The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03

in a large proportion of the plans there
appears the combination of the stars
and stripes. 1t shows that the Con-
federates still chung to the old flag
and did not want to give it up entire
ly Those stars and stripes which
have been so honorably borne to every
accessible sea, and have proudly hut-
tered to every breeze of the hab1table
globe, will ever be cherished and ad-
mired by true American hearts. May
they ever be the flag Of all American
republics formed out OF the once con-
federated states-the United States OF
America-without marring the beauty
of that proud flag, as it Is, or that
chaste blending of the red, white and
blue, which makes it the grandest in
the world. If your convention, looking
to the formation of a Southern repub-
lie and the adoption of the stars ana
stripes for it's flag, has mot already de-
vised one, n would Respectfully ana
modestly suggest the substitution of a
renowned constellation, the Southern
cross (both emblematic and suggestive
for the union Of stars now in the blue
field of the present flag Of the United
States, and that star for each state
be placed on one Of the central stripes,
so that the stars and stripes may be
the flag of your new, as they were OF
your old, republic.
sThe writer of this few years ago
met a young man from North Carolina
with whose uncle he was at the time
in conversation. The uncle had served
all through the war in 'Stonewalr
Jackson's division, and the young man
said: Uncle, what made you'uns
fight under the stars and bars? Why
didn't you fight under the old flag?
And the uncle didn't or couldn't give
him any reason why. I don't know
what would have been the result had
the Confederates chung to the old flag.
The Union soldier would have been
10th to fire on the stars and stripes.
The object of most authors of designs
for the Confederate flag was to have
such combination of stars and stripes
or both as would avoid fatal mistakes
in battle. k
Zone gentleman wrote, in submitting
his design for a flag: L would re-
spectfully suggest that we have one
not only plain and of striking con-
trast in color, but approximating to
yet differing essentially from the flag
of the United States. This flag we
can but regard as one under which
our common country has risen to I'M
exampled prosperity and under which
also some of the most noble achieve
ments of the present age have been
accomplished, lifting our national rep
utation into truly high and COM
manding position, and to which proud
elevation none certainly have con-
tributed more than our native breth-
rem of the Sunny South
Another in sending a design says;
We still have a star spangled banner
which is dear to the people from old
associations, and we can afford to let
the Yankees keep the stripes. We are
entitled to a star spangled banner be-
cause the best poetry in honor of it was
composed by a Southern man and the
incident which occasioned it's compo-
sition occurred on Southern soil and
reflected honor on Southern soldiers
''One says: I have taken the liberty
to recommend to your attention the
manifest propriety of adopting the star
spangled banner as the flag of the
Southern Confederacy changing only
the color of the red stripes to blue
This flag is dear to every true Southern
heart as a babe to its mothers af-
fectiOnS'
Another said: DO retain the stars
and stripes. 1t belongs to the South as
abolition flag. Col. Jefferson Davis
won glory under 1t in Mexico; so did
the Palmetto regiment.
Another said: =Eet the Yankees
keep their ridiculous tune of Yankee
Doodle, but by all that is sacred do not
let them monopolize the stars and
stripes. You have sought well under
our glouious banners Gould you fight
as well under another Never Change
it; alter it; improye1t; as you will, but
for heavens sake keep the stars and
stripes
1.-THE Yankees did keep Yankee
Doodle, and Mr.. Lincoln, when he was
serenaded after Apponattox, being
asked what tune he woula like to have,
called for the Confederatet Dixie
saying: I believe we Have captured
that tune and have a right to it now
Another in submitting his design,
said I refer to the important feature
that your flag, though sufficiently pc
culiar to give national Individuality to
the emblem, still possesses the attribute
of retaining all the hallowed associ
atoms which both at home and abroad,