Year: 1877

] Time was when men in Washington wer
And lived and labored daily for the goo,


that they could do;
Phey sought their country's welfare, self OF


the altar laid,


And 10 her struggles struggled too, ant


toiled and hoped and prayed.
And when they met in council no breast 6


scheme concealed


Which would stain the country's honor if BY


chance it were revealed.
No member Of the Cabinet then seld himself


for gold,


Defranding needy soldiers for the wealth in


which be rolled.
No member of the Cabinet could then have


robbed the poor,
And clasped hand in fellowship within the


White House door;
For stern and staunch integrity was guardian


of the place,


And no one dared to enter there who lacked


an honest face.
No leader of whiskey ring could have found


protection there,
For conscience bore premium in the Presi-


dental chair.
The hero of the White House in those old


fashioned times
Never let guilty man escape-all suffered


for their crimes
But that was many years ago, SO distant does


it seem.
Now in the White House honest men are like


a vanished dream;
SelEseekiDg politicians, with greedy thirst for


gain,
Have climbed to many post Of trust their


purpose to attain.
And shielded by their station, these men with


skillfnl han !,
Reap harvests for their pockets while they rob |


and spoil the land
They scorn the country's statutes, they are |


safe beyond their reach,
And the law that's written on mems hearts |


they've only learned in speech.
They know no God to guide them, love not


their native soil;
They see no beauty in the right, no dignity
Sin toll
Imbruted by their selfshness, what think you


that they care
For the welfare of the people who were led to


place them there2
Obi who will save our country7 Oh where


shall help be found
Have all the noble an0 the good been laid


beneath the ground
Oh who will steer US safely upon the storm
tossed Bave2
We are rushing fast to ruin now, more help
less than the grave.
Jh, ye, who love your native land, and fain
would have 1t be
harifaua nf ularu for fha rhiIdran of he i. .
free,
throw party spirit overheard, let fraternal
love be seen,
Ind go to work at Washington and sweep
that city clean.
Tor leave the work unfinished, but purge it
to its core,
determined that corruption shall cloud the
land no more.
rom North to South, from East to West
then speed you on your way,
nd dragged all hidden foulness to the un- I
dimmsd light Of day.
Then this done, if you can find no man like q
those Of old, g
Tho love their country better than they love a
themselves or gold
you can find no Washington, no Jefferson, !
no Clay,
o Adams, jackson, Webster among our men f
to-day !
hen let week of fasting be held in every Q
State, I
nd people plead with God to save before it |
IS too late
lead that our Father raise us up, God-fear-
ing men TO guide,
Tho in their ways acknowledge him, and d
have no God beside.
hen these united prayers shall rise, as from 0
a single voice, II
ur God viii hear us in our need, will help .
US in our choice, :
nd will prove to foreign nations, who have u
seen US brought SO low, Il
e learned 10 suffer and to live, one hundred al
years ago. W. .HB. =.