The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-19
AMERICAN CoATs-oF-ARMs.
Labor Recognized in the Heraidry OF
the New World.

the New World.
An interesting subject-one that has
not vet received the attention TO when
II is entitled--is that of the recogni-
ton of industry in what might DO
called American heraldry. The coats
of-arms and official emblcms OF old
world nations, rs might be expected.
are monopolizcd bv ideas of pride and
warlike power. With popular rights
and peaceful industries the founders OF
European dynasties and kingdoms had
no sympathy. No less was It to be ex-
pected, on the other hand, that self
Governing communities of frugal and
industrious folk, set in land where
everything was to be won by arduous
effort. should embrace every oppor-
tunity to laud the labor which was the
cornerstone of the fabric of their pros
perity-of their very existence.
A glance through such work as
Prof. Hough's american Constitu-
tions.n or Admiral Preble's History
of the Flag of the United States OF
America" will not fail to reveal an al
most universal recognition of industry
and commerce. The most notable
omission is in the case of the seal and
arms. In not one of the designs sug-
pcstcd bv or to the committee appoint
cd July A. 1776, to prepare device ior
the great seal of the United States-a
committee whose members were
Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson-was
there any recognition OF the peaceiul
arts. Adams design was the 'Choice
of Hercules''-what pity that upon
our passports and commissions we 40
n III &4I resi-
ing on club; Virtue pointing TO her
rugged mountain on one hand ana
persuading him to ascend; and Sioth
glancing at her fowery paths OF pleas
ure, wantonly reclining on the ground'
displaying the charms both OF her eio-
ouence and person. to seduce him INTO
vice!' Franklin was for design pre-
senting the whelming OF fharaon;
Jefferson for the Children OF Israel IN
the Wilderness. plus Hengist ana
Horsa." Among the supporters in the
. various designs afterward reported are
to be found American Indians, Roman
soldiers. "maidens with loose auburn
) tresses. +" knights in arms, with bloody
= lances." but nowhere husbandman or
an artisan, and on the great seal
, finally adopted June 20, 1882. nothing
5 typifies labor, unless it be the unhn'
4 isbed pyramid which scoffers have in.
7 sisted upon regarding as prophetic o.
the Washington monument
o Very different however, Is 1t VIII
r the arms of the different states; there
d the omission to recognize trade or In
y dustry is the comparatively rare ex
}, Maine has Ms her supporters hus
d bandman leaning on his scythe and
It sailor resting on an anchor.
New Hampshire shows ship on tn
!. stocks with American banners dis
l. played, and group of busy ship
d wrights.
r Vermont places beneath her tower
q. ing sine-tree three erect sheaves and
r red cow-a nobler beast than any
er the Hons. griffins, boars, and bear
er that ramp and roar through the forest
ne of European heraldry.
Massachusetts has decidedly wal
er like coat-of-arms. with her belted an
r. moccasined Indian, and hor ''dexte
I'd arm clothed and grasping n broad
nd sword" and Rhode Islands ''ancker
in has no reference to maritime interest
ce Nor do Connecticut's three vines, SUI
To- ported and fruited, relate to viticul
er ure. but instead, to the three origin
IT. plantations of Hartford, Windsor, m
ay Weatherfield. .,C.uf Ig 81 f.
New York's arms have no recogr
ie- ton of labor or trade. If we except u
DR.. two vessels approaching each other
W. the Hudson.
New Jersey, however, displays thr
ct plows in an escutcheon, makes Ger
one of the supporters, and takes
me crest horses head.
20. Pennsylvania 8 supporting horses
Did of the rampant ''old war-horse' bree
mrs but her shield is charged with peac
l full emblems--a plow; on sea ma
1t proper, a ship under full sail; and
1 stalk Of maize. This coat-of-arms W
ade taken chiefly from the old seal OF !
at city of Philadelphia, adopted in III
ne which had in three of its quarter
md balance. wheat sheaf, and ship 81
oie ing upon an ocean. f. KY,
ny, Delaware shows in one division
you her azure shield cow, and in
ink other n sheaf of wheat and bundle
our leaf tobacco. The crest is ship un'
)tn- full sail, and the supporters are
'iay mariner and hunter. III
and MARYLAND, in adopting the arms
LOTO DIlLlIuOIC, Wuo 81 ~
aer obtain as supporters fisherman
YOU plowman. jt
axe Virginia, on the reverse of her 81
ana seal, which is nothing If not classi
eep, shows Ceres, with her cornucopia
aver one hand and an ear of wheat in
y, other.
nan West Virginia has m encyclop,t
BOOT coat-of-arms. On the dexter SID
mere her ivy-twined rock is farmer, clot
Will in the traditional hunting shirt OF
,. mountain region, his right arm res :.
last ON the plow-handles, and his lett
soon porting a woodlands ax, with, Mt
un- feet, a sheaf of wheat and corn-st
new On the sinister is a miner with ?
ONE eral at his feet, while an anvil
,r, at which rests q sledge-hammer, is pa
! af- Nor.b Corol;no has on her SHE
Dr. Gere with the cornucopia in one
once and in the other three wheat ears.
upon Cooro;o hos ALWAYS celebrated L