Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-05-06
o,,,i, of tAe AmericaD rIag.

s..al,,ioas have often been indulgrd in about
 F.,,,n--tba, ts from whence came the Idea of n s.srs and stripes composing oar national nag. t,.,-,, bas an p2o.tu4,ty of examining the illus .".se4 nAhsrse oi the W asaIngton family. lately assl,ssai by that Accomplished artIst T. W: rr,i, Napleson. Esq, of New Haven, Ci., wili t.st,,ck wi.athe idea in fn1ncnt that the coal b ,. s If W ashlngtoa, furnished the flag of the .,,n,ry.l which his generalshIp made independent eeSSI.Iaa, of St. Genfge. and enhtlcd to wear one .n.s ,.l,rree Of General Washington, traced ,i,.1ina.e3 by Mr. Gwilt Mapieton, cafFes Sast b,s Jss,cnl to William de Hertbusn, Liard Of ,ss Napot ol Washington in the county or Dar- t,m enz,ani From him desoendcd John y ash- -,,, Of Whilsisld. in the tune of hichaTi III; .aI 1,ata ja descent frpn the sad Joan, was c,,,,. inc first President Of the United States Tss ,o,.her of John Washington, who e:ngrstet . v,t,,p,a m l55T anl who vas great grandmother - ,Ls General, was Eleanor Hastings. grand S,,.b,s,,, F,ancig. second Eau of Huntingdon e., ,,.s inc descendant through Lady Huntington. .sc.,rrs Duke ef Clarence, brother of King E1 ,,,,I " aniKing Richard H., by Isabel Nevil. I,1,nier and heiteSS 0fRIchaId, Earl oi Warwick, ,te King maker.
 wasb.ng.on: therefore as well as all the descend an,s of that marriage, are entitled io quarter me s,rs or Iastings--poe. Easl of Salisbury, Planta- D. af- v,,.a.a Beaacasm7, and DeveEeux-
 ,ra, ni,y;ss whish is full all1 accurate m regard
 5,.s ciyes as t were. an ep3tosDe of the history aT,bs f,mi,y. l. IS surrounded by border orna- ,,.5 by the shield. ot arms, inplated by different aaresos n rght of their wives, well as some Of The ouartertags borne by thcir descendants.
 The engraving in colors IS m the very best style, apA pefhaps the most highly finished work ever Sose by sinclair, of Philadelphia; who is aeknowl-
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 The eoa, of arms of the first John Washington, ,. rognosed of three stars and three stripes, which firm a nart of all heradlc bearings of the family Ge,e,e Washington was entitled to use his en- s.en vpoD flag in the army which he commanded; a8d la all probability the first one made in Ameri ta was composed of three stars and three sfnpeS, winch those who were versed Tn heraldry, would at once recognize as the proper eolors of the Com m,n,ef in. Chief of the Revolutionary army-the flag of Washington.
 In flpie ten other Stars were added, and the flag o( Washington, became the flag of the thirteen United Colonies.
 Wb,Ie ind,yidals still live who might have seen -he lrst Washington standard unfurled, or who heD.d 10 swell the shout that went up to Heaven when the thirteen stars first spread to the breeze 3yer the thirteen United States--behold the figures are transpoSed-tiircen has changed to thirty one "a tenioid muupfc!Ly iIon tiiE olleHtai HhlnocI of stars has hidden tho origin of the flag and few are aware as they uncover the head to honor the tla name of Washington, and send up shout after sh53. as the stars and stripes unfoliej to the bfeeze that the flag they adore. the flag of the name they would honor-the stars and stripes of the afas and standard Of Washington.
 Lei us send up one more shout of graduation, that
 ''Oar flag is still there"
 and the name of its founder IS still here, in our hears-in the hearts of all the people of Inc thr- ty-one United States, over whom, until the name IS forgotten, may no other flag ever wave, than the stars and stripes Il Washington.