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And so with labor; Slave and free;
They never have, nor can agree,
Beneath one shelter to abide,
Or live together side by side.
And 'tis not difficult to see
Why these two systems disagree.
Coercive systems all are evil
And evidently from the Devil:
Hath darkness fellowship with day?
Or Christ concord with Belial? nay!
And when slaveholders seek the West,
They'll virtually expel the rest:
The powerful will the weak assail
And ultimately will prevail.
They never have, nor can agree,
Beneath one shelter to abide,
Or live together side by side.
And 'tis not difficult to see
Why these two systems disagree.
Coercive systems all are evil
And evidently from the Devil:
Hath darkness fellowship with day?
Or Christ concord with Belial? nay!
And when slaveholders seek the West,
They'll virtually expel the rest:
The powerful will the weak assail
And ultimately will prevail.
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