, 1864-03-01
THE T0CSIN PEAIS OF TEN
YEARS AGO.
True History Of the ftFlaunt-
ing Lie."

true History OF the 'eFlaunt
J ing Lie."
C0PPERHElD PAPERS PLEASE COPY
From the N. T. Tribune, Feb. s7l
AS all the Copperhead journals and oraton
throughout the country have seen 1t to at
tach undue importance and q totally garblei
construction to an extract from a certair
song which appeared many years ago In on,
columns, 1t may be IS well, at this point, tt
place on record true copy Of that song, and
history Of the events ont Of which 1t grew,
together with copies Of certain other soncs
on the same subject forming series, 81
which the much-quoted lyric was but q part,
The first song Of the series appeared Ia the
consulate Of Franklin Pierce, and was called
out By the circumstances attending the cap
Inre n and imprisonment Of one Anthony
Burns, an alleged fugitive slave from Vfr.
ginfa- This arrest created intense excite
ment in Boston, fnsomuch that nearly Eli
business was suspended during its pepdency.
The people and state authorities Of tho great
Old Commonwealth were perfectly willing
to obey the Fugitive Slave Law, provided ita
| provisions were properly complied with, and
the accused given some chance Of proving, Il
be could, that he Was not the character be
lad been taken for. This, however, was not
the policy Of the then Federal officials, who
conducted the whole case with an overbcar-
tng in6o1ence and disregard Of the popular
feelings, which seemed to court an armed
collision.
While the excitement was at its hfghest. a
Boston Paper announced, with high commcu-
dation, tlat "two companies Of foreign~born
soldiers had been stationed In md around the
court house to keep the rabble bach, this
faboie, we may remark, embracing seven
etghts Of al1 that Was most eminent in the
learning, piety. pnbllc confidence and respcct-
ability Of the Tfimontane City. Taking these
words Of the paper for his text, the author
Of this series wrote md sent to The hide
t'e"desf these verses, which he called:
LINES FOR TIE DAY.
Aye! throng the courts, that once were free.
With banda Of savage soldietJ;
Beneath the shade Of Bunker ahair,
where tafth the ble0d OF frecmen QuAfed,
A different tale this day We learn.
Grush Massachusetts under foot,
EnElaye and menace stab or Ehoot,
The Nsrtnern mind is bowed;
No more the Pilgrim hsnner waves,
Content Ire see our fathers gravee
BY slavezy's groaning cannon plowcd.
o Naesachrsettsi Notherkome!
Thy rocks that dash to whitening foam
Those seas the !" "MaJdoWer't p1esscd;
IT, Those vesy T. Fosks & Is, ery out to.1sTz
And shall Vircinia's brutal lords,
Backed and sustained by forc1en swords,
:. Thy ancient soul snbdues
ReTerfe fhe Fnania,e 80 nirem hv G,aM 9~au
sDo rs ye would Il mem do tn <on,n
Oh ncTcr, while to miscry's sob
Our eyca o'ctdoW, our pu1tes throb;
Can come day 80 cursed;
@ Mhllc hope remains, while arms nre strong,
Those fetters be Il ours to burst,
II. ., , ..t,.. ..s
Mistafen %ss {nr p1een. coWss1,ceW n%e oo1 peace
Ne trT aiffer.nt tenea.~
The passive mood hath 6rousht NJ chains
To bring these ty1ants back to senee.
Tn M..s,cbrsett., , nm, ,,a.n,
IL IL eTeqT - sinenIe tn11 * ibn esa s5sqn @1a
Ra{ly thy freenen soont
Old Boston, as ion hope to i've.
Meier let that fnehtened fugit1re
x1.,.hor INV ,s,a..
Or il he So11h Inust @ = vet agr sescsnd Se1Ga'
From depth to lover deems:
RS Remember ne m inis, nor Be yon dumb
Win ~ thc sontb "a Ian ~ oq,n9, nro1,,,.s tao,,.
rs.. ' A.. ~ ~ .oautn ~ p.9tu.ee Aeeps.
LUIS eons, Hnmeu1ateIg Iepupl1shed In the
TRIBUNE, acnleTcd sudden and immense
popularity, being widely copied In the Jour
nails Of the day, and largely quoted from in
the adverse speeches Of party orators. It
sMe,ad nan ,H,o h1 -, n,-;e,, psa and was an-
s@gIea nJ m uprising Of popular opinion,
While these matters were going on In Bos-
ton. a wretch. 10 whose name Te afford fhe
charity Of oblivion. Committed in one rfght
succession e, Of crimes At TIE bare recital Of
Which the imagination 5hnlderB. The scene
Of the occurrence was In the vicinity Of Flat
bush, Long Island, The moneter entered
honse IN wh;rb he toa fnr1nerSv hne, a-nA .
nlnyed a n servnnt ~ 4,,e dnnh}o oour 1,nrnase