Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-03-02
wAsHrNaToN's BIRTH DAY.


for the degeneracy ofsome Of the sons Of patri
otic sires. An attempt has been made to
dismember this hitherto glorious Union
The flag OF our country, so dearly bought,
so gallantly protected, and go universally
respected abroad nnd beloved at home, has
been pulled down and insulted by those
whose blood should have been shed TO make
those stripes redder and whose purity OF
patriotism should have added more lustre
and whiteness to the stars, before that
ensign should have been lowered. There
was no fireing Of cannon no ringing of bells
no sound Of martial music which has always
hailed the dawniDg Of this day. This is no
time for rejoicing and the people so felt it.
But the anniversary OF the birth of q man
such as the world hos seen never before or
since could not he passed without some
token Of the continued respect and reverence
which clung to him in his lfe and has not
and we hope never will fail to embalm his
name aud memory in the hearts Of all Ameri.
cans. There could be no more appropriate
manner of celebrating that day than the
raising of that flag and doing it honor
| And this was done.
Our patriotic young mon 1--WE would give
their names if our columns we're large
enough) erected beautiful hickory mast
in the centre OF Market Square, on the
precise spot where, on the 4th of July, 1912.
after the declaration of war, the soldiers of
tba, war before leaving their wives and chill.
dren in homes which they could not remain to
protect, raised as snre guarantee Of protec.
tion the stars and stripes. We must not
omit here to say that the thanks Of the com.
munty are due to Jacob Seesholtz. Esq, o!
Upper Augusta, for the tree which he fur
nished for the mast.
AT one o'clock p. NJ, the "Goop INTENT
FIRE COMPANY" with the "WAsuISG1oS" and
COLUMBIAN" Engine Companies, the SOL
D1ERs Of the War Of 1928, of the Mexican
War, and the citizens, headed by GRANTS
CoRNET BAND, proceeded to the flag staff and
raised to its head the new American flag
The procession formed a circle round the
flag staff, inside OF which we're the clergy,
tut suiuleIe VI lCl uUu lub uhUU. AS BOOU
as the flag was attached, Captain f. LAZARUS,
JACOB BRIGHT and HENRY BIILINGToN old
soldiers of the Wur Of 1912, CHRISTIAN MAR.
TIN, Of the Army in the Mexican War,
CHARLES ID. WHARTON, Of the L. s. Navy
during the same period, seized the halIards
aud sent the Flag to the mast head. A it
reached the top the Flag urfurled, and "the
broad stripes" and thirty four bright stars
| fang themselves to the free breeze. The
most solemn silence prevailed until the bun
ting reached the mast head. Tears stood in
the eyes and rolled down the furrowed cheeks
Of many Of the white barred old men, sharers
in many fight when that banner was borne
to victory, who stood within the circle and
saw its proud folds unfarl. Then arose the
the not,s Of the "Star Spnngled Banner
from Grants Band and hundreds of voices
shouted, while the cannon gave forth its
thunder for ench star that gittered on the
azure field. The Rev. =. RIzER, then,
while the uncovered heads displayed the
locks Of youth, offered up to Almighty God
, the following solemn and impressive
TRAYER.
Eternal and Interchangeable God Thou King
9 of Kings nnd Lord of Lords, who rulcst among
the armies OF Heaven and among the inhabitants
of the Earth according TO Thy own good pleasure
we invoke Thy Divine benedclion upon US Thy
sinful creatures, as we are assembled under the
Banner of our beloved Country, to honor the
; memory Of that illustrious Chieftan, whom
Thou didst raise up to conduct our Revolutionary
a ancestors to Victory and Independence.
We thank Thee, that Thou didst spare his
life through many dangers, and make him in
strumental in the accomplishment of so much
good. We thank Thee, Almighty Father, that
. Thou hast given us a great country, with glo
rious nationality, and that Thou hast preserved
our liberty and union 10, these many years.
And now we humbly beseech Thee, to con.
d tinue Thy blessing upon our whole country. and
y grant that our Union may he perpetual, and tha,
N this flag, the emblem Of our united nationality
. NAV remain unsued for all time to come. To
this end, be pleased to curb the violence Of party
spirit and sectional strife and unite the hearts
8 and hands of all our people in patriotic duties
= Bless the President of the United States, abou
to retire from office, and bless his successor will
the gracious influences of Thy Holy Spirit
i Bless all others who are invested with Legsla
n tive, Judicial or Executive authority. May the,
=, be God-fearing men, and administer our publ,
- affairs with honesty, fidelity and harmony.
We beseech Thee to bless the various ordcr
e here represented, and all of US here assembled
q Forgive US all our sins. Bless our town, ou
~ Commonwealth. the whole world, and hasteT
" that period when all nations shall know Thee
from the least unto the greatest. We ask it al
% in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, ou
Redcemer.-Amen.
n At its close, the procession re formed, b.
10 S. SrRoH, Marshal, proceeded to the Goa
a House, where numbers of ladies had alread
10 assembled to cheer and encourage by thei
e presence, as they always do, everything hol
aud patriotic.
e The Farewell Address Of Washington wa
% then read 10 a truly rhetoric style by Rev
b Mr., RInER.
u The oraton was delivered by Gen. jon
X. CLEMENT. We regret. that we are unobl
70 to publish it this week. 1t was eloquent an
~ instructive. Nothing could have finer ftte
the times and the occasion. The crowde
u house listened to him with more than usua
u attention, except when he was interrupte
by the frequent shouts of applause.