New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-10
A BANNER ON THE RROADWAY BANK.


beautiful silk flag was raired on n tall flagstaff
surmounted by the American eagle on the roof OF the
Broadway Bank on Wednesday.
The officers OF the Company present. with the
Clerks of the Bank, and many citizens
james X. Whiting, esq. WA called upon to deliver
an address, which he did as follows:
GEsTIksss Thi. banner !. ees@sc q our Saon. BIN
thirteen stripes and hIteen a' representing the thirteen Gig
the Fourth day Of July next we will add another making thirty
I74 to t, day ha' hio the gentle dew Of heaven
IL has never qusied before foreign foe spd is inter
with the finest fiber. OF true patriots heart has
protected American. native or natu'ed in civil
No foreign hand has ever I'll has been vereed
by every patriot the world and the eye
with Joy lie history recalled by ito graceful od, Is 1t floats
1t becomes to hang upon the outward wall" Why
dim Eight bright shot from their orbits seek
pg form separate consolation far removed from the Night Of
the their former center. the gloriou. Consution
TratoIanh traitors have laid violent hands upon trsed
in the du.hred -aDd for the first tine In history
tc foreign enemy, has thus attempted to soil T.,
and proud easopeble women carried by insus
tioo, have Il into shreds
want TO SEND Il again aon give renewed evidence four
loyalty to ito history to our country the Last hope OF human
Then lie, II wave until Secession which is synonym for
shall be crushed out. and the nation with all m stars
shall again stand forth in all it glory strength and yor Our
motto !. Of old United stand, divided we fall"
The banner was then run up amid the hearty cheers
OF the crowd The following brief poem then read:
ThOaShn 'yggensd on ho'ny ne 1%oie9a iidg S,o ne
Broadndy Rank yedd " efassddy May 8, 1861.
OsK more, IA added TO the band
One more, Is wavi1g DER our land,
One more, l. floating on the breeze
One more, UniOn CifV
Its striped folds and starry field.
Commands the love, we freely yield.
For under il folds fought Washington,
Under its stripes our Naye. sweep
Under its shade. our Fathers sleep;
BY them. transmitted 10 care,
We will defend II, everywhere.
Long shall 1t wave for you for me,
That brave old Banner Of the free,
Our Union all, each Sire and Son
VIII II defend, till time Ia done
FLAG-RAIsISG-Y Yesterday afternoon, several thou
sand persons assembled in front of Lathrop, Ludng
ton Co.'s Nos % and Is Park place, to witness the
unfurling of an American ensign by the employees OF
that establishment. In front Of the building plat.
form had been erected for the speakers. B +. Brton
presided, and g. ii. Bartholomew acted Secretary.
The Rev DIR. Burchard offered prayer, after which
magnificent flag, thirty feet by fifty, out
the street. amid the huzzas of the multitude the mufc
of the band, and the booming Of the After
salute of thrtyfour guns had been fired and the sing
ing of the Star-Spangled Banner, the Rev. Il. II.
Chapn was introduced. He referred TO Daniel Web
ster standing before Bunker Hill Monument at its
completion and pointing 10 the great granite shaft,
saving That il the orator Of the occasion SO the
American flag to-day spoke more powerfully than
was given to the utterance Of human lips. IL was
not flag with little stars in it, but armament
blazing Ia the glory of banded nationality. Cheers
IL was flag Of peace; and had risen in the majesty
of people 10 conquer peace, because peace had been
assaied Let us alone" cry they, selling money
and our mints. We are told that we are making war
upon the women and children. Good heavens! Are
the nints of New. Orleans the women Are the Forts
of Sumter snd Pckens the children The best guar.
anty for peace now was hedge fence of bayonets and
tofes Of artillery, The SIAN apd st6PSs Va TO