New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-26


Taking these words Of the paper for his text, the
author of this series wrote and sent to TIE Isdc-
,eadeat the following verses, which he called:
LINES FOR THE DAY.
AYgl thrOng the courts, that once were free,
With bands of savage soldiery;
Call out The foreign kern!
Beneath the shade of Bunker shaft,
Where earth the blood of freemen quafed,
different tale this day We learn.
Crush Massachusetts, under foot,
Enslsve and menace, stab or shoot,
The Northern mind is bowed;
No more the Pilgrim banner waves,
Content we see our fathers graves
By Slavery's groaning cannon plowed
o Massachusetts, Mother-home
Thy rocks that dash 10 whitening foam
Those seas the Mayfower" pressed;
Those very rocks crg out to-day
The waves dash high their differing spray,
To see thy weakness thus confessed!
And shall virginia's brutal lords,
Backed and sustained by foreign swords,
Thy ancient soul subduel
Shall hireling steel and Southern fraud
Reverse the mandate given by Cod
"Do as We would men do to yOu~
Oh! never. while to misery's sob
Our eyes OerfOw, our pulses thrOb,
Can come day so eurSedi
While hope remains, while arms are strong,
While lives the sense of right and wrong
Those fetters be it ours TO burst!
We have been patient, and our peace
Mistaken was for cOwardiee-
We try different tense:
III - .s;v,o mood hath Iron oht Ttcp heiua
The active now alone remains
10 bring these tyrants back to sense.
Up Massachusetts,! up and arm!
Let every steeple toll the alarm:
Rally tiny freemen soon.
Old Boston, as you hope TO live,
Ne'er let that frightened fugitive
In fetters quit your barracoon'
Whether our rights we now defend,
Or if the North must yet descend
From depth 10 lower deepsi
Remember this, nor be you dumb
When the great time to act has come,
With us the South 10 promise keeps.
This song, Immediately republished in The
TIBUNE. achieved sudden and immense popu-
larity. being widely copied in the journals of the
day. and largely quoted from in the adverse
speeches of party orators. II was veritable "toc-
Gin peal, l." and was answered by an uprising OF pop
ular opinion, such as is rarely witnessed.
While these matters were going Oh in Boston,
syreteh, TO whose name we afford the charity o.
oblivion, committed in one night snccession Of
grimes at the bare recital Of which the imagination
ehudders. The scene OF the occurrence was II the
Aioinity Of Flatbush, Long Island. The monster
entered house in which no had formerly been en-
ployed as servant for the double purpose ofTobbine
bis master and outraging ayoung gin who had been
his fellow servant and had rejected his addresses
During the Preparation Of these crimes, his former
master and mistress were aroused, whereupoI
re split their heads open with neat-ax, and other
wise inangled thcm frightfullyi and the1
attempted to kill the girl he had tried to ray
sh after which he set fire 10 the house in order Il
destroy the lifeless proofs Of his guilt.
A horror 30 aggravated aroused all the neighbor.
ing citizens to fury. Hundreds organized them
!gelyes into searching party, and hunted ior th'
villain through the swamp in which he had takeI
refuge. He was at last found, after two or three
days search, hidden up TO his neck in mud, an'
bleeding profusely from some wounds, self-infcted
by which he Hoped TO cheat the gallows. On beini
caught he at once confessed his crimes, and it wa
sor moment debated as TO whether ho should no
DO lynched upon the spot. The spirit Of law ant
Justice prevailed, however, and it was decided L
give him fair trial and al opportunity for cOunse
10 defend him.
The very same paper that gave particulars Of thi
tragedy, described also how Anthony Burns, with
out any fair trial, had been ordered back to SlaJ
cry on the mere affidavit of citizen Of Virginia
claiming to be bis owner, and tho arbitrary T.
sision Of Commissioner, who was paid an eItr
IS By law for deciding against the black man. A
Boston closed its places Of business on the day tina
che military procession appeared as AL escort 70
Anthony Burns from the Court House 10 the wharf
The black man was in the center of square Of in
santry Two sections of artillery, loaded with grape
were paraded TO repress eny popular outburst
Meanwhile appeared on nearly every house-top tn
United States flag at halfmast, while over Faaeui
Hall, the old "Cradle of Liberty the same fsi
was displayed at half-mast and completely en-
shroudod in Grape. .-
On these Simultaneous events were written til
verses Originally Published in our columns) whic
w nov subjoia;