Oberlin Digital Commons at Oberlin Honors Papers Student Work 1981 Antislavery and a Modern America: Free Soil in Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1848 Michael Zakim Oberlin College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors Part of the History Commons Repository Citation Zakim, Michael, "Antislavery and a Modern America: Free Soil in Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1848" (1981). Honors Papers. 666. https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/666 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Digital Commons at Oberlin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Papers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Oberlin. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Antislavery and a Modern America: Free Soil in Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1848 Hichael Zakim Honors Thesis Department of History Oberlin College April, 1981 ~lhat patriot's bosom thrills not at the name Of his own native land, nor proudly burns To hear the trumpet's voice sound forth its fame? What true-born son but who indignant spurns The recreant traitor who ungrateful turns His hand against his country and its laws? He knows not much of life who never learns The value o:f that sacred tie which draws The faithful patriot's heart to love his nation's cause. But when upon his much-loved land appears, Amid the wheat, a growth o:f noxious tares, That threaten to destroy in coming years His nation's hope--O, then what anxious cares Weigh down the patriot's heartl He then prepares To thread the path where conscious duty calls- Declares :for Truth and Right, and boldly dares To meet oppression and release the thralls That stain his country's honor ere his country:falls.