Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-09-07
BAroN RaueE, Sept. d 1914

BATON ROUGE, Sept. "a 1914
DEAN Sins,
Yours otthe 30 h uIt. has received my al,
tention,
The favorable opinion yon are pleased 10
entertain Of my eff ,rt to express the sense
and feelings Of the wings on the 10 h Angus,
when the Liberty Pole was raised, iDdu es
ne to comply with your request. ] hand
you herewith the substance Of that address,
such as it was, it flowed from The best feelings
Of patriotism.
With great respect,
Gentlemen your obd't serv'ts.
JAMES NJ. ELAN.
To Messrs w. B, Wood, a King and
John Reid.
AN ADDRESS.
Delivered on the IGN day Of August 1914, by
J.. NJ. ELAN, before the Clay CUBS OF East
anil WeslBat n Rouge, OF the occasion q
erecting an Ash Liberty Pole, and hosting
thereon the American h,g.
The venerable, Gen. Z. THOMAS, Presi
dent Of he Cub in the Char.
MR, PRESIDENT:
The Wings of East aud
West Baton Rouge, have Ell waited tneir Asa
Pole, and fro . It's height have Hang lo u
breeze The Star Spangled B ruaer otthe Amer.
lcan Uuon.
That Pole, the wings claim 10 be exclusive
" their oWu-n Ough i tIdGe ethoIetn u As1
adds Sage-t speaks III TOTES OF lAunlet,
yheff fred-rhelr firm resolves.
That FLAG, the emOiem Of our Union and
common Country, is claimed by he Wings
because it was the CLARION voice OF ASHLAND >
Sage, that neryed the American Eagle, untI.
uene4th its glare criu mel The BatIsl L,ol--
and made ;har flag the terror Of It's enemies,
and The admiration o me World.
1t was The vntuous and pttfiDtic eioquence
of tlemry Cay n ,Ie cnalstls of tine 0,ii i,
that stamped with re aud 5lade CIa jug,
respected on the Ocean aud while streallll-
from The nlasts of our galidll navy, before i
o ~ ei ;IIz crescent anu me cross.
Il was ia jug, tnlt tausat the Christina
world, it was more molly 10 devote a million IL.
ne 1cteuce of heir rights, than give one cehi,
0 he MusSulman, as d tribute for then
yeace.
While Henry Clay by his eIoqaence wove
S3r mmsell a csuic Ureath o impefisila0le fame,
~ afforded all oppofl UNITY To the Hero . tIe
he mltage, under tiiae tug 70 pauk q eeYe
ding iaurel rom Chltme 5 pialus.
WmIe the 0ne, under fhaI JFag, ny his prost-
~, was requesting ir IN our sHore, ali hlsoie1
nyddnr Zoe, the other was teaching thai foe
" his elequence Wherever IL valves, The
jmerican Flag shall be a passport 70 her cltl-
zens.
AS AUST need for his merits, he American
people, have twice conferred on tie Hero OF
the Hermitage, the Iusi snla IF his coIntry's
gEory-have twice eiected Andrew jackson,
P,esidontof The United States.
For AshlanI's Sage We nothing ask, his
measure of fame Is full-hinseli, aud all he
is, and has, is his country's.-He belongs to
The Union, thew hole Union. and notb NJ but
the Union.
But for ourselves, for The fame of America
Claw the keeping for a BRET period, the flag
which he has 50 nobIy defended.
Il is due to The memory of the departed
heroes Of the revolution, II IS due to The honor
of the surviving wings OF the revolution, tina
we should give them an earnest--by ID. etec-
ton of Henry Clay, President Of The Uni ed
States-thai we are worthy otthat Inheritance
which cost them their lines, their fortunes
and the pledge of their sacred honors.
That flag, the hope of civil Liberty--the
~panopIy Of the Union, q now threatened with
desecration by having e. PLuribus Uaum.
torn from its escptcheon 10 make a place fr
tie lone star ~ Teras--that star if IT, ever
shines in the constellation of our glorious
Union, it must be in furiherame Of our Ma.
tionai character, as lovers of civil liberty and
| Justice, and not from he fear ofa Brlttsh Ar.
nv or British infuence--the elements por end
the approaching Storm nd until he-tenpeai
| il over, our flag should be assigned 10 the pro
| lection Of Henry Ciay-under the guidance
| of his mighty genius, a place will be found IL
our constellation tor the radiant star of Texas
whenever it eau be done without rendlng
asunder those immutabIe stripes.
To those Democrats who feel, that the safe
: ~ and honor Of our country depends GA i'm,