea,
May she ever be first with those who are free,
May she always extend to the weak and op*
pressed
Those blessings with which her own sons have
been blessed.
Health to my body, wealth to my purse,
Heaven to my soul, and I wish you no worse.
Honesty to our merchants, bravery to our sol-
diers and sailors, wisdom to our senators; and
may Christian charity and benevolence be spread
abroad through the land.
If the sea must not be our empire may it be
our grave.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 155
May we live to see and bless the day
When we've neither taxes to dread nor armies to
pay.
May we live to do good, and do good to die
Uppy.
Sharp cats for the mice in the treasury.
To him who a patriot's course has steered
Mid faction's wildest strife unmoved,
By all who marked his course revered,
By all who knew his heart beloved.
The sacred Decree of Heaven — Let all man-
kind be free.
The cause of freedom all over the world.
The friends of religious toleration, whether
they are within or without the church.
The People — The only source of legitimate
power.
Africa in 1836 —
May her sons be enlightened and happy and free,
And her daughters be blest, as the fair sex should
be; \
May virtue and usefulness claim all their care,
And fashion and corsets be never known there.
Vigor and unanimity to the true friends of our
glorious constitution.
A heart to glow for others' good.
A heart to feel, and a heart to give.
A period to the sorrows of an ingenuous mind.
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•=- . . —r
k health to our sweethearts, our friends, and our
wives; I
May fortune smile on them the rest of their lives! J
Adam's Ale—May so pure an element alway* /
be at hand.
All that gives us pleasure.
All our wants and wishes.
All our absent friends on land and sea.
All who act fair; and the devil burn our ene- i
mies.
All our wants supplied,
And virtuous wishes satisfied.
Ambitious Wishes—Genius and Virtue.
An honest guide and a good pilot.
As we bind, so may we find.
As we travel through life, may we live well
.in the road.
Equal punishment to the ragged rascal and the k
rich villain. ^
'
Friendship without formality, and love with*
out flattery.
Happiness to those who wish it to others.
Lenity to the faults of others, and sense to dis-
cover our own.
May the son of our friend live to be a better \
man than his father.
May we neveT: be lost to hope.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 157
May goodness prevail when beauty tails.
May we be kind, but not in words alone.
May good nature and good sense be ever united.
May we shine in beauty, science, and arts.
May our afflictions throw our virtues into
practice.
May our pleasures continue and our sorrows
be distant.
May we never have cause to put on mourning.
May we succeed in all our lawful undertakings.
May our pleasures be boundless while we have
time to enjoy them.
May we be happy, and our enemies know it.
May the polished heart make amends for the
rough countenance.
May those we love be honest.
May the men leave roving, and the women
deceit.
May every smooth face proclaim a smoothet
heart.
May the judgment of our benches never be
biassed.
May the love of money never make us forget
the Christian duties.
May the rough road of adversity lead us to
final prosperity.
May time always unveil the beauties of truth.
158 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.______
May the shackles of prejudice never fetter the
mind.
May the best day we have seen be the worst
we have to come.
May the consciousness of rectitude sweeten the
bitterness of sorrow.
May merit always prevail over folly and
fashion.
May we never envy those who are happy, but
strive to imitate them.
May we derive amusement from busiuess, and
improvement from pleasure.
May our faults be written on the sea-shore, and
every good action prove a wave to wash them
out.
May virtue rind fortune always an attendant.
May we never repine at our condition nor be
depressed by poverty.
May reality strengthen the joys of imagination.
May we never make a sword of our tongue to
wound a good man's reputation.
May our distinguishing mark be merit rather
than money.
May the faults of our neighbors be dim, and
their virtues glaring.
May industry always be the favorite of fortune.
May genius and merit never want a friend.
Opposition without interest.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 159
May the rich be charitable and the poor be
grateful.
May the misfortunes of others be always ex-
amined as the chart of our own conduct.
May we never be so base as to envy the hap-
piness of another.
May we live to learn, and learn to live well.
May the deformity of other men's vices teach
us to abhor our own.
May honor always allow honesty the duty due
to a parent.
May those who flatter to betray,
Meet a reward in their own way.
May the morality of individuals become the
policy of nations.
May the unsuspecting female never be deceived
by the guile of deception.
May our wants never proceed from negligence
of our own creating.
May the gates of consolation be ever open to
the children of affliction.
May we never hurt our neighbor's peace by
the desire of appearing witty.
May the ascent of innocence show clearly the
descent of infamy.
May bad examples never corrupt the morals
of our youth.
May our thoughts never mislead our judgment
ISO MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May our artists never be forced into artifice to
gain applause and fortune.
Physic to the fool, the faithless, and the fasti*
dious.
Poverty always at the rear, and hope and
power ready to assist.
A good health to the lads far away.
A blush of detection to the lovers of deceit.
As we are formed by nature may we be refined
by art.
A good horse, a warm house, a snug estate,
and an agreeable wife, to every one that deserves
them.
A good judge, clever counsel, and conscientious
witnesses.
A fine girl, a plentiful fortune, and a residence
in the country of happiness.
A health to the maid with a bosom of snow,
And to her with a face brown as berry;
A health to the wife that looks eat up with woe,
And a health to the damsel that's merry.
A friend in need.
A toast to the charmer whose dimples we prize,
A toast to the damsel with none;
A toast to the girl with a pair of blue eyes,
And a toast to the nymph with but one.
A leg of mutton, a clean shirt, and an X.
Absent friends on land or sea.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 161
As sensibility is the child of nature, may it ever
be cherished.
All we wish and all we want—when we ask
nothing unreasonable.
An Attribute of Heaven—Mercy.
At the conclusion of amusement may we never
have occasion to regret its commencement.
All tales but tell-tales.
All our wants supplied, and virtuous wishes
satisfied.
An honest lawyer, a pious divine, and a skilful
physician.
All fortune's daughters except the eldest—Mis-
fortune.
A bumper round to the pretty ones,—
Here 's to the girl with the blue eyes,
Here 's to her with the jetty ones,
Where the languishing dew lies.
Auld Langsyne.
A bumper to womankind, clumsy or thin,
Young or ancient — it weighs not a feather;
So fill a pint bumper—nay, fill to the brim,
And let's toast 'em, e'en all altogether.
A bottle, a pipe, and a kind-hearted wife,
Just to make me feel happy the rest of my life.
A hearty supper, a full bed, sound sleep, and
agreeable dreams.
A bumper, a friend, and the girl of our heart
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162 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
All friends at home.
May filial piety ever be the result of a religious
education.
May artificial coloring be always perceived
through every veil of disguise.
May real merit meet reward, and pretension
its punishment.
May prosperity never make us arrogant, nor
adversity mean.
May we live happy and die in peace with all
mankind.
May the unsuspecting man never be deceived.
May noise and nonsense be ever banished from
social company.
May a happy opportunity never be neglected.
May honesty never be ashamed of an unfa-
shionable garment.
May we never make matrimony a matter of
money.
May the poverty of the spirit ever prohibit the
miserly accumulation of riches to the prejudice
of social feelings.
May the road of discretion lead the way to
tTanquil repose.
May the difference of creeds be ever left at the
house of prayer.
May wisdom be the umpire when pleasure
gives tht prize.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 163
May depressed merit be always exalted.
May conquest crown and mercy sanctify the
sword of justice.
May we never seek other peoples lives by
venturing our own.
May every mirror we look at cast an honest
reflection.
May virtue increase her exports and imports,
and vice become a bankrupt.
May reason be enthroned a supreme monarch,
and passions be subject to his laws.
A head to earn and a heart to spend.
All charitable institutions.
A heavy purse and a light heart.
A little health, a little wealth,
A little house and freedom,
With some few friends for certain ends,
But little cause to need 'em.
A freehold in a happy land, untaxed and un-
mortgaged.
A constant lover and a sincere friend.
A hornpipe without shoes to him who betrays
his friend.
A health to every bright-eyed maiden,
A toast to lovely beauty's power,
May they ever live unfading,
In our hearts a blooming flower.
A hearty welcome to every sociable §oul.
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A health to those we love best.
A speedy accomplishment to all our secret
wishes.
A cordial in grief—content.
A Bottle of Wine — The protector of life and
preserver of health.
A curse upon all extortioners.
A cheerful glass, a pretty lass,
A friend sincere and true,
Blooming health, good store of wealth,
Attend on me and you.
As exercise awaits us all day, may felicity feast
us all night.
All our draughts honored with prompt pay-
ment.
Anacreon—The poet of love and wine.
A long life without fagging.
All rogues their deserts.
A pious divine, a skilful physician, and an
honest lawyer
All jolly fellows who are fond of moistening
their clay.
All jocund souls and flowing bowls.
As we play our parts in the theatre of life, may
we drink much to make us act better.
A coatful of broken bones, a high hanging, and >
a windy day to every villain.
Addition—May it ever be our golden rule.
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A good Constitution—May it never be abused.
A cold bath to our enemies.
A good Purse—May it never be a curse.
A good Wife—May she never be ill-used.
And now, let us drink to the girl who betrays
Her fondness by blushing; grows pale if we
praise ;
Whose heart swells with love; whose glances
reveal
The passion which burns — and she burns to
conceal.
Blest with content and from misfortune free,
Blest may we live, and happy may we be.
Be honor our magnet and discretion the com-
pass.
Bachelor's hall.
Beauty without pride.
Bacchus's blisses and Venus's kisses — May
they ever be bachelors' fare.
Beauty spots, not carbuncles.
Bacchus—Wine's first projector,
And mankind's protector.
Black and white.
Brotherly Love — May it join every body to-
gether in its bonds.
Beauty's power and woman's love.
Beauty's power and the present hour,
Love's bower and affection's dower.
166 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Come, fill up a bumper all round,
Here 's a health to all good-humored lasses;
There ?s nothing on earth to be found
So cheerful as full-brirnming glasses.
Conscious innocence, and constant independ-
ence.
Care at the bottom of a well without hope of
being released.
Come push the goblet round—
And drive away dull sorrow;
Come push the goblet round,
We'll have more to-morrow.
Chastity in wedlock.
Calm nights and cheerful days.
Conscious honor—when peace of mind is ab
ijent.
Cash payments, and plenty of them.
Concord to the just, and a strong cord to th&
unjust.
Confusion to those who would make us feel \
calamity.
Charity without ostentation, and religion with-
out bigotry.
Conscience to the usurer, honesty to the lawyer,
and compunction to the doctor.
Chaste matrons, and prudent maidens.
Constancy and Love—May the one always at-
tend upon the other.
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Come send round the wine, and leave points of
belief
To simpleton sages and reasoning fools :
This moment's a flower too fair and too brief,
To be witherd and dirnm'd by the dust of the
schools.
Your glass may be purple, and mine may be
blue;
But, while they are fill'd from the same bright
bowl,
The fool who would quarrel for difference of
hue,
Deserves not the comfort they shed o"er the
soul.
Oome, fill up your glasses, and let the toast be,
Philanthropy, concord, and sweet harmony;
And may all our efforts to raise up the poor,
The support of the feeling forever insure.
Come, fill the bowl each jolly soul,
Let Bacchus gild our revels;
Join cup to lip with " hip, hip, hip,"
And throttle the blue devils.
Come, fill a bumper, fill it round,
May mirth, and wine, and wit abound :
In them alone true wisdom lies,
For to be merry is to be wise.
Fill up the glass, 'tis friendship's due,
Here 's to all friends the world around,
But chiefly him whose ardent soul
Can glow beneath the northern pole.
163 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Come fill up your glasses and join in the chant,
For no pleasure 's like drinking good ale you
must grant;
Then let this be our toast, while dull care we
assail,
May we ne'er want a friend or a glass of good
ale.
Drink ye to her that each loves best,
And if ye nurse a flame,
That's told but to her mutual breast,
We will not ask her name.
