The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-24
IN IL Considerably HOasotiou..

saa III ia the war, and / war oa iAa l"stn'
a Jaanny Rsb--I state it Cat. tho 1ain't uo
Fer ruar down IN Dixie 'sn the troubls 1T on
dne@
1 was raised in Aiabamy. way up tue Tonnes
Tlaatk how il oams about. you know ssessh
Ths staIs W. hoas tlo rsi'fAI Govraont
waxn't anywhere,
An ule John Brown he'd stole our nigs, OILS Ale
AM lewed hs'i mar,h his ustai0ns down au'
sFeal rs undar foot.
10 mase u.s. unad, ibis sort 0 thing wosEose II
so wtipu in Alabamy, way up the r,naossee.
1hs eld Iasculnby Battery oniistsd fer the
NEht,
signed the roll an waded in, not doubttn IL
NuZ right
An whsn the evening come to so, We stoppet
To ga the benetioti0n Of tins oldest man In
t0wn~
'The hsyolation veteran, my uncle, Marion
Rowe,
Who'd h't a leg a. Eutall Springs nigh eighty
tears be.o
He icanod across the wfnder.siu and 10 KID
On hls white bar an farrsrsd face / see the
candle shine
An ,mrs war atreamin down the cheeks Of
Cnelo Marion ltowe,
An in hla hand a little na he bel an wayedlt
$50.
NY loysl' he C,iei -tn~u back turn baea
Fbe warnfn OF friend
The trouble you are briagf.i' Oh youll never see
q eEdl
Turn bach Iont IRE upon this aas bat al It's
He gasped fer breath. behind tho light We see
lhm trenholm stand
An timn no dropped al aied right thar the
tanner ia his hand,
Come said IL war ajelgmont some though. he
some All 'twers second cEaIdhood and failu'
o4 the brain ~
Al any rate. the drums struck up, wo took the
road ON ts more.
And fu3T years nc aero a. bstwtxt th mOuntfuas
an the snors:
At Corthth, Shiloh, Donelson, and Chattahoo
chic SOUND
At SashyiIIs. Dalton, Mission Ridge, and all the
battles round
Ole Kauesn~, TIL half of ua waz iurloughsd un-
dsx ground.
An wen at last along the James, ole Grant had
oernered I.ee.
toted bone 81 enipty sleeve to the Upper Ten.
nensee,
Wal, Jim, I hey got shet of them old obs lste
For I've looked round sense then ami seen wal
I've seen That We 'nns ~uz behind that syou
ms 'ways wux best
IvesAesn that ols Abs psebly knew whut Ole
I've sesn the nigsera ohnokls at the JOY Of boin'
free
I've sssn life come to Dixie just as ohippsr az
can be,
nm II hos reached TusOumby on the Upper Ten
.neSseo,
And . 1 brood upon tbeas facts. It suddenly
1t want UneIo Marion but me that was insane.
m glad the blamed Confd d'raoy vas bligiited in
the bud
I'm glad that we was waIloped by chaps of kin. |
dred blood:
M glad the states Is keepin stsp an rnarohin |
as one
From Florida % Mexico. from Maine 10 Oregon |
An win mention three men whoae tssehin's I |
despise,
who duiled my brain With ignorance. aud band
aged mp my eyes,
And nlied my heart With hatred and stuffed my |
ears with lies,
And sent me ON that fools errand from the Up, |
per Teunesaee-
lude 20 Jeif s'n Davis and Robert ToOmbs an'
me
Im proud Of these United States as any msn
to-day
m proud OF thla old iiag that blooms es daisies +
bloom In MAJ:
Proud % the land that poor folks love. the land
that tyrants hate
That lights tho gIim Of hope again where men
are deHoIats:
IAat assas H. bead s4st4etst,s,
earth
Shere every mothers baby has blessing with
itR birth:
md, Jim faint pleasant to rehsct-and you
4 hat a confoanded idiot form'Iy used To he,
hen L latAd Ia TnacnInhR on the rnpsT Ten |
neasee.