  The following Campaign Song was written by Samuel Copp, Esq., aged 75 years, for the “Lincoln and Hamlin Club” of Stonington, Conn., a place rendered memorable by the gallant repulse of a naval attack by the British, on the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of Aug., 1814, in which four days’ contest Mr. Copp took a part. The original song is furnished to us by the author’s friend, Samuel C. Brewster, Esq.: What mean the joyful shouts that ring So gladly through the air? A better day is opening— A day all bright and fair! Lincoln and Hamlin, wise and great, Our star-lit standard bear Triumphant to the helm of State, And these their heralds are. They rise, from hamlet, city, town, From high-souled men and free, Who shout aloud as they strike down Misrule’s dark tyranny! From Bunker’s Hill and Lexington, Hark! how the anthems rise; From Groton’s heights and Stonington Their echoes reach the skies! They roll from the Atlantic shore, O’er mountain, plain, and glen, To where the vast Pacific’s roar Proclaims the loud Amen! From where Superior rolls her flood, From where Saint Lawrence flows, They peal along, o’er dale and wood, These shouts go up from men of might, Of heart and principle; Sure conquerors in a righteous fight, Truth is invincible! Lincoln and Hamlin!—honest, great— The spangled banner bear In triumph to the helm of State! We hail their entrance there! |
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