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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
June
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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" And, mnrvellous ihouuh it seem, Ijiis monster when II took [he name of Sl.ivcry, as oft It did, bad advocates to pleod ts ctiuse ; Beings that walked ereet, and tpone Iko inen ; Of Christian parentage desc n led, too : And dippcd n the bnptUrml fuut, as si;n Of dedication to the Princc who howed To deith to set the s'n-baiuid prUoner (ree. Unchristian thnnght ! 011 wliat pretence soe'er Ol loss orprofi;, or what pica you name, To buy and sell, lo barter, whip, and hold Incluiins, a being of celestial malie ; Of kindred form, of kindred faculties, Of kinrired feelings, piissione, thoughts, de sirca, Bom frec, and heir oí nn immorui hipe. Thought villainotis, absurd, iletesiable ! Unworthy to be haibored in a fiend ! And only overreaclied in wickedness By that - birth, too, of earihly liberty1, Which aimed to make a reasonable man - By legislation think, and by the sword Belkvel This wjs liberty renovntcd, Those equal rights of Grecce and Rome ! whcre men, All, but a few, were bought and sold and scourged, And killed, as interest or c&price enjoined ; In after times talketl of, written of. so mtich, Tbat most, by sound and custom ledaway, Believed the essence answered ti the name ! Hiitotiana on this ihcme were long and w.irn:; Statestnen, drunk witli the fumca of vun debate, In ofty swelling phrase, callcd it perfection ; Fhüosophers its rise advance and fa!l, Traced carefully ; and poets kindled still. As memory brought it up , their lips were touched With fiie, and utterea words that men ador cd. Even the true bard of Zion, holy man To whom tlie Bible taught this preciou6 verse, - ■ He is a frocman whom iho truth niakes,free'; By fa'bhioi, thnugh by lashion little swayed, Scarcc kept h:s barp irom l'agan freedom's pniise. Tlie c :pt l ve prophet, who Jeliovah gave 'J'lie fu iiru described il beít, when he lïeheld ts risc in visión of the niht ; - A dreadful beast, and terrible and strong l'xis-e'iingly, wi:h mighty iron teeth ; And lo, t broke in picces and devoured, And slamped ihe residue benealh its feét."

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Signal of Liberty
Old News