The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-07-20
TGreklp Gimes
Prescribing the Stars and Stripes.
IFrcm the Chicago Inter-ocean.l


clothing, and the national flag is an object
of aversion throughout the South. The
Fourth of July has there ceased to be cele-
b-ated as political holiday, as 1t was
before the war. Sincere attachment for the
Union no longer throbs in the hearts Of the
people. Their patriotism does not embrace
an undivided country, but is limited to .
section, and is linked with the memories of
their "lost cause"
To support these statements We have
multitude of evidences, one Of which was
supplied few days ago at New Orleans,
and is contained in a very significant COM
munication reproduced below:
Established A. d. Is52l
HoHE INSURANCE. CoxPAsY OF NEW ORLEANS,
No. - Camp street, New Orleans, June "a, 1876
= A. Woodward, Esq. Commander Grand Army
Of the Eepublic, New Orleans, La
DEAK SIg: / am instructed by the ofhcers oi the
company to request Of you 10 plea remove the
flag displayed from the rooms occupied by you. Tor
the MASON that the directors of the company are un-
willing that political flags OF any KIND whatever
shall e isp ayed from the building Of the company
We trust therefore. that you val comply with our
request without delay, III the case you decline TO
do So / am instructed TO give you notice. which L
hereby DO to vacate the rooms the 9Th Of July,
1875. RESPECTFULLY, CHAs. LEsAssIRR,
Secretary.
Although this extraordinary notice Is
couched in polite language. Its true mean
ing and intent are made manifest when we
learn, as We do iTcm the New Orleans Re
publican, that the dag ordered to be taken
down was the stars and stripes, emblazoned
with the names OF Hayes and Wheeler.
Such a sight, although a natural apperten-
aHce TO the office window Of the Grand
Army OF the Rel lblic, was an afiront TO
the gaze of White League intolerance.
Had the emblem been the stars and bars,
inscribed with the names of Tilden ard
Hendricks, no complaint would have issu-
ed from the Home Insurance Company, be-
cause then there would have been no feel
ing OF grievance. The distastefulness of
the disply did not consist in the fact that
ii was, in any general sense, political, but
in the fact that its political character was
antagonistic 10 the disloyal sentiments of a
people disinclined 10 submit to the national
authority represented by the flag. Nobody's
right, under constitution or law, was in
fringed by the spectacle. Only tenants
privilege was exercised by hosting the col
ors of the United States, with names OF
candidates, from the window of a rented
room, on a public street. There was moth
ing in all the view that should have given
the smallest odense to any beholder. Like
exhibitions of party favoritism are common
in every Northern city, where they flout
the breeze not only without thought OF
challenge or interference, but where they
are universally recognized as part Of the
unguestionable franchises of the citizen.
HeIe freedom is positive and real and
any person, firm, or corporation that would
venture TO serve upon 4 tenant such a no
tice as that reproduced above would soon
feel the weight of geHeral censure and pop
ular contempt. The act would be econsider-
ed little and mean vindictive in its parti-
san intolerance and fuller of recoil than
Of direct force.
But the case is very different in New Or
leans. There the proceeding receives from
the community a wide and strong sympa-
thy; it is keenly relished by infiammaiory
passions and preiudices which are a dis
grace to the people and it is indorsed and
defended by the local press. The Democrat
Of June 2S said
4 Radical club occupying rooms in the building
al the Home Insurance Campony. on Camp street, |
for some days past have had ring-streaked and |
striped tarpaulin, blazoned with the names OF |
Hayes and W heeer, displayed from the building. |
A. the nag Is political one, the Home" not being
political corporation, the secretary very politely
requested th chief of the club TO take the flag |
down WhereuPOn the Eeyutlieda sIuanders itself |
IN half a dozen verses OF dirty doggerel- The |
Home" OF course, has perpeirated outrage 4
upon loyal club; il is q huE ux organization in
the disguise of an insurance company. Ph sheri- |
dan ought To send brigade 10 reinforce the troops
] ere and order the tanoulcuss and half dozen /
q her monitors To train their guns the hui ding
"l the Home Insurance Company We fear the |
people Of this city will ne'er become loyal enough
..f a..
le=ins R,T'ubiioda and the head OF the American |
q Union Club.
The motives which aciuated the above
as we'll As the act which it de-
lends, are indicated by the contemptuous
description Of the stripes and stars as a
ring streaked and striped trapaulin., No
suca words of disdainfal reference could
have proceeded from any sentiment of pa
triotism, or from any feeling of attach
ment for the national flag. We have moth
ing but evidences OF intense hostility, even
down TO the wretched pun-CannonicUs
applied 10 the name of one of our moni-
tors. Every sentence OF the extract con-
tains a sneer at the authority of the Union.
Behind those sneers are intense emotions
that would gloat over the establishment of
a Sout hern Confederacy on the ruins of
the Republic. Behind those sneers are
multitudes OF men and women whose hearts
echo the utterances OF the paper with pas
Sionate earnestness. Behind those sneers
are pcejudices, principles, measures organi-
zations and designs that bode nothing but
evil TO the future of our country.
Literal prescription of the stars and
stripes was intended by the notice served
upon its tenant by the Home Insurance
If the American FLAG Ia fo no | .