Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-01
DOWN THE nIssissIrrI.


In the Lpndm Illusu e,ed Nsws .f April 2
" 'cksy tsil' IN rhyme how he aud bis valet.
Briis BnstaIa wsnt down The Mississippi ~ Nov
Ufl-ans.
IL, slteviatss the rsne Of tho river because
10 tn, tard Of Tipperary, he could not hnd a
riy me Tor tie fuIl wurJ: .. 500 Ha.N srl.
was a ~intry morning, as The clock struck ten,
rh't We left 81. Louis. two detected mcn;--
'Sing "n the ti,er, nick with yellow mud.
Aud dreaming of disaster, fire anil frg. and Hood:- =
Ot ho'ier' ever bursting Of susgs that break the
Wheel. -
And 'a~yer~, ripping steamboats, through all
their letgtl, Of krel:- 81
Yet. on shipboari stepping. We dismissed our
fears. .Tc . -ras O., z
Aud beheld through sunlight. in the upper spheres.
L'ttle o'ierubs, waving hNgi' their golden wings,
Guarding as frim evil and its hidden springs;
81 on Heaven reliant, thinking "f our wenns, s
Thinking Of our trueioves, we sailed for New
Southwsrd, ever southwark, in our gallant ship,
Floating, ~stedmiay, painting, DOZEN tie Aississip.
In a blaze of glniy shore the sun that day;
In a Llnse at beauty, fresh as g owery May,
A maid from Alabama came tripping On our
deck ... ...F dam s- .
BtiRh; rs heaven above squire without n speck,
Singing sorxs till twilight, freel, rs the lark
That for inner ~gladness sings, though none may
llark.
Songs OF yonng affection mnurrful songs NJ home,
Songs ct happy sadness, when the fsncies raam
From III oppressive Real so the fairy Par
Shining through the Fu.ure. silvery as = star
And the sun departed in his crimson robe.
Leaving Sleep, his ''eeroy. 10 refresh the globe;
Thus We travelled SIu,h ard in our gallant shin.
Floating, dritina dreaming, dorm The Hississip.
Brightly ro.e the morning Ger the struggling
town,
Who're the broad Ohio pours its water down
To the Missis-lpni rstl,ns ~ bs'or.,
Seeming Zone the wider for increase Of store;
Aud they said, These houses scattered On ,be
Take their name from Cairo. in the Eastern land
Aud shall he = city vt some future day.
Mightier than G ,iro. dead and pasted away"
Aud Wa Thought il might be. rs we yssed awhile;--
And We thought i, right not, ere NC passed n
mile
Aud our paddles padded through the turbid
strrsm
IA we q ated dnwnwards in = golden dream:
Southwark. ever r"uth',ard. in our prntiny ship,
hHinJ, dardii"g. hqfng dOrn tie Mssissip.
Sometimes in Missouri we DELAYED an hour,
Taking IN a rarg i-butter. corn AMI ntnr;
> metimes in Kentucky shipped a pile Of logs.
Sometimes sheep or turkeys. oncs q drove of hng-.
Rutltlessly tls nigser- drove She down the bank,
Stubborniy the porkerr eyed .he narr,w plank.
Till 81 length, rebellious. ~-nuHing danger near.
They surned their long snouts land iva aud
grunted ont their fear
Aud the "hi,e'tec,hed ~niggers, grinning with de.
light.
Rode them. md bestrode them. and charged them
in the flight;
And then came shrill lamentins, and agony and
wall,
And pummell;ng, and hosting. and Juggling at
the tail,
Until the swine were conquered; and southwark
lassed our ship.
Parting, steaniny. s%nortiny dozen the lNississip.
Three days on the river-nish,s aud morning.
three,
Ere We stopped mt Memphis, tho port Of Tennes-
see,
Aud wandered Why they gave it such name of old
ren"wn.-
A d,eary, dingv. muddy. melancholy town,
Bat rich in bales of cotton. Ger all the landing
And honnd for merry England tn earn the peoples
bread
Aud here. oh shame To Freedom. that boasts With
tongue and ten,
We took on Luari - cargo Of miserable men:
A freight of human creatures, bartereJ, bought
aii sold
for s,ii-
And then | groanel rcmor-eful, AMI Thought, in
pity strong.
\ curse might fall upon us for suffering the
wrong
A curse upnn the cargo, n curse upon the .hip,
Putting. moaning grooming dozen the lMSsissip.
Weary were the forests, dark on either SD e;
Weary we're the marshes, stretching far and wide:
Weary we're The wond- piles. sire ed upon the bank;
Weary were the cane groves, growing wild and
dauk.
Weary were the tree camps. charred and black
with fire;
Weary was III 'wil iern.ss, without a house or spirp,
Weary were the log huts. built upon the sand;
Weary we're the waters. weary was the land;
Weary was the cabin with its eilled wall;
Weary was the deck We trod -Ncsrv-w weary all
Nothing seemed 81 pleasant 10 hope for or To keen.
Nothing N the wide world ~ beautiful a. sleep.
A. we j,urneyed south Nard in our law ship.
Dd9dli"g. idiing, loefng doVn the .Hississip.
Whence the sound Of musici Whence the merry
laugh? .1t. bon. 900. rs..r ~
Surely ho'n com panions, who jest and sing and
quaff
No! the SLAVES rej"icing- happier than the free.
With guitar and banjo. and Aurst Of ~rsyelry
lark th' vo'leyei laughter! bark the ,ynus shout.
lark the Niger cl'nrns ringing SHARPLY ut
Merry is the bon1su,n; glnumy is his lord
For merciful is Justice aud kind il f. te's .vnrl
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