The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-01-02
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j JANUARY L, 1867. e.

y On the Years cold and barren promontorv
y We sit and listen to Nations moan, gsfs.fst,
II Looking us longer for the light and glory as5GiI
III Which DER the dead Past shone. e ISL z fJa
8 We pine with no vain idle lamentatiop. sI1YEJAI
For the old days of peasalnce and of mirth
hearts that learn the depths Of Les pusation, e
Il IL Spring to sterner BIRTH. q.zz $50 @.1'Nes
Why wander baek, Memory to question, s.t..g St
nae The blighted sheayes of barren harvest fields =
What would It win us save asrash suggestion
4 Ihat Fate the balance yields.
4 Some iceberg from sullen Arctic Ocean. 1e
81 That through our brthelled path has torn its way
A Some laundering Nemesis whose lawless motion il
Il No strength or skill can stay. aalga Via ~.
With the first shout that babe yon dead king wakeu
We laid beneath his feet the pain and loss
4 Il. The fnled banner of Truth ullshakeh, - tt
/ And neryed us to the cross u i mi }i.4i,| ii s5
We asked our victors but the waning embets,
| Which half extinct on Freedoms altar lay ss,aI
To warm and quicken the Soutls pased members. i.
Ere life quite passed away. - fti S9S,dl
We asked the common rights of men and brothers, 81.
common veal of those whose rllying cry
Had been se Union" God that cry saw Mothers p,
Watch their beloved ones die! a 4zst ~ zpsfn s#q.
We asked!wla boots it when vain petition, aan u
Was met by that shrill cry the Panther lings I a 10
= When with wild, bsod-t thirsty exutation,
He tears the lheess limbs. 2. E! a$'E3t1 Ta5@ ias
Not here alone the Cyclones breath is speeding.
War thunders over Enropes swarm1g plains a.a .taJ
Deep, STRONG and stern the current rolls unheedng
A Kingdom as 1t Wanes ~ ,44~-lti
No longer Ills the King who rules the MANY .'1'4 :
But thrice ten thousand rulers for the King.
The fright divneoi can find no sanctuary. n As 9Eyl Is
. When men ''ca ira" sing.
War; war! the war of INSULT creed and banner
Blasts the poor earth with tongues Of reddest ame3
(honno
Some Ills with newer name! as4.fJ III
But we who linger under black dominion, = aifsI
81 Finding the master in the whl0me slave, {ts
Can almost fancy that royal mnion
Is not an i'll SO grave. u.s. M
> Porphyrogenitus "born in the purple, 6s8#E
Better than born to Cnffees low estate ~ 81 -ft,
And if we train to run the in couple,
t We ask some crowned fate. - Z
.. But why this mpotent railing, that all things are
Let gather strength and union to contest each point
Let common purpose band u.s. while Mfe's current
We may gain a clearer daybreak, win the light Of
~, brighter ign 81. suns S..I.:.
Comes some lingering note of Sadness telling Of tho
exles pain .@s}@Ess. ~ III Z. 5.sftse
Brothers. ye have weakly left u.s. when the battle dag
was furled -1et.f
Left to the hardest combat to the deadliest weapon I
hurled 5atfJrsYa 51 -I4.559 : a.
. Left us to the toll and anguish we who hand in
Counting naught of life and treasure to stern the
ravenhg food. s@2E1 t'E~s+<f33 /
: But it camel and ye are exiles when we need each
loyal heart, III
To oppose the hate and madness, and to gain some
better part
Gain it not with, blare of trumpets, Changing arms
or lannon's flame. 49,
Gain it by the calm endeavor and the ploughshare's
as peaceful claim.
Win the bread for those who hunger, those our noble
dead have left,
Widows famine stricken orphans, Of their daily portion
.1 reft. issEE&s 5.t ss.ll1-1 u st - .Fs5..Sa
All common bond Of union is this common bond
of want, 81 ,R>45st
Sealed by blood, and stamped by anguish, and by
memories that haunt,
Of proud and noble captive, held in cruel deadly
-thral, .&T3iE{s83#jsE
Bearing all the shame and penance, Of Nations (
Yet we hail thee nntried Monarch teach us to be
calm and strong 91e@ $780,. 7. s / sa3a.al {
Right endurel through all ages, but span can + /
compass Wrong. ' @ |
And this Southern need shall waken lives that in an
idle dream, #st8 9-s4ss4a3 $50 4
Drifted in their Lotus sumbers down Times broad and
q sweeping stream ~ 4ss.s ,r~ -afst tse sgrr Il
From your needs ask pttance that the Carriers
toudes paans of rejoicing to greet best this gracious
rs King ....-'..-4 .sl1 81 .sa6Sl
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slave but pious old woman who Vi
Republican caucus at Washing to stad did stole goose