More Truth Than PoetryW. S. Battis, 1884 - 237 pages Included in this book are poems and short prose primarily focused on historical events, such as Kansas state history and the American Civil War, as well as morally instructive poems on topics such as temperance and patriotism. |
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... tried for a homestead bill , And they thought they'd get it ; It passed the house - Republican , — But ' twas defeated in the senate . އއ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY R ASTOR , LENO 4 KANSAS STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD.
... tried for a homestead bill , And they thought they'd get it ; It passed the house - Republican , — But ' twas defeated in the senate . އއ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY R ASTOR , LENO 4 KANSAS STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD.
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... , She filled her quota full ; And since that time she's rushed ahead Each year , and made some giant strides , While under Republican rule . She had the best of Governors , too , From 6 KANSAS STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD .
... , She filled her quota full ; And since that time she's rushed ahead Each year , and made some giant strides , While under Republican rule . She had the best of Governors , too , From 6 KANSAS STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD .
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... Republican river , in Republic County , they must necessarily go eighty or one hundred miles to find plenty of game . In May , 1869 , a party of seven , consist- ing of J. L. McChesney , a Mr. Cole and son , an uncle and cousin of Mr ...
... Republican river , in Republic County , they must necessarily go eighty or one hundred miles to find plenty of game . In May , 1869 , a party of seven , consist- ing of J. L. McChesney , a Mr. Cole and son , an uncle and cousin of Mr ...
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... useless . They were nearing the mouth of White Rock and must necessarily cross the Republican . Near the junction of the two streams was an old log fort , built by the soldiers years before . Night was com- ing on INDIAN MASSACRE . 19.
... useless . They were nearing the mouth of White Rock and must necessarily cross the Republican . Near the junction of the two streams was an old log fort , built by the soldiers years before . Night was com- ing on INDIAN MASSACRE . 19.
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... Republican to find a fording place . Mr. M. traveled on foot to ascertain something def- inite about the ford , as the stream was dan- gerous even at low water ; that gave him one chance out of one hundred for escape . They reached the ...
... Republican to find a fording place . Mr. M. traveled on foot to ascertain something def- inite about the ford , as the stream was dan- gerous even at low water ; that gave him one chance out of one hundred for escape . They reached the ...
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Page 226 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise.
Page 93 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 92 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ! Oh ! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave...
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Page 224 - If discord and disunion shall wound it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last,...
Page 223 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Page 225 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 225 - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread further and further, they have not outrun its protection, or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social and personal happiness.
Page 227 - Liberty first and union afterward"; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart — Liberty and Union, now and forever one and inseparable!
Page 227 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! "Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...