26.12.2010, 15:23
AUTOCRATIC POLICY OF THE FEDERAL
AMERICANS.
At length a fierce autocracy is seen
Install'd aloft in Freedom's very seat ;
A throne built on the anger of defeat —
A virtual crown accorded in a spleen ;
The North, which brawl'd for Freedom and her rights :
The North, which talk'd so big of brotherhood.
Hath dared for very rage a hundred fights,
When once her will was traversed ! Once withstood.
She open'd condor's wings, and cried for blood :
And soar'd at once to sheer despotic heights —
And so we see, O saddest of all sights !
A ravening temper, deaf to all things good ;
While the poor slaves, cajoled by warring whites.
Drift between North and South like floating wood.
AMERICANS.
At length a fierce autocracy is seen
Install'd aloft in Freedom's very seat ;
A throne built on the anger of defeat —
A virtual crown accorded in a spleen ;
The North, which brawl'd for Freedom and her rights :
The North, which talk'd so big of brotherhood.
Hath dared for very rage a hundred fights,
When once her will was traversed ! Once withstood.
She open'd condor's wings, and cried for blood :
And soar'd at once to sheer despotic heights —
And so we see, O saddest of all sights !
A ravening temper, deaf to all things good ;
While the poor slaves, cajoled by warring whites.
Drift between North and South like floating wood.