Since they never loved aught but loud brawling and strife,

And were true to no party or friend during life;

Ever turning and twisting, and dodging around,

No place more befitting for them could be found;

For here they’ll be tossing and dodging forever

Like drift-wood afloat on a rock-tortured river.

Here, too, let me point to you those wretched men

Who devote all their powers, both of tongue and of pen,

To prop the slave-holders, their code propagate,

Turn earth into hell through disunion and hate,