write:literarycritic and abolitionist wrote what became known as The BiglowPapers to protest Massachusetts governor George Briggs’s call forvolunteers following the declaration of wa

literarycritic
and abolitionist
wrote what became known as The BiglowPapers to protest Massachusetts governor George Briggs’s call forvolunteers following the declaration of war against Mexico. Thepoems in this collection were written in a New England dialect todepict fictional character Hosea Biglow’s views on the conflict.Thrash away
you’ll hev to rattle    On them kittle drums o’ yourn
—’Taint a knowin’ kind o’ cattle    Thet is ketched with mouldy corn;Put in stiff
you fifer feller
    Let folks see how spry you be
—Guess you’ll toot till you are yeller    ’Fore you git ahold o’ me!