Lived from 1792-1868 – pegged as extreme
radical republican born dirt poor
radical republican born dirt poor
in Vermont where widowed mother oversaw
learning taught via hard knocks forging his
malleable constitution into hard
as nails steely righteousness ore
learning taught via hard knocks forging his
malleable constitution into hard
as nails steely righteousness ore
forged hard as nails democratic dogma with
ironclad reputation hard as rocks
ironclad reputation hard as rocks
upon matriculating from Dartmouth in settled
in pennsylvania practicing law
in pennsylvania practicing law
establishing safe haven pro bono
for any runaway slave
for any runaway slave
opposed to attendant miscegenation,
and glaring injustice flaw
and glaring injustice flaw
inherent in clamped irons where Africans
exempt from freedom til their grave
exempt from freedom til their grave
said statesman credited with legislating
for access to public school
for access to public school
and master patron of fledgling infrastructure
without getting railroad did
without getting railroad did
applied hefty clout to establish Gettysburg college,
where acceptance the rule
where acceptance the rule
for those without means could witness
creditable end from his fair bid
creditable end from his fair bid
on the part of those less fortunate,
where fate unkind and cruel.
where fate unkind and cruel.
Standing tall in the saddle against opposition
against additional slave state
against additional slave state
wielding great influence during Civil War
supporting Lincoln against confederate
supporting Lincoln against confederate
felt stricter legislation in an absolute necessity
south of the border which trait
south of the border which trait
infuriated southerners whose loathing
for his harsh rhetoric who torched and lit
for his harsh rhetoric who torched and lit
his Caledonia ironworks inciting fiery fury
stepping up heat from cauldron grate
stepping up heat from cauldron grate
per conflagration between Union &
Rebel forces until equality writ
Rebel forces until equality writ
coda of revision of arbitrary ignoble borders
with barn storming til late
with barn storming til late
in his life he drafted Reconstruction
blueprint and aghast at dilution
blueprint and aghast at dilution
when Andrew Johnson became
de facto president who court did acquit,
de facto president who court did acquit,
sans impeachment proceedings
seen as offal pollution
seen as offal pollution
whereupon his deathbed he continued
to harangue and pit
to harangue and pit
gross congressional dissolution
now his cemetery (amongst commoners)
a sacred place to visit.
a sacred place to visit.
updated by @americymru: 01/23/19 02:31:02AM
