Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-05

vi.
| sing Of Home, our Native Land
Now smt by Gods chastsing Hand
Yet destined happy soon to be,
When all its Bondmen shall be free.
Congress works hard with head and hand,
To accomplish what the times demand.
Ii tries to purge itself, but proves
Not quite, successful in its moves
Though Bayard in his wrath declines
To take the {" Test Oath" and resigns.
Its Resolutions to expel
Its rank Secesh resulted-well,
Quite poorly; failed, indeed, for lack
Of votes enough, like Little Mac.
So Harris, Long and Davis, each
Is censured y simply, for his speech.
The Enrolment Act it modifes,
And now the man who draws prize
Don't paw his Communication Fee,
And stay at home-ah no, not lie.
He goes himself, iu true blue suit,
Or else he finds a-Substitute,
1t equallzes Soldiers Pay
At last, though very late the day,
The Fugitive Slave Law 1t repealS,
And Freedoms Car rolls on its wheels,
The Constitution to amend
1t tries, to hasten Slavery's end
But Democrats, save three alone,
Oppose, and so it can't be done
To meet new Issues 1t prepares
A Bureau of Freedmens Affairs
1t passes sundry Bills, to wit
A Tax Bill-evervbodv's hit;
A Whisky Bill-and all are glad
Except the Rummles, VINO are sad
A Gold Bill-Gamblers are afraid,
But have nit given up their trade;
A Bank BNl-Bankers are alarmed,
/ But after all are not much harmed
Another Bill revives the Grade
I For which such mea as Grant are made,
/ And, having passed all these, we.learned
! With pleasure that it had-Adiourned.
VIII
/ Freedom makes rapid strides o. late.
/ Behold Arkansas Free State!
/ And Louisiana breaks her chains,
/ ApE 7of q single Save remains.
I Dur Des OF a., " NY Mary.anj
How swift her Triumph, and how grand
The b.ooj Of Massachusetts, Braves
/ Is now avenged, for Freedom waves
! A Banner, on whose folds we see
/ 1t written. " BALT1NoRE Is FREE
Nevada, in the far South west
/ Shouts 3, FR REEDoM from her snowy
crest,
/ George Thompson comes, the Patriot bold, d,
! Not prosecuted as Of old,
/ But welcomed, cherished yea, roverod,
Bv those WAC once reviled and sneered -
/ Comes, and demands the foremost place,
/ As Champion Of an injured Race,
What thing in all the world compares
With Modern Sanitary FAIRS ?
/ What scenes ike these we see, whore
Health
Makes such large loves upon Wealth ?
Where men in crowds together press,
And give the best that they possess
Chicago lstroduced the plan,
And Brooklyn followed to a man:
Soon AlDany-not far behind
And then New York-the biggest klud
Anon, ST. Louia-ncs affair;
Last Phllade.ph proud TO bear
! The honors and the palm away
. With Metropolitan display.
The great Sword Contest quick DIS
closed
. What everybody had supposed
Grant gets the sword in fact, we find
Mcclellan everywhere behind
The Ladies National Covenant
Claims notice for its good intent
Pledged foreign fabrics to discard
Till Peace shall make the Times less hard,
Praiseworthy action yet how quick
They say It was a Yankee trick
Our Merchants everywhere displayed
Their incest fabrics IS H0me-mnd6
Again ! sing Of Battles red
| Of Charges fierce, of brothers dead
/ The same sad strain for three years past
God grant that this may be the last
Olustee-just the name | call
d" Somebody blundered, ," that was ALL
FCrt Plllow-horrible affair
Yet Traitors did MT make much there.
Red River Expedition-here,
The greatest failure of the year
Grants Operations-diderent, quite,
Comprising an all summers fight.
And first the Wilderness, where Lee
"Whips and falls back, ," says jeff, says he.
Next Spottsylvania Court House, where
Says JEFF, says he, "Tbe same thing
there"
And very soon, says JEFF, says he,
Grant tanks victorious General Lee"
Next at Cold Hsrbor, where " Lee BEATS"
Says JEFF, says he, "and then retreats p'
| Across the James Grant marches next