Excerpt from Columbia, an Epic Poem on the Late Civil War, Vol. 1: Between the Northern and Southern States of North America Patriots and traitors are not to be weighed in the same balance. The fidelity of Washington is to be praised, and the disloyalty of Coriolanus, cen sured, even though the latter was harshly treated by his fellow-citizens of Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.