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... peace , And lit the sacred fire , and said : " This pipe I smoke , that our brave dead , Whose souls move round the mountain red May come and give our woes release . " Now will you go to old Quivira ; To 10 The Song of Kansas .
... peace , And lit the sacred fire , and said : " This pipe I smoke , that our brave dead , Whose souls move round the mountain red May come and give our woes release . " Now will you go to old Quivira ; To 10 The Song of Kansas .
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... round the globe . THE NATAL HOUR . Decorate the Thirtieth of May ! 15 Shall we now the great act deplore Which gave us Kansas ? -nevermore . She was called fresh from the dark shore Of Time ; she came ; hail mighty day ! All hail ...
... round the globe . THE NATAL HOUR . Decorate the Thirtieth of May ! 15 Shall we now the great act deplore Which gave us Kansas ? -nevermore . She was called fresh from the dark shore Of Time ; she came ; hail mighty day ! All hail ...
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... round for prey ; and naught could tame The gloated beast of hell , nor pierce Its flinty scales , till it had fed And fattened on the blood and flesh Of Freedom's sons . This past , then fresh From ample meal the vengeful mesh He ...
... round for prey ; and naught could tame The gloated beast of hell , nor pierce Its flinty scales , till it had fed And fattened on the blood and flesh Of Freedom's sons . This past , then fresh From ample meal the vengeful mesh He ...
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... took her flight , And back on sable wing she sped , With flashing halo round her head , — By fair Columbia's hand was led Through all the glittering train of Night . Great soul inspired ! whet now thy sword , - The Song of Kansas . 37.
... took her flight , And back on sable wing she sped , With flashing halo round her head , — By fair Columbia's hand was led Through all the glittering train of Night . Great soul inspired ! whet now thy sword , - The Song of Kansas . 37.
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... would he heave the heavy sigh , As in that vision he could trace The rounded form , the living grace , The luster of a shining face , The flowing hair and flashing eye . Thus with some book of modern lore , He musing The Song of Kansas .
... would he heave the heavy sigh , As in that vision he could trace The rounded form , the living grace , The luster of a shining face , The flowing hair and flashing eye . Thus with some book of modern lore , He musing The Song of Kansas .
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Abolitionist ancient arms Barber beneath bird blood blow border ruffian bowie knife brave Cabeça charm cities Coronado Coronado's march Dapple dark dear deeds doth Douglas county earth fair fame fate fell fire flag flowers Free-Soiler Free-State Freedom friends Gihon glory gods gold golden Governor grave hair hand heart heaven heavenly hell Herald of Freedom holy honor Indian John Brown Kansas Affairs Kansas soil Kansas Territory land Lawrence laws Lecompte Lecompton Linn county lore Mexico mighty miles Missouri Mound City night NOTE o'er Osawanda Pardee Butler passed patriot peace pipe pipe of peace plain poem prayer Pro-Slavery Quivira race Reeder river Rubin ruffian sacred savage says shade slave slavery Slavery's soft Song of Kansas soul stand star story sweet sword tears tell Territory thought told took tread Treason tree truth vote waves wing
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Page 159 - Holding, as they do, that slavery is morally right, and socially elevating, they cannot cease to demand a full national recognition of it, as a legal right, and a social blessing.
Page 158 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 158 - African slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the rock upon which the old Union would split. He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended the great truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas, entertained by him and most of...
Page 188 - Missouri and forcibly liberate the five slaves, together with other slaves. One of these companies I assumed to direct. We proceeded to the place, surrounded the buildings, liberated the slaves, and also took certain property supposed to belong to the estate. We, however, learned before...
Page 176 - ... in the execution of any legal process in his hands. The forces under your command are to be used for the sole purpose of aiding the sheriff in executing the...
Page 158 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 160 - That we will afford protection to no abolitionist as a settler of this territory." " That we recognize the institution of slavery as already existing In this territory, and advise slaveholders to introduce their property as early aa possible.
Page 187 - William Robertson, William Colpetzer, Amos Hall, Austin Hall, John Campbell, Asa Snyder, Thomas Stilwell, William Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove, Patrick Ross, and BL Reed, — were gathered up from their work and their homes by an armed force under one Hamilton, and without trial or opportunity to speak in their own defence were formed into line, and all but one shot, — five killed and five wounded.
Page 187 - Hamilton, and, without trial or opportunity to speak in their own defence, were formed into line, and, all but one, shot — five killed and five wounded. One fell unharmed, pretending to be dead. All were left for dead. The only crime charged against them was that of being Free State men.
Page 163 - I advise you, one and all, to enter every election district in Kansas, in defiance of Reeder and his vile myrmidons, and vote at the point of the bowie-knife and revolver. Neither give nor take quarter, as our cause demands it. It is enough that the slaveholding interest wills it, from which there is no appeal.