The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-04-27

10 shouts as the flag came down are dead
fly or scattered, or silent, and their habita
d, tions are desolate : ruin sits in the cradl
,r of treason the Rebellion has perished
al but there flies the same flag that was in
suited. (Great and prolonged applause.
With starry eyes it looks ali over the ba,
for that banner that supplanted it, ant
e sees 1T not. (Applause.) You that thel
. for the day were humbled, are again t.
triumph once more and forever Gap
plause.)
In the storm of that assault, this glori-
Gus ensign was often struck, but-memor
able fact-not one of its stars was torn ou
by shot or shell. (Applause.) 1t was a
| prophecy. 1t is said, not one State shall
1 be struck from this nation by treason
(Applause.) The fulfllment is at hand
Lifted to the air to-day, it proclaims, af-
ter four years of war, not State is bolt
ted out. applause Hail to the flag Of
our fathers and our flag. Glory to the
banner that has gone through four years
black with tempests of war, to pilot the
nation back to peace, with dismember-
ment, and glory be to God who, above all
hosts and banners, hath ordained victory
and shall ordain peace (Applause. y
Wherefore have we come hither, pil lgrims
from distant places ? Are we come to
cxult that Northern hands are stronger
than Southern No; but to rejoice that
the hands Of those who defend just
and bencfccnt Government arc mightier
than the hands that assaulted it. Gap
rlauSc) DO we cxult over fallen cities?
We cXult that nation has not fallen
(Applausc.) We sorrow with the sorrow
ful. We sympathize with the desolate
We look upon this shattered fort and
youdcr dilapidated city with sad eyes,
grievcd that men should have committed
such treason, and glad that God hath set
such mark upon treason that all ages
shall dread and abhor it. (Applause.)
Let DO man mistake the meaning Of
this unfolding flag. 1t says Government
has returned hither; it proclaims, in the
name of vindicated Government, peace
and protection to loyalty, humiliation and
pain to traitors. This is the flag of
sovereignty. The nation, not States, is
sovereign. Restored to authority this
flag commands, not supplicates. There
may be pardon, but no concession
/ Great applause.( There may be am
ncsty and oblivion, but no honored COM
promise. (App!ause) The nation to-
day has peace for the peaceful, and war
for TIC turbulent. The only condition of
SUBMISSION is TO submit. daughter and
applause) There is the Constitution,
there are the laws, there is the Govern
ment, They rise up like mountains of
strength that shall not be moved. They
are the conditions Of peace. One nation,
under one Government without slavery,
has been ordained and shall stand. There
can lie peace on no other basis. On this
basis reconstruction is easy and needs
neither architect or engineer. Without
this basis no engineer or architect shall
ever reconstruct these rebcllious States.
We do not want your cities nor your
fields We do not envy you your prolific
earth and heavens full of perpetual Sum.
mcr.
/ Let agriculture revel here. Let man
ufactures make every stream twice musi-
cal; build fleets in every port inspire the
arts Of peace with genius second only to
that of Athens, and we shall be glad in
your glalness and rich in your wealth.
al that we ask is answering loyalty and
universal liberty, and that, in the name
of this high sovereignty of the United
States of America, we demand, and that
with the blessings of Almighty God, we
will have. (Great applause.) We raise
our fathers banner that it may bring back
better blessings than those of old that it
may cast out the devil of discord that it
may restore lawful Government and a
prosperity purer and more enduring than
that which it protected before that it
may win parted friends from their aliena-
ton that it may inspire hope, and inau-
guratc universal liberty; that it may say
to the sword, "Return to thy sheath, -
and to the plough and sickle, "Go FORTH"
that it may heal all jealousies, unite all
politics, inspire a new national life, con-
pact our strength, purify our principles,
enable our national ambitions, and make
this people great and strong, not for ag-
grcssion and quarrelsomeness, but the
peace of the world, giving to us to glor-
ious prerogative of leading all nations to
ulster laws and to more humane politics,
to sincerer friendship, to rational iustitu-
! ted civil liberty, and to universal Chris
tain brotherhood.
Reverntly, piously, in hopeful partrio
tism, we spread this banner on the sky
$ as Of old the bow was planted on clouds
S and with solemn fervor beseech God tt
D look upon it, and make it the memorial
e an everlasting covenant, and decree thai
never again on this fair land shall de
e lugc of blood prevail. applause. J.
q There is scarcely man born in the South
r Who has lifted his hand against this ban
c ncr but had father who would have diec
r for it. Is there no historic pride is me
:, mory dead has fatal fury struck blind
!, ness or hate into eyes that used to lool
t kindly toward each other, that read th'
: same Bible, that hung over the historl