Despair and Misfortune — In the deserts of
Arabia.
Desire and ability to do good.
Drink to her who long
Hath waked the poet's sigh —
The girl who gave to song
What gold could never buy.
Dull care drowned in sparkling wine.
Drinking, and no thinking.
Death to the blue devils.
Death to despots and traitors.
Envy in an air-pump, without a passage to
breathe through.
Every man that does his duty.
Emulation in various breasts.
Everything of fortune but her instability.
Fair game without any jostling.
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Freedom's Laurel—May it be ever green.
Feminine Grace, feminine Goodness, and fe-
minine Generosity—May they exist forever.
Freedom—The true enjoyment of life.
Freedom's Fire—May it never decay.
Freedom and Liberty—May they ever be our
watchword.
As o'er the salt wave, homeward bound,
He wafts an anxio\is thought of you.
Fair days, fair times, and fair ladies.
Fair play among players.
Forgiveness to our enemies, and oblivion to
our injuries.
Fortune to the fair, and contentment to their
lovers.
Fortune to the firm, the faithful, the friendly,
and the forsaken.
Fortune to the brave, and contentment to
honesty.
Friend, fill your glass and then we'll part:
Here 's to the girl we love most dear,
Who when no chiding tongue is nigh
Breathing for us the midnight sigh,
Her glowing cheek wet with a tear,
In fancy fold us to her heart.
Health to every father of a family; and may
he always meet with love, duty, and respect from
his offspring.
170 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
From discord may harmony arise.
Friendship in marble, animosity in dust.
Fill up your glass; while a relic of truth
Is in man or in woman, this prayer shall be
mine,
That the sunshine of love may illumine our youth,
And the moonlight of friendship console our
decline.
Friendship, love, and hunting.
Frugality without meanness.
Gaiety and innocence.
Genial joys to genial souls.
Generous sentiments, and actions to correspond.
Glory to the hero, and success to the lover.
Girls fair, fond, and frolicsome.
Glad hearts to good souls.
Gold to every lad distressed by misfortune'*
leaden hand.
Gratitude to acknowledge favors done.
Gratitude to preserve our old friends, and good
behavior to procure new ones.
Harmony all over the world.
Health to our host, and thanks for our liberal
entertainment.
Health, happiness, riches, and a good wife.
Friendly may we part, and quickly meet again.
Friendship with a little interest.
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Health to my dear, and long unbrokes years
By storms unruffled, and unstain'd by tears ;
Wing'd by new joys may each white minute fly,
Spring in her cheek, and sunshine in her eye.
Health, wealth, and a pretty wife
To every honest soul for life.
He who would scorn to betray either friend or
enemy.
Here's to the mouth,that can keep a secret.
Here 's life daintily dressed with the sweet
sauce of kisses.
Honest men and bonnie lasses.
Honor among attornies.
Honor's best Employment—The protection of
innocence.
However obscure we are by birth, may we
never be renowned for crimes.
Humanity in prosperity, and fortitude in dis-
tress.
Here 's may we steal
Along the vale
Of humble life, secure from foes;
With friends sincere,
And judgment clear,
And gentle business our repose.
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen,
Here 's to the widow of fifty—
Here's to the flaunting extravagant queen,
And here 's to the housewife that's thrifty.
172 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Here 's a health to the ladies at home,
Here s a health to the ladies awa';
And wha winna pledge with all their soul,
May they never be smiled on at a'.
Here 's health to the bright eyes at hame,
Here 's health to the bright eyes awa',
Here 's health to the beauties of every clime,
And may we be smiled on by a'.
Here 's to the man, and may he never grow fat,
Who wears two faces under one hat.
Here 's to the lassie bright,
With lips as red as cherry,
And eyes like the stars of night.
Heaven gave the grape for health—may man
never put poison in the cup.
Health to ail companions of our social hours.
Frank speaking and no deceit.
Honor — May it ever be our motto.
Here 's to the friends who ne'er may meet us,
Fondly seen in memory's glow j
May they still in friendship greet us,
Here 's to those who greet us now.
Health, joy, and mutual love.
However rough the roads of life, may we jog
merrily on to the end of our journey.
Here 's to the flowing bowl
With ruby lustre crown'd j
Here 's to the flow of soul,
And care in goblets drown'd.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 73
Here's to wine that yields our cares relief,
The sparkling cup that kills our grief.
Here's a health to woman's lip,
The dearest, best of creatures ;
And while the nectar's sweets we sip,
Let's bless their lovely features.
Hope—May it never vary like the rainbow's
hue.
Integrity in those who wear the robe of justice.
.In all we do may conscience be our director.
I'll give you sweet home, and our spouses so
comely, ,
For our home is home, be it ever so homely.
Irish Whiskey—The genuine mountain dew.
Invincibility in love and war.
Irish hospitality and bravery.
In age may the tear of bitter regret never blot
the page of youth as we look backward through
the book of life.
Let each take his glass,
Fill'd up to the brim,
And drink to the lass
Intended for him.
Luck in a bag, and shake it out as you want it.
Let fame frown, fortune lower, and friends be-
toay—so as our love proves constant, and our
wives true, may we never care for rank or
riches.
174 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Love and Harmony—May they ever be united.
Law without injustice.
Light hearts and heavy pockets to the sons of
generosity.
Life to the man that has courage to lose it.
And wealth to him who has spirit to use it.
Life's three Blessings—Wife, child, and friend.
Love's sweets, may they never cloy.
Love without folly.
Maids and bachelors married, and soon so,
Wives and husbands happy, and long so.
May the folly of those who ape the manners
of the great be always held up to ridicule.
May opinion ever float on the waves of igno-
rance.
May we look forward with pleasure, and back-
ward without regret.
May our actions ever evince this belief, that
honesty is the best policy.
May the honest heart never feel distress.
May the chilling blasts of adversity, prejudice,
and ignorance, never blight the early dawningg
of merit.
May we never break a joke to crack a reputa-
tion.
May the pleasures of youth afford us consola-
tion in old age.
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I May bashful merit rise to favour, and daring
j insolence fall into contempt.
I May the wealth of rogues devolve on honest
j men.
May every virtuous woman be happy, and
every vicious one penitent.
May we all make amends by confessing our
faults.
May all the sweets of life combine—
Mirth and music, love and wine.
May we always bind fast and find fast.
May we always sail in pleasure's boat.
May the mouth that has no teeth be well [ed.
May we always enjoy the end of a feast bettei
than the beginning of a fray.
May every friend be as welcome as a glass of
wine.
May no lazy man ever have a careless master.
May every good suitor have a good cause.
May every honest man make money, and be
wise enough to keep it.
May justice and mercy forever entwine.
May every man be wise enough to take that
counsel which even a fool can give.
May our conscience and our sleep be sound.
May no man rise by the misfortunes of hit
fallen master.
176 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May those who will sit no where but in ill
company always sit alone.
May we always have more occasion for the
cook than the doctor.
May we all be able to keep the doctor on the
wrong side of the door.
May our children seek from us rather than we
from them.
May the high-mettled racer never become a
hack on the road.
May fortune fill the cup where charity guides
the hand.
May our endeavors to please be always crowned
with success.
May the heart that sympathises in the distress
of another never sorrow over its own misfor-
tunes.
May no worthy heart be sorrowful or dry.
May we never be in want of a dollar when
our friend is.
May the morning of prosperity shine on the
evening of adversity.
May the devil never receive visits at home nor
pay them abroad.
May we never want a bait when we fish for
content.
May flattery never sit in the parlor, nor plain
dealing be kicked out of doors.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 177
j May war never be among us.
May we look around us with pleasure, and
upward with gratitude.
/ May the bud of sincerity ever blossom in the
' bosom of friendship.
May liberty never degenerate into licentious-
ness.
May our wants be reduced and our comforts
multiplied.
May the sunshine of comfort dispel the clouds
of care.
May we never know want until relief is at
hand.
May the glass fly about
Till the bottle is out,
i Let each do to each as he's done to;
I Foul fall those that hug
Th' abominable jug,
L Amongst us heteroclita sunto.
I May the pleasure of return bear up the spirits
I of the absent.
l May those in office be what they profess when
I out of office.
I May we always see our neighbor's distress
j with an eye of compassion.
May the mind never feel the decay of the
{ body.
| May. virtue ever find fortune'an attendant.
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178 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May harmony arise from the ashes of discord.
May temptation never conquer virtue.
May wisdom and discretion be our topsail.
May we act our parts well on the theatre of
life.
May we live respected and die regretted.
May the fiery trial of adversity lead us to
prosperity.
May meanness never accompany riches.
May we never be blind to our own errors.
May we cherish hope and conquer fear.
May generosity meet with its own reward.
May the tear of sensibility never cease to flow.
May we be slaves to nothing but our duty.
May we never feel want or ever want feeling.
May hemp bind those whom honor cannot.
May our happiness be sincere, and our joys
lasting.
May we never know sorrow but by name.
May the honey of rectitude sweeten the bitter*
nesss of adversity.
May the chee-ful heart never want a com-
panion.
May the law of humanity be put in force
against the perpetrators of cruelty.
May poverty never stare us in the face without
presenting hope.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 179
May our principles be upright, and our morals
pure.
May discerning eyes bestow charity, and de-
serving objects receive it.
May we never murmur without a cause, or
ever have cause to murmur.
May we always feel for another's distress.
May our bosoms ever glow with pity.
May we never be the slaves of interest or of
pride.
May care be a stranger where virtue resides.
May private grief never affect the public wel-
fare.
May industry always be rewarded as the fa-
vorite of fortune.
May bigotry, superstition, and all manner of
religious tyranny soon come to an end.
May the poor merit esteem, and the rich vene-
ration.
May honesty never want a competency.
May the hand of lenity heal the sores of ca-
lamity.
May we be always as wise as merry.
May he who has a spirit to resent a wrong
have a heart to forgive it.
May the road of discretion lead us to the home
of perfect content.
180 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the charms of music harmonize our
thoughts.
May avarice lose its purse and benevolence
find it.
May hope be the physician when calamity is
the disease.
May virtue be our armor when assailed bjr
wickedness.
May reason be our "fortress," and truth our
"finger-post" through the journey of life.
May the vicious thorn be eclipsed by the bud-
ding rose.
May care be a stranger to every honest heart.
May we do as we would be done by.
May we never want an excuse.
May they never want who have a spirit to
spend.
May fortune recover her eye-sight and be just
in the distribution of her favors.
May good nature and good sense be forever
united.
May we never masque but at a masquerade.
May we never sacrifice at the shrine of deceit.
May our afflictions bring our virtues into prac-
tice.
May we always part with regret and meet
again with pleasure.
May right overcome might.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 181
May we live in pleasure and die out of debt.
May we never cease to deserve well of our
country.
May the journey through life be as sweet as it
is short.
May the benevolent never know poverty.
Our own fireside.
One bumper at parting!—though many
Have circled the board since we met,
The fullest, the saddest of any,
Remains to be crown'd by us yet.
The sweetness that pleasure has in it
Is always so slow to come forth,
That seldom, alas, till the minute
It dies, do we know half its worth!
But, oh ! may our life's happy measure
Be all of such moments made up
They 're born on the bosom of pleasure,
They die in the tears of the cup.
One Wife, one Bottle, and one Friend — The
first without a tongue, the second never empty,
and the last ever faithful.
Oblivion to care,
And death to despair.
Of all life's jovial pleasures, may we hate an
overflowing bowl.
Our only available friend —money.
Our old friend — roast beef.
Our own noble selves.
182 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS._______
Our favorite lasses.
Our wives, our children, and our homes.
Our morals pure, our principles upright.
Our chase shall ever gaily be,
Women and wine before us,
We'll hunt the bottle merrily,
And smack the kissing chorus.
May we live honestly and virtuously, and die
happily.
Our Friend — May he in all weathers prove
true to his trust.
Our wives, children, and friends.
