The national Republican., 1861-04-12
Georgetown Correspondence.


To-day our town has been very much inter.
ested in the military proceedings going on in
Washington, whereby two of our companies
were expected to have been mustered into the
service Of the United States. This however,
has not been done, in consequence of their
hesitation to commit themselves so far as may
threaten to draw them into unwelcome duties.
This consider rather weakness on their part
for, in fact, they will, sooner later, be obliged
to stand either for or against their country and
the sooner they plant themselves for their coun.
try, the better. These companies were the Po
tomac Light Infantry and the Home Guard.
We have, however, other companies here yet,
who, when tested, will probably give different
representation Of the feelings, will, and deter.
mination, Of the good people Of Georgetown.
We had very interesting ceremony on Mon
day last, at the residence Of Mr. Ricl d II.
Trunnell-the presentation Of Union flag,
United States flag out and out, every star
and every stripe in its place, presented on be-
half Of the ladies Of our fourth ward, by his
honor Mayor H. Addison. He delivered, on
the occasion, the following address:
anderson Rifles: have been requested by
these ladies to hand you this pledge OF their con.
6dence, their respect, and their affection.
You will take it and carry it with you, where
ever you may 60 as American soldiers, in sick
ness and in health, in prosperity and in adver-
sity, in peace and in war, and preserve, up
hold, and honor it to the last pulsatcn of your
hearts.
1t is the good old flag of your fathers and
n others of the Revolution Of '76; it is the flag
Of your fathers and mothers Of this day-the
flag Of your wives, your sisters, and your daugh.
tiers, and will be the flag of your childrens chill
dren in many distant generations. 1t will be
seen on all their battle fields, ever proudly wa
wing in triumph, emblazoned in its own red,
white, and blue, with all its glittering stars and
glorious stripes. Forever honored be that flag
1t is an emblem of the loitiest patriotism,
and strikingly typical of sentiments and memo.
ries peculiar to the American people.
| We behold in it O memento OF many victo-
on both sea and land; it is a memento of SER
vices, sacriices, and heroisms, which have i'm.
mortalized the armies of your Washingtons,
your Jacksons, your Taylors, and your Scots.
1t IL that same memorial which is now gal.
lantly cleaning, in sunbeams and starlight,
over the walls of Fort Sumter, and which will
ever be identified with the name which you
have so gratefully and gracefully appropriated
to yourselves.
Years and ages may roll on, but the devas-
tating ravages Of time will never obliterate from
American memory the name Of Anderson.
While he is thus upholdiug that same ban
ner amidst surrounding dangers, let US, here
in these streets, and on these beautiful ghts
while beholding the steeples which desis snate
the temples of the living God, ever sing
"And the starspangled banner, oh long may 1t wave,
Der the land OF the Free and the homo OF the brave"
To this, Capt Rodier replied in the following
terms;
Honored Sir: 1t is with emotions profound
ly deep that accept from the fair donors, fol
whom you have spoken, this beautiful flag o.
our Union-liberty's holiest emblem.
| Long may II wave,
Der the land Of the ree aud the home Of the brave /"
Accept, sir, our sincere thanks for the very
eloquent manner in which you have conveyed
to us the sentiments of the ladies of the tourtf
ward. 1t is in times like these that even thi.
ordinary display Of our country's national ban
ner bears peculiar and striking Significance
1t is, sir at this sad epoch in this nations des
thy, when the walls Of sorrow pulsate upon the
air; when the stiaed cry now heard for country
and for home toretels the advent Of natioua
calamity-when the coward and the traitor
would desecrate these folds. Then it is tha
this flag is dear to our hearts and to our fire
sides. Then it is that we may fully swear
"Proud banner Of the free,
BY thee we'll live, by thee we'll die !"
The Union flag of thirteen stripes, first ur
furled at the American camp at Cambridge
June lst, 1916, floats to-day Ger every ocean
waving, still waving, in all its glory, all its lus
; tre, all its brilliancy. 1t is the flag of ou
Union foreverl
Anderson Rifles addressing himself to tn
company take this flag May it wave proud
ly DER the good and brave Guard it! CO.
will prosper it in this dark and trying hour.
SIN the breaking forth Of power,
| In the crush Of stecds and men,
| This right arm will shield ii then "