"Wave the stars and stripes high o'er us,
Let every freeman sing...
Old King Cotton's dead and buried;
Brave young Corn is King."
These lyrics exemplify the greatness of unity, and how much it is binded together through liberty and justice. These stars and stripes are the flag and it represents a social unity and liberty. These freemen were the blacks and whites living together in harmony, as song and voice usually brings a people closer together (contrasted to slave songs). The cotton was looked upon by the Union and blacks to be corrupt, and that it presents more labor work for blacks, which causes more suffering. Brave young Corn was the king of Northern agriculture, and proved to be far more potent than King Cotton. During the years, the North were bountiful in using McCormick's reaper and gathering large harvests of grain. As the British suffered horrible harvests, the North were more fortunate in terms of food.
Most of this paragraph is based on my opinion, but factual beliefs still stem from this song, and this sought-America of freedom and abolition is what it is today.
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