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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 147 (search)
tract from a Letter. When home returning from the fight They wend their way, with noble scars, They'll point to wounds by traitorous hands Which fought against the Stripes and Stars. But noble wounds will be forgot As each his blood-stained sabre wipes, And thinks how rose that dying voice, “All hail the glorious Stars and Stripes.” “All hail the Stars and Stripes!” The words Are graven now, on every heart, A Nation's watchword — Freedom's song!-- Of every future act a part. “All hail the glorious Stars and Stripes!” The echo leaps from hill to hill! We first drew breath beneath its folds, We'll live and die beneath it still! “All hail the Stars and Stripes,” the cry, From forest home to ocean shore! Ten thousand times ten thousand hands Are raised to free that flag once more. To each proud heart new hope is sent, To each strong arm new strength is given, And raised aloft from every home, The Stars and Stripes float nearer heaven! New York, April 13, 1861.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 175 (search)
— swindled the shoemakers of that town out of valuable property, giving therefor something like the following lying promissory note: Haverhill, Mass.,-----, 1860. $---- For value received, we promise to pay to the order of------& Co.----dollars in four months from date. Weston & Williams. The notes maturing, do Messrs. Weston & Williams pay up? Yes; they coolly cancel their liabilities by sending their unfortunate creditors the following charming letter: Richmond, Va., April 13, 1861. Messrs.----, Haverhill, Mass.: Owing to the declaration of war against our beloved South, and the necessity of our arming and fighting, instead of pursuing the peaceful avocations of commerce, we have given up ourselves fully and freely to the work before us, and our resources are to be held at the disposal of the State until the issue is finally determined, when, if we have sufficient availabilities for assets left to meet our liabilities, it shall be done. But until this fratric