Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-03
A BALLAD FOR TIE YOUNG SOUTH.
ny JOSEPH BRKSAS.

A BALLAD FOR TIE YOUNG SOUTH.
ny JOSEPH BRKSAS.
Men Of the South our Toes are up
ln ferce aud grin array;
Their sltla bsnuer lapl the air
An insult to tic day
Til, saints Of Cromwell rise tgAin
Iu saGctuonicul hordes,
Hiding behind tbs garO o. peace
u' Hon ruthless ssords
From Norh trCm Est and Yves; they seek
The same disastrous goal.
With C'ris upon the lying lip,
AID Satan IN the soul.
hccsing, With alcien; Shibboeth,
All wise and -; restraints
ITO the Saints of Heaven was Empire given
Aud ,Ss alone are Saints :"
heu Of the South lock up-bebold
TIE deep aud sullen gloom
Which "a -keGs DER your sunry land
With thunder in us womb
Are We so blind We clurot see
The OmsIs 10 the sky
Are We 50 deaf We cannot hesr
TIE trpmp OF loeWeG nigh
Are We so dell We will endure
TIE vhips auc acvEG q mens
Who hide the heart OF TITUS Oates
B-aeath Jhe words OF Pean'
Are We 20 base that, foo, 10 foot,
I, vi.i no FlAdiy stand
For lard Al lie, for child aud wife,
With naked Steel in hand,
III.
preacher to the pulpit comes,
AMI cll!i upJa the crowd,
For Southern cseeds and Southern hopes,
To w,age bloody shroud.
b side the PRAYER book on bis desk
The bullet mould il seen,
Ard near the Bibles golden clasp
The da-gsr's stcalthy sheen:
The simple tale OF Bethlehem
No more j. fond toll,
Tor every p7icstiy surphcs drags
Too heavily with god;
The blessed Gross o. CIgalry
BeCom,s sign Of Baei,
Like that which played when chieftainS raisei
TIE carsmea Of the Gael.
'.pow7 With the laws our fathers made
They biui our hearts no morri
Down with the stately edlfce
Cemcn,rd by their gore
Fc-rat The legends g. Ogr race
EifAce cash w.s, decree
AmerieGns mus. keel % saye5.
fill Africans arc ises,
o. o. the mere Caucasian blood
q. r,uron, Csll or GIUl--
Tho stream which springs from Myers source
Mus. tr.unpi over ALL
So speakz a solamn S,uator
Wi.tia those halls today,
wh'ch echoed eIst the thundstburst
0fWebster aud Of Clay
Hark to the hoWing dcm'gogues-
fierce and rsyeuous pack
With uosirill prole, and bark aBd bay,
Which run upon our track
The vad1!ing builpup le-the cur.
U! Massachusetts, breed
The mopng monsr,l, sparsely crossed
Win PuEtgHic seed
Tls p s'oa bari7 who jln the chase
Wih genuine beidc chime,
Aui S4mlor slari1g poodle pet
Ut SirEi.s 8 pis. thrsr prime;
And cen tie s!uts Of W0men's Rights
Trsy B,rea, and S-eeiheart all
Are yepng -hril Ag,ius' ~ s-ii
And hunger for our tall
Look Nort', look Est, look West--tls sceie
lshsckening all srouId-
III, Negro Gordon, year by year,
Is fast snl faster bound
The back nsy crossed-the sable hsy,
Surrounded by Il host
Oar outpost fore d, ous sentinels
Asleep upon ;hsir post;
Our brethsea'l lts.bOod flowing free
To stain the X nsls soil,
Aud shed in vain, while piOus thieves
Are a.tenng on our toll
Look North, look West the omiuOus sky
L. moonless srless, black,
And from the East com.s hurrying up
AsWeeping thunder rack
VII.
Men Of the South We have no kin
With fanatics or tools;
Y1I arc not bouud by breed or birth
To Massachusetts, rules.
hundred nations gave their blood
To feed those healhiul springs,
Which bear the s'ed Of Jscq1es Bonhomme,
With that Of Bourbon kings.
The Danish pluck and faior craft
The HuguenOuc will,
The Norman grace aud chiValIy,
Tho German steady ski
TIE fiery Cets impsssioned thought
Icspire the Southern heart
Wlo have no room Tor bigot. gloon,
Or piouI plumbers art!
ynI
So IS Of the bravel the tins has come
10 bow the naughty crest
| stand alone despite The threats
OF North, or + st, or West
The hour las come for manly deed,
Aud rot for polling words
Thc-hour has IA 'seJ fer platform pIate-
L. is ths ime Tor sFord5;
IN by the FAM ol JOAN Ualacur,
7 honest truth b. tue,
Aud by old JAokson's iron will,