The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-27
Paris Union Guards.

MesSrs Editors
Saturday the 22nd inst was memorable day
to this company. The occasion was the presen
tation of a very pretty and appropriate banner tC
the company, by Miss Mary Busw ell of Paris late
Of your city, on behalf Of the patriotic Ladies OF
Paris
The reply was made by Capt Newell. The
presentation affair was highly creditable, to all
engaged in them. Comment is unnecessary.
! Tile company under command of Capt Newell,
| o. Paris, now number nearly 80 men, very well
uniformed, and improving rapidly in discipline
and soidierly bearing. We doubt if they are ex-
| celled by any company in the county,
Truly yours, R.
The following address was delivered on present.
ing the flag to the company:
Gentlemen of the paris Union Guards The
ladies Of Paris, approaching the promptness with
which you have responded to your country's call
ito arms, wish me TO present you this flag and
beg you to accept the same as a token of their
appreciation
Captain New ell, Iresign these Stars and Stripes
to your charge, with perfect confidence that You
VIII never suffer them TO trail in the dust. While
coulerrng upon me the honor of making this pres
eutdlOn-the wives. the mothers and the sisters of
your brave ana devoted company, have also com
missloned me to bear to YOU and through you to
thcm, the assurance that their love of country is
no less ardent than your own.
though woman may not arm berselfand go forth
to batte--she lays upon the altar OF liberty with
wiling hand, those dearer to her than her own
life.
The spirit OF the Spartan mothers, which oday
giows ON the hill tops and in the valleys of the
east, bright a. the MONDAY sun, has swept like
simeon Of the desert over the prairies of the west
" iscunsln has already sent forth in battle array
noble band of her first born sons That these
have gone cut from the homes of their childhood
gf bo.,,i
the unwrtten pages Of our Country's history will
bear tcstmou
The martial bearing and the measured step that
greet Us ON every side, attest that you are assem-.
bed ior no idle pastlne The fash OF your swords
and the gilttering Of your bayonets remind me that
our peaceful happy country of yesterday is to day
the theatre OF bloody strife. But Yesterday our
nation shouts OF liberty were echoed from every
land beneath the sun, To day she is forced to
Tight anew the battles of ireedOm-or submit to a
tyranny more debHsiug than any recorded on the
pages on the world history.
You are not called upon TO repel a foreign foe
We have woneIh he humblest citizen ofthe United
-tates OF America, bearing in his hand the Stars
and stripes, may enjoy unmolested the freedom OF
his blrth-rght IN any and every pOrti ofthe civ
ii2ed world, save IN the orange groves Of our own
tur land.
The shiny serpent of the South. nursed info Vic.
or life IN The bosom of our nation with steaIthy
tread iwned, one by one, its mighty coils about
the heart OF freedom, in vain attempt to stay the
current Oh us lie DiDOU. EuliGu this. il has
reared It's YenOmOuS head ON highland TODAY il
floats IN the balmy breeZes of the south; while
the glorious Hag for which the father of our com
try fought, ana beneath which he died lies tram
Piled in the dust by traitors feet. Thank Heaven
the \ ortE is aroused from its mesmeric SIMMER
The hiss of the serp, mt has broken the charm and
this hour host of brave hearts, armed with ms
tice and TRUTH await but the signal OF their barve
to rush to the cOnaice. Be it tkeirs TO
Danish forever from the face OF the earth REPTILE
hos ,ttrsNf
portion OF our country, poison more deadly than
that tie tabled Upas trees.
Soldiers--In your acceptance Of that banner
studded with thIrty-tour Stars we read pledge of
your hdcHty TO the Union. In behalf of those
whom representa- admOnish you, by your an
probation OF the tree Institutions secured to us
by the constitution Of our government, by our rev.
Crence for the names and the memory of the pa.
uloJ band who framed and bequeathed the same
to is, lay uOt aside your arms till the dimrnest
star ON Gun country flag has pledged allegiance
TO that glorious instrument. Quencn not the pa
ulOtlc flame which now burns IN yoal hearts and
beams from your COuntenauccs. Weigh carefully
the calls OF your country and if perchance Won
pointed of heaven 10 ayenge the insulted ashes of
patriot fathers, so forth to battle, and NAV the
blessing ol Jehoya attend you.
In the great plan OF providence behold might.
Ter huller work then even this assigned to the
armies of the North. The prayers, the signs and
the groans ot an oppressed people have ieached
he ear OF our Father in Heaven and thar Eo,L
ay in uoavar ' o'' 'Iell "'h'
IVould Won have q mart in tho ,lori,,,,, .;,,,,,,
that awaits those who are IN str5- t W
from three millions of slavas,ao ~ I ME-,
would wear victors crown, must first share a
warriors tolls
p.,I,.,r,.4
hePiJ VI C"t'' Ne"e Gil &c MISS Mary Buswel;
hohofeo Lazy in behalf OF the Paris Union
Guards, | receive this emblem of our Nations
n0AoI-oUr nation greatness, and our nations
i2Sit5 WIN me highest pTlae OF soldier.
heieVGr me stars ana stripes are unfurled,
Power IS manufactured and re@ne ca American
This flag is the standard a our national capitol
- Is me staGoaro around which, our soldiers gath
eI 70 uo oa+ie ana "heh II Ialis, they lay down
'neir arms ana aekhoH Iedse all Is lost.
" no can can ""Ausf theil, Lat there IS an inspira-
,.on 1iesI2'lo,e /" out tilne-hohored flag an in
9piIat ION uoUoiJ powerful 70 rs this day. We
try--by hostile bands and rebel hearts. to annaar
n, +his hattie ,5rav IVb.t N.da,, 80 PPo"l
- - - . 80. -, - -' AAuHC oe our