Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-03-28

pot drag US into that style OF controversy,
WHAT FLAG NEXT The true, Constitution
and Union-loving Democracy have up to the pres
ent time changed their colors so often that it
would be folly to attempt to conjecture what the
next flag will represent and be emblematc Of
under which the constitutional fellows will rally
When the " Knights " of Carolina, and the self
constituted masters of mankind scaled the broker
battlements of Fort Sumter, they unfolded The
proud ensign of secession, the snake entwined
reand the Palmetto
After the war had progressed while, and
when the cotton States bad entered the happy
Confederacy, the gorgeous banner with the seven
stars and stripes was made to wave with boast
ful and triumphant air as the glorious standard
OF be jeff. Davis Republic. 1t must not be denied
however, that few found great fault with the
newly adopted flag, because, as they said, it re
sembled SO much the accursed " flag of the
old Union While the Southern heart was thus
fired, and the whole cotton States precptated
into a revolution which was to change the whole
system of things on this continent, aud until the
slave empire had expanded TO the city OF Mexico
pnd received the distinguished consideration aud
recognition Of the nations OF the earth, the seven
stars aud the stripes were to remain the beacon
Cf their hopes and desires, and the symbol OF their
chvhry aud success. Very soon after the fierce
contest had opened in earnest, and about the
time the loyal millions Of our people began to
feel eager for the field to meet the nation OF new
born traitors, the process of expansion had ceas-
ed on the part of the Confederacy, and the pro-
cess Of contraction commenced AS the mar
thalled hosts under the lords of creation yielded
it.b hv nnh IN Iha ~ nfn hrnN ~ an
victorious army, the heroes of many bluffs, "
aud the champions Of undyug purposes, deemed
it best to substitute the black flag as matter OF
policy, as well as fit Interpretation OF their
cause The very idea Of raising the black flag,
they argued would make the Yankees fairly
shudder aud retfact with trembling limbs from
the sacred soil Oi the South. But this would
not do-nObody was scared but the chivs"--
The next change of color was to that Of the
white flag. This was TO be the signal OF doubtful
contests, the object Of which to snatch vic
tories from our armies by cowardice and treach
cry, or secure pause in the conflict to enable
them to retire.
The last change the Confederacy ordered il
the style of flags was the sheet intended to b(
flung to the breeze ut the mas head Of the pirate
Chapman, in the bay of San Francisco bearing
upon its dark ground the bleached " skull and
cross bones " of the freebooter in the service Of
jeff. Davis. Had the Chapman succeeded in get
linB 10 sea, JeH. Davis WOuIu no uOuDt nave
stated to his rebel Congress at their next session
through his Secretary of the Navy that the
Pacific squadron of the Confederate Government
VAS achieving the most glorious successes. aud
probably ventured SO far as to call the attention
o foreign powers to the extent vi Confederate
Resources.
Had The Government not interfered, but al
lowed the Chapman TO proceed upon her mission,
this chosen band OF mariners from the sunny
south would no doubt have realized the full
measure OF glory they anticipated in robbng and
numbering all who fell in their course sailing
under the " old rag" What gross violation
Of the Constitution has this 80 abolition " Gov
ernment committed in arresting these Southern
gentlemen and in changing their situation from
The spacious cabin Of the CHAPMAN TO the Lincolu
Bastile" " at Alcatraz. Shall this act of ty
ranly be tolerated by people who are devoted
TO their country? Shall the brave sons of The
oouth be thus deprived Of their liberty, and eveI
Denied the sacred privileges of the writ of habea
corpus 1t remains for the true Democracy tt
settle these matters, and see that the Constitu
ti0n is not violated