Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-01-03
1862, New Years 1862
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With many wishes for your veal,
As good and true as wheat aud steel.
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In rain and snow and sunshine. bound
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A murmuring swell Of coming war
Swept o'cr our boauteous land,
State after state, in passion fierce,
Broke from the common band
First naughty Carolina went
Who never brooked control,
Then Georgia, fire within her eyes
And hate within her soul.
Then slender Florida declared,
While burned her dusky cheek.
Her sisters lot should still be hers,
Whatever storms might break.
Virginia hesitates at first,
Half fearing for the end,
While messages to urge her on.
Her traitor sisters send.
Louisiana Joined the band.
And in her treasure threw;
Tall Mississippi from her brakes,
And Alabama too.
Arkansas came with ready knife,
And Texas wild and rude,
Missouri stained with border strife.
A lovely sisterhOcd
They swore > deep and dreadful oath
That ne'er again would they
OF our bright Union form part,
But 60 their chosen way.
And while the trembling dotard gray
Who held the chief control,
Refused to put rebellion down
And periured deep his soul,
The Rebel band commenced their work.
And drew their tolls around
The few true men that still remained
Upon their "sacred" ground.
With firm get teeth and shaken fist
They svore in deadly hate,
Lincoln should never reach alive
His destined chair Of state,
But thanks be to that Scared old chief.
That patriot stout and true.
Whose sword from out its vell-worl
sheath
Came flashing into view.
An armed legion closed around.
And back the traitors waved.
Ard from the threatened peril dire
The peoples chosen saved.
With anxious heart snd hated breath
The Nation far and near,
watched the slow-mcyins hand Of time,
As passed the day so clear,
Aud sank with sigh of thanks as came.
The cry, with thunders sent.
The lies Of March are come and gone,
And Lincoln's President !'
Sill round the fated fortress dark,
Their lines the rebels drew
And grimly rose their batteries
Up into Sumter's view.
Harken the nation forward leant,
Upstartlsd, as the gun
That hurled its shot 'gainst Sumtor's side
Reared out, "the Wars begun
Mid smoke and FIRE and bursting shell.
With faint and starving men
Fought Anderson at fearful odds.
4 thousand to bis ten.
All, anxious hearts watched all that ugh
Till when the morning fair
Came. and tho pealing bells broke throug
The quiet Sabbath air,
. CIV of grief and shame and rage
Rang loudly DER the land,
aSamter is fallen! torn our flag
BY South Cardinals hand
Then came a blast from Washington.
4 stirring trumpet call,
"Ho, frecmen to the rescue save
Your Country e'er its fall
IBID seventy thousand soldiers march
To meet this rebel shock"
Twas near the setting sun when came
The call to Plymouth rock,
Aud with the dawning light the streets
With armed footsteps rang,
While Faneuil's walls gave back once mo
The musket's Earring elang,
As glorious Massachusetts,
That ever leads the van