Our Heaven below—Woman.
Prudence in our cups.
Polished hearts and rough faces.
Prosperijy to the good, and a speedy reforma-
tion to the wicked.
Pleasures which please on reflection.
Pleasure's Boat—A sail in it to every friend.
Promises well kept, and bills duly honored.
Peace of mind and conscious honor.
Peace, plenty, and joy.
Palsy to the hand of the assassin.
Physic to the fool, the faithless, and the fasti-
dious.
Peace to the peaceful.
Plenty to the poor, and feeling to the rich.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 183
Plenty to the benevolent, and poverty to the
miser.
Plenty to a generous mind.
Poverty always in the rear, and hope and
power ready to assist.
Politeness without affectation, and plain dealia
without rudeness.
Protection and provision to the industrious.
Prudes without incontinence.
Punctuality in all our engagements.
Push round the glass, boys, and be jolly,
Nor heed the pedant's idle stuff—
Whether 'tis wisdom, or 'tis folly,
'Tis pleasure, boys, and that's enough.
Poland! and may that brave heroic people
gloriously recover their independence from the
iron grasp of the cruel and ruthless tyrant of
Russia.
Poland—The memory of Kosciusko, and of
those who have bled for her liberties.
Poland — May the miseries inflicted upon it|
be retaliated sevenfold upon the inflictor.
Pity—May it ever sympathise with woe.
Pity's Tears—May they ever flow for the sor
rows of the unfortunate.
Prosperity to our real friends.
Pleasure's feast to every jolly soul.
Peace — May reflection never disturb it.
184 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Probity, for it is better than riches.
Reason in our actions, religion in our thoughts,
and reflection in our expressions.
Resolution to the undetermined.
Relief to all oppressed and distressed.
Renown to those who are worthy of it, and
reprobation to those who deserve it.
Reason to the passionate.
Riches and honor to the charitable and humane.
Remember wherever your goblet is crown'd,
Through this world whether eastward or west-
ward you roarn,
When a cup to the smile of dear woman goes
round,
Oh! remember the smile which adorns her at
home.
Refinement without dissimulation, and honesty
without rudeness.
Riches to the generous, and power to the mer-
ciful.
Sanctity in appearance, without hypocrisy at
heart.
Sound law, and little need of it.
Success to the promoters of commerce.
Success to navigation and commerce.
Success to South America.
Pure Love—May it always yield sweets with*
out alloy.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 185
Some men want youth, and others health,
Some from a wife will often shrink:
Some men want wit and others wealth,
May we want nothing—but to drink.
Speed the plough.
Solitary confinement to unsociable fellows.
Sunshine and good humor all the world oven
Sincerity in speaking, integrity in acting.
Song, joke, mirth, and glee.
Send a bumper around boys, and fortune defy,
Dull wisdom all happiness sours :
Since life is no more than a passage at best,
May we strew the way over with flowers.
Send round the bowl, and be happy awhile,
May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage
here
Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a
smile,
And the smile that compassion can turn to a
tear.
Success to the lover and joy to the beloved.
Send the bowl round merrily,
Laughing, singing, drinking;
Toast it, toast it cheerily—
Here's to the devil with thinking!
Oh! for the round of pleasure,
With sweetly smiling lasses,
Glasses o'erflowing their measure,
With hearts as full as our glasses.
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186 MISCELLAN EOUS TOASTS.
Success to every lodge of worthy odd fellows.
Shannon's Flowery Banks — May they bloom
forever.
Scotland's bonnie boys.
Small talk and long Sermons — May they be
banished from the festive board.
Success and health to all
The craft around this earthly ball.
The tear that bedews sensibility's shrine
The glowing social pipe.
The impartial administration of justice tem-
pered with the attribute of heaven—mercy.
The white rose of honor that flowers without
r stain.
The dimpled cheek.
The industrious farmers of America.
The wind that blows
The ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor.
The rose of honor, whose fair leaf never dies.
The maiden, whose charms cannot cloy.
The pleasure of pleasing.
The woman we love, and the friend we dare
trust.
The hand that bestows and the heart that
glows.
The sweets of sensibility without the bitters.
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MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS, 187
I The inside of a house and the outside of a
prison.
The death of ingratitude and resurrection of
I friendship.
The stage, free from immorality j and may
theatricals ever flourish.
The child that obeys, and the parent that for-
gives.
The charity that does not always begin at
home.
The parson who practices what he professes.
The Scotchman's Proverb — Get a good price,
but give good measure.
The golden Rule — May we always do to
others as we should wish them to do to us.
The free press.
The plough, and the good honest farmer.
The rich enjoyment of an unsullied conscienee.
The bridge that bears us safely over.
The press unshackled.
The man that feels for sorrows not his own.
To every weary traveller j and may each soon
find a resting place.
To all far away at sea.
Temperance encouraged, dissipation subdued.
The sentiment that comes from one heart, and
makes its way to another.
188 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The girls we've left behind us.
That steadiness and evenness of temper
wherein the sweet and pleasant mix with the
genteel and manly.
To ladies' eyes around, boys,
We can't refuse, we can't refuse,
Tho' bright eyes so abound, boys,
'Tis hard to choose, 'tis hard to choose.
For thick as stars that lighten
Yon airy bowers, yon airy bowers,
The countless eyes that brighten
This earth of ours, this earth of ours.
Then fill the cup—where'er, boys,
Our choice may fall, our choice may fall j
We're sure to find love there, boys,
So drink them all! so drink them all!
The heart that glows for other's good and
jreeps for other's woe.
The pilot that weathered the storm.
The universal rights of man.
The eye that beams with love.
Success to our hopes, and disappointment to
our fears.
Sprightliness in youth, stability in manhood,
and serenity in old age.
The four Comforts of Life — Love, liberty,
health, and content.
The three Blessings of this Life — Health,
wealth, and a good conscience.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 189
The lass who avoids coquetry.
To music's magic spell.
Truth and honest love.
The love that is sincere — the friendship that
is constant.
The magic of the grape.
The charm of bashfulness.
The bond of friendship and of love.
To plunge in care let lovers whine,
Such fools, who will be, may;
Let us with glass in hand c .mbine
To drive dull care away.
The encouragers of arts and science.
The glorious land we live in.
The Patriarch .of Anglers—Isaac Walton.
The Father of experimental Philosophers—Sir
Humphry Davy.
The Founder of Political Romance—Luigi
Pulci.
The Patron of Letters—Lorenzo di Medici.
The Prince of Colorists —Titian.
The Father of Modern Philosophy—Roger
Bacon.
The Father of Italian Poetry — Dante.
The Poet of Love — Petrarch.
The first Modern Reformer — John Wiekliffe.
The Father of Italian Prose—Boccaccio.
190 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The Discoverer of the New World—Columbus.
The Father of Engraving—Albert Durer.
The Prince of Poetical Romance Writers —
Ariosto.
The Prince of Novelists—The inimitable Cer-
vantes.
The Prince of Spanish Poets—Lopez de Vega.
The Father of French Tragedy — Corneille.
The Prince of Portrait Painters—Vandyke.
The Prince of Dramatic Musicians—Mozart.
The Milton of Music — Handel.
The Prince of Landscape Painters — Claude
Lorraine.
The Prince of Painters — Raphael.
The Father of modern Essayists—Montaigne.
The Father of Biography — Plutarch.
The voluntary principle in religion, and a se-
paration of church and state.
To justice and religion true, may we ever
guard our own right and those of our neighbors.
The bosom that never knew guile.
To all dear brothers of the mystic tie
The smile of woman that enlivens the heart.
To love that claims the monarch's duty,
That soothes the peasant's pain j
That melts the haughty beauty,
And conquers her disdain.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 191
I The able Musician—May he never be fingered
[by a flat.
The more our wives open their mouths the
'more may they hold their tongues.
The Memory of that Mighty Master of Music—
Weber.
The social hour and the transports of the bowl.
The patriot's friend.
The honest lawyer that refuses a good fee.
To all volunteers of mirth.
The pleasures of the fancy.
The gray-headr.d man, whose actions have se-
cured the approbation of all good men.
The sprig of shillelagh and shamrock so green.
The heart that throbs with love.
The bright tear of woman, that softens man's
breast.
The cot of content and the bosom of love.
To Venus and Bacchus united,
Of whom jolly mortals all boast,
May they to our board oft invited,
Be always the general toast.
The honest Farmer that speeds the Plough-—
May he reap a rich harvest of wealth and con-
tentment.
The joys that flow from friendship and confi-
dence.
The single united, and the united happy.
192 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS,
The Laboring Man — He is the benefactor of
all. and every one ought to do all that may lay
in his power for his welfare.
The Press—the tongue of the country—May it
never be cut out.
The Independent Press—The most important
advantage that a free community can enjoy.
The immortal memory of William Shakspeare.
The Shakspearian clubs all over the world.
The constant swain and virtuous maid—May
they at last be united.
The one thing needful—plenty of chink.
The man that will not merry be,
With a company of jolly boys,
May he be plagued with a scolding wife,
To confound him with her noise.
The Key of Knowledge — May it open the
casket of good, not evil
The purity of love's fountain — May nothing
sully it.
The fountain of love, may it never dry up.
The careful wife, may she never know Care.
The heart of a friend, may it never be worn
by care.
The cock that crows only on his own dunghill,
The satisfaction of never having abused confi-
dence, never compromised our friend's interests,
and never having gone from our word.
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The conservative feeling which we all ought
lo entertain for the ladies.
Treachery in Friendship—May it be punished.
with death.
The bar, the pulpit, and the the stage
The union of faith, hope, and charity.
To the force of beauty may we all bow.-
Though all the world combine against us, may
we always prove true to each other.
The Joys that prolong the Hours of Life —
Hunting, love, and wine.
The first Champion of Commercial Liberty——
De Foe.
True pleasure, may it always be found at
home.
That* which exhilarates the heart and ease*
sorrow—the wine cup.
The Veil of Modesty—May it never be lifted?
by the hand of licentiousness.
The glow of genial friendship and the flow of
social converse, may they be inseparable at the
board.
The man that values freedom dearer than hi*
blood.
The Union—As lasting as the glory of thote
who founded it.
Unity—May it ever be strength.
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234 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
Wise clients and honest lawyers.
When we've sown our wild oats may we reap
a full harvest of peace and enjoyment, unalloyed
by the tares of remorse.
When we say farewell to the world may it be
^without the fear of entering another.
When truth and virtue both entwine,
May heaven make their state divine.
When grief assails the heart, may hope relieve
its care.
When we quit our present berth, may it be for
• one which can neither be bought nor sold.
While peace and plenty is found at our board,
With a heart free from sickness and sorrow,
,May we share with our friends what to-day will
afford,
And let them spread the table to morrow.
When beauty's in distress, may she always
ttneet with liberal protectors.
Woman's true regard, her noblest boon to man.
Wit and Mirth — May they be drowned in
wine.
iu Whatever tongue may ask redress,
Whatever color tints the skin,
Whatever creed each tribe profess,
''*% May we claim every man our kin,
And reach to all the hand that's free,
T» lift thorn up to liberty.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS, 195
Wives, children, and friends.
Wine—True source of every pleasure.
Wine—May it soften grief and assuage sorrow.
While others shake with fear, may we shake
with laughter.
When at hazard, may we always play the sure
game.
Woman's smile and woman's tear—the one to
lenliven, the other to soften the heart of man.
When time prepares to take his flight, may wit
be well sharpened to clip his wings.
When the fiery trial awaits us, may it lead to
scenes of bliss.
When the wife scolds, the house smokes, and
everything goes wrong,
May we always to the bottle go, and chaunt the
merry song.
Woman's Virtue—May it always be the care
of heaven.
When our spirits are out, may we take spirits in.
When we go to our own door, may we be able
to enter without rapping.
