The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-14
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Once !, Nos. % and ~ Fourteenth streOt.
AT THE GATES OF LIBERTY,


Read al Inc Annual Bdaqtsi Of he Neg Y0rt Sou
era Soeity, Ia NslV York city, February = lSs'
Eternal Gates OF Liberty
Lift up your stately headSl
| Behold, with bridal phgenntry,
| And gRrlRnds from fair mOadS,
! The south comes, With h9r SiEier tTnin,
To claim her own again!
Make room upon tho left and right
What hour the clock Of destiny
| Has struck departing night
Merged In the day OF jubilee,
/ staF.gIFt aud beautifully bright
There comes most I0afleSlly. anain,
The South 10 claim her own RgainI
Pleasant and wonderfully fair,
| Like OnU that knows h0r own domain,
| MagnOlla.nowUrS In her hair,
Aud orange blossoms FRrO,
Let her not knock in yRinI
Left up your equal heads TO her,
Ofall your courts contain cO-helF,
For 10! ShO claims her own AgAini
No Incndlcant Is at your doors,
Nor bids you rils6 your fronts Of stoned
Whose fathers built upon these shores,
With Vampire, huttHe8s, bA4tl0n,
And gOdllk0 mls0nry OF skill.
Fair Freedoms all'enduring toWGrs.
Returns, and, II you will,
Within this holy fInO.
Shall cherish all her own aSAinl
OF rock made they your stately plight,
And carved your pAnnels with tho sword,
And hinged upon the peoples right,
To lift or close, but 1T their word;
So when she bids, In conscience bold,
Your everlasting lOnYnS unfold.
Widely they stand,
At her command,
Whose glory shall not wnne-
The South who claims her own agalnl
Mother OF politics, and States.
The offspring Of thy womb hath been
This day the Nation consecntes
TO him who watched these awful Gates
For Il and thee:
WidO-arIned TO lot thee In,
They ready stand, At Its command,
To Tcnd their bars In twain,
That thou mnyst claim thino own again
What atmosphere is this surrounds
These granite hands within whose bounds
The goddess Of Freedom dWOllsS
IT'S Love, which bears with equal force
Upon each planet In It's course,
Whose music Gwells,
Till all the choir Join tho retaain-
The South shall claim hOr own againl
IN glory differs star from star,
Yet each rcsplundGnt, shines atAr,
In Its own plAcct
They wheel their Gharlot.Wheels OF Are,
They do not hlter nor expire,
Nor fall from space:
In universal orders reign,
The South shall claim her own Agalnl
We know wherctO our purpose guides,
The ship Of State. 10 that she rides,
In safety In the main:
That those eternal landmarks, s0t
By Southern pilots, towering yet,
Through sunshine, storm, or rain,
ITV,1 NbIu 1ptsnItI aa IhnlR dahl
The South shall claim her own Againl
Shall VIC ignore the hero raco
That stOrmcd the heights OF FAme's redoubt,
With tracks that time cannot ottace,
Nor history ialtor 10 point Outf
The womb that bear, prolific still,
Shall reproduce the noble strain
or statesmen, AlgcS, warriors, till
The South shall claim her own agninl
Fair Freedom knows whence was her source
From out her Western height;
She Will not bear the least divorce
Between the sight and might:
She says unto the North, forbOar,
To East and West, refrain,
She thundCrs through the lambert air
The South Shnll claim her own AgAlnl
Not arrogant our attitude.
MOI frellul, nor nervOrSei
We know the marriage bond holds good
For better or for worse;
We recognize the founders will,
Confirmed on bGtIl0'plaln;
But this We know for good or Ill,
The South shall claim her own agalnl
Who rave the people right to rule
And nake their voice supreme!
Who says there Is no Gods fool,
Nor Is Ills reign dream;
He laid Ia law these PAlace.Gntes,
Nor reared their heads IN vain!