The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-11-17
A SOLDIERS DREAM.


1HT Wriatn IN the rear Of Teksbuwg.
sil0 (ruBksuKD M RrQuEsr.)
Twas the still hour of midnight. lay on my bed,
And feverish visions surrounded my head, =
dreamed had passed through the last dying
throe,
And my soul took its fight TO the regins below.
Then soon through the wide yawning portals
q passed, ft - "a ~
Ny passports examincd-admitted at last, n
And being informed BY ghost on the way
Forthwith 70 his throne weat and fell prosirats
And paid my respects 10 the old arch apostate,
Then rising, he bade me 10 follow his wake, IN
Aud trot through his kingdom, for pastime we'd
take. no 80 fif'
I'll show you, said he, how my quarters are cram.
med,
In various parts with the ghosts Of the damned. ~
,Nought said. replied, go ahead and II follow,
So our pathway we took across a big hollow;
As we wended our way saw on the right, 10
A palace ofiron, of towering height,
viewed it with wonder, and ~ ] drew higher,
Discovered it was but furnace offire;
Its apartments above, its basement below,
Were crowded with beings the image Of woe
What's this was my query the Devil replied,
lis the place where my slaveholding children are
fryed IN
As they said on the earth, white man must be
Above the id Niger so tbs now as you see,
The birthstone to stir and the bellows to blow;
But let us 60 on. you shall see as you pass,
The punishment dire of still meaner class.
That place to the left is the fiery abode
OF class who by thousands tread the broad road
They are hireling watchmen who strive to increase
The size OF their flock for the sake of the fleece
No care had at all for the souls Of their charge,
Dumb dogs were they all while the wolf ran at
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There are preachers of all Glasses. divisions and
names,
Condemned to be broiled in the sulphur fan,es;
But the meanest, by far, of these miserable crea-
Are those factors of HE'LL the proslavery prea ,hers.
They preached that the Lord made the niger skin
black,
That the white man to Heaven might ride on his
back
And Slavery's divinity. they'll make it so plain.
To deny it is taking the Lord 5 name in vain.
Disputing with them is talk thrown away,
For the Gospel they preach says, Servants obey.
They make a long prayer, sermon comes next,
And "Cursed be Canaan" they take for text.
But here new light on tn 'ir vision has burst;
Somebody besides poor Canaan is cursed.
just few steps ahead / II show you their station
Along with those iAen who would ruin your nation.
And now as we stood oer precipice dire,
saw far beneath the great lake Of fire
Like the sea in a tempest is surface was tossed,
While it swarmed with the pale burning ghosts Of
the lost,
Rock bound on all sides the deep hollow roar
or its surges resounded while lashing the shore
The blickness of darkness, a sulphurous cloud,
Hung over the scene like funeral shroud
Yet plainly was seen the red waves were at play,
As they lashed the grim crags and threw back their
spray,
Each wave, as it rose, displayed on its crest
Some dozen pale ghosts, there riding abreast.
Till striking the crag, they sunk from the sight
And others rushed in like men to fight
at is here. 'quoth the Devil. Il demagogues throw
When they come down and call for their lodgings
below
As they never loved aught but brawling and strife,
And were true to nobody or party in life.
Ever turning and twisting and dodging around,
No place more BETTING for them could he found.
For here they are tossing and lodging forever,
Like drift wood afioat on Niagara river.
'Tis here you will find all those wicked men
Who devote their powers, the tongue and the ren.
To propagate Slavery and spread it abroad,
And make all mankind aceursed Of God
Twas such that brought on your great civil war,
And justly are they consigned therefor, .oS
With the meanest Of devils who dared to rebel,
To broil in the flames of the nethermost hell.
Here are lying reporters, edi ors speakers,
And the ol Union savers the Compromise shrek
ers.
But new class Of sinners came not long ago,
And what to do with them swear don't know |:
I saw them t'other day while crossing the Styx
For Of all who arrive here. day after day,
There's none but the meonest come in by that way,)
floating down stream at their ease toward the
lake,
A species of being, half man and half snake;
Their heads crowned with "copper" their bodies with
A scorpion like they had stings in their tails
They agree with those here like water aud oil,
And in less than an hour had hell in broil.
And now am puzzled to know what TO do
Al.
I'd be glad to see the whole world come to hell
IN fond of mean men, but they please me too ceu
In their zeal for my cause aud the good Of this
place,
They have brought the whole kingdom and cause
to disgrace;
They've tarnished its honor wherever they're
known. tEl.
But they served without pay, or hope of reward,
So I'm bound by no bargain to show them regard.
think I'll just take them outside of the town,
Where the DRAWINGS and filth and offal are thrown
And toss the whole pack Of them into ditch,
Then cover them up with sulphur and pitch, ~
Then set it on fire, and leave them to cook,
And writhe in the flames, or strangle in smoke.
When Jefferson Davis and his rebel host
Shall arrive at the gates Of the home Of the lost,
I'll meet and assign them place near my throne
And Davis and Floyd shall be stars in my crown;
But this cursed crew to the ditch I'll consign,
They were true to my cause, but can't call them
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Just then came a messenger hastily down,
And called out, '' Your Majesty's wanted up town,
For another great batch of the peace shrieking
Have come sneaking down and are asking for you.
His Majesty then grew black in the face
III so and by hill kick them out Of this place,
Their stencil detest cant bear { em near,
And I'll let them see that they shall not stay here
Tis too much cen for u.s. with chr devilish natures,
To bear with such fallen, such cowardly creatures.
So saying and wearing terrible frown,
trident he seized, and hurried up town
Then quickly heard mingled whining and Shrek
ing
And 10 thunder and wrath old Beelzebub speaking.
"Get out Of my court you rascally crew,
You're too mean to stay where common damned
do"
And then like man Of his reason bereh,
Satan tumbled and pitched about right and left.
They yelled and shricked, "Peacel pray, Satan,
We are loyal soyou." Cried Satan Begoner'
While blows he dealt out made the peace makers
scream,
With their yelh in my ears apoke from my dream.
THE Devotion OF CHILD IAN officer Of
the army relates to the editor OF the Ports.
mouth (Va) Old Dominion an Incident Of the
conduc, Of one Of DR., Wrights children, sngu-
larly expressive Of devoted filial attachment. A
ANAL boy came to Lieutenant Roberts, and
approaching him with caressine manner. and
hooking mp into bis face, said, s'Can / not die
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