When thundering tempests make us shudder,
Or Boreas on the surface rails,
May good direction guide the rudder
And providence attend the sails.
When we meet to enjoy the glass, may w*
let wisely and part friendly.
196 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
When the bosom heaves the siyh,
When the tear o'erflows the eye,
May sweet hope afford relief,
Cheer the heart and calm our grief.
What we undertake, may we persevere in to
the end.
When we are tried in the courts of love, may
we always obtain a verdict.
What is just and honorable.
Your glasses, come, fill np, and rise to my toast,
The true loving wife is an Americans boast,
Here 's her health, and we'll ever caress her,
God bless her! God bless her!
Years of happiness to every benefactor of his
country.
Young ladies' smiles, may they ever gladden
our hearts.
Ye social sons of Caledon,
Wha like to rant and roar, sirs,
Wha like to drink, and laugh, and sing,
And join a pot encore, sirs.
Attentive listen to my toast,
'Twill make you blithe and frisky,
And let it ever be your boastf:
Here Js to pure Highland whiskey.
Youthful Passion — May it ever be kept in
proper restraint.
Yankee Wit—May it never be made use of to
pain the heart of the virtuous.
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Yankee Honesty—May it never be imposed
upon.
Zeal in a good cause, and the want of it in a
bad one.
Zealous hearts and willing hands, to those who
act in a just cause.
May justice overtake oppression.
May we look forward and be pleased, and in
the same humor when we look back.
May the turnpike road to happiness be free
from toll-bars and byways, and furnished with
guide-posts.
May the miser live unfriended, arid die unla-
mented.
May misfortune make us wise.
May the extremities of modes only be imitated
by fools.
May modest dulness always be preferred to
learned arrogance.
May those of high birth always have an humble
mind.
May we never suffer for principles we do not
hold.
May the prison gloom be cheered by the rays
of hope, and liberty fetter the arm of oppression
May vanity be punished with inattention, and
merit be rewarded with respect.
May length of days be crowned with prudence.
198 JfrlTSCETXANEOUS TOASTS.
May we always be in possession of the power
to please.
May we live long and enjoy the providence of
Heaven.
May our looks never be at variance with our
thoughts.
May the good name that is lost be always re*
trieved.
May our pleasures be free from the stings of
remorse.
May we be slaves to nothing but our duty, and
friends to nothing but merit.
May virtue ever direct our actions with respect
to ourselves, justice to those with whom we deal,
mercy, love, and charity to all mankind.
May we strive to avoid law as we do the
devil.
May the new year help to make us old.
Mercy to the vanquished, and punishment to
the rebellious.
May pleasure tempt and virtue move.
May we never rush intrepid to vice.
May the desires of our hearts be virtuous, and
those desires gratified.
May we always command success by deserv-
ing it.
May prosperity ever be the attendant of a hu«
mane and benevolent heart.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. l»
May we always be able to resist the assault***
of prosperity and adversity.
May all men of base principles be abandoned
by their principals.
May the pilot of reason guide us to the harbor
of rest.
May the best day we have seen be the worst
we have to come.
May trade and manufactories be unrestrained
by the fetters of monopoly.
May truth and liberty prevail throughout tho
world.
May we cease to blame the ways of providence.
May those who are first in power be first in
virtue.
May the pleasure of the present meeting be
repeatedly experienced.
May we always rather have an empty bouse
than a bad tenant in it.
May love and honor be inseparable.
May we never gut our fish till we get them.
May we never begin what we cannot end.
May a good man never have a bad child.
May no man ever stand for a rotten corpora-
tion.
May we never be angry or hungry.
May every liar be possessed of a good memory.
200 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we never have a light purse or a heavy
Saeart.
May the artless maid escape the villain'*
snare.
May every man be what he thinks himself
to be.
May we never be quick at learning an ill
lesson.
May hope be our steady sheet-anchor.
May good humor preside when good fellows
meet,
And reason prescribe when 'tis time to retreat.
May we never look up with envy to those
who look upon us with contempt.
May virtuous hearts spend delicious nights.
May our conduct be such as to bear the strictest
scrutiny.
May we always be attached to those who per-
severe in generous endeavors to promote the
welfare of their country.
May we never lose that excellent weapon—a
good tongue.
May the trade of corruption be speedily anni-
hilated.
May the hinges of hospitality never creak.
May every Paul Pry receive a good lashing,
A good ducking, and a good thrashing.
May we never make fools' haste.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 201
May the kind-hearted man never know what
it is to have an enemy.
May we strengthen the weak, give light to the
blind,
Clothe the naked, and be friends to mankind.
May all worthy men walk on the level of
honor and truth.
May we always be possessed of that true peace
of mind, which exists in reason and the accom-
plishment of our duty.
May justice and truth on the forecastle stand,
And religion dictate the word of command.
May we always do good when we can—speak
well of all the world, and never judge without
the fullest proof.
May modesty always increase the beauty of
woman, excuse ugliness, be the attraction of the
heart, and the guard of virtue.
May we never listen to calumny nor hasten to
condemn.
May we in each book let the fair of each nation
Be printed with notes of deserved admiration;
And those whose faux-pas furnish scandal with
data,
Be mention'd at all times amongst the errata.
May every honest exile better his condition by
change of residence.
May we all make sport, but mar none.
202 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we never have cause to weep for hourg that
are gone,
But look with pleasure's brightening eye on those
that are to come.
May we ever love a lass,
And always love a glass.
May the brave man live forever in the record
of fame.
May fools make feasts for the wise to eat,
And the wise make jests for fools to repeat
May we never make a staff to break our own
heads.
May we never put our finger into another
man's pie.
May we never be in want of a good cigar or ft
full glass.
May no errors be found when our accounts are
made up.
May the excesses and vices of great men never
set a ruinous example to their inferiors.
May those that are single get wives to their
mind,
And those that are married true happiness find.
May we atways be happy with little, nor sad
with nothing.
May the conduct of great men be such as to
attract admiration and gain our affection.
May we never brew to treat drunkardi.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 203
May inequality of condition never be a bar to
friendship.
May love ever find out the way to melt the
stony heart.
May the hunter of the woods repair
From the cliase of the fox to the charms of the
fair.
May the coward never wear a blue coat, nor
the hypocrite a black one.
May the tongue be the index of the heart.
May each dull, pedantical, text-spinning vicar
Leave off dry preaching, and stick to his liquor.
May casual mistakes never be construed into
wilful crimes.
May a new-married pair know no other sepa-
ration but death, and divorce be a stranger.
May the defenders of the cross never bo sub-
dued hy the crescent.
May we never speak nor act when urged by
anger.
May he who thinks to cheat another, cheat
himself most.
May the rays of knowledge cheer mankind,
And be to no one point confined.
May the heart that cannot feel a pain never
know a transport.
May every dream of happiness be realized.
Mirth and music, love and wine.
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May you live for forty years, and I be a witness
of it.
My charming girl, my friend and pitcher.
May dead men open the eyes of the living.
May no man's head ache while he comfort*
another.
May he who is an ass, and takes himself to be
a stag, when he comes to leap a ditch find out
his mistake.
May we either say nothing of the absent or
speak like a friend.
May the good that we wish for match what we
have got,
And those be truly content who are pleased with
their lot.
May we always have two strings to our bow.
May we keep our mouth shut, and our eyes
open.
May the sickness of the body ever prove the
health of the soul.
May we ever be home to T.
May evil curses, like young chickens, always
return home to roost.
May hunger never fail of a good cook.
May we gain cash sufficient for praiseworthy
ends,
Just enough for ourselves, and the rest for our
friends.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 205
May we never raise in beauty's frame
The burning blush of guilty shame.
♦ Man's Heart — May it never be the plaything
of passion.
May every trade be bread to an honest man,
though he may happen not to have been bred to
his trade.
| May the American fair ever bestow, on the
gallant defenders of their country, their choicest
smiles and sweetest favors.
May beauty's eye never beam with brightness,
if it beams only to betray.
May the hallow'd name of wife
Bring us rapture, truth, and health:
Her breast our pillow, arms our home,
Her heart our dearest wealth.
May every man lose his nose, who only em-
ploys it to poke into other people's affairs.
My woman, your woman, but not everybody's
woman.
May we never be troubled with those trouble-
some bedfellows—bugs and scolding wives.
May we dare to be generous, dauntless, and gay,
And merrily pass life's remainder away;
Upheld by our friends while our foes we des-
pise,
Then the more we„ are. envied the higher we
rise.
206 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May those who pity the poor never be poverty
struck.
May the enemies of Greece be smothered in
fat.
May those who make long speeches to injure
their country be seized with the cramp in their
tongue.
May every good and careful wife
Be free from jealousy and strife.
May the man who loses one eye in defending
his country, see, with the other, the rogue who
would cheat him hanged.
May envy sink as merit ascends.
May we be supported by honor and honesty,
led by wisdom, and urged by genuine feeling.
May liberality never stumble on ingratitude.
May vice never be suffered to visit the cottage
of innocence.
May he who would plant a thorn in the bosom
of innocence, die in a bed of nettles.
May pleasure never lead us into excess.
May the mask of friendship fall from the coun-
tenance of deceit.
May our coal merchant never turn stationer,
and supply us with slates.
May our journey through life be a volume of
pleasure, and the book well bound at last.
May we never want bread to make a toast
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. <?37
May friendship, life's meridian light,
Beam around our board each night,
Kindle every genial soul,
And handle every flowing bowl.
May our greatest enjoyment be in doing good.
May love never make a slave of the blameless
and faithful heart.
May withering age never dry the tear of love
and joy.
May the world and its measures in all things be
just,
May our friend in all weathers be true to his
trust.
May the mind never be the closet w4iere craft
aud fraud meet. j,j/
May men never put poison in the cup which
heaven gave for health.
May joy and pleasure be found wherever the
glass circulates.
May we oft feel the pleasure and taste the de-
light,
When soft love and music together unite.
May no breast give birth to the vice of decep-
tion.
May no man ever lose his just value or true
self-respect.
The Prince of Portuguese Poets — Camoens.
The Prince of Italian Composers — Paistello.
20S MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The Prince of Tragic Actors—Edmund Keen,
The Prince of Dramatists — Shakspeare.
The Founder of Dramatic Cobtume, and Phi*
losopher of Players—John Kemble.
The Shakspeare of Novelists—Sir Walter Scott,
The Father of Tragedy — iEschylus.
The Inventor of the Stage — Thespis.
The Father of History — Herodotus.
The great Founder of Practical Philosophy-—
Socrates.
The Prince of Sculptors — Phidias.
The Father of Comedy — Eupolis.
The Prince of ancient Painters — Apelles.
The Founder of elegant Comedy — Menander.
The Prince of Orators — Demosthenes.
The Father of Mechanics—Archimedes.
The Prince of Pastoral Poets — Theocritus.
The Father of Latin Comedy — PJautus.
The Father of Pennsylvania—-Win. Penn.
The Father of Modern Harmony — Corelli.
The Prince of Poetical Satirists — Samuel
Butler.
The Poet of the Ladies — Thomas Moore.
The Press — The railroad of the mind, by
which the principles of a free government may
goon travel over the earth.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 209
May the heart never be the depot of secret
oonceit.
May peace, plenty, prosperity and happiness
bless all nations, people, and kingdoms.
May wine give the lover vigor,
Make glow the cheeks of beauty j
Make poets write, and soldiers fight,
And friendship do its duty.
May every honest tailor be as sharp as a needle,
not be addicted to botching, nor ever sheer off
when censured.
May no honest tailor ever be in want of a "bare
bodkin."
May the wrongs of Poland be avenged on her
destroyer.
May we never eat like asses, nor drink like
fishes — live upon herbs, and drink nothing but
water.
May we spend our time pleasantly upon the
open sea.
May we always stand at ease.
May the man who does not love his native
country, neither live, die, nor be buried in it.
