...recently held in Dubuque, a toast to the United States of America brought forth the following patriotic response from Mr. John Morrison.
We are proud of being Scotchmen, but doubly proud of being Americans also. Proud of Scotland, that never was conquered, and proud of the United States that can never be conquered, either by foreign foes or domestic traitors. We love our native country; and you native Americans and others appreciate our love of country, for year after year you associate with us around this festive board, where we meet in honor of the plough-boy poet. But our love of our native land does not diminish our love of the United States, and now we are more proud of her than ever before, because we have more reason to be proud of her. Heretofore our national song was true only in part, but hereafter, or at least very soon, we can sing with redoubled pleasure and without reservation, that heart stirring song of the “Land of the Free and the Home of the brave.”
[Dubuque Times.
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, February 6, 1864
We are proud of being Scotchmen, but doubly proud of being Americans also. Proud of Scotland, that never was conquered, and proud of the United States that can never be conquered, either by foreign foes or domestic traitors. We love our native country; and you native Americans and others appreciate our love of country, for year after year you associate with us around this festive board, where we meet in honor of the plough-boy poet. But our love of our native land does not diminish our love of the United States, and now we are more proud of her than ever before, because we have more reason to be proud of her. Heretofore our national song was true only in part, but hereafter, or at least very soon, we can sing with redoubled pleasure and without reservation, that heart stirring song of the “Land of the Free and the Home of the brave.”
[Dubuque Times.
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, February 6, 1864
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