The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-25
The Amaxons in the Legislature.

With firm, untrembling, martial step,
They passed within the door,
And boldly on that platform stood
The legislative floor.
Yes, boldly stood that Vigorous band
Of women spruce and bright,
Resolved to vindicate that day
Their majesty and might;
Resolved, with nerve Of triple bfass,
To prove it ne 'er was right
To take a glass, and blind yourself
By doubling your eyesight.
Aye, boldly stood that radiant group,
No tremor in their breasts,
Before the public gaze that day,
To speak their high behests.
With unabashed front they stood,
And, with unfinching ken,
Stared pitilessly on that mob
OF modest, blushing men.
With gathered brow and flashing eye,
And little nose diated,
They sternly said they must be heard,
And certain things be stated
Here stand we, Legislators all,
Before your august mugs,
And claim protection for our homes,
Hearthstones and Waterways
Protection for our firesides,
Old well and oaken bucket
Relief from rum, and succOr for
The suckers who would suck it.
1--WE tell you that our husbands, and
Our brothers, sons and fathers,
Will take the nasty stuff just like
Their rummy old grandfathers.
1.-THE constitution, we announce,
Will be endangered quite,
If men continue thus to get,
In their low language-tight.
1--WE tell you, if this thing goes on,
All virtue it will throttle,
That men will cease to hug their wives
Hug only their rum bottle.
"We tell you, when we want kiss
From husband or from lover,
We will not have a scOrching nose
Laid on one cheek or t'other.
" We will not at our tables, stead
OF nOsegays in vase,
Have noses with grog-blossoms there
All in floral blaze.
" We tell you that this game must be
At once forever blocked;
We will not see immortal men
Become what they call-cock'd.
i" We tell you that there's not crime
Committed in society
That You can't trace, by hook or crook,
To rum and inebriety.
I" No! there is not single throat,
Cut clean from ear to ear,
But you will find twas sliced by rum,
Or else by lager bier.
4" Then, legislators, to your posti
Arrest this dreary slaughter
Let men, like guileless beasts and birds,
Drink naught but sinless water.
" We tell you that the universe
The awful deed will rue.
II men who bear the stamp divine
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" We tell You the millennium,
With all the world in clover,
Will never come if men thus get
What they call-half seas over.
[" To Heav'n VIC raise our hand to-day,
Extend and high uplift it,
And tell you that this land you must
OF all rum sellers sift it.
I" Here stand we in this hall Of State,
And where we stand we cry,
That grog no longer of this realm
Shall make one vast-pigstye.
" Here, midst your wisdom aggregate,
And in our shrillest tone,
We tell you that we witness things
Would melt hard grindstOne.
/" We pierce the sky with clam'rous dole;
We tell you we are martyrs,
And must be, If you let these men
Get tighter than our garters.
"Up! up, then! legislators, up!
Up! up! for glorious water;
up up! as each one values here
His nanny, wife or daughter.
/" up! up your mighty bosom seize!
Your legislative broom!
Sweep all the liquor men away
Like dirt from out room.
" Go forth 90 forth! It's our behest,
With crowbar, club and mallet;
Knock all the bungs out, staye the casks
OF brandy, rum or claret."
They wheeled about, they walk'd straight out
They shook their little bodies,
To think they'd triumph DER mankind.
His rum, and all his toddies.
The Legislators silly looked,
All standing there together,
Like sheep Just snubbcd III some way by
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