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During the late great civil war, / Which did the Grand Republic jar / From its circumference to its centre, / The grand old mnn he did venture.
While chatting with a lady freely, / I demand, said Horace Greely, / And do not think my question wanton, / But answer me, Mrs. Staunton, / Would you go South and fight to quell, / Those bold men who do rebel;
If you got woman's suffrage, / Would you in deadly war engage.
Our country now wants every man, / And of women too all we can;
Each to shoulder trusty rifle, / So South with us no more may trifle.
You're champion of woman's rights, / And should take part like men in flights;
Said she, I never could delight, / To slay a man in bloody fight.
So my fair hands I'll not imbue, / But I will stay at home like you, / And urge the others on to war, / And keep from battle field afar.
But Mistress Staunton she was really / More robust than Horace Greely;
And she possessed a noble form, / And even now would face the storm.