, 1874-01-18
FAREWELL TO 1873.
Lines read to Unity Church Fraternity" Chicdgo, at
it, iust meeting.

g.
Marched forth our volunteers.
- We're coming, Father Abraham,
Three hundred thousand nore,"
With straining lungs and aching hearts
We sang the dreAd encore.
And o'et the President hlmEelf,
Our leader strong and steady,
The shndow Of his coming doom
Broodcd unseen already.
Our best snd dearest marched away
Only to find grave:
They Joined the throng iunumeEable
Of unrcturniug brave.
Against the solid reue ranks
Our columns stormed and thunderod
The hospitals were brimuling full
And gold almost three hundred
Those days, dear friends, were rad enough.
To this you'll ali ng1ee,-
The days Of war, and waste, and work
Tho days Of slxty-three.
II. then, amid our double strife
'Gaiust bankruptcy and treaHon,
L ratriok lost heart and hope,
He bud some sort u reason.
But now, let's look about us
And SEQ Just where NC stand!
No war now rears its horrid front
In o,lr united land; ~
And every threatening storm that comes
Our eky to overcast,
But leaves i. clearer, loyc,ter
Thnn ever, when lis part.
The fertile earth pays laEishly
For all the work we do,
And one YEARS. cotton, grain, and PORK
Supplies the needs Of two.
M hinw 40 heavy but our strength
Is ample to endure 1T;
4 little time is al the balm
Nc need apply to cure it,
rct,s sea y-hst arc some uiserto
Misfort,ues, disappointmcnts,
In this decade Rave been repaired
ny Times 2ll-healing ointmentn.
fb,caro hurnst Tho tirutd say
Tha3 she viii rise no more:
Two wears roll by, md To-! ehe stanc1
Morn glorious thuu before!
Than dcar oId Roston foltows suit
= Nj onlv IN the furuiuu.
M. ~, hnr 1,snnr hearty strIe
a. 1,cE tn liz returniuc.
17,a,, I,1 j1' 1hs ~ rTnniTe Itr. whera
tnuscs had nTiaen.
srhev bre.E the nIots. .nd t1urst the rinos,
And c1an The rocues in pyison.
ma viciorv ]Ita tRat. nv friends,
81 nveylls nuhting.
1a richiV worth to Iii M laud
Ton rears' corruptiou-1ghting,
6orne railways have been built By Jobs,
And como 10 grief financial:
~. aoon 1n,,re. 1ue 1[oenss ora !J,hstanti51 i1y
Wall stract sen1s nut and builds cur roads,
4r5 Wal1 Street foofs the bill:
.
.ns .,ox ,r,e, Wall str..t coes to snash.
1n rrIa ..,''ds 10 LIN I,a sfil,
tea ns nhaD n'us th. rrash % came and ths Street
>'9 >9t"a.ad +,-,er,c,;t n dismav
g1pp1tu 13et. ~ ~ harjn1 INIT ar roadx
w. panAs' ~ ~
~ 9. ~. 81 ~. r1ra3r3re
"e - ous s..,.od 49, -, tha rn,;,
o,.. one 80 - - 49,; nno-Tc1 n;cf
oueI 80 ,s1 mu - -, . ,,ac1, ~ .o,in
~ 10y ~. nenu .hs's ~. .rnt ~ w1srr memories
a-d e1ar..ste1ls c1nster 'round her:
we whit 1,nya found her troublesome
v" ~. for th,t 1ncfv foundert
J., ~ orD r}ection.
~ n,,o1,tas 14cvailed.
80 ~ tt,f - ha1e failed. We ind
at; ri. % Fortnna,e va failed.
WV t,nns in xxbnt labyrinth.
Tna-.r{cni,ir r,ccd
va n,icht have found ourselves involved,
We nr6.thar 16 80 en.GapI
17b,o III onr reasonable wants
nm kiniliy Fate supplies;
And even our mlsiorIones 'o1n
To blessings IN olseAse-
By all the rules OF common aenss'
Low spirits snoulo % pan1sueo,
Since al We hoped ms come 70 na1s'
And al We 1eafeo LIB 'A14lsno"'
.au+ .,1-s+ and rot nv friends.
04T xr:s g., ~ aonv Il
un.-is,, - 81 ,,ond sneicient woes
49,. -,,,sorx r. i1;snuict
,,,e ~ inra ~ nnrea1 oues
ne 1,;t., so.co-r ~ a.t,rir
n.nss ,nr.hooe ia ecare ourselves,
oAsee 1870. n . ,3,n;ct
aau a.rro-. n~ ,,e;nc in minrnt-
N4 ~ ~ .-e snTe dis1nnyed.
.nne IT - --,tb ~ tarror In tbn fear
And % snake WA Ta.n iet,gr ha s9r.id II >A' A0'
lna. We aaa1i snan ~ c,-ennstanca
Ifeu ~ ~ e.. ,.-a*-:;;i,nn ,ock
OF bits Of printed piper tinted
Green upon the pack,
We magnify into snaps
That takes away ouf o1eatn,
As II ws'd never Rno"n sucu tuinb"
As treason, WOUNDS, ano ueasa. at.
Ten yc1fa ago. out aVes auu "1e
We're OF END Of Ge9Hule
That figures never coula e1rle'0
Money could never measure;
Ten little years ago, My ii.e14, i;Ie r4s,.,
It would hafe eeemeo nAe
To zee ouI Union eate uno ao"o'
And gold II one-elescn4
Iii, v,,,1,~ md etompodex
ous 1r,'aa snsot !. ~. ~. me thing sure:
1oelo w., 10 'n .s,,aht IN AZ with them.-
reason nas naasn,s+ +shsne can,t cure.
Cans eausn .,.}1 - MyThrre. then's. the u4o
e11aiS ~ ~ iong oration
~ - tn!s ~ hx3. asrn she rnrn.
Less race @ .ne .t.,,a.inn u.uen,
Aceep1 ens n;sJs srd h1 restoned
MAKE up QUE u.nuos sh.1I IL
10 GO, ~ W y, "1 s,hnr tna r,nl,.
LUG salno ~ - ~ os'r cor-a1
u s., tuis ~ ~ - var
az IA ,,1,1e ns bi,,e can be
80 -, 1S,ro- t+,,1 ~ ysrrA
In eightcen-sia.y three:
You needn't amrufy the rolnt;
You oas n5edn,t dn, ~ sn'ns ns If # yon % can.