. The American epic . never use with England would not thus condemn her sonsFor trafficking in human flesh and profits of the trade were dear to Georgia would not do without the slaves,Nor would the genrous Carolinians. Gabriel. I gave John Adams moving eloquenceThat won men over to his righteous cause. Michael. And we and all the sons of God rejoicedTo see such loving union among men;Hoping for peace through this broad freedom from all kinds of is it with this nation we have served?Men celebrate their countrys natal day,Not with g
. The American epic . never use with England would not thus condemn her sonsFor trafficking in human flesh and profits of the trade were dear to Georgia would not do without the slaves,Nor would the genrous Carolinians. Gabriel. I gave John Adams moving eloquenceThat won men over to his righteous cause. Michael. And we and all the sons of God rejoicedTo see such loving union among men;Hoping for peace through this broad freedom from all kinds of is it with this nation we have served?Men celebrate their countrys natal day,Not with glad greetings, worshiping their God,But mid the ruins of a three days fight,Where more than fifty thousand veterans,Killed or disabled, call for briny tears; HEAVEN THE BOSOM OF JOHK BROWN. 187 Or, as at Yicksburg, thirty thousand menAre starved or slain by their own these the fruits of all our careful toil? Gabriel No, Michael, these are fruits of hellish hatoBetween the sections of this favored x_^_ MINISTERING ANGELS. Until the gospel of the Son of GodShall drive this fiendish hatred far away,Discord and strife and malice must prevail. Michael. But, Gabriel, these destroying forces claimThat Christ and conscience drive them to such deeds. 188 THE AMEEICAX EPIC. Bishops and saints pray mightily to Gl^od That slaughterers of men may have success. Even the dying, like Mohammedans, Claim glory in the heavens for killing men. Their crowns are gifts from Christ, but kindred blood Shed by their holy hands in this great war Adds glory to the brightest of those crowns. Both have high hopes of being with the Lord, But Southern men to Stonewall Jackson go; While the great North in the sad hour of death Goes shouting to the bosom of John Brown. Such silliness may hope to be excused, But how can such malevolence escape Just visitations of the wrath to come? Gabriel. Michael, you state sad, mortifying most perplexing question you God is good and
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