Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-07-19
THE BRirlsu Boy. /.

Is silence the best remedy for evils
Or wherefore are We not alow'd speak
Without consultation with the devil
Before attempting to defend the weak
II so, the q Weekly Times" does Well to teIiu.
TO cease to blow anii-savery bellows
H. thnls fan the fires of abolition
And therefore drops us this pro-slavery hint
Not to be guilty of such foul sedition
As agitation is in speech or print
Tis stranse-but from his arguments ',would seen,
lie wishes us to sleep, and not to dream.
But why was PhaToah punish'd with perdiion
Fo- disregarding saveIy's cries and groans
When righteous Moses by Divine commission
Besought the liberty of Heber's sons
Why was not Noses taught to hold his peace
That lsraels slavery of itself might cease
When David ask'd who had matur'd the plan
Fer breaking Heaven-jo d Innocents asunder.
Nathan at once exciaiu,'d 4" Iaose art the man -
But wherefore did he tell hum l wond=ri
If to condemn g1ilty king wrong
Why did no: Nathan learn to hold his tongue?
If human agency not be heard
la Proclamation ofGod's righteous sentence
Why did the guilty Ninsyites regard
The voice ofJonah when he preach'd repentance:
Why did they listen, at all repent
When Heavens high message bv that man was sent7
II 1T was Jonahs duty TO be mute
And no, deliver the prophetic word
Why was excentric punishment the fruit
vi IL ing from the presence OF the Lord:
Why was he by the spirits power pursud,
And wherefore was his embassy renew'd?
When danger threatens let the loud alarm
Employ thy lips for holy writ hath said
II through thy silence any come to harm
His blood shall surely be upon they head
For my own pc {, I never can Withhold
I'll blow my trumpet till my skin be cold
For sure are oppres ion's fang. have f,s,o,,,,
ON some whom God il his own image made
And tardy reformation must be hastend
And every heart enlisted in their aid
Il ever silence bring about reform Tis Ii les oftpe
done by speech and storm
The fact is tl,iS-wo have 4 work to do
In curbing evil, and nprooting sin
worA OF charity, which and you
Aud NJ good people should be earnest in
" Open thy mo,:3- and plead for tie opprcst :"
lis Gods commandment and hi- will is best
Shall We who bear the christian name be husla'd
And every sentiment OF justice hide
Wills the defcnceIess Of Ham are crush'd
Beneath the feet Of avarce and pride
No ; speak must At duty's hi zh command
To pagan parties in a christian land
ind Why aot speak This is age of light
We blush to have it sad that truth is treason
And II We may not establish right
Tell me, pray you, Hten tciu he the season.
IL Freedom must be fetterd wherefore bray?
Confess and strike the eagie- the flag.
knowledge is power" but take away its tongue
And what is knowledge then i? and what its worth
The aged cannot thea instruct the young,
Nor understanding spread her empire forth1i
But Heav'n forbid that that obscur re eclipse
Should ever mask anti-slavery lips
Were the Apostles by their Lord and Master
When first sent out commanded TO be dumb
No hey taught the duties Of the pastor
T. warn their hearers from ''the wrath 70 come"
So likewise NE, in this enlighten'd day
Have duties TO perform well thoy
We quote precedents, and it is our duty
Upon those bright precedents to improve:
And show that virtue has lost her beauty,
Nor christianity her truth and love.
You call for sifeHes ;-Eoe commend oppression
The sunlight of improvement and progression
When Ger your fathers Britain had TIL ascendcnce
What did they do to break the CALLING yoke:
DID they by silence gain their independence?
Or who forbade the patriots tall
Mas not their eoquence the soul Of thunder
Inspiring that which break the chains asunder.
If LiFerty's loud heralds with acclaim,
v ere welcom'd then, as of worth and yalor
Why should not lce be privileg'd the
Who vindicste the Iigtts of Men of Color =
Men who thro' bondage suffer ten times moro
Then ever your forefathers did of ysle.
But you advise TO epe the mouth
To tell the world that slaverv is an evil,
Lest we offend the people in the south
And raise the indignation of the devil
ABSURD that he'll salute us with his horns
II we we presume TO tread upon his corns
Well ; and suppose the foe of all nlauxind
influence our southern stars TO frorn upon u.
What need We advocates of Freedom mind
Tho satan and his emissaries shun us
Their brightest smiles were never get worth giving
Neither their social honors worth receiving
Now when you said that silence would be best
We're q 10 tlas
Was yenr opinion silently expressed
Please, Sir, be candid, the question
Or If you love much your advice
Take home your coin agaiE at your price
> The Eagle, the emblem OF Liberty.
THs BRITISH Boy.