National Republican., 1878-06-28

IN TINS connection. He says:
In peril were our liberties; upchanged the tocsln
peal
The star and flower of ChIvalry uprose to face the
To face countless foo that came to slaughter and
to steal,
And with the battlotorch to lay our dear, old
rooftrees low.
Our warriors were Aired by oil the LORD hold,
lcal,
by all that makes life beautiful, by all that makes
meN blessed,
BY that duty the divinost to uphold the common
veal
And sacrifice the hearts red blood for brother.
hood oppressed.
In the white, shining track of IrE-that Ru"ERr
They followed with unnaggIng .feet. prepared to
dree and die,
Through crash of shells and storms Of fame that
smotc them In the face.
While high their glorious Rebel Yell rang grandly
up the sky
While high through binding cannon smoke the
Southern Gross upnung
Its blazing folds, more terrible than battle flag of
Thor
While roarcd rcd.throated rifles, and tho sabres
slashcd and swung,
To tho wild magnetic music of the thunder
drums of war.
Buttherc bcfell a trlstful day-thc Southern cross
went down
Before the HessIan hIrclings from every shore
and sea-
The HcssIan hlrelngs who fight for any aag or
crown.
And tramplo in the very dust the White Rose of
the Free.
Then came our cruel Iliad of wraths and wrongs
we saw
Our pcOplchood dcaowered of their birth rights
one by one;
What lmo the vile victor or made his Christlcss
creed our law,
And ruled our ruined Motherland with help of
gyve and gun.
o, sroSEwALr, by the clear, calm streams of Para.
disc this night!
o, BAREsDALE, falling where the food Of con-
fct rcddcst rolled!
o, MORGAN, leading metcor.like, thy cavalry In
fghtl
o, Southern slain, or high or low, within the
gates Of gold
Now that our rights orc rcposscssed. now that the
Beyond our borders, with the curse of crime upon
his name,
Answer: Shall we still bend the knee and shall we
bow the head
Unto his crimeful code and thus forever seal our
shame3
And from the cItades of CHRIST serene, and far
and bright,
Their souls commuuing with our souls thus speak
TO us this night:
by our cause all grand and glorious
Cause that yet will be victorious
BY our banner, consecratcd with the chrism Of
blood and tears
| Never Let the traitor perish
| Who would counsel ye to cherish
The black hercsIcs we battled through the long
and lurid years.
| II Is not for ye to faltcr,
| II Is not for ye TO paler
In this crisis-for thy mission is the mightiest o
| time:
| II Is thine to lead legion
Out of every realm and and region
| In the glorious march sun-ward to the golden
| heights sublime.
| Rings the trumpi-tho drum Is bcatingl-
| No retracting!- rctreatiug!
Ye must tread the straight, whito pathway tina,
thy pure, proud martyrs trod-
Teaching thus unto the fOeman,
| That ye trucklc unto no man,
That thy brthland knows no master, save tho
| one great master-tioD!
| up and from thy status sever,
| With a firm, swim hand, forever,
All the laws antsgonistic 10 thine august laws OF
old!
Strike for States ights This thy mission,
Till 1t finds n full fruiton,-
Let the blessing Of the ballot by Csucasians be
| controlled.
| Up. rebuild thy ruined altars
That were shattered by assaulters,
Aud beside them swear thy children the same
| oath their fathers sworc-
| Thus the olden, golden glory
Flashing through and through our story,
Like the splendor Of sun.burst will illumt
| Southland once more.