The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-21

Captain MORTON and Captain bonEcKER
on the completion Of works at their
Bridge. We have already published The
address Of the young lady who present
ed the Gag, and now give the Synopsis
Of the remarks Of Colonel MooDY, who
was requested 70 receive it. They are
rnll Of genuine fealty and patriotism,
and viii be read with much pleasure;
Ladies Of Elgefeld
In behalf Of Capt. Morton, Chief Engi-
neer Of the Ohio Army, Captain Rodeckcr,
Assistant Eneineer and the corps of co
laborers in their important department, | |
have the honor TO receive, at your hands, |
this banner, whose, waying lines OF beauty |
and glory speak 10 ms OF purity, pa |
iriOtism, and hope; whilst its glcam- |
ing stars elIuse light which shall miugle |
with the day springs living lleod, when |
the orb of Liberty shall rise above earth's |
dark horizon, and bring the day of uni
yersal freedom TO man, as his God. given
and inalienable right.
This is the flag Of Washington, of
Green, Gates, Lee, Putnam, Wayne,
Montgomery, Sumter, Marion, Jackson,
Harrison, Taylor, Scott, and host of
names dear TO memory, II is the flag
that Heated over Boston and Charleston,
Brandywine and Monmouth, Stony Point
and Eutaw, Valley Forge and the
Cowpens at the midnight crossing Of
the Delaware, and at Trenton; and
cleaned in all its glory at Yorlstown's
closing fight!
We may we'll be proud of'Glat old flag,
since in our veins the hot blood Of such
ancestors flows az purely and as freely as
in the days that tried mems souls"
"'A,d the smoke Of The coutcsl, the csnaon's l,,p
How OH il hath gathered renown
while those stars were reelected in rivers or gore,
When the cross and The lion teeat torn.
Aud, though few were the stars in the gloom Of that
Yet the hearts that were striking below,
Had cod for their hulwark, aud truth lor their
tower,
And they stopped not 10 number the toe
This, then, is the banner we this day
set up on hostile sofia banner borne by
Washington, and its staff bears the i'm
print of the grasp of the mighty heroes
who tracked their way 10 the Shrine of
Freedom, and planted upon the summit
of its Temple--the beacon of hope to the
oppressed of the world.
| Yes, this star-lit banner we set mp in
the name Of the God of our Fathers, and
It's lights are unsuIlied as those in the sky
| BY deed that or our sires have duue,
| And they're leagued in as true and as holy tie
| In their mottoe Of many in one"
II. We setup our banner as the ban
ner of the proudest, grandest nationality
upon earth.
With the greatest propricty we may
say with Israel, "suroly tue Lines have
fallen TO MS in pleasant places-yea, we
have a goodly heritage"
Our numbers, intelligence and re-
sources, give us eminent rank amongst the
powers of the earth.
We are people increasing in numbers,
resources and influence beyond all prece.
dent or parallel.
A confederation of States whose pop
ulation exceeds thirty millions Of
souls; whose broad domain is washed by
the waters of two Oceans--a people en-
joying the riches of all climates--a peO-
pie reared amidst scenes of great natural
grandeur; in possession of information
on all subjects of interest; endowed
with firmness, vigor and enterprise !;
having the principles of civil and reli-
gious liberty interviewer with every fac
ulty Of their minds-a people rapidly
advancing in Civil, Political and Moral
Science; holding daily intercourse with
almost every nation upon earth-and
highly regarded by the powers Of the
earth for their liberties, courage, virtue,
intelligence, greatness, resources, power
: and prestige.
Our census tables show a duplication
Of our population in every CYCLE Of TWEEN
ty-three years, 80 that by the time the
infant now in the cradle shall have
reached the age of manhood, our popula-
ton will have increased to seventy mil
: lions of souls, and by the time that same
infant attains TO middle age it will have
swollen to one hundred and forty mill
lions of citizens.
/ We need go no further in the cheering
+ estimate, 10 unveil that immense and
f glorious future which looms up before ns
"a future which will afford a new de-
yelopment of humanity a future TO be
regarded with rapture by the lover OF
[ man; a future, which, il we are but true
10 ourselves, to our sires and our sons
g shall send the blessing of its example
A like the light Of the morning, over The
: wide, wide world
\ Yes, this banner is the flag that float
and should float, and will still float owe
4 the grandCst domain on earth. Over {
G. land, of which the great French touris
D and statesman, De TOcqueville, says, " /
: furnishes the most magniIicen home fo
n man 10 be found upon the iootstohl o
Z God"
A Such a land we have inherited, il
e. trust, for those who shall succeed us;
/ land distinguished for its institutions q
d Civil and Religious Liberty.
. From where our green mountain tops blend vii
: Aud the great saint Lawrence e. rolbd.
T To the waves where the bslmy Hr' prrides lr,
a like the dream ui some Prophet of old.
q They c'nqutredf and dyiu5, hruueahol 10 cons cau
y | Not q is b lundiess dominion alone,
Il But thai banner whose loyoiutss h1iluws the air
10 With 4, motto ut MANY uuc.'
d Like our Fathers, let us realize th
e grand inheritance we possess, IA common
'e and deem him the most dangerous an
20 desperate foe, who would divide thi
J. matchless Empire, and reduce il 10 petit,
b contentious, irrascible sections, warrin
and warred with, till our glory vanishe
and our greatness is sacrificed forever.
l. mo pent conlcderlcy confines our powpre
The ooean-bouul Republic All Is ours"
20 III. We set up our banner as the "Ban
- ner Of the Union" The union of thes
sc United States was a political aeoessity.-
l. Our fathers so regarded it, and our con
dition then and now demanded II. Tn
Union was established to conserve on