And goaded them unmasked to spring,
At once to light and show their sting.
Soon may it send each tory sham
Hence hell-ward with Vallandigham!
All this was well: for now we see
Much that was veiled in mystery:
We now behold the secret springs
That worked the puppets with their strings,
And are prepared to circumscribe
The “Golden Circle’s” venal tribe,