The true Democrat., 1856-01-08
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A mantle or the antique style,- Which, waving gently, backward swung, Or slowly forward swayed the while. His head was bare; ;-his feet were shod With sandals dust -stain'd, torn and old. Voiceless and still the Figure stood, Nor name nor chosen mission told. In death-pains: at his feet reclined An Aged Man, with snowy hair, Who clutched within his palsied hand The Record of the Dying Year. The Old Man, speaking, feebly said, ''Oh, Time, my life's account behold !" The Figure, stepping, slowly read TheSsniIwords, inscribed upon the scroll: 4 Ia far of lands, beyond the sea-
 In countries of the East,- Grim Wars red handed soldiery
 In battle- feast. The Bear growls fiercely in the North,- The British Lion roars,- The Gallic Eagle, in the South,
 With crest upliftcd scars. The Crescent's horns are fill'I with blood,-
  Dark Danube, on his ebon flood,
 Bears ocean-ward the dead. The cannon of Sebastopol
 Belch death-shots on their track,- The wide-mouth'd guns without the wall Send death- shots crashing back. At sea, ,-on field,-from city wall, ,-
 Terrific thunders roar, And over Europe, like pail,
 The clouds of battle low'r. The people fight,-the people die,-
 And fight and die for nought, For royal vampyres must enjoy
 What plebian blood has bought. Although the crimson tide of war
 Sweeps not the Western World, Yet Discords brands are blazing here
 And Treason's flag 5 unfurl'd. Fanatics of the Northern States,
 Led on by traitor knaves, Are leagu'd to rob Us of our rights
 And make free Southrons slaves. Their host is marshalld for the fght- Their clans are in array More dreful than the storm at night,
 Or hurricane by day. While thus menaced by Northern hordes, Shall Southerners be still Avoiding foemen, shall our swords
 Pierce friendly hearts and kill By blind intolerance led astray,-
 By prejudice urged on, Shall we our Cath'lic brothers slay,- Blood kinsmen, Southern born Or sbal we on the exile turn,
 Of him serf to make, And from our shores the wand Ter spurn, Or make him bear the yoke? The patriots of the olGen time,-
 Our fathers wise and true,- Bethought them not of creed or cline, As baser souls may do. No narrow dogma governed then,-
 No test of faith or birth;- The motto of those god-like men
 Was,- Equals All on Earth" And when that declaration went
 To groaning ones abroad, It seemed a heav'nly missive sent,- missive fresh from God. Then they whose hearts erewLilc werc crush'd And spirtless and sad, Swift, at our fathers bidding, rushed To liberty. crusade. They fought on freedoms ev'ry feld,- They freely fought and bled,- And with their bloody labors sealed The compact they had made. Now, when their children come to us And sue for rights like ours, Oh, can we tell them, May, ye must Have none of freelnen's powrsl" Let Yankee traitors raise the cry 'Gainst place of birth h,-'gainst creed ,- The Southerner has sympathy
 For cv'ry man in need. This land of ours is very good,-
 lis boundaries are wide,- Our hearts are kind our feelings broad As this, our land of pride. To men of ev'ry faith and race,-
 To wealChy and to poor,- We offer welcome and place
 Of refuge evermore. The South has need of ev'ry arm,
 And every honest heart, To shield her chcrish'd rights from harm And traitors blows avert. Oh Southern men, be firm of heart,
 And be ye all as one:-- United, triumph, as ye ought,--
 Divided, be undone. As hs who has from battle fled
 Lives infamous for aye, So let the discord- makers need
 Bedeathess infany!" Right suddenly, the dropping sand Ceased falling in the Figures glass; Down swept the scythe in his right hand The Old Man, shrieking, brcathed his last. And as he died, Youth stood near And wept in silence o'er his corse. To him Time said, ,-"All hail, New Year! In life and health and strength rejoice In Spring time, wreath thy brow with fow'rs; In Summer, weave a leafy crown;- In Autumn, sigh heath naked bow's;- In Winter, dying, lay thee down." 1h, cock, loud growing overhead, Announced the birth of New Year's Day. The weirdly Figure disappeared;- The Youth went forward on his way. THE KNOW NoTHINGs DENATIoNAL1zEI he Detroit Free Press we'll remarks: "All possibility of the Know Nothings oming a national party was destroyed by ction of the late convention of delegates of rder, from most of the northern States, hele insinnati. That action as to slavery was, t ,e repeal of the Missouri compromise was lfraction of the plighted faith of the natl nd that it should be restored; and if effort lat end should fail, Congress should refuse G.