Have you not one word to say?
Will a just God be as gentle as these mothers,
If you dare to say them nay?
Oh, ye men, God waits for you to answer
The prayers that to him rise,
He waits to know if you are just ere He is—
There your deliverance lies!
Rise and assert the manhood of this nation,
Its courage, honor, might—
Wipe off the dust of our humiliation—