The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-07-17
.Griail,oi l)ottrn.
For Tie CctH HAis.
TIE RlLEORAIEIS.
| shall now begin a poem,

l shall HOW begin poem,
In the form Of Iliawatha
Written by the great. long Fellow,
Fellow long and fine and famous,
For his rhymes and for his l,urclS,
Dwelling III the .oGj' old b " State,
In the clLSSic shades al Cambridge.
! can't sing like this great Fellow,
Like this great and splendid rhymcr,
Dwelling IN the shades ot Cambria &c,
" ith his groves and woods OF iaurcls
Dangling. waving round his forehead;
And my theme Is not the red men
With ihrir robes Of elk and d .crskin,
NiththIl councils ,cilirlS aud peace pipes;
Bat my theme is men and women
Nov iii our great nineteenth century,
OF their wrath. their wit and wisdom,
Their discoveries. sage conclusions,
What they say and where they say it.
What they wish aud what they don't wish;
Yes, sing of 0 .renjOa,
Held but lately in New England,
In the rural town of Ruthand,
in HE State OF the Green Mountains.
Well, to drop all further preface,
Aud rush str,ightway at the matter,
Va this rural town Of Rutland.
There was held Il grand Convc 1tion,
Men Of note and power; rciurmcrs;
Folks who saw tle world $ abuses.
Saw and sohb2d and walled above them,
And would do their best 10 right them
Men from New York and from Boston,
phiI,dclrI,i, and New Haven.
Men FROM country and from city.
Men and womcH, white and black ones,
Men with Straight hair ana with iriZHlcd,
Came into this grand Convention,
Game with wrath and dolorous wAiling,
Came with fierce and lirry speeches,
Came with Thoughts sublime. .igantic.
Tn. us SCI me may think, with small ones :
som. may call Ines. folks fanatics.
Some may even think thea asses
don't like to call men bad names;
But they met ir This Cuuvputj.,
with Il hi..h and mani, puruose
10 reform and save the nation.
And rulrhtcu folks in General.
In pursuance of which object
Thrv made long and fiery SD .rc,Irs
And brought on; some resolutions
For the blessing of tilr prol,l,..
And the terror Of tI,c tvr,uis,
There were Gathered mighty women.
Fearless and strung-lniuIrl woIlcu-
Mrs. Branch WAS ON. among THEM.
And she ros, and said. INDIGNANT,
Said oic-halt th;. DER I'll ,tiUu.
Nru. ira halves fine DEGRADATION
And the woes and rririE Of w.,u.u.
Spring from that foul institutions.
That old chin of blrbarvuS nmrs
Which the foolish world calls marr;ane.-
1t WAS torture. it was nonsense.
Ii was lilllvcrv. il was slavery:
With Ibis barI,arors thing of marriage
She was totally diSgustrd!
Wuma.'s right. She said. was perfect
10 love men or not TO love them.
aye y, married man ar siuwL.
t,vr him wh.r, she hest rn,,iL find him
,v,. him white or hl,cl; mr. v,ll,w.
II was inst tl,,t every wu,,,n
Sbouli have choice from ont tlc million
Who should b. her children \ father.
Chen uprosc a Mr.. Foster.
lie, a sarc of the rrinrmcrs.
With a front like Daniel Wrhstor
Or. as others hint. Il scarc-crow-
lie WAS for the death Of slavery
And the black mans elevation.
Thonoht that all hair WAS the same hair
Whether straight or whether wouIr.
Thought that all skin was the same skin.
Whether fair or whether black skin.
Thought that God had first created
or one blood all tribes and nations.
But the Bible WAS IL liar
sooner far than let one negro
BE cnslivrd and wear a t.ttrr.
He woulI crush the world tn atoms.
lie world tear. he said. to ,i.ccs.
All the laws and institutions.
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