The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-14

| III the cottage, In the howell, in the mil
and in the street,
Go and call them to the banquet. bi,
them come and drink and eat: .
Give them one bright day of sunshine
.- man and woman, friend and foe,
BID them to feast of plenty-let tn,
ruby red wine flow.
1.-THE Gathering.
From the Russian cars dominions
from the, far off Orient,
From America and Europe, came the
So hosts of discomfort;
Came the peon from his howell, came the
farmer from his plow
came the white and black and brown
man, came the spinster and the
frau; Y
came the tribes and all the races from
the corners of the earth, III -+-
Came to counsel with each other, came
f. ~ to- sing song of mirth.a
And they pledged a toast together. look
ing in Zach e. others eye eyes,
we are brQtheEs, friends and neigh
p -'~ bops; of adj lands beneath !, the
Skies:
Worn and weary, sad, forsaken. stood
the toilers of the earth,
Ground to dlsath by mans Injustice
dWarfed by..labor from their birth.
Old and wrinkles in their manhood and
decrepft ere their time.
Hardened by. the years of contact n,;+,,
. the scenes of sin and crime;
Uood at heart, yet all mistrustful Of their
=. fellows they, nor knew
How to curb their lustful passions as
= the free-born subjects do.
Thus they stood and faced each other,
,, 49, men and women, friends and foes.
Thus they told in words of sadness each
the burden of his woes. .>,
nI.-What Was Said
They have come to take my country"
said the Dutchttan from Vaal.
They have cdmeSwfth sword and can
noi ~ uCPllVC us VI our all,
We are brave ana. Strong and hopeful
yetAthe secret, soonest told
Is that home and friends and country
must give way to greed Of gold.
sounds the roar of cannon.
shrek the thunderbolts Of hell,
And the means and tears and curses are
'r' the stories that they tell. III
We, are weary of this conflict and we
wish the war to .cease;"- 80 -sw
'Tis the greed of gold they fight for
Danish that and give us peace
There is war in my Adommiens, !. said
49,. the brown man fISm. the Sourn,
They have come to snatch the morsel
from my little infants mouth,
Such foul deeds as they have done there 4
strangers cannot fully know,
They have brought us sin and famine, ]
they have filled the land with woe:
Thunder nov. their mighty engines of
:e'- destruction through the isles
the hopes of amillions,> bring ]
ing. tea}s; Instead Of. smiles, |
But It's golde they love and worship
It's theft god they do defend
6anish that, I'VE kings and rulers, and
this cruel war will end
Spoke a l,oart headed veteran from the !
regionsaofs the snow:
I have marked the wars of nations from
the days Of long ago !
And ] find that war and famine with |
their sorrows. MANIFOLD,
an be. straced~in easy outlines to the |
selfish love of gold. |
Danish then the gold of nations, curse it
from your homes afar,
Danish gold and With it sorrow and the
cruel arts of war;
'anish gold, We kings and rulers, Danish
gold and give us peace,
3anlsh gold from thy dominions and
these cruel wars will cease
lose a million serfs and freemen. men
and women, young and old,
houting each in voice, of thunder
= curse upon the selfish gold:
'urse upon the curse of nations. east Il
in the surging sea,
md henceforth Wen live and pirosper
ever happy ever free : y
i've as brothers live as neighbors on
the farm and in the mill,
We will strive, happy union. to on
force the Masters will; - ~
We will makea the Word a standard--we
will raise it to the skies
nd they pledged "a toast together. look
in each others eyes.
IV.-What was done.
anne the kings of all the nations scat
tering their gold OF greed:
owing wide the shining metal as the
farmer sows his seed:
nd the hordes of serfs and freemen
cursed each other fought and bled,
i'll the place was strewn with bodies of
the dying and the dead;
i'll of all that mighty hostage only
beasts survived to tell
ow the congress of the nations ended
" in d. Work of hell ''''''''o -'f"'
anne the kings of all the nations. saw
the scenes Of, death and woe,
Drink inks. ye consecrated scio2ns-7llet the
Ia: r1lhv rod vino f3nv,