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And shall a mortal so depraved,
One who has multitudes enslaved,
One who on liberty has trod
And rudely broke the law of God,
Now in the nineteenth century
Shall such an one have leave to be
This Mighty Nation's Magistrate—
Its most exalted Potentate?
The Democrats responded, nay!
Upon their nomination day.
On that same day did Haman die,
Suspended fifty cubits high,
On that same gallows, where he meant
To execute the innocent.
One who has multitudes enslaved,
One who on liberty has trod
And rudely broke the law of God,
Now in the nineteenth century
Shall such an one have leave to be
This Mighty Nation's Magistrate—
Its most exalted Potentate?
The Democrats responded, nay!
Upon their nomination day.
On that same day did Haman die,
Suspended fifty cubits high,
On that same gallows, where he meant
To execute the innocent.
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