In the future some historian shall come forth both
strong and wise–
With a love of the Republic, and the truth before
his eyes!
He will show the subtle causes of the War be-
tween the States,
He will go back in his studies far beyond our
Modern dates;
He will trace out hostile ideas, as the miner does
the lodes;
He will show the Union riven, and the picture
will deplore;
He will show it reunited and made stronger than
before;
Slow and patient, fair and truthful, must the com-
ing teacher be,
To show how the knife was sharpened, that was
ground to prune the tree;
He will hold the Scales of Justice; he will meas-
ure praise and blame,
And the South will stand the verdict, and will
stand it without shame!
