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'Living, I shall assert the right of ; dying, I shall assert it; and should I leave no other inheritance to my children, by the blessing of God I will leave them the inheritance of, and the example of a manly and independent defence of them.'—

of New England! Soul of our fathers! Shrink we all craven-like, When the storm gathers? What though the tempest be Over us lowering, Where's the New Englander Shamefully cowering? Graves green and holy Around us are lying,— Free were the sleepers all, Living and dying! Back with the Southerner's Padlocks and scourges! Go—let him fetter down Ocean's free surges!