Democracy Vs. Republicanism

When Freedora, from her mountaiu hight, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the aaure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes. The inilky baldric of the skies And stripe'l its pure, celestial white, With streakings of tlie morning light Then, frora his mansion in the sun, She called lier eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The syinbol of her chosen land. Flag of the free heart'a only home ! Öy angel hands to ralor given, Thy stars have lit the weikin dome And all thy hues were born in heaven ! For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the oe but falls before us With freedom's soil beneath our feet, And freedom's banner streaniing o'er us ! REPÚBLICA SKNTIMKNTS - THE AMERICAN FLAG. All hail the flaunting Lie ! The stars grow pale and dim The stripes are bloody scars - A Lie the vaunting hymn, It shields a pirate's deck, It binds a m.ai in chains ; It yokes the captive's neck, And wipes the bloody stains. Tear down the flaunting Lie ! Half-mast the starry flag! Insult no sunny sky With hate's polluted rag ! Destroy it ye who can ! Deep sink it in the waves ! It beai s a fellow man To groan with fellow slaves, Furl, furl the boasted Lie ! Till lïeedom lives again, To rule once more in truth Among untrammeled men. Eoll up the starry sheen, Conceal its bloody stains ; For in its folds are seen The stamp of rustling chains. - Ntw York Tribune, 1859.