The Constitution As It Is, The Union As It Was

Ho Democrats of every state, Who lova youv country's laws, trepare ye lor the conflict now, For neai' the battle draws ; And lel watehword blazon fortfc The watchword ut our cause- " TUE CoNSTTl ■UTIO.N AS IT lS, TjiE UNION as iï Was! The warning voice of Washington Ktill eclioes fhrotgh Uie land- The Constitution must be saved, Though dangev be at hand. Allviolations of ts law Should instantly be checked ; Without that chart of liberty, Our freedom uould bc wreckeo, I'eriuil no ■' state neoei-sity " To mar its snjaUêst part, For tí the tyiant's liHed steel To pierce te the naliou's heart. Tbe Sage of Monticollo spoke, And warned us of the worst; He said by sectional disputes Our couirtiy would be cursed, J-lis prophet eye beheld the north AfiaifJüt the south anayed. 'Gaiust aeographic party liues The dyiiis statesmon prayefl, The riahi uf eacli and every state lts own iffairs lo rule, The doctrine was of Jeflerson, Aud all since, of hos school, The Hcro of the Hermitage 'J his sentiment expres-ted - The Uoion, it mtibt be pi eserved ! All wr.üiys ly law rediessed; The i ghtR reserveJ by every state Still sacred must rcmain ; The lïeedum of the press and speech Lc ODjver should eer restrain ; Whoever dares to teseak ;!ie law, To Uial straightway bring, And if high treason be his crime, Jjike llaman let him swing! The Constitution as it is ! líe want uo higher law; Our iatheis when tiicy made it, The coming dangev saw. Tlioy lvi nied it bread cnough for all ; Deciared the wolk was good - The aesiis of our liberties - A bond of brotherhood. It covered North and South alike, United Kast and West, And made our country ))rosperous, Our peuple lree and biest IJ- Dcifocrats of every state, Who íove your country's laws, Preiare ye lor the conflict now, For near the battle draws, And let your bauner blazon forth The watchword of our cause - "The poKBllTUTIOK as it Is, THE UNION as it Was ! "