New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-26
THE DEAD TO THE LIVING
nv FERDINAND FREILIGRATH.

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BY FERDINAND FREILIGkAIh'
1.Tba Deadv are citizens Of Berhn' VIM
al, in conflict with the troops, IN Marcn'
1sas and whose bodies were carried On
,,.,ls n the Royal Palace. where FREDERICK
1U;u;.m w. was compelled by the people 10
49,. fortb and do them the last honor. The
orlv other point which needs explanation
:. n # the Arch Duke John Of Austria was
.Iacted Regent of the German Empire oy
.ha Parliament which convened at FRANK
fort in the summer of 1881
Shot thro the brea,ti n the 10 forehe aus ''' '
So lifted up and borne aloft, on oioo's pishAs you
held s Us, ., rain, with cutlery wild. you held
that be might view US. him WIN .ava the
That We might be curse 10 nln WIZ s"'0 'A0
Ter night taa' zee Zee us day and night, in waking
hours lie sn smns his Bibles leaf or when bis
n,t T snsas Is seon Els very SOUL this brand
vo-avsr more and every where, and no escape he
That each red wound ard every mouth with an
Still tertnre him stll haunt his couch, when comes
his hour Of dying
That every sob around US heard re.echo then to
That each cold hand be clenched and raised in me-
Tbather his head. like other mems, upon q bed
Or on 3 bloody scafro,d bound, the tyrans's esehd
closes
Al, yes Shot thro' the breast the foreheads cleft
from strokes that felled US, ,
High up before the balcony on swsying pianks you
Come foi mr. and tottering came he forth and saw
.u,coue r and his hat he ooffed-thus to puppet
From the comedian that he was-and stood by ter.
While LETT his troop. the capital, which, dying. we
Then .Jt sus. thou my stay was sung, as in the
But "ircn, thou my stas"-we-e rather, then, TIE
hymn they needed.
That was the morning of the night wherein our
And such The sad tliumphal march that you. pal!
bearers, profit rec!
Our limbs were hacked and pierced with shot, cur
Yet on our brows the victors pride was gloriously
imprinted. ~.
goods worth the buying,
And SO content md peace made sweet the graves
where We are lying.
Wee unto you we were deceived! Four moons
have scarcely faded.
And ell that 90 boldly won, you, towards. see
Though purchased with lives, it's lost OF bssely
Yea. even to our spirit.ears the shameful tale
descended!
Like roaring pillows DER US burst, in miserable
The hollow sham OF Danish war, and Poland's last
repression; -
stubborn provinces the strle, 'enoean enS"e
Tho soldatescas swift return, and the Prince re-
Disgrace in Treves and Mair the people fooled
and irritated;
Militia everywhere disa1med, though scarcely yet
I'll. stormipc Of the arsenal burglary asser ted;
The tricks that even us, the dead to criminals con-
Where bsaricades were built, the bar on written
thought or spoken, ,.
And with the peoples right to meetthe compact
In north and south the hollow jar of many an
Old Chains reforged ior all upon the reople's eide
The covenant with the Cossack power; the judg-
Whose consIancy the right 10 laureled tomOs hath
nObly won you
You. farth, st borne upon the storm toward fu'
You, Paris warriors of June. in your defeat VIC
Then treachery here and on the Main, in work and
O. people, Yet, and ever peace' Not even this
Your Ratliern jackets hide no war? Come Oh,
shake loose your passion =.
The second and last v ar with all wEo thus SoII
right would fashion! .o,,. J.;
Let ''T6e Repubicp be yoIr cry, the bells IN
Which lmnsst fhis sst swnde of the A1chduke
John are crOwning
In vain, well there cause that from the earth
And once again, on bloody planks, SO held sloit ye
bear Us.
Net yond.r worthless man, as then, to show, per-
Bu- .ynrywhere, 10 tent or street the people to
Far a. the lard extends-and then, the dead insrr'
IN both your Parliaments. to rest: there last OF
all, display us!
All solemn sight! There should We lie, Win Ioi
heads cold and earthly, -,
With faces cumDling, Yet the Regents We, the
There should we lie and dumbly say; before our
flesh is vested,
TIE freedom rots which lately ye,.our naughty
The corn was cut that. when we died in March
began to flourish
But Freedom's seed Of March was mown, before
the sheaves that nOu ish
Behind the sickle, here and there. chance peoples
O. would the crimson wrath were left. thus in the
fields expanding
And yet wrath lives! In days OF Ill comfort
this, unshaken,
Too much already has oeen won, TOO much from
you been AIKEN
Too much of scorn. too much Of shame, daily upon
otrust the vo'ce Of our deed mouths, the Wrath,
the VIA tn remane, !
That still was Lefty ca, and awakes-it can not
Tie Revolution, Incomplete. shall be complete,
and stronger.
He only waits the lucky hour. then, in his Nigh.
There viii he stand with lifted arms. bis glauces
heavenward fingingi
Then will he load his rusty gun with lead from
window sashes,
While. planted on the barricade, his blood-red
banner flashes!
That 6anI er then will lead the troops, will lead
whil- princes seek the shore, and thrones 90 down
in confagration.
The lone eagles A.; the bells proclaim from evsIy
steepe
That their own Future hence, will shape tie free
the sovereign People!
Meanwhile, until that hour has dawned, hear this
IeprOach and heed it
All, your neglect alone explains why ye, our
brothert, need it.
Be armed aad be prepared Be stronger still and
TIL all the earth is free at last, wherein OH
bee les n,older-
TIL We shall cease to feel the taunt that f,lows
Free were they once, but now are slaves and shall
be slaves forever.
Courageous Lady.
A few evenings ago two ladies of refined
society were riding in the same street ca,
wife and rather timid GIRL who did no,
belong to either party. The man was quite
profane, and his wife repeatedly urged hin
to be quiet as he was producing fear in tn,
minds Of the ladies in the car. Finally h,
appealed to them to know if such was til,