The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America / From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in Chicago

Chapter 111: UNITED STATES NATIONAL ANTHEM.

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A chronological account traces the emergence of anarchist agitation in America through the events that culminate in the Haymarket bombing in Chicago, documenting alleged conspiracies, police investigations, arrests, and the detailed courtroom proceedings. It presents evidence and counterarguments offered by prosecution and defense, witness testimony including undercover operatives, jury selection and instructions, verdicts, motions and appeals, and the ultimate executions and final letters of the condemned. The narrative situates these legal events within broader labor, political and social tensions, and includes documentary excerpts, trial costs, petitions for clemency, and episodes of penitence and suicide among prisoners.

UNITED STATES NATIONAL ANTHEM.

BY W. R. WALLACE.

God of the Free! upon Thy breath
Our Flag is for the Right unrolled,
As broad and brave as when its stars,
First lit the hallowed time of old.

For Duty still its folds shall fly;
For Honor still its glories burn,
Where Truth, Religion, Valor, guard
The patriot’s sword and martyr’s urn.

No tyrant’s impious step is ours;
No lust of power on nations rolled;
Our Flag—for friends, a starry sky,
For traitors, storm in every fold.

O thus we’ll keep our Nation’s life,
Nor fear the bolt by despots hurled;
The blood of all the world is here,
And they who strike us, strike the world.

God of the Free! our Nation bless
In its strong manhood as its birth;
And make its life a star of hope
For all the struggling of the Earth.

Then shout beside thine Oak, O North!
O South! wave answer with thy palm;
And in our Union’s heritage
Together sing the Nation’s Psalm!

THE END.