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Excerpt from Columbia Redeemed From Slavery: The Story of America's Civil War
Secession, like a serpent, long has crept; N ow dragon grown its strengthened folds have swept Around the states and wound them in its coils, I fear it and am wearied with my toils. Can we not pacify this threatening beast? On slavery alone it seeks to feast; The north may still its liberties maintain By war it loses: it hath naught to gain. Here Toombs of Carolina answer makes, The passions of the north and south he wakes. Those meddling Abolitionists have sown The dragon's teeth and armed men have grown. Our rights as southern states we now defend This union, mark me, draweth to its end; From Washington down to the River Grand N ow thirsty bayonets gleam where soldiers stand Our wealth, you know it well, rests in our slaves For slavery we'll fight, e'en to our graves: We care not for your black republicans If we are tyrants you are greater ones! Then Baker, come from far ofi Oregon Arising fires with patriot zeal anon: Preserve our union! Shall this nation raised By sacrifice and struggles, ever praised By all who've suffered the oppressor's wrong, Shall this republic now so great and strong, Be broken into petty powers where strife And jealousies shall sap our union's life No longer will the nations of the earth Look to the land where Freedom had its birth. Our stars and stripes have grandly sailed the sea And foreign lands have praised our unity. And shall we tamely see our colors furled A laughing stock to all the gaping world? Shall our proud ships be seen in ports afar Beneath palmetto flag' and that 'lone star The Unionists' applause rings loud and long Then thoughtful Seward rises 'midst the throng To serve the union but preserve the peace. And Johnson speaks brave words for our release From threatened tyranny of southern bands. Ye men of northern and of western lands Come, rally round our country's altar now And to our constitution fealty vow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.