The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-06-26
NUMBER 25.

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permanent return should be made to the
original number of thirteen stripes, and that
the number of stars should henceforlh
correspond 10 the growing number OF States.
Thus the flag would symbolic The Union
as ii might be a! any given period of it's
history, and also il was al the very hour
OF It's birth. 1t was al the same lime suo
gested, that these stars. instead of being
arranged in circle, be formed into single
slar-a suggestion which we occasionally
see adopted. In fine no particular order
seems now TO be observed with respec, to
the arrangement OF the constellation II is
enough, il only the whole number, be there
upon The azure fold-the blue to be emble-
matical o. perse yerence, vigilance, and ins.
tice, each star 10 glorify the glory of the
State it may represent, and the whole TO be
eloquent, forever, of union thar must be
cone and inseperablen
Time would fail me o enter more largely
into the details of this history. Enough has
been said 10 show, in some satisfactory
measure, the sources whence the materials
Of our flag were drawn The old banner OF
England contributed its colors. Great men
made ii their study. Washington, Franklin.
Morris, Adams, Sherman, and many more
OF their immortal compeers, gave it their
thought and care. And then it had to be
made fact in the world by the conflicts,
bloodshed, and victories, of a seven years
war. 1t is The flag ,hat was gazed upon by
the patriots Of ''the times that tried mems
souls" 1t is The flag which they bore and
followed into the ihckest of the fight is
the flag which they loved and honored, ard
which at last they compelled their proud
enemies TO acknowledge and respect. Ills
the flag which became the symbol of our
national independence and glory.
And what precious associations have
clustered around il since! Not alone did
our fathers set up this banner in the name
( OF God over the weI-won battle fields of the
Revolution, and over the Revolution, and
over the cities and towns which they res.
cued from despotic rule but think where
also their descendants have carried il and
/ raised il n conquest or protection. Through
what clouds of dust and smoke it has pass
/ ed-what storms OF shot and ,sheIl-what
scenes of fire and blood Not alone at
( Saratoga, al Monmouth, and at Yorktown,
I but a; Lundy;s Lane and New Orleans, at
Buena Vista and Cbepultepec. 1t is The
same glorious old flag which, inscribed
with the dying words OF Lawrence, "Don't
give up the ship" was hoisted on Lake
Erie by Commodore Perry Just on The eve
OF great naval viclory-the same old flag
which our great chiefiain bore in triumph
to the proud city of the Aztscs and planted
/ upon the heights Of her national palace
Brave hands have raised il above The eter-
nal regions of ice in The Arctic seas, and
have set ii up on the SUBMITS of the lofty
mountains IN the distant west. Where has
II not gone, the pride of lis friends and the
terror of lis foes! What countries and
what seas has il not visiled7 Where has
not the American citizen been ablelo stand
beneath It's guardian folds and defy the
world With what JOY and exulta,ion sea-
men and tourists have sazed upon its stars
aud stripes, and read in 1t the history of
their nation's glory and received from it
the full sense OF secarily, aud drawn from
II the inspirations of patriotism By il, how
maay have sworn feal,y to their country
What bursts OF magnificent eloquence it
has called from Webster aud from Everett,
what lyric strains OF poetry from Drake and
Holmes How many heroes lis folds have
covered in death How many have lived
for il and how many have died for it! How
many living and dying said, in their enlhu-
siasic devotion TO its honor like that young
wounded sufferer in The streets of Baltimore
"Oh! the aag-the stars and stripes!p And
wherever that flag Las gone. it has been
the herald of a better day. Il has been the
pledge Of freedom, of justice, OF order, of
civilization and of Christianity Tyranis
only have hated it, and The enemies of
mankind alone have tramPled il to the
earth. All who sign for the triumph Of
Truth and Righteousness, salute it."
HEADED OFF BY HIS WIFE.-A distinguish :
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