May we to the maids we please
Be always ready, stand at ease,
Resign our arms, quit war's alarms,
And dwell in love, and joy, and peace.
May care never embitter our pleasures.
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110 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we never have a treacherous guest for a
lodger.
May the cup of joy go gaily round,
Among a band of brothers,
Where friendship, love, and truth abound,
And we share the bliss of others.
May we always be possessed of power and
wealth, and beauty and health.
May wine be the destroyer of every vice, and
the nurse of every virtue.
May we always be prepared for a better world.
May birth and parentage fall before the en-
nobling smile of beauty.
May we never experience the miseries of bad
fare, bad beds, and gross imposition.
May ability for doing good be equalled by in*
clination.
May we be rich in friends rather than in
money.
May time always enable us to cope with sor-
row.
May gaiety and bravery always go hand-in-
hand.
May woman's voice never be like that of the
mermaid, a prelude to wreck and dismay.
May dimpled innocence and captivating mo»
d«sty always adorn the fair.
May wa thine in beauty icience, and artt.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 211
May we soar on the wings of learning to the
bright sky of fame.
May they whose wives are rather loud at home,
a«ways fly for refuge to that spot where they can
at once find and enjoy the greatest blessings of
life—good company and retirement.
May the foaming horn, the brimming goblet,
and the blood-red wine beguile our cares.
May the shrine of love and friendship be for-
ever hallowed.
May the fiery road of adversity lead to scenes
of bliss.
May the world ever taste the blessings of peace.
May our fortune bud and bloom through life,
unblighted by the mildew of care and poverty.
May envy never obtrude on the raptures of
love.
May constancy always be the attendant of love.
May good humor always pass
Where circulates the cheerful glass.
May we always be able to drown the smart
of love and corroding care in a bumper of wine.
May we with calm bosoms, unconscious of wrong,
All vile miscreants run down who on innocence
prey;
Nor lose sight of virtue in sports or in song,
That our hearts may rejoice at the close of the
* day.
212 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the heart that overflows with charity be
blest.
May mirth always be flowing
While the vine is growing.
May reason rule the world and beauty hold
the sceptre.
May joy and pleasure follow the cares of love.
May the pen of love write the glorious records
of the brave.
May reason and truth gain freedom for all
mankind.
May mirth and joy crown all our hours.
May the forelock of time be seized by mirth,
and may pleasure drown him in the bowl.
May no faction or falsehood ever beguile our
friendship.
May envy never embitter nor divide friend*
ship.
May we have a snug cottage just by the road
side,
And a snug little chaise and a pony to ride;
May we have a snug garden, and at the far end
A snug little arbor to sit with a friend:
There to crack a snug bottle and drive away
care,
And drink to the health of the lovely and fair.
May every lodge stand on the basis of recti-
tude.
May men be joined together by brotherly loyt.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 213
May the souls of jolly fellows always agree it
sentiment.
May love and wit inspire us, and friendship
guard the board.
May every jocund soul partake of the feast of
pleasure.
May we never die without that for which we
were born.
May we never take the shadow for the sub-
stance.
May we, as o'er qpr heads old time steals away,
Have our pleasures renew'd for each coming
day,
Content with the world, despising all pride,
May we ever sit down at our own fireside.
May care be banish'd from our board,
Momus attend it mirthful too,
May humor ope her merry hoard,
And wit be there with all his crew.
May every succeeding night
Like this pass away,
In friendship pure and harmony,
And joy without allay.
May the bard be blest with his bottle and
friend.
May pale calumny never philanthrophy stain,
Nor baleful assertions give rectitude pain.
May love, affection, virtue, and friendship ex-
tlt our children to perfection.
224 MISCETXANEOUS TOASTS.
May hope be our steady sheet-anchor,
And temperate prudence our guide:
May misfortune ne'er give us the canker,
But discretion o'er our actions preside.
May we ever soar superior to our misfortunes,
:.nd never be soul-enslaved.
May our fund never be a sinking one, but may
its stock rise from an exhaustless supply.
May mirth always be our guest, joy attend all
our meetings, and Bacchus bring up the rear.
May every deserving acta* draw immense
draughts on public applause.
May each scene of our lives be harmonious and
fair,
May fortune with us all her benefits share;
May we live and die singing, shall e'er be our
prayer,
So we'll drink to the pleasure of pleasing.
May benevolence spring from the bottle.
May the sons of Anacreon ever entwine
The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine.
May the eye of innocence never be dimmed
by the tear of sorrow.
May we never use cutting satire to cut a friend,
or if we do may that friend cut us.
May the nimble troops of pleasure,
Seal our hours in dancing light,
Peck the day with fancy's pleasure,
Bless our dreams and crown the night
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. *15
May the torch of love burn eternally.
May the virtuous be ever tranquil.
May innocence always be pitied and protected.
. May the man that will not be merry with hii
iass, his friend, and his glass, be obliged to drink
small beer, and not have a penny in his pocket
to buy it.
May every wound be healed by a glass of
good ale.
May the heart-cheering glass give a zest to each
kiss,
For drinking and kissing are pleasures divine,
To love and be loved is a transporting bliss,
So may Bacchus and Venus forever combine.
May we always have a willing hand and a
itrong arm for our country's cause.
May pleasure always be seasoned with honor.
May vexation and care be always given to the
winds.
May we never overleap the bounds of decency,
nor break down the fences of virtue.
May we always think of poverty in our days
of affluence.
May the man be happy that ne'er repines,
Whatever lot his fate assigns.
May we live and die with pleasure.
May the fire of love never be quenched bjr
age, nor the changes of life.
216 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we lose no honor, waste no wealth,
Nor with diseases wound our health.
May we never want drink or money.
May content never fly from tne cottage of love
May indiscretion never destroy nature's favorite
child.
May we nov*w b% a slave to vicious joys.
May we be old in the world, though scarcely
broke from school.
May all our hours be winged with joy.
May Joy always lead the chase, while panting
Care vainly pursues, and Sorrow lags behind.
May love and wit always inspire the toast, and
friendship guard the bowl.
May we never be pained by a late repentance.
May the voice of love never detain, when the
call of duty and honor summons us.
May the swift stream" of virtue sweep away
the foul mud of corruption.
May we never drain the dregs of pleasure's
bowl.
May we never be the inhabitants of a land,
where the law's best fruit is crime.
May we always thrive by ceaseless industry,
and reap gain from honest trade.
May we by commerce achieve wealth and bo
crowned with fortune's choicest favors.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 217
Mirth, money, love, and glory,
A snug house, a pretty wife, and a good story.
May licentiousness be always curbed by the
presence of virtue.
May the brilliant beams of prosperity scatter
the dark mists of adversity.
May odd fellows always have virtue at heart.
May kindness and constancy always be the
pillars of love.
May every bowl be wreathed with the flowers
of the mind.
May we always be able to pay a bill at sight.
May avarice never shrivel up the benevolent
chords of the heart.
May our spirits ever float on the glorious Red
Sea that eternally flows from the bottle.
May we never want a higher Olympus than
the festive board, nor other nectar than the juice
of the grape.
May the sores of calamity be healed by the
plasters of charity.
May mercy and humanity ever be the glory
of Americans.
May we be merry merry here
May you be merry merry there,
For who can tell
Where we may dwell
To be merry another year.
218 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May tii»»re ever be a scarcity of bachelors—old
maids of seventeen—a speedy reverse of trade-
more '* billet doux," and fewer "bills due."
May the joys of home and whiskey be gaily
twisted in the thread of life.
May we by steady driving, and keeping thd
even tenor of our way, safely reach our destina*
tion.
May man always act as the brother of man.
May the good done by men in private be re-
warded in public.
May industry always give us wealth.
May freedom and sweet innocence,
Enlarge the mind and cheer the sense.
May love and friendship charm the soul.
May friendship rivet more firmly the chains
that bind man to man.
May wisdom ever form the fashion.
May the plumb-line and compass, the square,and
the tools,
Direct all our actions in yirtue's fair rules.
May care be a stranger to every jovial soul.
May social mirth ever lend her aid to smooth
.be wrinkled brow of care.
May charity diffuse her blessings to every
comer of the globe.
May peace forever bless this happy land,
And freedom smile throughout Columbia's land.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS 219
May we be ready to pardon as willing to right
May sorrow ever yield to love and peace.
May we ever love our duty, love a friend,
Love truth and merit to defend,
Love beauty and a spotless heart.
And love to take an honest part.
May no true heart ever be the prey of hopeless
love.
May every plumber well understand the art
of spouting.
May we never purchase vice, nor sell virtue.
May we never stoop to lift another's pride.
May worth never be crushed, nor baseness
dignified.
May our summer skies never be clouded.
May affliction never blight the blossom of bliss.
May we never know want—for despair is the
winter of the mind.
May our hours be as pleasant as high roads on
blithe holidays.
May we never be persecuted by fate, memory,
or distress.
May we never barter conscience and honor for
gain.
May the flowing bowl be the grave of sorrow
and care.
May we be content in our loves and friendly
in our cups.
220 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May the night's pleasure never make us forget
the morning's duty.
May our commerce and our wooden walla
never have the rot.
May we ever have more silver in our pockets
than brass on our faces.
May our private actions bear public inspection.
May every lodge the social virtues grace,
And wisdom's rules find there a resting place;
May each subsist in lasting peace,
And may their happiness increase.
May virtue never be oppressed.
May virtue be ennobled.
May virtue always overcome envy.
May honor always be the reward of virtue and
fidelity.
May the envy of an enemy always be an honor
to the envied.
May our desires always obey our reason.
May all our actions be devoid of ostentation.
May we drink good ale, good punch, good wine.
And Jive to the good age of ninety and nine.
May we ever be the same in prosperity and
peril.
May we all love the man that can take up his
glass..
And toast to his friend, and his fair blue eyed
lass.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 221
May truth always combine with taste and
fancy to control, exalt, and refine the passions of
man, till they bend at virtue's shrine.
May we keep the truth at the hazard of our
lives.
May mirth, wit, and humor, dispel the clouds
of care.
May time never weaken true love.
May love never be destroyed by knowledge.
May money never make us false, nor we make
false money.
May we love the man that's frank and kind,
Who meets us when we have a mind,
And sings his song, and drinks us blind,
Such a jovial soul may we always find.
May we always find heart's-ease in the bower
of love.
May woman's wit point every charm, and
brighten every grace.
May the sight of beauty fire every vein, and
warm the coldest heart.
May we be ripe in reason, and rotten in folly.
May we never be possessed of a tongue of
honey with a heart of gall.
May the cup flow with nectar that is pressed
by woman's lip.
May time always improve the warmth of love
and friendship.
222 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we always have enough to be generous,
too much to be poor.
May we the lasting pleasures prove,
Of faithful friendship, faithful love.
May Hymen always smile on the virgin's first
love.
May a kiss ever be the seal of the heart.
May the jovial feast be exalted by mirth, and
checked by moderation.
May the benevolent have plenty, and the miser
be poverty-struck.
May the industrious have protection and en»
couragement.
May despair never chill the true lover's heart
May every vow remain unbroken, and our
friendship be ever true.
May the fond heart never be deceived by the
false smile.
May we with Mom us and the god of wine,
Defy old Care and father Time.
May intrinsic merit never be spurned by scorn
and contempt.
May the scythe of time be dulled by the arrows
of love.
May virtue always be able to conquer vice and
folly.
May genius always beam its radiance from the
stage.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 223
May our conversation always be seasoned with
the true attic salt.
May the stage ever form a school of morals for
Mankind.
I May the drama always have the effect of re*
jforming the morals and improving the mind.
May the drama be the friend of virtue and the
guide of life.
May the world be never more ruled by fierce
Superstition.
May wit never raise a blush on the modest
face of beauty.
May we always wage war with tyranny, when
the oppressed are to be relieved.
May we ne'er forget the immortal poet's line,
"To err is human — to forgive divine."
