| 96 The following beautiful verses were written and sung as will be seen from there reading on the occasion of Joseph Smith's release from the hands of his persecutors.
Mr. Smith and his Lady made a feast and invited upwards of fifty of their friends to partake with them; which was indeed a day of conviviality and rejoicing, and might properly be called a day of jubilee or release.
JUBILEE SONG.
BY MISS E. R. SNOW.
That deed-that time we celebrate, Long, long, they'd felt injustice's weight,
So rife with liberty; And grappled with its yoke;
When the official pow'rs of State Ere the authorities of State
Pronoun'cd the Prophet free. The Prophets fetter's broke.
CHORUS. When foul oppression's &c.
When foul oppression's hand was stay'd- The justice done a righteous cause
A feast of Liberty, By those who stand in pow'r;
The Prophet and his Lady made, Does honor to our contry's laws,
To crown the jubilee. In this degen'rate hour.
When foul oppression's &c.
'Twas once, no subject, theme of song, And while we give our feeling scope
For honest men to gain. And gratitude award,
Those rights that legally belong To Edwards, Butterfield and Pope,
To every humble swain. We'll not forget the Lord.
When foul oppression's &c. When foul oppression's &c.
But now our Fed'ral Court has done The Lord who guides the Prophet's cause;
A deed deserving praise:- Inspir'd our rulers' minds
There's something 'new beneath the sun' To execute those equal laws,
In these the latter days. And break the chain that binds.
When foul oppression's &c. When foul oppression's &c.
Some patriot feeling yet remains- Elijah's God! we'll praise his name,
Such as our fathers felt, And own his mighty hand,
When on Columbia's fertile plains Who brings his Prophet's foes to shame
Their blood, they freely spilt. In this republic land
When foul oppression's &c. When foul oppression's &c.
Tho' Freedom weeps o'er many a blot; Tho' wicked men should rage and scoff-
Still here, she lifts her spires; Though earth and hell oppose,-
And here, has champions, who are not The Lord will bear his people off
Unworthy of their sires. Triumphant o'er their foes.
When foul oppression's &c. When foul oppression's &c.
Protection's wreath again will bloom,- Now let the Prophet's soul rejoice-
Reviv'd by Thomas Ford; His noble Lady's too;
Which under Carlin and become While praise to God with heart and voice
Like Jonah's wither'd gourd. Is heard throughout Nauvoo.
When foul oppression's &c. When foul oppression's &c.
Like Freedom's true and genuine son, CHORUS.
Oppression to destroy, When foul oppression's hand was stay'd.
His Excellency has begun A feast of Liberty;
To govern Illinois. The Prophet and his Lady made,
When foul oppression's &c. To crown the jubilee.
His 'Mormon' subjects fondly trust,
The citizens will share,
A legislation wise and just,
While he retains the Chair.
When foul oppression's &c.
BEAUTIES OF THE LATE WAR IN CHINA.-An English officer writing to his friend in England from Ching Keang-foo, says: "I never saw such loss of life and property as took place here; we lost officers and men enough, but it is impossible even to compute the loss of the Chinese, for when they found us, they could stand no longer against us, they cut the throats of their wives and children, or drove them into wells and ponds, and then destroyed themselves; in many houses there were from eight to twelve bodies, and I myself have seen a dozen women and children drowning themselves in a small pond the day after the fight. The whole of the city and suburbs are a mass of ruins-whole street's have been burnt down."-Boston Times.
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