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Written in 1844, on reading a call by "a Massachusetts Freeman" for a meeting in Faneuil Hall of the citizens of Massachusetts, without distinction of party, opposed to the annexation of Texas, and the aggressions of South Carolina, and in favor of decisive action against slavery.
MEN! if manhood still ye claim, / If the Northern pulse can thrill, / Roused by wrong or stung by shame, / Freely, strongly still; / Let the sounds of traffic die / Shut the mill-gate, leave the stall, / Fling the axe and hammer by; / Throng to Faneuil Hall!