May superstition never make fools of the wise.
J May honest satire scourge the headlong fool.
i May religion never be treated as a trade.
! May love and wine expand the heart.
May our appetites be obedient to reason.
May reason be our constant guide,
In the paths of truth may we abide.
May Venus never frown, nor Cupid prove mv
(kind.
I May we always endeavor to add honor to the
I fame of our ancestors.
224 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May we ever preserve an equal mind.
May we bear and forbear.
May we always act without words.
May we die rather than live disgraced.
May we never succumb to misfortune, but op-
pose it.
May nature join her riches to the stores of art.
May the roward be always equal to the labor.
May serenity and joy be the ultimate portion
of the distressed and oppressed.
May we be able to support affliction with mag-
nanimity.
May we fear shame, keep our faith, and main-
tain the truth.
May virtue inspire strength, and truth conquer.
May the just man prosper in spite of envy,
hatred and malice.
May we do nothing timidly or rashly.
May we gain regard by good actions.
May all oui actions tend to the benefit of man-
kind at large.
May we suifer only to enjoy.
May we always be forgetful of our own con-
venience, when we can benefit another.
May the man who takes (what is not his own)
be taken, and well shaken into the bargain.
May frivolity never lead to fame.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 225
May we ever be unlimited by guilt.
May our own wishes not so much actuate us
as those of the public.
May the old age of darkness never again en-
velope us in ignorance, sloth, superstition, and
chains.
May every man who sojourns in a hot climate,
find it an agreeable antidote against the coolness
of Lis friends at home.
May honors be the first reward of good deeds.
May we always bear in mind that we were
not born for ourselves alone.
May we always have bachelor's fare—jollity,
fun, and frivolity.
May we always oppose evils in their com-
mencement.
May we always be able to defend that which
our valor and courage has acquired.
May we live and be happy until death rings
the changes.
May the voice of reason dictate our pleasures,
and the hand of moderation guide our enjoyments.
May we always draw upon content for the
deficiency of fortune.
May our consolation in old age, be the recol-
lection of the good deeds of our youth.
May we always dine at the table of friendship,
and drown our cares in a bumper.
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'226 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
May every rnan be steadfast in the right, let
fortune smile or frown.
May we have a child's simplicity with the
strength of a sage.
May we never require more freedom than
tends to public good.
May the bosom of woman ever be the couch
of true affection.
May the hand of friendship be extended freely
to lift up those who have fallen into the quag-
mire of misfortune.
May the cord of sympathy that binds friends
together, never be snapped asunder when poverty
lays his hand on us.
May hope cheer us onward with her smiles,
and never deceive us.
May they who love with constancy, never Jova
hopelessly.
May we always mix wisdom with merriment
May our wives be gentle as doves, loving as
sparrows, but not prating as parrots.
May we be bold as lions, and cunning as foxes
May woman's roseate lip and diamond eye,
Ever beam love, and peace, and purity.
May the frown of envy never obscure the famp
of the brare.
May the influence of female smiles ever give
conquest to the brare.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS. 227
May we be upright in prosperity and in peril.
May we all have what we all want.
The Musician's Toasts.—May a crotchet in
* the head never bar the utterance of good notes.—
May the lovers of harmony never be in want of
a note, and its enemies die in a common chord.
The Surgeons Toast.—The man that bleeds
! for his country.
i The Glazier/s Toast. — The praiseworthy
glazier who takes pains to see his way through
life,
The Greengrocer's Toast.—May we spring
up like vegetables, have turnip noses, reddish
cheeks, and carrotty hair,—and may our hearts
I never be hard like those of cabbages, nor may
we he rotten at the core,
j The Painter's Toast.—When we work in
the wet, may we never want for dryers.
I The Tallow Chandler's Toast.—May we
* make light of our misfortunes, melt the fair when
we press them, and make our foes wax warm in
our favor.
The Hatter's Toast.—When the rogue naps
it, may the lesson be felt.
The Tailor's Toast.—May we always sheer
out of a law suit, and by so doing cut bad com-
L Pany-
[ The Baker's Toast.—May we nerer bo don«
bo much as to make ui crustj.
228 MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
The Lawyer's Toast.—-JVIay the depth of our
potations never cause us to let judgment go by
default.
The Schoolmaster's Toasts.—
Addition to patriots.
Subtraction to office-holders.
Multiplication to the friends of peace.
Division to its enemies.
Reduction to abuses.
Discount to the national debt.
The Pawnbroker's Toast.—When we lend
our cash to a friend, may it be his interest to pay
the principal, and his principle to pay the in-
terest.
The Tailor's Toast.—May we always stick
close to the skirls of a foe, trim well his jacket,
and make him skip off like a flea.
The Servant's Toasts.—
xMay the God above
Send down his love
With knives as well as thistles;
To cut the throats
Of gentlefolks
Who grudge their servants wittals.
Here 's to them that are turned out,
And not to them that turned them out,
We hope to see them turned about;
Those turned in that are turned out,
And the devil turn them inside out,
Tkat lurn'd a fellow-servant out.
MISCELLANEOUS TOASTS.
229
The Irishman's Toast.—Liberty all over the
world, and everywhere else.
The memory of those who fought and bled
with Washington, to secure our glorious consti-
tution.
The glorious memory of our ancestors, who, in
1775 at Bunker Hill, shed their life blood to
establish our liberties.
May the pen and press assist mankind
To make a conquest of the mind.
May our poets only write to calm the passions
and improve the heart.
May we never envy the rich, nor fear the
great.
Fee-simple, and a simple fee, 4
And all the fees in tail,
Are nothing when compared to thee,
Thou best of fees — Female.
I
GOLDEN RULES OF LIFE.
Health.—First study health, with that and pro-
bity you may procure riches; but with riches and
probity alone you never can insure health.
Industry. — Love labor; if you do not want it
for food, you may for physic.
Good Hours.—Avoid night studies, if you would
preserve your health and intellects.
Obstinacy. — He that declines physic till he be
awakened by illness, is bold too long, aiui wise
no late.
Greek and Latin.—-That man must have a
strange value for words, when he can think it
worth his while to hazard the innocence and
virtue of his son for a little Greek and Latin,
whilst he should be laying the solid foundations
of knowledge in his mind, and furnishing it with
just rules to direct his future progress in life.—
Locke.
Temperance.—Let all young people forbear the
use of much wine and strong drinks, as well as
spiced and hot meats : they introduce a preter-
natural heat into the body, and at last hinder and
extinguish the natural.
230
SENTIMENTS.
991
Virtue. — He that looks for content must look
for innocence; for those who fly from the one,
will never obtain the other.
Manners Contagious. — It is certain that either
wise bearing or ignorant carriage is canght, as
men take diseases, one of another, therefore let
men take heed of their company.—Shakspeare.
Real Knowledge. — There is no difference be-
tween knowledge and temperance; for he who
knows what is good and embraces it, who knows
what is bad and avoids it, is both learned and
temperate. But they who know very well what
ought to be done, and yet do quite otherwise, are
ignorant and stupid.—Socrates.
Ridicule, t—The fatal fondness for indulging in
a spirit of ridicule, and the injurious and irrepa-
rable consequences which sometimes attend the
too severe reply, can never be condemned with
more asperity than it deserves ; not to oifeml is
the first step towards pleasing; to give pain is as
much an* oflence against humanity as against
good breeding; and surely it is as well to abstain
from an action because it is sinful, as because it
is impolite.—Dr. Blair.
Anger.—To be angry about trifles is mean and
childish, to rage and be furious is brutish, and to
maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice
and temper of devils; but to prevent or suppress
rising resentment, is wise and glorious, is manly
and divine.— Watts.
232 SENTfMFNTS.
The Present only Ours. — Postpone not for
another day what should be done thisj to-
morrow, even if we be permitted to see it, may
bring its own cares. Remember that one day is
not longer or stronger than another, and that pro-
crastination is the thief of time!
Truth,—They who speak truth, however dis-
covered, have a right to be heard ; they who
assist others in discovering it, have the yet higher
claim to be applauded.—Parr.
Flattery.—The heart has no avenue so open as
that of flattery; which, like some enchantment,
lays all its guards asleep.
The Passions. — The passions are never to be
suppressed, they are to be directed ; and when
directed, rather to be strengthened than subdued.
—E. L. Bulwer.
Honest Pride.—If a man has a right to be proud
of anything, it is of a good action, ^one, as it
ought to be, without any base interest lurking at
the bottom of it.—Sterne.
Sincerity. — Sincerity is the basis of every vir-
tue; the love of truth, as we value the approba-
tion of heaven, or the esteem of the world, should
be cultivated. In all our proceedings, it will
make us direct and consistent. Ingenuity and
candor possess the most powerful charm, they
bespeak universal favor, and carry an apology
for almost every failing.—Dr. Blair.
SENTIMENTS. 233
Importance of Education.—All who have medi-
tated on the art of governing mankind, have been
j convinced that the fate of empires depends on
i the education of youth.—Jlristolle.
Love.—Love is the epitome of our whole duty;
and all the sweetnesses and endearments of
society that cart be, so long as they are lawful
and honest, are not only consistent with it, but
parts and expressions of it.
Friends.—We ought always to make choice of
persons of such worth nnd honor for our friends,
dint, if they should ever cease to be so, will not
abuse our confidence, nor give us cause to fear
them if enemies.
Custom.—Be not so bigoted to any custom as
to worship it at the expense of truth ; all is cus-
tom that goes on in continuity, all customs are
not alike beneficial to us.—Zimmerman.
Dreams. — Put not your faith in dreams, they
are the fumes that rise and war with thought
like wine with sense; the fevered imagination
of a distempered brain, the pegs for superstition
and romance to hang their cloaks on ; and those
who believe in them do but fashion scarecrows
in their minds to drive their reason from pro-
priety, which else might fatten on the seeds of
sense.
« Rashness.—Make no vows of enmity while you
are smarting with a sense of neglect or cruelty;
pain speaks with little propriety.—Zimmerman.
234 SENTIMENTS.
Enthusiasm. — Enthusiasm is a beneficent en-
chantress, who never exerts her magic but to our
advantage, and only deals about her friendly
spells in order to raise imaginary beauties or to
improve real ones. The worst that can be said
of her is. that she is a kind deceiver, and an
obliging flatterer.—Fitzosborne.
Gaming.—I look upon every man as a suicide
from the moment he takes the dice-box despe-
rately in his hand ; and all that follows in his
career from that fatal time, is only sharpening
the dagger before he strikes it to his heart.—
Cumberland.
Woman.—A man cannot possess any thing that
is better than a good woman, nor any thing that
is worse than a bad one.—Simonides.
On Lying.—Lying supplies those who are ad-
dicted to it with a plausible apology for every
crime, and with a supposed shelter from every
punishment. It tempts them to rush into danger
from the mere expectation of impunity, and when
practised with frequent success it teaches them
to confound the gradations of guilt, from the
effects of which there is in their imaginations at
least one sure and common protection. It cor-
rupts the early simplicity of youth, it blasts the
fairest blossoms of genius, and will most as-
suredly counteract every effort by which we may
iiope to improve the talents and mature the vir-
tues of those whom it infects.—Parr'* Discount
on Education.
SENTIMENTS,
235
PassU>7i. — Never suffer your courage to exert
itself in fierceness, your resolution in obstinacy,
your wisdom in cunning, nor your patience in
Bullenness and despair.
Honesty.—A ri^ht mind and generous affection
hath more beauty and charms than all other
symmetries in the. world besides; and a grain of
honesty and native worth is of more value than
all the adventitious ornaments of estates or pre-
ferments.—Shaftesbury.
Good Sense and Judgment. — The figure which
a man makes in life, the reception he meets with
in company, the esteem paid him by his ac-
quaintance; all these advantages depend as
much upon his good sense and judgment, as
upon any other part of his character. Had a
man the best intentions in the world, and were
the furthest removed from all injustice and vio-
lence, he would never be able to make himself
much regarded, without a moderate share at least
of parts and understanding.—Hume.
