Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-25
MORNING LEADER
NATIONAL AEREC.

"A NATIONAL .EsTRTC. -s.s--asa.
The following stirring lyric is copied
from advanced sheets of the AtEantie
MOHthlg, for November; -55,lli.- - -
THE LAST RAILE
NoyErEER, 1854
BTiJ. =. TRoWBErDeB.
Rally rally rally 7g (.
Arouse the alumbsring land ar
Rally rally from the mountain and valley,
And up from the 0cean-straudl
fe sous Of tue West, Americas best
New Hampshire's men Of might
From praTie and erag unfuri the rag,
And rally to the hghti
Armies Of untried heroes,
Disguised In Craftsman and clerk
Fe men Of the coast invincible hostl
Come sTery one 70 the work, ..-r.--- -
From the fisherman gray the salt-sea spray,
That on Long Island breaks,
To the youth who tills the uttsrmcst hills
By the blue northEestern lakesI s-
And ye Freedmen rally,.raIly,
To the banners Of the Horshi
Through the shattered door of bondage pour
Your swsrthy legions forthI
kentuckians ye of Tennessee
Who scornsd the dospots sway
To all, to all, tho bugle-csu
Of Freedom sounds to-day i'
O4u men snail uEnL WITH the BALLOT
Weapons the last and bestI -.f .a
And the bayonet, with blood rsd-wet,
Shall write the will Of the rest
And the boys shall I'LL mems places, ...
And the little maiden rock
Her doll as she sits with her grsndam and knits
An unknown heros sock -If-
And the hearts of heroic mothers,
And the deeds Of noble wives,
With their power to bless shall aid no less
Than the brave who give their lives.
The rich their gold shall bring, and the old
Shall help rs with their PRAYERS
While lowering hosts OF pallid ghosts
Attend Us unRwares. ~ tsss - t .t-
From the ghastIy fields Of Shiloh ltfs
Muster the phantom bands,
From ron cyirginia's swampS and deaths white campo
From fredericksburg and Gettysburg,
see them gathering fast; ..-.s-.. H... .#.--
And up from Manassas, what is it that passes
Like thin clouds in the blast
From tha Wilderness where blsnches
Ihe namsless skeleton;
From vieksbuis's slaughter and rsd-streaked wa
ter,
And the trenches of Donelson;
Prom the cruel, cruel prisons
Where the bodies pihed away,
FROM groaninE decks, from suRken wrecks,
They gather with US to-day.
And they say to Us, -''Rally raIyl
The work Is almost done
fe hsrvestsrsi sally from mountain ana valley
And reap the fields we won.
We sowed for endless years Of peace,
We narrowed and waterod well
Our dying deeds were the scattered seeds:
Shall rey perish where they feIlf
And their brothers, left behind them
In the deadly roar and clash
OF cannon and sword, by fort and ford H5-7 s.
And the caTbins's qufTering far.
Before the Rebel citadel
just trembling to its fall
From GaOrgia's glens, from FIoTidA'a fens
For rs they call, they call
The life-blOod Of the tyrant
b ebbing fast away: H.r.ss. r#
Victory waitsst her opening gates, #5-g
And smiles on cur array ;-
With solemn eyes the Centuries
Before us watching stand, -,--s--=
And Love lets down his starry crown
To bless the future land. .
One more sublime endeaVor, ~
And behold the dawn Of Peace
One more endeayor, and war forever
Throughout the land shall ceass
Forever and ever the ysnguished power
OF Slavery shall beEiuin
And Freedoms stained and trampled flower
Shah blossom white again
Then raIlyI rally rally - --- sr4--.-.
lake tumult in the land
Fe forfesters rally from mountEin and valley, |
Ye fishermen from the strand
Brave sons Of the West, Americas best
New England's mcB Of might
From prarie and crag unfurl the flag
Andrzlly to the fght!