Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-11-05

pecial champions to crimson the
cheek or honest patriotism with
shame, and to stir the throbbing
pulses ef freeinen with indigiiaalt
seorn, by apostrophiziug the eantai
lied banner of The Republic as y
tdanniing lie.i M
Whose s'stars grow pale and dil1 !;
Whose stripes are blooIy " slzlrs r.
A lie the Wanting hymn.
It shields the pinttess deck,
1t binds a man In cFlaitts,
III yoktss the traiJtiyts nt-rk,
And wipes tine biUWsiy stnIns.
Tear down the Haunting lie,
IIalf.mast the starry flag!
Insult no sunny sky
With hates polIuted rag"
1t has more nearly &C nrliei with
the feelings, the sentiments and
practices of the Democratic party, In
giving the old banner 10 the winds
and the waves, to WOO for it the
brightest sunshine and the balmlest
hreezes; and as Ii has gone furth,
the missionary OF Democratic truth
and the representative of republican
majesty. to send with 1t hearty
God bless you," and the swelling
chorus,
1.-THE Star Spang!el Banner,
Oh, long may Ii wave
Ger tile hand of the free
And the hane0f the brave -
In accepting this flag, ladies, !
need sarvply say that We yield a
proud recognition to the doctrine you
81 earnestly pres upon our attention
that in he continued as,endancy Of
the white race in this country, alone
reposes safety for the Republic and
security for yon. The Anglo-Sixo
whose home, even In exile, has ever
been the retreat of Liberty, mus;
rule the destinies OF lis own land
and mould the institutions Of his
0Wn Government, or the experiment.
Bf our Fathers must be abandoned
forever, and civil Liberty and Chris
ian Civilization 20 down together
amid the gathering darkness of an-
4rcby, barbarisin, and National
Icath. Ia accepting this flag We al
50 respond to the hope with which it
is tendereI and the kind wishes i.
which this offering originated. Feel
ng aura uefteS ifEE tsrszt ti1r fate ef
free institutions and OF ali tie price
it9s h'gaei,s which come down 10 us
SIn"gi.ei by tine sacrifices Df Bunker
Sill lud Monmouth, OF CtnGdvuuEd
YORKTOWN, hang trembling i4.s;itt
alaucp; and inspired hy the nIeug-
ries garuerpl from the green s.ope-
~ Mount Vernon and Monticello;
fanu The shades Oi tine Hermitage,
af Ashland and MaEshheld, this
5ff0uld he no doubtful conflict. Is {
slIoIAl our fears t5hIier than our
Iaolses De realized. and the wofst be-
ssaa ms,s defeat shall not dishearten
4Eyr aisas,er demOraIize Us. And
though under The operation of the
ssleIuI policies which dlid their la
seFnltY IN che Jaaobiuisn OF France.
The Red lsepub.icanisuo oi Germany
aGa the Purianism of Old and Sem
fasigsai1ti, liberty is hunted from ipeFs
home, and ''the bleeding fragments
OF II shattered nion are driven To-
seek temporary alliance East and
West, the democracy will fight on
ander the old conSseilated banner.
making It's order OF march an arIeg
.5f battle," until the Union is res
gored rs it was and the supremacy 0I
lree democratic inst iutiOns is yind..,
4tted forever. Should our holeg
rather than fears be realized, we mag
we'll discern in the ascendancy ol
correct principles, In the restorstianl
of wise rulers and Just phIciFs In
the re-incarHati0n uf Revolutionary
iaith aud fidelity, the dawnIng Of
hri hter and better days for q be-
lsagueretl Republic and shameless
" down.trodden and oppressed isutl
defiant people. The promise Of sllcis
4 day gives buoyancy to the palriotss
hope THAI when
This wild and wasting tempest or
5ss passion Is past
Cur 6,rlnsses will dow In ons ehan-1
4 sseA at hast,
Id Ilse s1rrpnts that rush from he
naoxailains of snow
lfaii nsliaxlsi IN peace through the
valley selow."
When W. may once more realize
mat oar union is river, lake,
feesin axlsl skys
sgkna lszka lssesks not the medal
N1s<4a G2x1d cuts the die,
Tho dofkenesl with sulphur !,
een with steel,
- n1le ne1 will brighsen-the
0tlo~ heal.n
Af1fr!1 alike by the
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