AN ELECTION RALLY.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 13, 9 July 1887, Page 2

AN ELECTION RALLY.

Slug to the homes of New Zealand. Cling to the homes of New Zealand, Spring, when your lov’d home. New Ze Hand, is menaced from near or afar: From her sons she expects love and valour, That when she has danger to face, N) craven dare shrink in Ills pallor, She’ll ne’er rear a cowardly race. Muse on the future before her, Choose you that future to build, Lose not a chance to restore her That place which ’till lately she filled : Her hills and her valleys are teeming With wonders of beauty and wealth ; Her best sons appear to be dreaming, Her fair fame is lowered by stealth. Stealth by those thrust in high station, Wealth banished wildly astray, Health may not bide in the nation, Led by whom follies bewray ; She yields from her stores so abounding The riches of each varied cHinj, Which parasite crawlers surrounding, Suck whilst held on by their slime. Mind that the time is a crisis. Bind up yonr loins in your strength, Wind up all 11 agrant devices, And banish all vermin at length. Se>k to whom honour is ceded, (No blatant and palm-itching cad) M irk, if his own course has succ jeded, And such men if sought can be h.u. Shame to o’er-master the growing, Blame to o’er task her crude strength, Fame to those able and knowing, Who come to her rescue at length. Each cause of her evils is patent, Sure remedy true men will find ; The day is, they must be awakened To snatch up the reins from the bliu I. Stund to your banner— Rktiirnchmeß c, Bran d as a traitor who fails. Dauntless snd keen in intrenchment, To brave transient ills it entails. Give all your will to your power, Ycur war cry raise higher and higher, Quick! shoulder to wheel from this hour, And clear your young horn** from the m're, IGNLTUB.