Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-23
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V.t.. ehildssn e the who said,
IAN are born ftss': --shsis spiriss co~s
Deek - de places whsre 'hey o'sd
In fsssdo.'s holy marsyfio'n,
Asd asd yoss sleeping on their graves,
Ard bukxing shers your chains, ~ slaves:
Av-sl.v., II slaves. Whist, sleep 70 YET,
And dream Of freedom, while ~ sleep!
Ay-dseam, while savery's foot Is set
So snsiy On your nscks,-whiie deep
Tbs ei..in hsr quivsrins As.a eniures,
Claws, like q cancer, into yours.
Hss: say 70 that I've falsely spoken,
Calling - slaves Then prove ys'fe not:
Wesk . free prsss:-- SEQ il bsokes:
Ssand, 70 defend is:---ys'N 10 shos.
Oyss: bus people should not dare
Print what shs sososherhooi' will nos bear:
Then from your lips let words Of grace,
Cleaned from The Holy Bibles pages,
Fall, chile ys'rs pleading M . race
whess blood has flowed ,hro' chains for ages;
Asd pssy---'Losd, les thy hinsf'o" come"
And ses il ys'se not stricken dumb.
Yes, mon Of God ye may not speak
A, BY shs Word Of God, ys'ss bidder;
BY ne pssss'd lip,--she bisnehins cheek,
Ye feel yousselvss rebuked and chidden:
Ard IL ys'rs not cast out, ye fear il:
AID Why ?---sThs breshsrn' will not bsas IT,
8ises then, through pulpit, or through pssss,
To prove pour freedom ys'rs NOS able,
Co,--Iiks shs Of Risassousnesss
Dy wise men honorsd,--sO a stable!
Dssd Mere 70 Ijbeny your knee!
8ay ekere shas God made all men free!
Even sAsss,---sss Fsssd on,'s ye've plishsed,
Ere AZ her Eoss ye'vs caught glimpse,
Even shese, fires informal lighted,
And ys'ss driven ous by Slavey's imps.
An, 1850 psssecosed they
TIE prophets Of former day:
Go, shsn, and build yourselves hall,
To provo - slaves, bus men:
wriss 'FssxOon' ON is towering wall:
Bapsiss 10 in the name Of PESS;
And give Is u Her holy cause,
Beneath tho Ass Of her Jaws:
Within. let Fresdom's anthem swell;
And, while yous hearts begin IN shrob,
And burn within you---llark--the Yell
The sosch---shs torrent Of the Mos!
Thsy'ss slsvsry's srnops shas sound you sweep,
And leave your hall a smosderins heap:
A. siavsry's bsct. tho prayers 70 urge
On you: own ssrvapss, shrusgh The door
OF your Own senate, that the seoufgs
May cash your brothers. back no more
Are ssamplsd underneath shsir feet,
While 70 stand praying in shs street:
Al slavery's beck, 70 send your sons
To hunt down Indian wives and maids,
Doomed 70 the lash---Yss, and sbsir boSsss
Whssning mid swamPs and everglades,
Whore no friend goes give stsm graves,
Prove hat 70 are not slsvssy's slaves.
Al slavssy's beck, tho very hands
W lils % heaven, TO swear ys'rs ffes,
Will break truce, % seize The lands
OF Seminole Cherokee
Yes---ssar . dag, that Tartar hosdes
Respects, and shield il with their swords.
Vengeance is thine, Almighty Cod
To pay is hath thy Justice bound sI,ee;
Even sow, ! SO sisee take shy rod:
Thy shu,s,,srs, ie.sbed and growing round thee;
Slip sism not yes, in merey---Deign
Thy wrath yet longer 70 restrain.
Or---Iss sAy kimsiom, slavery, Gomez
I.es church, lot Stats receive Thy chain
Let pulpit, press, and hall bs dussb,
IL % sshs brOIhesood' ofdain---
The Mus9 her Indignant spirit
Shall still speak ous land mon shall hear it.
Yss :--.whi1o as Concord, there's . sso"e
That she car strike her fire from sill;
While shsss's . shaft At Lexington,
Or half q ono Bunksr's Hill,
There shall she stand and strike her Tyre
And ssssh and Freedom shall stand BY hsr
Rot should she thence by ,nobs Be driven,
For pursr heights she'll plume hef wing
Spuraimg . land Of slaves, % beaver
She'll soar, whore she can safely sing
God Of ous fathers, speed her shisher---
God Of stss frse,---les me 60 with her: