Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13

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What pen can traee, With Just impression
The glowing wondcrs u seeossiou.--
So peaceful once, 50 warIike R0w,
With ghsstly form and frowning brow
encs boiling oas, by way Of saCtiua,
The prsneiple Of reconstrsctioni
Now branding al ~ traitors who
Would pas alliances renew
A kssAe, arousiRg States 20 fear
That Aholitioas sway was near;
l4sgoa4, dsaying that such cause
Nsac STATS and nen defy the laws
HEX, changing homs. ike cssnnihg knaves
That I.incoln's War would fFee the slaves
rhsrs. begging Englahds cash aad aid,
To sz.eea the progress Of = Free Tradsi'
Hsry, sgEting for tho RICH. 10 msn,
T1srs, offering Abolition plan;
xap, eisirai,g co,son s. the King
of all the warle--the magic spring
To prsss erowued rsosaarehs 20 their knees
And make them do Just IS u'e plessei
Bot hndiHx duh that Gotten phAxis,
ProclaiTaing il = sFseeie basisi
Then teaching that al men khoah spaTn IL
And, with religious fsrvor, burn il;
Inviting serciga Intervention
To stop, IT onges asrce cOstsRaions
But foGled, denying recognition
As ns@dfal, In cur strong eonaiaioai
With Prvtean shape, chameleon hue,
Forever ehangIns. ever new
4 thing Of magic and Of might
Ne'er p'ar1ed 70 wrong, bat always right
Who hath act heard that wksHIsoTox,
With all IL wealth., woaId sosn be Ron
That one brave be-, Of Southern hive,
From Northern swarrns, could vanquish kveG
Thai craven YANKEES would not agkI
And. seeing rs, must take 10 aightf
That var their kelas might deaeiaie
Bot dare not visit Southern stster
TAoagh,. IL Il came, then glory blazs
should burn h out ia sixty days1
wbfle soathers men need haveano fears
"a none nigh; SIGHT bot yolanteersg
Who den not know that washlngtsH
has not been reached, yin ne'eF Be wonf
That one live YsnIsee b rs nsueh
A. Southern knight may safely toachs
And that 70 tread on Northern sol
Some produces strange FpssoilT
Who hath NOT seen the fierce eenseripsion--
In ali is moods, beyond doseripion-
Compel the twelve months Volunteer
Against their win, To serve three yeaTsi
Hunt Union sympaihizerz down,
And, haudeusfed, hiring them into tovaf
Who doth net feel that War, deRed,
Has sadly hamiled Southern pride,
When oanasering legions earne 40 viii
Our laua snd harbgrs all h sll
Who nos can Northern courage aoahl,
whsn promised victory proved routf
n iidings Of their fame you seek,
Go view the fight at FishIag Greek
II useful truth not proae 10 ahHss
Behold the fall Of DonelsoHJ
II falsehoOd, trained 20 scorn and hase,
OF many stronghold read thu fate
And learn that every place which fsii
Was heEaldsdS -impFsgnablet
Ne foeuaan face shonld Ger be teen
To flown, or smile, at Bowling Grssni
Columbus, Islsnd Eumbrr Ten,
Could never yield 70 Yankee men;
While Norfolk, Eew Orleans, Shiloh
Would eseh inhIet fatal blow,
And yieksbarg. as fortress stand
The pride and baast 81 Dixie landt
The people drank the bitter cup
A, oaa by one, tbey ali sueHt api"
Bot in their grief we're hlsRdly told
That neither place was-f ~ 70 AeiSf
II LEE, with cannon, sword and lance
On Northern soil makes proud advance.
His Aim VIII thousand Tongues nhfeld
To conquer towns with daring AaldI
80 seizs their railroads bsrn their cara
And wave Ger cities Stars md Bars
But Il, perchaAoa each nsbiaF decd
Il tailed By the ilnpetaous AEAbE--
II, with routed ARMY, LfE,
0er Swollen streams, 3 forced % hse,
He never parposad 70 reslaiat
His Object urns--te sass Sc ariss
And, shpagh he Eetregrafes his tsack,
II no retresf. hnt--sfailia5 kaSkff