Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-05-06
FLAG RAISING AT FORT SUMTER
spssob NJ m.,..sen. Robert Anderson.
GRAFTON OF \, w. BEECH6R
.prrcu OF GEN. ANDERSON

pointment OF the honorable Secretary OF
War. am here TO fulfill the cherished wish
Of my heart through four long years OF
bloody war, to restore to its proper place
this dear old flag. which aoaled here during
peace, before the irst &C; Of this cruel re-
bellion. .-4L s..r
thank God that have lived to SEQ
this day great applause aud to be here
TO perform this duty TO my country, My
heart is filled with gratitude 10 that Gnd
who has so signally blessed US, who has
given us blessings beyond measure.
May all the world proclaim, Glory TO
God in the highest; on earth peace; good.
will toward men. Voices: Amen, aud
amen!]
GRAFTON OF REV. HENRY WARD BEBcHER
On this solemn and joyful day. we again
lift to the bre,za. our fathers flag, now,
again, the banner of the United States,
with the fervent prayer that God would
crown it with honor, protect it from treason
and send IL down 10 our children. with all
he blessings Of civilization, liberty and re
ligion. Terrible 10 battle, may IL be
bene 6cent in peace. Happily. no bird or
beast Of prey has been iucribed upon 1t =
The stars that redeem the night from dark
ness, and the beams of red light that beaq
tify the morning, have been united upon
i's folds. AS long as the sun endures, or
The stars, may it wave over nation neither
euslaved nor enslaving. Great applause ]
Once, and but once has treason dshonored
il. In that insane hour when the gniltest
aud bloodest rebellion Of time hurled iher
fires upon this fort, you, sir, turning to
General Andersoo and small heroic
band, stood, within these now crumbed
walls, and did gallant and just battle for
the honor and defense of the nations ban
ner. Applause.
In that cope OF gfire this glorious flag
still peacefully waved 10 the breezs above
your head, unconscious of harm as the
stars and skies above it. Once it was sho,
down. A gallant hand, iu whose care this
day il has been, plucked it from the
ground, and reared it ngain-cast down,
bat not destroyed. After vain resistance.
with trembling hand aud sad heart, you
withdrew il from its hight, closed its wings,
and bore il far away, sternly to sleep amid
tut iuuluiiS VI ItUNll'Ou duQ VIC kDuuOtT Vi
battle. The first act of war had begun
The long night of four years had set Ia -
While the giddy traitors whirled in a mnz-
Of exbilaration, dim horrors were aIread,
advancing, chat were ere long to fill the
laUd with blood
To-day you are returned again We dc
vontly join with you III thanksgiving to Al
mighty God. that be has spared your hon
ored life, aud vouchsaied to you ihe glory
of this day. The heavens over you are thr
same; The same chores arc here; morning
comes, and evening, as they did. All else.
how changed! What grim batteries crow d
the burdened shoresl What scenes have
filled this air aud slisturbed these waters!
These shattered heaps of shapeless stone
are all that is left of Fort Sumter. D.>u-
lntation broods in yoader sad city
,olrmn reIfrbu'iun hath avenged our dis
htDored bai ne ! You have come back
with honor, v ho depar' ed heuee fonr year,
ago, leaving The air suItry with fanalicism.
The surging crowd, hat rolled up their
frrhzi1d shouts, as the a4g came down, are
dead, or scattered, or silent; and then
habitations are desolate. Run sits in the
cradle of treason Rebellion has perished
But, here f,es the, same flag that was in.
suited. Great and prolonged applause
With starry eyes it looks oil over this bu,
for that banner ,ha. supplanted il, and
sees il not. Applause You that then
for the day, were humbIed, are here again
TO triumph once aud for ever. Applause.
In the storm OF that assault this glorion'
ensign was often struck; bu', memorable
fact, not one of its stars was torn out by
shot or shell. Applause 1t was i
prophecy.
1, said: Not one stat, shall be struck
trom this nation! Applause The ful
tilmeni is u, hand. Lifted to The air, to
day, it proclaims tha, after four years .
war, not u state is blotted out Ap
plause.
Hail to the fog Of our fathers, and on
flag Glory to the banner that has gon'
through feur years black with tempes,s 0
WAT, 10 pilot The ualon hack To- peace wi h
on. dismembermenll And glory be t,
| God, who, above all hosts aud banners, hat
ordained victory, aud shall ordain peace.
Applause
| Wherefore haze we come hithsr, pilgrim
from distant places? Are We come I,
exult that Northern hands are stronge
than Sonlherr? No; but to rejoice lha
the hands of those who defend just an
benefcent gosernmeGt are mighller tha
the hands that assaulted i'll Applause
Do we exult over fallen cities? We exol
that nation has no, fsllen Applause.
We sorrow sith the sorrowfnl. We ,ympt
thlze with the desolate. We look upp
this shattered fort, aud yonder dilspidale
city, with sad eyes. greved that me
should have committed such treason, au
glad that God hath set such q mark upo
treason that oil ages shail dread and abhc
1t. Applause. ,u e,,
we exult, not for passion gratifet
out Tor a sentiment Victorious; not f.
temper, but for conscience; not as "
devou'ly believe that our will is done
ont that Coos will hath been donel w
should be unworthy OF that liberty ID
trusted to opr care, IT, on such a day a
tbis, we sullied our hearts by feelings q
almless vengeance; aud equally unworthy
II We did not devoutiy thank him Who baiI
said. vengeance is mine, I .cM repay. sa;t
7, shel Lord. that be hath se, mark nnon a.
rogant Rebellion, iineffacable while tin
lasts i.sa' q M 30 ia7a ~
Since this Gag went down on that dar
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