Duelling.—Were men as jealous of Gods honor
as they pretend to be of their own, they would
soon see the folly and madness of their wild
pursuits of revenge, and learn to forgive as they
expect to be forgiven.
Benevolence.—Benevolence is always a virtuous
principle. Its operations always secure toothers
their natural rights, and it liberally superadds
more than they are accustomed to claim.—Cogan.
236
SENTIMENTS.
Patience. — Suffer without repining, or repine
without suffering. He will do great things who
can avert his words and thoughts from past irre-
mediable evils.—Zimmerman.
No Royal Road to Learning.—When a king
asked Euclid, the mathematician, wliether he
could not explain his art to him in a more com-
pendious manner? he was answered, that there
was no royal way to geometry. Other things
may be seized by might, or purchased with mo-
ney, but knowledge is to be gained only by study,
and study to be prosecuted only in retirement.—
Johnson.
Precept and Example.—Whatever parent gives
his children good instruction, and sets them at
the same time a bad examble ; may be considered
as bringing them food in one hand, and poison
in another.—Balguy.
Endurance of the Evils of Life. — Never let us
wonder at any thing we are born to, for no man
has reason to complain where we are all in the
same condition. He that escapes might have
suffered, and it is but equal to submit to the laws
of mortality. We must undergo the colds of
winter, the heats of summer, the distempers of
the air, and the diseases of the body.—Seneca.
Reputation. — The way to gain a good reputa-
tion is to endeavor to be what you desire to be.—
Socrates.
SENTIMENTS. 237
Pride.—Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and
a great deal more saucy. When you have bought
one flue thing, you must buy ten more, that your
appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier
to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that
follow it.—Franklin.
Titles.—Titles are of no weight with posterity ;
and the name only of a man who has performed
great exploits carries more respect than all the
epithets that can be added to it.— Voltaire.
Love.—There must be some vast and unknown
pleasure in a virtuous love beyond all the mad-
ness of a wild and transient amour.— Watts.
Industry. — There is no art or science that is
too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift
of tongues, and makes a man understood and
valued in all countries and by all nations; it is
the philosopher's stone, that turns all metals and
even stones into gold, and suffers not want to
break into its dwelling; it is the north-west pas-
sage, that brings the merchant's ship as soon to
him as he can desire—in a word, it conquers all
enemies, and makes fortune itself pay contribu-
tion.—Clarendon.
Candor.—The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world, is to be in reality what
we would appear to be; and if we observe, we
shall find that all humane virtues increase and
strengthen themselves by the practice and expe-
rience of them.—Socrates.
238 SENTIMENTS.
Egotism.—Egotism is more like an offence than
a crime, though it is allowable to speak of your*
self, provided nothing is advanced in favor; but
I cannot help suspecting that those who abuse
themselves, are in reality angling for approbation.
—Zimmerman.
Intemperance.—Gluttony is the source of all ouf
infirmities, and the fountain of all our diseases.
As a lamp is choked by a superabundance of oil,
a fire extinguished by excess of fuel, so is the
natural heat of the body destroyed by intempe-
rate diet.—Burton.
Philosophy. — When men comfort themselves
with philosophy, it is not because they have got
two or three sentences, but because they have
digested those sentences, and made them their
own; so upon the matter philosophy is nothing
but discretion.—Selden.
Perfection. — Aim at perfection in every thing,
though in most things it is unattainable; how-
ever, they who aim at it, and persevere, will
come much nearer to it than those whose lazi-
ness and despondency make them give it up a»
unattainable.—Chesterfield.
Of getting a Living.—Let none fondly persuade
themselves that men can live without the neces-
saries of life. He who will not apply himself to
business, evidently discovers that he means to get
his bread by cheating or begging, or else is wholly
void of reason.—Ischomachus.
SENTIMENTS. 239
Our Ignorance of the Value of Time.—It is no
Wonder that when we are prodigal of nothing
else, when we are over thrifty of many things
^ which we may well spare, we are very prodigal
1 of our time, which is the only precious jewel of
which we cannot be too thrifty, because we look
upon it as nothing worth, and that makes us not
care how we spend it. The laboring man and
the artificer knows what every hour of his time
is worth, what it will yield him, and parts not
with it but for the full value.—Clarendon.
Way to Wealth.—The way to wealth is as plain
as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two
) words — industry and frugality; that is, waste
neither time nor money, but make the best us©
of both. Without industry and frugality nothing
will do, and with them every thing.—Franklin.
J Happiness.—
Take Natures path, and mad opinions leave,
All states can reach it, and all heads conceive j
Obvious her goods, in no extreme they dwell,
i There needs but thinking right and meaning well.
Pope.
Jljfability.—In order to render ourselves ami-
able in society, we should correct every appear-
/ ance of harshness in our behaviour, which springs
not so much from studied politeness as from a
-^ mild and gentle heart. Our manners ought to be
■ simple and natural, and of course they will be
I engaging.—Dr. Blair.
240 SEXTmrcSTS.
Caution—Though you have acted witii integ-
rity and circumspection, yet be solicitous about
the consequences; care keeps the moralist con-
tinually awake.—Zimmerman.
A Liar.—He who tells a lie is not sensible how
great a task he undertakes, tor he must be forced
to invent twenty more to maintain that one.—
Pope.
True Nobility.—
Whoe'er amidst the sons
Of reason, valor, liberty, and virtue,
Displays distinguished merit, is a noble
Of Nature's own creating. Thomson.
How to Live on good Terms with the World. —
Every great genius seems to ride upon mankind 4
like Pyrrhus on his elephant; and the way to
have the absolute ascendant of your resty nag
and to keep your seat, is, at your first mounting,
toalTord him the whip and spurs plentifully, after
which you may travel the rest of the day with
great alacrity : once kick the world, and you live
together at a reasonable good understanding.-—
Swift.
Litigation. — If it be possible, live peaceably
with all men.
Government.—A man must first govern himself
ere he be fit to govern a family; and his family
ere he be fit to bear the government in the com-
monwealth.—Sir Walter Raleigh.
SENTIMENTS. 241
Argument—Upon the points in which we dis-
sent from each other, argument will always se-
cure the attention of the wise and good ; whereas
invective must disgrace the cause which we may
respectively wish to support.—Parr's Letter.
Supper.— In general mankind since the im-
provement in cookery eat about twice as much
as nature requires. Suppers are not bad if we
have not dined, but restless nights naturally fol-
low hearty suppers after full dinners. Indeed,
as there is a difference in constitutions, some rest
well after meals, it costs them only a frightful
dream and an apoplexy; after which they sleep
till doomsday. Nothing is more common in the
newspapers than instances of people, who, after
eating a hearty supper, are found dead abed in
the morning.—Franklin.
Contentment.—Climb not too high, lest you fall;
nor lie on the ground, lest you be trampled on.
Consider yourself as safest when your own legs
bear you.—Dr. John Hammond.
Gratitude.—Gratitude is always a virtue, and
it is a virtue which ennobles both the object and
the subject. The object by the acknowledgment
of his benevolence, and the subject by manifest-
ing the amiablness of a grateful heart through the
medium of its self-abasement. It is a token of
humility, highly honorable to the recipient of a
benefit, and a delicate act of justice highly honor-
able to the benefactor.—Cogarit Ethical Quest.
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242 SENTIMENTS.
Credit.—The most trifling actions that afFect a
mans credit are to be regarded. The sound of
your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at
night, heard by a creditor makes him easy six
months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-
table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when y«u
should be at work, he sends for his money tlte
next day.—Franklin.
Justice.—Oppress not the poor, and defraud not
of his hire the laboring man When thou sellest
for gain, hear the whimperings of conscience, and
be satisfied with moderation, nor from' the igno-
rance of the buyer take advantage to thyself.
Hope and Fear.—In all thy desires let reason
go before thee, and fix not thy hopes beyond the
boundaries of probability, so shall success attend
thy undertakings, and thy heart shall not be
vexed with disappointments.
Common Sense.—Fine sense and exalted sense
are not half so valuable as counmon sense. There
are forty men of wit for one man of sense ; and
he that will carry nothing about him but gold,
will be every day at a loss for want of readier
change.—Pope.
Youth and Jge.—As I approve of a youth that
has something of the old man in hirn, so Jam no
jess pleased with an old man that has something
of the youth. He that follows this rule may be
old in body, but can never bo so in mind.—
Cicero.
SENTIMENTS,
243
Love. — Shut not thy bosom to the tenderness
of love, the purity of its flame shall ennoble thy
heart, and soften it to receive the warmest im-
pressions—Economy of Human Life.
Dress.—Let women paint their eyes with tints
of chastity, insert into their ears the word of God,
and adorn their whole person with the silk of
sanctity and the damask of devotion ; let them
adopt that chaste and simple, that neat and ele-
gant style of dress, which so advantageously dis-
plays the charms of real beauty, instead of those
preposterous fashions, and fantastical draperies
of dress, which, while they conceal some new
defects of person, expose so many defects of
mind, and sacrifice to ostentatious finery, all
those mild, amiable, and modest virtues, by which
the female character is so pleasingly adorned.—
Tertullian.
Inquiry. — II is a shameful thing to be weary
of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.
—Cicero.
The Waste of Time.— Pastime is a word that
should never be used but in a bad sense; it is
vile to say such a thing is agreeable, because it
helps to pass the time away.—Shenstone.
Passion —The hasty acts and passionate words
of a weak man, were they to rise up in judgment
against him, and an ill-natured judge be suffered
to mark in this manner what has been done
amiss, what character so unexceptionable as to
be able to stand befora him.—Sterne** Sermon*.
244
SENTIMENTS.
Instruction.—Ladies, some of them of the first
quality, heretofore have been so far from thinking
it any abasement to charge themselves with the
instruction of their own children, that, to their
immortal honor, they have made it part of their
business to assist in that of other people's. These
high examples should prevail with the ladies of
our age, to employ some of their vacant hours
and pains, if not on others, at least on their own
offspring.
Contentment. — Content converts every thing
near it to the highest perfection it is capable of.
It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with
all the properties of gold; it heightens smoke
into flames, flame into light, and light into glory:
a single ray of it dissipates pain, care, and me-
lancholy from the person* on whom it falls. In
short its presence naturally changes every place
into a kind of heaven.—Spectator.
One Business enough.—To know one profession
only is enough for one man ; and this (whatever
the professors may tell you to the contrary), is
soon learned. Be contented, therefore, with one
good employment; for if you understand two at
a time, people will give you business in neither.
—Goldsmith.
Servants.—If the master take no account of
his servants, they will make small account of
him, and care not what they spend, who are
never brought to an audit.—Fuller.
SENTIMENTS. 245
Card Playing. — There is nothing that wears
out a fine face like the vigils of the card table,
and those cutting passions which naturally attend
them. Hollow eyes, haggard looks, and pala
complexions, are the natural indications of a fe-
male gamester ; her morning sleeps are not able
to repay her midnight watchings.—Guardian.
Slotk.—Sloth makes all things difficult, but in-
dustry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot
all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at
night: while laziness travels so slowly, that
poverty soon overtakes him.—Franklin.
Confidence.—Trust him with little, who without
'>roofs trusts you with every thing—or when he
lias proved you, with nothing.—Lavater.
Delusion.—Examine as long as you please the
i;oods of the world, and you will always find
them much more desirable than really they are
till you have enjoyed them. Examine likewise
all the evils, and you will still find them to be
feared beyond what they ought to be, till you
have made the experiment.
Flattery. — To say more of a man than one
thinks, with a prospect of interest, is dishonest;
and without it, foolish. And whoever has had
success in such an undertaking, must, of necessity,
at once think himself, in his heart, a knave for
having done it, and his patron a fool for having
believed it.—Pope.
