Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-02-07
Below we publish the address IN full.
Presentation Address BY Miss Lewis.


The time of danger is at hand. Our Republic
die STANDARDIZED in the onward march Of the
nations, has paused in its splendid careerl Our
Constitution, the sblest work Of uninspired NOR
tai minds, is decried and attacked. Our beloved
country, our mighty and magnificent Union, is
convulsed by moral earthquake, which threat
ems to Tend it asunder, and leave it, hopeless ru-
In, "by-word and shaking Of The head
to the nations" Our flag, our stainless BAN
ner Of the stars and stripes, has been insulted.
lnsulted! Yes! torn down, tranpled under foot,
by those who owe TO its protection all he rights OF
sovereign citizens Now indeed the time has come,
when s.man must rise and woman call on God!,'
To man belongs the privilege Of defending, in the
council and on the field, the honor of his coun-
try, and the rightsiof its citizens. Woman can
only weep over the woes of her native land, pray
tc the Great Ruler in whose hands are the de sii-
MES Of oil nations, antitrust, implicitly trust 10
the wise heads, the stronger arms, the drawer
hearts of her countrymen. And we are here to-
night, TO give proof of our trust.
To the standai d. bearer are given the colors on
the eve Of battle; you. my conntyman, are here,
the srandard-bearer of the friends of Uuion, in
the approaching conflict. The time of trial draws
near. A few days will decide, whether Missou-
ri will throw off her allegiance to the Federal u
Mon, violate her most solemn pledges, or remain
loyal TO her own Constitution, 10 the whole ma
ton, 10 the human race, to Almighty God Mis-
souri, Is, in position, the centre, the very heart
of the Union. And our county, cur noble old
Howard, Is the heart Of Missouri. Let that heart
remain steadfast and true, and its every throb
sh all be felt throughout the political body. And
through you that heart must find voice. /,
then, in the name and by the authority Of my
countywomen of Fayet.e, whose names are recof.
ded upon it, present to you, and through you to
the citizens Of Howard County, this flag, made
by our own hands, il is offered from our hearts.
With il we commit to your guardianship, all tn at
we hold most sacred. By all the haIlowed asso-
c,ati ,ns clinging around this spotless banner Of
our country, we pray you, in the coming strug-
gle, to stand fast 10 the cause Of the Union and
the right Through your voice, let the heart of
old Howard speak, in thrilling tones, to the State,
to the Union, to the world In the hour of high
and solemn debate, remember us and our flag,
and all Of which il is the symbol. This flag,
knows no Norti., no South, the whole, -undivi-
deo, glorious Union is its owni Under this BAN
ner, our United States have, for more than eighty
years, pursued career, whose prosperity and
splendor is unparalleled, in the history Of the
world. Now our Union falters, some have fallen
from US, but we trust ere long, to welcome them
back and once more linked firmly together, to
'skeep step TO the music as we lgo, under this
flag, onward and upward, IN our conquering
march.
Then for the Uaion, the whole Union, stand
fsst Remember the wise heads, the Incorrupti-
Bile hearts that, leagued in holy brotherhood,
formed the bonds that bind US together, and saver
not single link Of the golden Union chain! Think
Of the fearless sshfty-siK," who pledged "their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to
the cause of Independence, and stand Vast for the
Unonl Think Of the mistaken courage, the tried
and proved fidelity, of sfthe old thirteen" who
stood seven years against world lin arms, and