Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-07
VOLUME [. NO. 9.

 as well as your country We will make it our guide and protector. even amidst ibe convulsions, disasters and caamilies of whatever kind may befall us whilst in de- fence of our country. It shall be monu- ment reared in our hearts, like unto that of Homers, which was erected in an age almost unknown, or has withstood all modern efforts until this day. We expect by such patriotic hearts to withstand all the assaults, which time and skill may bring upon us by the black hearted Abo- litionist of the North. That 1t may tower all such :; and the cloud of war shall hang dark and lowering over our heads, il will shine as bright 10 us as the sun that now gilds yon field ; We will rejoice under it's lovely beams, ere imagination calls us back to think of the delicate hands and lovely smiles that mingled with its beaut- ful coors whilst being made 1t will swell our hearts with joy and fill our tongues with praise. And if the time should ever come when this dark cloud of war should burst upon this beautiful Southern part of the old United States, when consternation should have seized the hearts of this band, and desoated battles should be .burying us in blood upon the field of battle. Then, when its glittering portals would open, it would be like the dayspring from on high, descending 10 light upon the brow of our Captain, there to stamp the freedom seal of omnipolence. We view the constela- ton; we see how 1t flames with inextin- guishable stars. We see that 1t is com posed of the same material that General Washing.on's was; that lis hoisted for the same cause, oply'sa more glorious one. We need .not;remind you of the glorious scenes in which the ladies participated dur ing the revolutionary war. The history of your country will demonstrate thaiato you. Ladies, we are nowS happy to an- nounce to you, that we receive this un- stained banner, the fairesf of The fair, and whenever the tocsin of our country shall be rung to call us,to stop the raging foe that may be endeavofing to penetrate our country, we will stand by 1t, though it may be torn asunder by the laundering shot ofthe enemy ; we will guarantee unto you that it shall wave as long as there is one remnant, and when that sun shall have gone down behind the Western horizon, darkness reigning around us, 1t shall be our canopy and chandelier we will hoist it for the world to behold and announce 1t as being the flag of the brave, that 1t is a crown of streaming gold that now deco- rates the hearts of all true Southern peo- pie. We know ladies, that some of you have husba nds, fathers and brotherss that will have to participate in the ravages and horrors of this war, which IS now threat- ening us. You may learn that those eyes which once beamed with true sentiments are closed in death; you may learn that those lips, the ruby harbinger of joy, are pale and cold in death. But we are aware, that your hearts, are not strangers to scenes like these. But on the other hand, will it not be consoling and dear, and by far more dearer to you to know that they died with the golden laurels, which encircles the head of the warrior, than to see them die with the garlands which adorns the brow of the traitor. Then Ladies, it Is duty obligatory upon your part to use that inhu- ence you have over then, and whenever their country calls them, admonish them to appeal to arms in defence of the same. We frankly confess, that we have not lan- guage sufficient to return the compensa- tion due you for your kind and patriotic generosity, but will endeavor to return it while upon the battle field. R.