 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...another To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay rnnson to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim. Who is...owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ! Nevada ! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...far different attitude from what it was when Emerson sang: "Pay ransom to the owner , And fill his bag to the brim; . Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him !" It is a far different attitude from what it was when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation,... | |
 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...hands on another To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | 1862 - 970 pages
...compensation the rightful owner will not be overlooked. As Emerson says : v Pay ransom to the owner. And All the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. /"ay Aim." We earnestly trust the time for compensation is not yet past ; that of retribution has been,... | |
 | Eliza Wigham - Antislavery movements - 1863 - 194 pages
...compensation, the right/ul owner will not be overlooked. For surely Justice says, with Emerson, — > " Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." We earnestly trust the time for compensation is not yet past ; that of retribution has been, is now,... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...on another. To coin his labour and sweat, Ho goes in pawn to his victim, For eternal years in debt. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The Slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North 1 give him beauty for rags, And honour, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada I coin thy golden... | |
 | Eliza Wigham - Abolitionists - 1863 - 188 pages
...compensation, the rightful owner will not be overlooked. For surely Justice says, with Emerson, — " Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner 1 The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." We earnestly trust the time for compensation is not yet... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ranson to the owner, And fill the bug to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. О North 1 give him beauty for rags, And honor, О South ! for his shame! Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Frank Moore - History - 1864 - 364 pages
...hands on another To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim...owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him ! O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...hands on another To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim...owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him ! O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
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Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. 
