Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-06-11
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'.Outside the Constitution p Yes and more;
Outside the bounds Of reason and of right;
nations cruel scourge. a cankerous sore,
Diifusing through the whole disease and blight.
God o; nations whittier shall we fee
For help III time Of trouble. but to thee?
"Outslle the Constitutionl' which was bought
BY revolutionary tolls and blood,
And framed by wise and noble sires, who sought
a perfect union for the general good?
Thrice cursed they, God-torsaken clan,
W o stab the nations life To tyrannize o Ell man.
"Cutside The CONSTITUTIONS Then, of course,
Outside the peoples viii, the law supreme
\ usuTpation this, maintained by force,
The vlest tyranny the earth hath seen.
Spirit OF Washington, OF Webster, Clay,
Frown on the Vandals, and our ruin stay.
outside the Constitution !" which creates
Three governmental Powers coordinate,
Reserving fol the people and the States
All powers not granted-Ah is this our fate ?
Shall rampant Party sl,urn these checks OF law,
Andthe just balance of power destroy?
Shall madmen fire the Temple of our fame,
And leaye Us but anarchy and shame? al .Ha
And FOR what purpose? To unite more
The scattered fragments of d civil war?
TO heal our conntry's wounds, restore each part,
And $oothe her bleeding, FACILITATING heart?
To give US peace. prosperity and fame,
And nj. Fl, III
God help and pity us Ii as not so;
For Heaven and earth and he'll all thunder, No!
No, boaum pu57icrm is rot their aim;
They seek for poper and piunder, in the name
OF '!oyo'ty'-d prostitution vile,
Breeding more reptiles than the Shiny Nile
Base offs pring ignorance, and Vice, and Hate,
And green-eycd jealousy, cntEronetl in state.
Enacting, judging, and enforcing law,
While Wisdom, Virtue, PROSTATE, gaze with awe
stab at manhood, cultivation, lore;
bid for knaves, and dolts, and dastards more:
4 tie alon the history Of man
sod rscersai Of Jehorahs Plan.
10 kick lion, when he's dead, is base
The proverbsays. But deeper in disgrace
Is ne who strikes a d4en, yielding foe,
And will not help him up, nor let firn 60.
But b0&est Of the base is he whose feet
Kick neaviet alor, which he dared not meet;
Who, when the Lien, i'll his hight of power,
Shook yoIder Capitol with deaf ning roar,
SlHnk, like spaniel to his covert lair,
And piled himself to compromise and prayer.
Naiors magRdHaRcHe, as well as brave,
Nor aims TO xiii. il uoHnding will but save;
Respects true coul age, and. when brave men WELD
Conscious Of merit, nobiy quits the field.
"0utside the Constitutional Who SAYS that?
The representative Of ''iis and dat''-
A dying sinner he, whose moral level
Advises thus: Sire conscience 10 the Dern p
The leader OF Party who, o fie!
Proclaimed the nations flag Planting he -
The Consultation, too, they styled as well.
"A coUenoat ,sih deo,h, league arM he'll %
''outside the Constitution ~ Sound the alarm,
And grid ye for the batte-Parlots, ARM
Inside the Constitution, be your theme:
The peoples l,liehted faith shall be supreme
let the Executive stand firm and true,
And erinined sages law and right construc;
J.ct all Conservatives the right defend.
Ard swear that Martial Rule shall have an end
That ostracisn, hate and strife shall ceasa,
And heaven-born Love unite with heaven bon ght
Peace
A PENNSYLVANIA.