And thousands sought its kindly shore,
And none were poor and friendless more;
All blessed the name of Washington,
And loved the Union, every one.

She made them feel that they were part
Of a great nation's living heart.--
So they grew up, true patriot boys,
And knew not all their mother's joys.

Sad was the hour when murmurs loud
From a great black advancing cloud
Made millions feel the coming breath
Of maddened whirlwinds, full of death!

She prayed the skies might soon be bright,
And made her sons prepare for fight
Brave youths!--their zeal proved clearly then
In such an hour youths can be men!

By day she went from door to door,--
Men caught her soul, unfelt before;
By night she prayed, and planned, and dreamed,
Till morn's red light war's lightning seemed.

The cry went forth; forth stepped her sons
In martial blaze of gleaming guns:
Still striding on to perils dire,
They turned to catch her glance of fire.

No fears, no fond regrets she knew,
But proudly watched them fade from view:
"Lord, keep them so!" she said, and turned
To where her lonely hearth-fire burned.

* * * * *

JEFFERSON AND SLAVERY.

Any one who feels deeply the truths in which our great men of old founded
this Democracy, and who sees clearly the great lines of political
architecture by which alone it shall stand firm or rise high, finds in the
direct plan and work the agency mainly of six men.

These may be set in three groups.

_First_, three men, who, through a series of earnest thoughts, taking
shape sometimes in apt words, sometimes in bold acts, did most to _found_
the Republic: and these three are Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.

_Secondly_, two men, who, as statesmen, by a healthful division between
the two great natural policies, and, as politicians, by a healthful
antagonism between the two great natural parties, did most to _build_ the
Republic: and these two are Jefferson and Hamilton.

_Thirdly_, three men, who, having a clear theory in their heads, and a
deep conviction in their hearts, working on the nation by sermons,
epistles, programmes, hints, quips, innuendoes, by every form of winged
word, have done most to get this people into simple trains of humanitarian
thought, and have therefore done most to _brace_ the Republic: and these
three men are Franklin, Jefferson, and Channing.

So, rising above the dust