Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-29
OF A FLAG TO THE
EDGECOMBE VOLUNTEERS.

The Tarboro Press of Saturday last, con-
tains an interesting account of the presenta-
ton OF Flag to the Volunteers from Edge
combe county, large portion of which we
transfer to our columns, as we think it well
worthy OF place in them. The Flag was
presented on behalf of the Ladies of the coun-
ty, by Miss SARAH E. Howard, to Gen. WILL
SON, Lieut. STATION, and Corporal ABRAMS,
who received it on behalf of the Volunteers,
who, as our readers are aware, are now at
Smithvile The address of Miss Howard is
indeed beautiful, and we feel confident that
the gallant sons of old Edgecombe will bear
" the beautiful banner aloft wherever the
battle RACES thickest The following is the
address -
" CAPT WILSON:
"To you, as the representative of the Edge
combe Volunteers, am deputed by the Ladies
of the county, TO present the Flag which l
hold.
:" Approaching the heroism which ha. i'm.
PEELED you, at the call of your country, to rush
to her standard, and that selfsacri6cing spirit,
which when patriotism demands, forgets the
comforts of home and ties of kindred, to peril
life and fortune in the tented field, we have
| wrought with our own hands, a Banner for
the Volunteers, hoping that its presence may
urge them forward amid the hardships of the
camp, and restrain them in the hour of victory
whilst the weakness of our sex forbids
Us to encounter the fatigues and privations Of
war, it has always been deemed appropriate,
that woman should cheer on the soldier to the
! field In this we but emulate the example Of
the maidenR and matrons of the Revolution :;
that Revolution which established those poll
tical liberties and conferred those social bene-
fits, to secure which you have volunteered
Your fathers waged war against the naughty
Briton, and the Lion OF England has twice
crouched before the Eagle of our County,
You are now engaged in a contest with the
perfdious Mexican, and the Flag of '76 is the
Flag of as. The same national emblems
which waved over your ancestors, now wave
over YOU The same glorious Eagle which
witnessed the death of the gallant Col. Irwin.
of Edgecombe, when he fell at the head of
his regiment on the bloody field of German
town, will follow you with his bold unwink-
ing gaze, to the mountains and valleys OF
Mexico The same glorious stars and stripes
which beamed over Saratoga and Monmouth,
Kings Mountain and Camden, will beam over
you.
1.-The honor of North Carolina is in part
entrusted to your care: that State, which was
the first in '76 to brave the wrath of the Brit
! ish Lion; and which, if the clouds OF adversi-
~ shall ever overtake our institutions, will be
prepared to furnish the forlorn hope for free
aom's farewell fight More especially Is the
honor of Edgecombe in your hands, You
are our husbands, our sons, our brothers, oul
friends. You have enlisted under that proud
banner which has been consecrated to the
cause OF human liberty-the glorious stars and
stripes OF your country-is is the precious en-
blem Of our noble confederaey OF free and in
dependent States, as yet, as pure and unsul.
lied as the bosom OF alovely babe, When un-
iurled to the breeze, who of Us beholds il with
out associating with it whatever is brave,
whatever il just. whatever is generous The
J slscrity, which you have displayed in coming