So glad we are a Stranger'd deem — Secession

So glad we are－a Stranger'd deem ¹
'Twas sorry, that we were－
For where the Holiday should be
There publishes a Tear－

Nor how Ourselves be justified－⁵
Since Grief and Joy are done
So similar－An Optizan
Could not decide between－

(F.608/J.329)

[3] Holiday:: Christmas; South Carolina issued the Declaration of Secession on December 24, 1860, which started the secession of the United States, and later the Civil War about the black and white.
[4] Tear:: a rip, secession.
[6] Grief and Joy:: for and against the declaration.
[7] Optizan:: a non-existent word, close to optician, an opticist.
[8] decide:: an optician, who is a specialist in eyesight, can decide black and white in color, but not the color's human right.

and that the union now snbsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of "The United States of America," is hereby dissolved. ─ Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the Ordiance of Secession. (1860)