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round The iron horse came tearing. A flag waved o'er that spectral train, As high as Pittsfield steeple; Its emblem was a broken chain; Its motto: ‘To the people! ’ I dreamed that Charley took his bed, With Hale for his physician; His daily dose an old “unread And unreferred” petition. ‘Papers and memorials touching the subject of slavery shall be laid on the table without reading, debate, or reference.’ So read the gag-law, as it was called, introduced in the House by Mr. Atherton. There Hayes and Tuck as nurses sat, As near as near could be, man; They leeched him with the ‘ Democrat;’ They blistered with the ‘ Freeman.’ Ah! grisly portents! What avail Your terrors of forewarning? We wake to find the nightmare Hale Astride our breasts at morning! From Portsmouth lights to Indian stream Our foes their throats are trying; The very factory-spindles seem To mock us while they're flying. The hills have bonfires; in our streets Flags flout us in our faces; The newsboys