Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-01-11

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UsseIfIahiy. We toll for those Who'll
n alter years to garner up our deeds
with patient faith we tread the weary
pAth
81 cersecution: contentsd with the
hope
That our posserity Ia looking back.
Through space Of time. viii sag We
ala oar best
on that The noble man whose sigma
tu1e
Dsdst give 10 Is our freenea's soysr
esgnty
Could zee this farce Of Doasted LIB
erty
fhss stands with ford cheeks, pulled
up with pride
Like Pisarfsee Of old This Liberty
Il 20 sell conferred, that beguiiins
thought
HAye robbed oppressor,a Of thsii
seuse Of right
win psous fraud II struts about the
world
70 Chrtstianize the rest Of human
kind,
while here beneath its feet 1t tran
rleS out
Our very iifebiood, with Its rushies'
heel:
or boys and girls. prescribed am
ostracized:
Denied the mere civiIities Of life;
Our men burst not speak the ranking
thoughts
That barn az a consuming FIRE Titnil
their breasts:
Our women, poor. defenseiess stand
prey
Un.o the lus. OF Southern Chiyalry
. Barbaric hands have tied us to al
stake
And burned our flesh as incense unit
Hate.
How long. O men, how long must VI
who beathe
The energizing air, OF this our nativ
Submit to such atrocious wrongs a
we
Unwillingly are daily forced to do.
Emancipation Day!
With neeting steps our lives hav
sped along.
) 6jnce last We met to pay tribute t
Him,
VINO, weighted with the cares OF on
great state
Stood Sponsor for Humanity's Jus
right
70 stand erect. and live as freeme
should.
Ungazlng at the blaz0ned form OF thi
Our native land. we droop our head
In shame
70 think, that With Its o'er-enthuse'
fame,
II unconcerned sees the Negroes rob
bed.
or their Just right, as sovereigns o
the state
N 70 hold aloft the blood Thought ballot
won
From a designing foe, who even yet
DefIes the mighty arm OF outrage.
law;
And standing on It's false worm-eate,
pride,
Invites the doom that hastens OF
o Lincoln. Did thy tender bleedin.
heart
That wept in silent night its tears o
blood
Fer dream that we deprived OF oul
Just rights
vonld stand as patient beasts, before
the axe,
Unmindful Of the Heritage you lef
/ Unto our care; no; no; great man;
thy mind.
Glanced with prophetic eye. unerr
ingly.
4 And saw a people angered by defeat
Usurp the manhood rights OF Citizens
Bon ON the boosted soil OF Liberty;
Saw merit, Honor Truth, all stant
for faught,
Unless accompanied by q white face
Nay! Alabaster face was not enough
II coursing through ones veins. wa!
Negro blood.
You cav people surfeited Will
vs. crime.
I Unload their hate upon defenseles,
heads.
Until at last. by their barbaric deed,
They reused the sleeping passion fol
revenge
Within the breasts OF Ethiopia's sons
Twas then thy saddened heart grew
5s sadder stiH
Il Overwhelmed by this, thy vision, vas
and grim
With our answering loyalty we com.
\ with laurel leaves, and myrtle branch
4 to crown
Thy life; with greatest gift that maj
Ger gets,
A peoples grateful love. q Just re-
ward 81
Unto a man whose furrowed cheeks
did show
Like Indexed Page" that troubling
thoughts lay there
Beneath that solemn and impressive
brow. .a55 .$s
Beseeching thee, O, Lincoln! with oul
hearts 4,
10 never fear that we shall prove un
true
\ 70 the great Heritage you left to us
& We have the past to History and Thee