Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
\ NEW LABOR SONG

All ArtIclr OF American commerce
Must be as Good as the Brand
Calls For.
To the Edatcr: Inow had moo shooz on
my fetc and moo store keeper had my
naim on his book gave him doc bill
as legal tender. Henc waz more fire to
reSoom poe,ix and tlosofy. Therefore
took lot of reform papers and rczorted
to the grow on my wife'S tire came.
Laber songs is affecting when they is
the vale of the asSoomingly oprest or a
out bust of jest rath against tirants.
They is the wings of the crushed sole
when it pants for frcdum; hence they
don't need poetic feet Of the same size.
80, that Good be the ritter of a Marsellus
him. scz l, with yurning hart. ! wood
try. got ont my pinsil and broun paper,
shut my eyes and invoked the news.
My mind glidcd under the spell of a drcme
that my song wood rowe the down trcd-
ding millyuns to march to the poles with
flying banners and vote rite. This is my
moo song withheld Til the times require.
EmansipaShuns' cumming, boys.
Mankind S uplifting is cumming.
With flags and tifcS and drumming
! heer the charyot's wheels.
(CORUS.)
AriZe, We luvers of fredum. wake.-
The gauling chanes of our slavry brake.
And cawz the embatied lejuns TO quake.
And clccr strife's field
a nifty war is respected, boys.
II our urjent demands is rejected,
And our feeders is not elckted-
hccr the canon's pccls.
(Corus.)
The boogle caul is sounding. boys,
1t Gums with aarum astounding:
Our harris and feet is bownding
To march with sords and sheels.
(Corus.)
must hay been saing oyer these lines
undoly loud, or anuther about '.the blud-
vest fitein the annals Of time" when my
naber Harlan was pushing aside the boct S
elders. with a inquizative Ease, as if he
waz the commissioner of the insain.
'mmeietly advanced and ecstendcd my
hand wich he held onto until he waz sect
ed on a fallen cotin wood. Then he sed.
81 sea you hav a taist, or a jenuS, for po-
try
II werk at il sum, seq l. "A profesy in
the otlshul orgun of the people seemed fit
to put into a abering song
80, ~; ;e
it to git start?'
Il don't kno, seq l. and didn't REILLY
81 hoap it will never begin round in thrc
here. But it mite be kindled, like a prary
fire. by no budy knoze who, or it mite
start along the ralerodes."
"And burn out the peoples elevator Co.
and ware houses. This is gun that kiks
back rather than kills"
ut haZ that look" seq l, viewing botl
ends of it,
II am not rcdy to believe that the pee,
Pile will run wild and take up arms on the
soshul and poiticle questions. YOU
party has not yet drawed into it the rec
flag soshnlists. who were ment in the St
Lewis demands. The crate bulk of it are
! men too sensible, too peasful, too humair
for sutch strife between nabers anc
bruthors, labrers and bankers, editer:
| and lawyers. A few ranters may tall
that way, but are they your best profits
cant believe it,
woodn't neither" scz ], heging a little
''if sum riters in our otlishu orgun ddn'
| feel SO contidant. Jest heer this: Z
| we would avoid Il dreadful fratricidal wa
we must work now and conquer by tn,
ballot"
THAT is big fla CRATE skarc Gro,
sed Harlan, pulling a paper out of his cot,
and Saing, Hers anuther with NOR,
| wind in it to puff out the big oratefs ole
cloze fixed on hi pole. 1t Gums from tn,
! famous writer of whareasses:s'M Man draw
| down their sullen brows, and muttcr be
| meath their breath that an armed revolu
ton is at hand. and unless this movement
succeeds the republic dies That is al
most neer enuf to treZon to ketch a Shi
| cawgo soshalist."
But don't you hav no fcer--none at all
asst, for spell of my dreem still hung ontl
me.
Not the leest, if your people vote "a
they pray; for the best of them wont pra.
| for bludshed, for encrky, for deeper pow.
erty than they ever knew and for the ute
destruction of this republic. A fue crazct
fanatix cant maik all yure good mel
| fues"
"Oh, well, seq I, who may not pray S.
ofen as l wood like to voat, what tina!
pray for is victry at the poles. Thare il
WHARF the furst battle s-a morel f1e''
"All rite and fare; but don't waist il al
on emmy uther. Lets hav FIRE voat and ;
fare count. No intimidashun before it
no bludy revolooshun after it. Ii you vii
| we won't rebell."
l put my song into my pockit. w
drifted into the prospex of the politic
partys. sed that all our crate nashuna
feeders gave it out thatthey didn't wan
.