Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-03-24

THE LAST BATTLE.

THE LAST BATTLE.
The radicals, in proud array, !
Marshaled their hosts one dreary day,
Swearing a solemn oath to s!ay
The Giant of the castle, --
All, many nations mustered Il ere
A motley mixture, foul and fair,
But oil intent alike to dare IN.
The Giant In bis castle. 1~'
They were too numerous to name,
Aud so tho Muse is not to blame
If she doth only sing the fame
Of those now will mention -
Sleek Sumner cold and Stevens hot,
Aud Phillips with his watering pet,
And Wentworth, aid unto the so.,
The Michigan bloodIet-ter.
The darkey Douglass led the van.
Sbrieking Am | not too a man?'
"Assens!' replied the piebald clan,
1--WE scent thee as a brother -
TO nerve them for the battle shock.
They bore piece of Ply IN outh rock
lnwrapped in Cheever's pious frock-
A charm to scare the devil.
They had one Jonah (evil luck J
The turn-eoat Forney, poor in pluck,
Who proved to be id dead duck
Before gun was fired.
For be had been within the ring,
A kitchen-worm tha. fed to sting,
And thus had iearne d there was king
In kiteheh and in parlor.
His death moment brief delayed
The march, until the Blatant Wade
Exclaimed. "Shall black bearts be afraid
OF any white skinned giant?'
Never" declared each saint and sot,
"Never = proclaimed both cold and hot,
While Phillips waved his waserng-pot,
A taismanc token.
They took drink Of Chand'er's rum.
Then sped with shrek and howl and bum,
While graceful Greeley beat the drum,
To STORM the Giants castle.
The trunpets pealea, the bag-pipes played,
Each warrior drew his braz m blade,
And furious'y each jackass brayed
Before the Giants castle.
An omen strange did there betide,
Tha. ttrered Paritanic pride,
The castles gates were open wide
Wilton, single sentry.
And SO they to each other said,
"The Giant is asleep or dead.
However We must have his head,
Or crown, it matters not which,
Then.black and white, and grsa, and small,
Filed swiftly through into the hall,
And hung their banners on the wall
As symbols Of . session.
Anon, the bold Bsrbsr;sns yelled,
At the strange scenes they there beheId,
Scenes furnished by The times Of cid
When Giants were the masters.
The ,or,,ais Of The early race
We're there in bloom like living grace,
But ev.ry proud ir1passioned face
S2ow'ed dark'y at the nigger5.
Oae iron nan with bristlins hair,
Seemed !eaping from the canvass there,
As if inspired with wrath to tear
Such ciset-cats to atoms. ~
hk'Shci thuh all, curious tue,
Among pictorial stars, tho son
Wearing the name Of Washington,
Turned pale with indignation.
These all are Of the Giants breed,
Like him in thought, like him in deed,
Let's burn them, since they may not bleed,
Screamed Micb;gan's bloodle,-ter.
And then they s,rove with mi ght and main,
The pictured lineaments to stain
With fire and smoke. but all in vain,
The colors were immortal.
Bnt soon they found Charter old
Whose lids seemed made of virgin gold,
While every luminous leaf unreied
Showed wisdom's revelation.
Then louder rose the yelp and yell,
1T is a covenant with hell,
Abolish this aud all Is well,
And shades will reign forever
1t proved too strong for them to rend,
And then they said ave must amend,
And dark with day so slyly blend
The whites will look like ng,ers!''
Anon, each leader did engage,
Swearing it with pale lips Of rage,
That be would soon prepare a page
To patch the Constitution.
To Congress-chair and Senate-hall,
They flew like manacs one and all,
And there commenced TO curse and call
For ink and pen and paper.
Supplies were brought with swift dispatch,
Aud then their pens began 10 scratch,
Like hens that hunt for nests to hatch
A better brood than they did
They scribbled sober, scribblcd tight,
For many day, anu .nay night,
A i their souls were pledged to write
Ten thousand constitutions.
ween they would be writing yet,
But that TO wonder and regret y
Enough Of pens they could not get,
Aud no more ink from Arnold
Their dream then changed; in hate and
haste,
They vowed no precious time TO waste,
And each cried "Mucilaxa, to paste
Nv match nuOn thu Chartnr .