Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-05-03
BEECHER ON THE FLAG.

1T MUST HI CARRIED THROUGH BALT1M0RR-THB
EEvoLuTIONIsTs MUST now BEFORE IT.
Plymouth Church was crowded to replsliou on
Sunday evening y an intensely interested audi
cuce. Part of the gallery was occupied by about
fifty recruits, in uniform, who attracted much
attention. Two Or three thousand people were
turned away, disappointed at not etlectng nn
entrance.
After the usual preliminary exercises, Mr.
Beeoher commenced his sermon, which almost
entirely related tn the american Flag" lie
alluded to the flags Of various nations rs being
typical oi the nations themselves, saying that
Whenever they were set up, there the people raj
lied. The banner of our land was a glorious
one. Its stars htnmed forth like the morning,
and its stripes like the suubenms, We are locked
up to il with veneratOn and affection. When il
was ordained by Congress that it should he our
banner, it understood to be typical of liberty;
liberty Tor nll aud protection for all who sought
protection beneath its folds. We now bore it
aloft, to do Cod Almighty's work, while the
traitors at Montgomery discarded it, because
the DEVILS work could no longer be done under
its protection. Laughter and applause. But
it wns Still our nag, md yet should float from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from gulf to lake, US
in the past, Loud applause.
MIR. Beecler requested the audience not to np-
plaud. lie did not believe Sunday too good IL
time, or the church too good place for mani
Hesitation Of feeling, but then all the time WINS his,
while he was preaching. After he had finished,
they might do as they pleased. Laughter.
The reverend gentleman proceeding with his
sermon, eulog2ed the flag, in glowing language.
Upon the plains of Lexington, AT Buhker's Hill,
and in New Jersey, il had been cOnsecraIed in
blood, aud we could not give it up. 1t was the
banner Of freedom, Of liberty, the enemy OF
tyranny and oppression, and ~ long as its object
was to relieve the oppressed and protect them,
so long would il be sustained and houored Ii
must iioAt from the Capitol, not be hidden in
some obscure corner, but from the dome, in the
full breeze of morn, must its glorious folds wave.
lie hoped there would be no disgracem circuit
Gus route taken to Washington. From boston.
through the Jerses, Now York, and Phalclpbin.
thence through Baltimore, was the way. [Great
applause Mr.. Beucher suggested that ii there
were to he manifestations, they had better be
inward ones. lie would see the flag planted in
Charleston, Memphis, Mobile aud Richmond.
and on NIL our forts au emblem of liberty to
man. Over WashingtOn's grave there should
still ilOat WashingtOns banner, The course
must be to the capital, and beyond. Neutrality
would not do There must be men, now-one
thing or the other. Continuing in this strain for
some time, he quoted that portion of Webstor's
reply to llHync, "When my eyes shall be turned
for the last time upon the sun in Heaven, sny-
ing that never had nobler language fallen from
unnspired lips. lie rxhoTte1 the soldiers to ga
srayely upon the battle field, and die nobly in
defence of the glorious banner under which ihey
fought, saying that in the smoke and heat of
battle when they saw the three striped emblem
of tyranny and slavery borne by their enemies.
to look upon the starry folds, floating over them,
gather renewed courage, and put thOir trust in
God
Mr. DceCher was listened to with the greatest
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