ce ▁Court … make ▁your ▁laws ▁supre me … ban ish ▁the ▁b owie ▁kn ife ▁and ▁the ▁revol ver ▁( car ried ▁as ▁conce aled ▁weapons ) … pur ify ▁your ▁jud icial ▁ben ch … re construct ▁your ▁election ▁laws … keep ▁your ▁green back s ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁ball ot - box … ende avor ▁to ▁get ▁an ▁honest ▁expression ▁of ▁political ▁opinion … and ▁try ▁a ▁do se ▁of ▁national ▁prob ity ... ▁if ▁moral ▁blood - po ison ing ▁has ▁not ▁ener v ated ▁your ▁system ▁beyond ▁re dem ption ". ▁ ▁His ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁poem , ▁Con ce aled ▁We ap ons , ▁argued ▁for ▁their ▁b anning ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁assass in ations ▁of ▁US ▁pres idents ▁Lincoln ▁and ▁Gar field , ▁and ▁of ▁Canadian ▁politician ▁and ▁fellow ▁poet , ▁Thomas ▁D ' Ar cy ▁McG ee ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁alleg edly ▁by ▁the ▁Fen ian n ▁sympath iser ▁and ▁Catholic , ▁Patrick ▁J . ▁Wh el an . ▁He ▁p enn ed ▁political ▁sat ire ▁in ▁the ▁Cit izen ▁newspaper ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁of ▁Jer em iah ▁O ' Case y , ▁writing ▁from ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁proud ▁that ▁Canada ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁Constitution ▁secured ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 6 8 8 ▁as ▁the ▁ideal ▁model ▁for ▁govern ance , ▁with ▁a ▁constitution al ▁mon archy ▁subject ▁to ▁law ▁but ▁retain ing ▁some ▁political