The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01
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ritten for the Republican.

confederate senate, has dismissed IA ex -union
soldiers who are disabled men, from their
positions as assistant doorkeepers, aud has
appointed ex-coufederate soldiers In their
stead 1.-THE Republic.
Say, boys, do ye hear that confederate yell
Ringing out on the winters airl
rou have heard IL in times when brave men
In the days Of our dark despair.
You have heard IL In sixty-one and two,
In sixty-three and four;
But when the weary war was through,
Dreamed We ever TO hear IL moreI
Say, boys, do you hear that confederate yell
Ringing up from the nations halls ?
Aud remember they swore 20 winter In hell,
Or level the capital walls 2"
Do you mind. for aye, the northern trail
Where their legions In triumph trod,
Until hurled back by your iron hall
From the consecrato acre of God
On say. do you hear that same old yell
From the battle field ringing out,
That was heard In the days remembered 80
On the plcket-line and redoubti
DO you relish lie soornful. defiant toncl
IL this what you fought for Say.
Ye staiwart heroes. whose blood aud bone
Have saved US. nation to-dayl
SAY. boys, do you hear the yell OF the crew
Ye have fought by day and by night'
And driven In blood, all the Wilderness
through,
Believing in God and the righti
Do you halt on crstches live on Q crumb.
That the country yc fought for gave
And have ye no votes are all tongues dumb,
d That We live. the Confedsrats's siave7
Boys ye have trod on the northern hills,
Ye have marched on the southern plain,
With the iron nerve Of the man who wills
The blessings Of life through pain;
And is this the goal that ye fought to win.
And conquered, In sirty-hve
Is this the harvest ye gathered In
When ye gave US the nation alive
I cay. brave hsroca of northern soil,
IL IL all In vain that ye foughtp
Does not the nerve harden. the hot blood bolli
Was your valor thus sought for naughtl
Are the thousands who stood on the battle
line,
Clad all in the loyal blue,
Upbcaring the banner Of stars 70 shine
For ayel Are ye still as true
o God Brave boys, do We hear that veil
NJ - a.. esnitol's halls swell forthi
On the stern, true hearted north7
An have We no shots from this rebel rout
No votes for the wooden leg
Whom the vanquished In war are turning out
To halt on the streets and beg ?
Oh say. 10 the flag ye loved 90 well
To droop now, or loyal blue
Was IL for q lie that your comrades fell
Hath peace no victories tool
is all that We won In the battles van
To be wrested by fraud awayi
And have ye no cheer for the crippled ma
who sfood at The front that day,
e.
And there goes up another shout
From brave hearts true and tried
"oh YES we have put them all to rout;
Net In vain have our comrades died.
We have met them. for ave, on many q Geld;
We have fought them on many plain;
We have conquered, when Il was death to
yield.
And We viii conquer again.
From the northern tops of our whispering
pine,
From our prairies broad and free.
There came q shout from the loyal line
OF our future yet TO be,
"oh yes! We have met this same old crew.
And now hear our comrades cry;.
And ten million scans are marshalng. to
Avenge their wrongs or die.
I'VE have not forgotten our comrades dead,
Or our murdered Lincoln yet.
Nor the living. who brsvely fought aud bled
Ere the sun Of rebellion set
The heart of the nation IL true as then,
And this Is the soldiers boon:
Were We TO fight the war through again,
We'd not close IL yc ar too soon
1--WE would not exempt from a traitor. fate
The feasts that the halters crave.
puf swiftly In sOrroW-oh nOt In hate
Punish well ere we one forgave.
And had this been done ten years ago,
We never had seen this rout.
Or heard the old rebel yell we know,
Now turning the loyal out.
"But million true hearts are on the march,
An we answer he..rebel's yell
Who swore 10 winter meath the cspitors
l. arch. a- n
Or else the ywould wlntcr In hell.
And some, We know, have kept that vow;
But the rest Of the traitor crew
Have come 10 make laws for the loyal now,
Who forgaye when the war was through.
| "Oh yes we have heard the wild old yell
From the dome on Capitol hill;
| But tho future will have Its tale 70 tell
OF the loyal veterans will
And IL will not say that hundred years
Have given us. bond and soul.
Win the nations treasure, and blood and
To the vanqui.hee 'rebs' control"
|
Az l sat In my chamber alone at night,
And heard their gathering feet
| With the marshaled tread Of the warriors
4 might, EFMn
All hasting again 10 meet.
/ And saw afar the stalwart forms
Come fitting down through the gloom,
With brave hearts ready for battle storms,
To make for their comrades room
4 And saw their banner flung 10 the breeze,
And the gleam Of their army blue.
A they march Along meath the autumn tree.
That shadows the dim avenue.
And they answered for ave for the whole
| broad land
I'VE have made In a nations will
That the crippled aud torn of our patriot
Are the wards Of the nation still"
lansing. Dec. %. 1870