WANTED, MEN OF PRINCIPLE AND COURAGE.
By John M'Carthy
Men of principle and courage
Are the men we need to-day,
They who will their firm convictions
E'er acknowledge and obey.
They who stand when all oppose them,
They who truth will e'er befriend,
Are the men our world is needing,
Rights and virtues to defend. Men of principle and courage,
Men who'll dare to stand alone,
Men who make great sacrifices
To uphold the view they own,
Men who, conscientious ever,
Waver not from side to side,
Are the jewels of a nation,
Rarely found, but dearly prized. Men of principle and courage,
Who for liberty will stand,
Not alone for toleration,
But for freedom pure and grand,
Who will fight life's hottest battles,
Not with sword, or carnal power,
But with truth—God's only weapon—
To dispel dark error's hour. Men of principle and courage,
Who will never compromise
With the foes of their convictions,
Who above themselves will rise,
Self forgetting in the conflict,
Striving not for worldly gain,
But who try to raise the nation
To a higher, nobler plane. Men of principle and courage
Number few within our land,
Yet their presence much is needed—
For them now there's much demand.
Shall we now augment their number,
Though 'gainst odds we e'er may fight,
To uphold the views of conscience,
To stand firmly for the right?