Note 35 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
One of the choruses popular with the great throngs that paraded the streets in that eager campaign is full of significance. It was sung to the tune of "Marching through Georgia."
"The land, the land, 'twas God who gave the land; The land, the land, the ground on which we stand; Why should we be beggars, with the ballot in our hand? God gave the land to the people."