[Daily Herald, Quincy, Ill., September 20, 1858]

EQUALIZE THE NATIONS

To be sung at the close of every speech delivered by Abe Lincoln during the present campaign.
Air-"Black Bird."

Come, equalize the nations, Abe Lincoln does proclaim;
Let Cuffee have the freedom the white man has attained;
Our platform's broad and ample, the noblest and the best-
It extends from north to south, from the east unto the west.

Come, equalize the nations-our party will be great!—
Let Cuffee have the privilege with us to 'malgamate;
We have damsels white as lilies, whom we can sacrifice,
And raise motley plants, that will the world surprise.
Come, equalize the nations, ere a century shall come,
We'll rule this mighty nation with a Mustee or quadroon;
Then that harmony and union will reign throughout the land,
That has long been advocated by the black republican.

Come, equalize the nations, let Cuffee have a voice;
Extend the elective franchise our party will rejoice;—

Loud huzzas will then arise, over hill and dale and plain,

While triumphantly we'll conquer with our dark and motley train.

Come, equalize the nations, says Lincoln and Lovejoy,

And the Democratic party we surely can destroy,

And hurl each man from power who will not with us come-
Thus sink his name forever in dark oblivion.

Then equalize the nations, throughout Columbia's land—

Let the negroes and whites on an equal footing stand:

Let all enjoy that freedom so noble and divine,

And we'll ever prove triumphant throughout all coming time.

FRANKFORT BARD.

[Chicago Daily Democrat, September 22, 1858]

LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS

WRITTEN ON READING THEIR SPEECHES, BY JAMES LEWIS, OF Lewisburg,
In Lincoln's hand see Freedom's torch of light,
Flashing its radiance o'er "Egyptian" night;
While little Douglas on his tip-toe stands,
And holds th' extinguisher in both his hands.
Too short to reach, he tries with many a groan,
To quench the light with his dark, hollow cone,
By that o'd tinker, Roger Taney, made
For James Buchanan in the way of trade.

PA.

"Tis label'd "Law decision," in the case

Of one Dred Scott, whose long-time dwelling place Was on free soil, by his own master's act

He claimed his freedom by that very fact—

All former precedents sustain his plea;

In law, and right, poor old Dred Scott was free.

But Roger Taney had a job to do,

Old patterns failing, he began anew.

And showed the Constitution as the source

Of that mild law, whose essence is brute force,
Which in barbarian Africa begun,

And having stol'n the sire, enslaves the son.

This law, says Taney, its firm grapple holds,
Where'er our flag displays its shining folds;
The greatest boon our Constitution yields,
Is chattel slaves to till our fertile lands.
When our flag floats in conquest, anywhere,
Champions our Freedom! bring your niggers there,
And buy, and sell, and discipline, and feed,
And try by all means to improve the breed.
The Constitution, in its power of might,
To hold a nigger guarantees your right.

Th' extinguisher thus made by Taney's hands,
As said before, there little Douglas stands,
And tries, as sailors say, to "douse the glim,"
But hitherto results are rather slim,
His fingers burn, his very whiskers scorch,
And e'en his balls blench at Freedom's torch.

RALLYING SONG

The six years' race is to be run,

In a few days, a few days;

By Slavery's hack it can't be won,
Oh! take "Dug" home.

"Little Dug" was hurt on Slavery's track,
In his late days, his late days!
For Slavery's load had strained his back,
Oh! take him home!

CHAPTER XVII

MRS. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

[MR. HORACE WHITE in Herndon's Life of Lincoln, by permission of D. Appleton & Co.]

At Havana I saw Mrs. Douglas (nee Cutts) standing with a group of ladies a short distance from the platform on which her husband was speaking, and I thought I had never seen a more queenly face and figure. I saw her frequently afterward in this campaign, but never personally met her until many years later, when she had become the wife of General Williams of the regular army, and the mother of children who promised to be as beautiful as herself. There is no doubt in my mind that this attractive presence was very helpful to Judge Douglas in the campaign. It is certain that the Republicans considered her a dangerous element.

[Missouri Democrat, St. Louis, September 9, 1858]

MRS. JUDGE DOUGLAS.-The wife of Judge Douglas was a visitor at the Fair Grounds yesterday, and received a good deal of attention. She is a lady of handsome personal appearance and possessed of a graceful carriage and easy manners. We understand that Judge Douglas is in town and will visit the Fair Grounds today, previous to speaking at Belleville.

[Springfield, Ill., correspondence Missouri Democrat, St. Louis, September 30, 1858]

His [Douglas] distinguished lady, who is such a potent auxiliary of his in this canvass, comes on a mission to Jacksonville in the course of a few days. She will stay there for some time and will, doubtless, win him scores of votes.