Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-03-17
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The Triumph Of Freedom.

wandering long,
For Freedom is triumphant and Right hath con-
quered Wrong:
To-day, the glorious birthrghs the patriot fathers
gave,
Makes, through Eternal Justice, freeman of the
And swift the glorious tidngs, rolling msjcctic
Thrills from old Massachusetts to the shores of
Oregon;
The grey old mountain echoes shout it loudly to
the sea,
And the wild winds join the chorus in the "authem
Of the free"
For this. the God of nations sealed this land as
sacred soil,
And thenccforth made it holy with blood, and
sweat, and toll;
For This, the lonely May-Fower spread her white
wings to the breeze,
And bore the Pilgrim Fathers across tho stormy
seas.
For this the blood of patriots baptized old Bunker
Hill,
And Lexington and Concord made known the
peoples will
For this, both Saratogas and Yorktown's field
won
And Fames uufadns laurels wreathed the brow
of WASHINGTON.
For this, your glorious Charming plead on the
"weaker side"
And Parker, brave andfearess, sought to- stem
Oppresson's ii lei
For this, the lips of Phillips burned with Athcnian
fire,
Till every flaming sentence leapt folth in righteous
ire.
And Garrison, the dauntlcss, declared-"I will
| be heard!'
0, thou sturdy, war worn veteran! we'll hast thou
kept thy word!
Thou hast sont tho foul Hyena bowling iercely
to his den,
And thy bat;lc-cry was "Freedom!' till the can
non said, "Amen!'
For this like royal Caesar, within the Senate
| Hail,
| On the noble head Of Sumner did the blows Of
Slavery fail;
And for this. that band of heroes, like their
Spartan cncf John Brewn,
AS sacrifice to Freedom, their precious lives laid
down.
Aud fov this you bore and suffered, "till forbear-
ceased to be
virtue" aud high Heaven called upon you to
be tree;
Then, once more. the blood of heroes leapt like
fire within each vein.
And tho long slumberiag Lion ross, and, wrathful
shook his manc.
@, the page of future history shall, with truthful
record, tell
How you net the fearful is~:e, how bravely and
| how we'll;
! How you gave uncounted treasure from out your
| toll. Won hoard,
And how as free as water, heroic blood wa.
| poured.
How Grant, with stern, persistence, su,ote the
fooman day by day:
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way;
How farragut and Porter swept triumphant .o'er
! the sea,
And how tho gallant Winslow won h.s glorious
victory.
And, alas! how noble Ellsworth fell in his youth
full pride,
And Winthrop, Baker, Lyon, for freedom bled
i and died;
And true, brave hearts unnumbered, before the
i cannons breath,
On the wild, red sea of slaughter, swept down the
/ tide Of death.
And how amid tho tumut, in every battle pause.
| Was heard the cry of "Justice to the bon inan
and his cause!"
0, your fathers slumbering ashes cfed "Amen"'
from out each grave,
When your grand old Constitution gave freedom
to the slave.
And. as the glorious tidings upon the nation fell,
Satan, with all his legions, went bowling down to
hell;
Of crime and blood no longer could he freely
drink his FILL
For the cursed demon Slavery, had best perform
! ed his will.
Let words of deep thanksgiving blend with the
tears you shed
For the hosts of noble martyrs who in Freedoms
hau Iln1
Though they fell before the s;ohlo which reaps
the battle plain,
Yet, to-day, they know in heaven that they per-
Il ished not in vain.
Your nations glorious Eagle, with an unfaltering
flight,
Hath perched at length in triumph on Freedom.
loftiest height;
The stars upon your banner burn with fairer
i flame,
And the radiant stripes no longer are emblems Of
u your shame.
The slave, made, like his IN ster, "in the image
of his God"
Shall bare his back no longer to tho oppressor':
rod
His night of pain and anguish, of want and woe
has past
And Freedoms IA liant morning has dawnel on
him at last.
0 thou, Recording Angel! turn to that page
|. whereon
Is traced in undimmed brightness tho namo oi
Washington,
And, with thy name immt rial, in characters of
flame,
To stand henceforth and ever write also lincoln.
name.
The fret hurled back the tyr.nt in the country s
hour of need;
The last, diyiEcly guided, hath made her free
indeed
Let nations grateful tribute to each alike be
given,
While the kingdom, power and glory are ascribed
alone to Heaven.
Ethiopia no longer stretches forth her hands in
vain;
On the demon of Rebellion she hath left her ser.
vile chaiu;
Then swell the shout Of triumph till the nations
hear from afar;
Three chesrs-three cheers for Freedom! Huzsa
huzza! huzzA!
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