Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-07-04
MONDAY, JULY 3, 1854.


> FLAG FERMENTATION.
pa ST. PAUL, July LIST, 1854.
MEssRs. NEwsoN, MITcmHLGsk Co..,
Cetlemss: Will you please accept the accompanying
Flag Of our Union, marx Of appreciation Of the high
moral tone and manly bearing Of the "SAINr PAUL DAILY
TIMEs the Eagle Its folds
Of the soaring position happy country above
all others,) be encouraged TO still
greater exerons in the Of right in the morality
and in the cause beloved country,
Yours, in hehalf Of many Ladies,
MAI.
GVUnder ordinary circumstances we should
feel delicacy in giving publicity to notes of this
character, but the source from whence the present
one emanates, the occasion which calls it forth,
and the beautiful present which accompanies it,
are of nature calculated to inspire us with the
belief that our humble efforts in the cause of
right have been appreciated, at least by those
whose smiles and words of encouragement in eve
ry good cause have done so much to ameliorate
the condition of down-trodden humanity. It was
woman who watched at the tomb of the meek
and lowly Jesus. 1t was woman who wandered
amid the dead and the dying on fields of battle
in years agone, to bind up the broken limbs and
smooth the pillow of death. 1t was woman who
curbed the mad ambition of the mighty monarch,
and though inhumanly forced from his presence,
yet prayed to be permitted to share his company
in exile, and cheer his disconsolate spirit. 1t
was woman who went forth to heather lands, to
inculcate the doctrines of Christianity, at time
when paganism brooded over the world. 1t was
woman who babe her son 60 forth to fight the
battles Of his country, and to return either VIC
torious or dead upon his shield. 1t was wo-
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her garments from her person to bind around the
wounds of the dying soldiers. 1t is woman who
now cheers US onward in every good work-who
laughs with the light-hearted and weeps with the
mourners-who sympathizes with the afflicted,
and exercises a healthy influence over those who
soon must occupy our places on the great stage
of life. Home is made cheerful by woman-wo-
man is the adornment of home. Without her
home is desolate. Truly can we say with the
poet,
Sc There is spot Of earth supremacy best,
dearer, sweeer spot than all the rest,
Where man, e;eation's ,yrsnt, lays aside
His sword, and scepre, pageantry and pride
Here Woman regns; The mother, daughter, wife,
Strews with fresh flowers. the narrow path Of life,
While round her knees domestic duties meet,
And freside pleasures gambol at her feet.
where shall that land, that spot of earth be found?
Art thou husband, patriot? Look around,
Oh thou shalt find, how ere thy footsteps roam,
Ihat idhu thy country, anu that spot thy honle.'
We thank the ladies for their beautiful gift
May we never prove recreant to the cause of right,
nor forfeit the good opinion Of those who have
thus kindly presented us with the flag of our
country. AS its stars and stripes shall float in
the breeze may it act incentive to still greater
exertions on our part where duty leads, and ever
bring to mind the memory Of the generous donors.
We have nailed it to the mast
&c Forever float that standard sheet,
Where flies the foe falls before
With freedoms soil beneath feet,
And freedoms banner waving Ger u.s.,