246 SENTIMENTS.
Perseverance.— Because you find a thing very
difficult, do not presently conclude that no man
can master it; but whatever you observe proper,
and practicable by another, believe likewise
within your own power.
Ambition.—When a man's desires are bound-
less, his labor is endless; they will set him a
task he can never go through, and cut him out
work he can never finish. The satisfaction which
he seeks is always absent, and the happiness he
aims at ever at a distance. He has perpetually
many things to do, and many things to provide;
and that which is wanting never can be num-
bered.—Balguy.
Experience.—The Scotch have a proverb that a
man at forty is either a fool or a physician, and
of a truth it is so, our own observations being the
best recipes.
Education.—He that makes his son worthy of
esteem by giving him *a liberal education, has a
far better title to his obedience and duty than
he that gives him a large estate without it.—
Socrates.
Contentment. — Alas, if the principles of con-
entment are not within us, the height of station
and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to
a mans stature as to his happiness.—Sterne.
Industry. — As the sweetest rose grows upon
the sharpest prickle, so the hardest labors bring
fortk the sweetest profit.
SENTIMENTS. 247
Grealners and Ingratitude.—As he that can re-
yenge an injury and will not, discovers a great
and magnanimous soul ; so he that can return a
kindness and dare not, shows a mean and con-
^ ternptible spirit.
Time. — Hours have wings and fly up to tha
Author of time, and carry news of our u<age ; alL
our prayers cannot entreat one of them to return,
or slacken his pace ; the ill-usage of every minute
is a new record against us in Heaven.—Zimmer-
man.
Our Natures.—If we did not take great pains,
and were not at much expense to corrupt our
nature, our nature would never corrupt us.—
Clarendon.
Enterprise.—The wise and active conquer dif-
ficulties by daring to attempt them. Sloth and
folly shiver and shrink at the sight of toil and
hazard, and make the impossibility the fear.
4 Method.—The likeliest way to thrive is method
( in business, and never to do that by another that
! you can conveniently do yourself.
I To-Morrow.—To-morrow is still the fatal time
I when all is to be rectified ; to-morrow comes, it
goes, and still I please myself with the shadow,
whilst I lose the reality, unmindful that the pre-
' sent time alone is ours, the future is yet unborn,
■*, and the past is dead, and can only Uveas parents
in their children, in the actions it has produced.
24S SENTIMENTS.
Controversy.—All controversies that can never
end had better, perhaps, never begin. The best
is to take words as they are most commonly
spoke and meant, like coin as it most currently
passes, without raising scruples upon the weight
of the alloy, unless the cheat of the defect be
gross and evident.—Sir W. Temple.
Friendship.—Friendship supplies the place of
every thing to those who know how to make a
right use of it; it makes your prosperity more
happy, and your adversity more easy.
Rules of Secrecy.—Never solicit the knowledge
of a secret: nor willingly, nor without many
limitations, accept such confidence when it is
offered. When a secret is once admitted, consi-
der the trust as of a very high nature—important
as society, and sacred as truth, and therefore not
to be violated for any incidental convenience or
slight appearance of contrary fitness.—Johnson.
Error.—A man should never be ashamed to
own he has been in the wrong, which is but
saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day
than he was yesterday.—Pope.
Expenditure. — Let not thy table exceed the
fourth part of thy income; see thy provision be
solid and ntet far fetched—fuller of substance than
art; be wisely frugal in thy preparation, and
freely cheerful in thy entertainment: too much,
26 ranityj enough, a feast
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Poverty.—It. is an ill thing to be ashamed of
one's poverty, but much worse not to make use
of lawful endeavors to avoid it.—Thucydides.
Importance of Time. — Those who know the
value of human life, know the importance of a
year, a day, and even an hour; and these, when
spent amid the full enjoyment of the vital func-
tions, of how much importance to our whole ex-
istence! It is, therefore, an eternal and irrepa-
rable loss when time is not enjoyed as it ought
to be.—Sterne.
Woman.—The prevailing manners of an age
depend more than we are aware of, or are will-
ing to allow, on the conduct of women; this is
one of the principal things on which the great
machine of human society turns. Those who
allow the influence which female graces have in
contributing to polish the manners of men, would
do well to reflect how great an influence female
morals must also have on their conduct. How
much then is it to be regretted that women should
ever sit down contented to polish when they are
able to re form t — to entertain when they might
instruct. Nothing delights men more than their
strength of understanding when true gentleness
of manners is its associate : united, they become
irresistible orators, blessed with the power of
persuasion, fraught with the sweetness of instruc-
tion, making woman the highest ornament of
human nature.—Dr. Blair.
*50 SENTIMENTS.
Injuries Revived.—Who, without call or office
industriously recalls the remembrance of past
errors, to confound him who has repented of
them, is a villain.—Lavater.
Fear.—If you mean to escape your creditor or
enemy, avoid him not.—Ibid.
Impertinence.—Receive no satisfaction for pre
meditated impertinence: forget it, forgive it, bul
keep him inexorably at a distance who offered
it.—Ibid.
Address.—As a man's salutation so the total of
his character; in nothing do we lay ourselves so
open as in our manner of meeting and saluting.—
Lavater.
Good Breeding.—A man's own good breeding
is the best security against oilier people's Hi
manners.— Chesterfield.
How to Learn.—Be not ashamed to ask if you
doubt; but be ashamed to be reproved for the
siame fault twice.—Earl of Bedford.
Caution.—Remember the Divine saying, "Hf
that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life."
Gratitude. — Who in receiving a benefit esti
mates its value more closely than in conferring
one, shall be a citizen of a better world.—
Lavater.
Wills.—What you leave at your death let it bi
without controversy, else the lawyers will b«
your heirs.—Frances Osborne.
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Saving. — If you would be wealthy think of
saving as well as of getting. The Indies have
not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are
greater than her incomes.—Franklin.
Caution.—If at any time you are pressed to do
a thing hastily, be careful; fraud and deceit are
always in haste ; diffidence is the right eye of
prudence.
Friendship.—Thou may'st be sure that he that
will in private tell thee thy faults is thy friend,
for he adventures thy dislike, and doth hazard thy
hatred ; for there are few men that can endure
it; every man, for the most part, delighting in
self-praise, which is one of the most universal
follies that bewitcheth mankind.—Sir W. Raleigh.
Perfection.—He that seeks perfection on earth
leaves nothing new for the saints to find in
heaven.—Frances Osborne.
Independence. — To be truly and really inde-
pendent is to support ourselves by our own ex-
ertions.—Porter.
Duelling.—Duelling, as a punishment, is absurd,
because it is an equal chance whether the pun-
ishment fall upon the offender or the person of-
fended ; nor is it much better as a reparation, it
being difficult to explain in what the satisfaction
consists, or how it tends to undo injury or to
afford a compensation for the damage already
sustained.—Paley.
252 SENTIMENTS.
Of Punishments.—There are dreadful punish-
ments enacted against thieves; but it were much
better to make such good provisions, by which
even every man might be put in a method how v
to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal ne-
cessity of stealing, and dying for it. — Sir T.
More.
Thoughts. — A man would do well to carry a
pencil in his pocket, and writedown the thoughts
of the moment. Those that come unsought for
are commonly the most valuable, and should be
secured, because they seldom return. — Lord Bacon.
Memory.—Suffer not tby memory to rest, she
loves exercise, and grows with it; every day
commend something notable to her custody; the
more she receives the better she keeps: and
when you have trusted anything to her care, let
it rest with her awhile, then call for it again,
especially if it be a fault corrected. — Earl of
Bedford.
Injustice and Tyranny.—Of all injustice that is
the greatest which goes under the name of the
law; and of all sorts of tyranny the forcing of
the letter of the law against the equity is the
most insupportable.—Sir R. L Estrange.
Correction.—He who is loved and commands
love when he corrects, or is the cause of uneasi-
ness, must be loveliness itself; and he who can
love him in the moment of correction is the most
amiable of mortals.—Lavater.
SENTIMENTS. 253
On the use of Money and the World.—Know
well your incomings, and your outgoings may be
better regulated. Love not money nor the world ;
use them only and they will serve you; but if
you love them you serve them, which will debase
your spirits.— William Penn.
Rank and Dignity. — Never believe that rank
necessarily includes superiority whilst there is a
single scoundrel near the throne; or that the
multitude are without dignity whilst a solitary
individual i3 to be found who proudly worships
at Reason's shrine.—Zimmerman.
Temperance.—Our physical well-being — our
moral worth—our social happiness—our political
tranquillity, all depend upon the control of our
appetites and passions, which the ancients de-
signed by the cardinal virtue of temperance.—
Burke.
Goodness and Happiness. — Goodness does not
more certainly make men happy than happiness
makes them good. We must distinguish between
felicity and prosperity—for prosperity leads often
to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the
course is then over—the wheel turns round but
once, while the reaction of goodness and happi-
ness is perpetual.— W. Savage Landor.
Caution. — Open your mouth and purse cau-
tiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation
shall, in repute at least, be great.—Zimmerman.
254 SENTIMENTS.
Treachery.—He who has opportunities to in-
spect the sacred moments of elevated minds, and
seizes none, is a son of dullness ; but he who
turns those moments into ridicule will betray
with a kiss, and in embracing, murder.—Lavater.
On Discourse.— Such as thy words are, such
will thy affections be esteemed ; and such will
thy deeds as thy affections ; and such thy life as
thy deeds.—Socrates.
Promises.—Take heed what yon promise, see
that it be just, and honest, and lawful, and what
is in your power honestly and certainly to per-
form ; and when you have so promised, be true
to your word.—Sir Matthew Hale.
Vanity.—The mouth of a wise man is in his
heart, the heart of a fool is in his mouth, because
what he knoweth or thinkefh he uttereth. —
Solomon.
SENTIMKVTS.
Health.—Health more to be desired than life,
is a truth not contradicted by that maxim—"The
end is better than the means;" for I hold not
health to be subordinate to life, but life to health
* —being is the means, and well-being is the end.
Repentance.—To grow good, or cease to be bad,
should be our sole employ from the time the re-
solution is made until that awful period when
we are to become neither.—Zimmerman.
Monement for Injuries.—Till that period arrives
when justice changes its nature, atonement for
injuries cannot be disgraceful but honorable.—-
Zimmerman.
Eating and Drinking.—The luxurious live to
eat and drink, but the wise and temperate eat
and drink to live.—Plutarch.
Argument.—It is an excellent rule to be ob-
served in all disputes, that men should give soft
words and hard arguments; that they should not
4 so much strive to vex as to convince an enemy.
—Bishop Wilkins.
True Nobility. — There is no nobility like to
that of a great heart, for it never stoops to arti-
fice, nor is wanting in good offices where they
are seasonable.—Gracian.
True Friends.—Great and good men will look
for their characters in the writings and precepts
of philosophers j for they know very well that
wise books are always true friends.
256 SENTIMENTS.
Fame.—If we would perpetuate our fame of
reputation, we must do things worth writing, 01
write things worth reading.
Dress.—The little soul that converses no higher
than the looking-glass and a fantastic dress, may
help to make up the show of the world, but
must not be reckoned among the rational inhabi-
tants of it.—Dr. Fuller.
Laudable Pursuits.—To be ever active in laud-
able pursuits is the distinguishing character of a
man of merit.—Tatler.
Behavior.—There is something which can never
be learned but in the company of the polite ;
the virtues of men are catching as well as their
vices ; and your own observations added to those,
will soon discover what it is that commands at-
tention in one man and makes you tired and dis-
pleased with the discourse of another.
Ingratitude.—Ingratitude is a crime so shame-
ful that there was never yet one found that
would acknowledge himself guilty of it.
Virtue and Vice* — Vice is infamous, though in
a prince; and virtue honorable, though in a pea
sant.—Addison.
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