The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-03

glory of the State it may represent,
and the whole to be eloquent, forever
ola union that must be one "and in
| seperable"
Time would fail me to enter more
largely into the details of this history.
Enough has been said to show, in
some satisfactory measure the sources
whence the materials Of our flag were
drawn, The old bannea of England
! contributed its colors Great men
made it their study. Washington,
Franklin, Morris, Adams, Sherman,
and many more of their immortal COM
peers, gave it their thought and care.
And then it had to be made cact In
the world by the conflicts, bloodshed,
and victories, or seven years. war.
1t is the flag that was gazed upon
by the patriots of 'the times that
tried mems souls" 1t is the flag
which they bore and followed into the
thickest Of the fight. It is the flag
which they loved and honored and
which at last they compelled their
proud enemies to acknowledge and re-
spect. 1t is the flag which became
the symbol Of our national indepen-
derce and glory.
And what precious associations
have clustered around it siAce Not
alone did our fathers set up this ban
ner in the name of God over the well
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
wher3 also their desc endants have car
ried it and raised it in conquest or
protection. Through what clouds Of
dust and smoke it has passed--wbat
storms of shot and shell-what scenes
of fire and blood !! Not alone at Sar-
atoga, Monmouth, aud at Yorktown,
but at Lunday's Lane aad New Or
leans, Baena Vista and Chepultepec.
It 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
Com. Perry Just on the eve of great
great naval victory--the old flag
which our great chieftain bore in tri-
umph to the proud city of the Aztecs
and planted upon the heights of her
national palace Brave hands have
raised it above the eternal regions Of
ice in the Arctic seas, and have set it
up on the SUBMITS of the lofty noun
tains in the distant west. Where has
it not gone, the pride gifts friends and
the terror of its foes 4? What coup-
tries and what seas has it not visited :?
Where has not the American citizen
been able to stand beneath its guardi-
an folds and defy the world ? With
what joy and exultation seamen and
tourists have gazed upon its stars and
stripes, and read in it the history of
their nations glory, and receive from
it the full sense Of security, and drawn
from it the Inspirations of patriotism !!
By it how many have sworn fealty to
their country What bursts of mag
nifcent eloquence it. has called from
Webster and Eyerett-what lyric
strains of poetry from Drake and
Holmes! HoW many heroes its folds
have covered in death How many
have lived for it and how many have
died for it How many living and
dying have aaid in their enthusiastic
devotion to It's honor, like that young
wounded sufferer in the streets of Bal
timore, ooh the aag-the stars and
stripes And wherever that flag has
gone, it has been the herald, of bet
ter day 1t has been the pledge OF
freedom, of justice. of arodr, of civil
cation, and Of christianity. Tyarnts
only have hated it, and the enemies of
mankind alone have trampled it to
the earth. All who sigh tor the tri-
umph Of Truth and Righteousness sa-
lutte it.
A FROZEN SHIP "A whaling YES
sci, which sailed from London in the
| year 1910, found in the Polar sea a
ship embedded in the ice, with sails
furled, and no signs of life on board
The captain and some of the crew de-
scending into the cabin, found coiled
upon the floor large Newfoundland
dog, apparently asleep. but when they
touched it they found the animal was
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