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Poetry: Song Of "the Brotherhood"

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
October
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
Poem
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Ihe steady subsidcnce of the agnntion." Corrcspondencc of Üte National Inlelligcnccr. "Abolitionism is mpidly dying away.'"- ProSlarcry Papers. Dying away- day after day- This is the buiden of our !ny! And louder yet sIiqII the chorus ring- For soutlicrn votes wc'Il train our throats T.ll the air shnll thril! with our servilc notès For the "sunny South" hath bidden us eiog. Whát care we that the press be free? Frcedom and slavciy cannot agree! Muzzle the press!- for the South hath spoken- Down with petition- kill abolition With addled-egg-logic nnd clubammunition! Discuesion must ccaseor the compact is broken. Dying away- day after day- True, we oppose, as eery one knows, The "abstract' r system of kicks and blowe, But-slavcs are contentcd and masters are kind. True, wcbelieve to plunder and thieve Ie not tha bcsi thing that a man can ochieve,But-,heSys,cmhasílours;ied for-,ime out oí iniml, I J)Vük"ovv'ti.s,nev!íachilcloft!1otlcviI: Bt ío teil the South 8.0 would be tl)ouht f hnrdly civil; Bosides it ra wncuoDfid by Peter aud frnlAH eocl me" abhor't-but ihe L'Ü.Iois for't And our hearts are at case mul-r plens of 'this sort -I And Colrnizatioivs the -'cure" a 'ter ali! Dying away- day after day- This is the burden of our Jay. Tae "fanatics" are few-they are gnímng 'tis truc; And fiie time n;ay be near when our course wc fihal! rué - Bot-WHI we'll protest thcy are 'dymg away:" Oar consciences bought, we vvül lie, as we ou-hf, Nor give to ihe fui ure a ssrious thought- Suflicient theevil theroofto thedny! Wiih the rnany we'Il shdut, and in time turn cbout, For 'lis ensy to wear our coats either side ontí