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Rh A justice of the peace, for the time being,
 * They bow to, but may turn him out next year;

They reverence their priest, but disagreeing
 * In price or creed, dismiss him without fear;

They have a natural talent for foreseeing
 * And knowing all things; and should Park appear

From his long tour in Africa, to show The Niger’s source, they’d meet him with—“we know.”

They love their land, because it is their own,
 * And scorn to give aught other reason why;

Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,
 * And think it kindness to his majesty;

A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
 * Such are they nurtured, such they live and die;

All—but a few apostates, who are meddling With merchandise, pounds, shillings, pence, and peddling;

Or wandering through the Southern countries teaching
 * The A B C from Webster’s spelling-book;

Gallant and godly, making love and preaching,
 * And gaining by what they call “hook and crook,”

And what the moralists call overreaching,
 * A decent living. The Virginians look