in honorable warfare shall not be raised again, like inquiet ghosts, into the arena of politics, to disturb the peace and prosperity of the Nation. We honor the valor and manliness of the South, and will respect her rights. We demand the same, and no more. On that platform we can stand together, and against the world. The substantial interests of both sections are one; and henceforth their union shall be one and inseparable. In the fraternal emulations of business and the healthful rivalries of honorable politics, we must labor for the purity, power, and glory of the Republic. The old hearthstone is broad enough for all, and our household gods are worthy of our worship. We feel a special tenderness for our native State; but there is a profounder love and a more comprehensive patriotism than this, that throbs in the heart of every loyal American. The State is but a unit of that organic and august whole, our Country; in whose destiny are involved the welfare and power of each member. The bright examples and splendid achievements of the Nation must remain ours to emulate. The whole land is the sepulcher of illustrous men," and their hallowed dust, not less than their works, and their fame, are the common treasure of all.

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The beacons which we kindle will fade, and the chiseled rock will crumble; but the intellectual and moral life evolved by the freedom of the State will transmit the lineaments of the national spirit, in imperishable forms of thought. When the sculptured marbles, the gorgeous temples, and the noblest monuments which a proud and grateful country can raise shall have completed their short-lived immortality,

these will still survive,-the inextinguishable lights of a Christian Commonwealth.

THE EAGLE'S SONG

BY RICHARD MANSFIELD

The lioness whelped, and the sturdy cub
Was seized by an eagle, and carried up,
And homed for awhile in an eagle's nest,
And slept for a while on an eagle's breast;
And the eagle taught it the eagle's song:
"To be stanch, and valiant, and free, and strong!"

The lion whelp sprang from the eyrie nest,
From the lofty crag where the queen birds rest;
He fought the King on the spreading plain,
And drove him back o'er the foaming main.
He held the land as a thrifty chief,
And reared his cattle, and reaped his sheaf,
Nor sought the help of a foreign hand,
Yet welcomed all to his own free land!

Two were the sons that the country bore
To the Northern lakes and the Southern shore;
And Chivalry dwelt with the Southern son,
And Industry lived with the Northern one.
Tears for the time when they broke and fought!
Tears was the price of the union wrought!
And the land was red in a sea of blood,

Where brother for brother had swelled the flood!

And now that the two are one again,
Behold on their shield the word "Refrain!"

And the lion cubs twain sing the eagle's song:
"To be stanch, and valiant, and free, and strong!"
For the eagle's beak, and the lion's paw,
And the lion's fangs, and the eagle's claw,
And the eagle's swoop, and the lion's might,
And the lion's leap, and the eagle's sight,
Shall guard the flag with the word "Refrain!"
Now that the two are one again!

THEM YANKEE BLANKITS

BY W. SMALL

Yes, John, I was down thar at Memphis,
A-workin' around at the boats,
A-heavin' o' cotton with emph'sis,
An' a-loadin' her onto the floats.

I was comin' away from Ole Texas,

Whar I went, you know, arter the wah-
'Bout it now I'll make no reflexes,
But wait till I git ter long taw.

Well, while I was down thar the fever,
As yaller an' pizen as sin,
Broke out; an' ef you'll believe her,
Wharever she hit she struck in!

It didn't take long in the hatchin',
It jes' fa'rly bred in the air,

Till a hosspitel camp warn't a patchin'
An' we'd plenty o' corpses to spare.

I volunteer'd then with the Howards,-
I thought thet my duty was clear,-
An' I didn't look back'ards, but for'ards,
An' went ter my work 'ithout fear.
One day, howsomever, she got me
As quick as the shot of a gun,
An' they toted me off ter allot me
A bunk till my life-race was run.

The doctor and nurses they wrestled,
But it didn't do me any good;

An' the drugger he poundid an' pestled,
But he didn't get up the right food.
No blankits ner ice in the city!"—

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I hear'd 'em say that from my bed,An' some cried, "O God! who'll take pity On the dyin' that soon 'ill be dead?"

Next day, howsomever, the doctor

Come in with a smile on his brow, "Old boy, jest as yit we hain't knocked her," Said he, "but we'll do fer her now!" Fer, yer see, John, them folks ter the Nor'ward Hed hear'd us afore we call'd twice, An' they'd sent us a full cargo forward Of them much needed blankits an' ice!

Well, brother, I've been mighty solid
Agin' Yankees, yer know, since the wah,

An' agin' reconstrucktin' was stolid,

Not kearin' fer Kongriss ner law;

But, John, I got under that kiver,
That God-blessed gift o' the Yanks,
An' it sav'd me frum fordin' "the river,"
An' I'm prayin' 'em oceans o' thanks!

I tell yer, old boy, thar's er streak in us
Old Rebels an' Yanks thet is warm;
It's er brotherly love thet'll speak in us,
An' fetch us together in storm:

We may snarl about "niggers an' francheese,"
But whenever thar's sufferin' afoot,

The two trees'll unite in the branches
The same as they do at the root!

THE WARSHIP "DIXIE'

BY FRANK L. STANTON

They've named a cruiser "Dixie," that's whut the papers say,—

An' I hears they're goin' to man her with the boys that wore the gray;

Good news! It sorter thrills me, an' makes me want

ter be

Whar the ban' is playin' "Dixie," an' the Dixie puts ter sea!

They've named a cruiser "Dixie." An', fellers, I'll be boun❜

You're goin' ter see some fightin' when the Dixie swings aroun'!