The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-27
FELL FOR THE FLAG.
NEW YORK's RESPONSE TO THE
GUNS OF SUMTER.
A Wave Of patriotism-Immo
Honor Roll Of the Nations De-
tenders, Who Rallied From
Church Circles and City Col
leges.

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Church Circles and City Col
leges.
The echoes of Sumter's guns had
| hardly died away as told in the an
mails of the Townsend Library, wnen
the people of New York assembled on
the 10Th of April, 1861, at Union
Square, in the largest meeting ever held
on this continent, and then and there
pledged themselves that the cause Of
| constitutional government should be
upheld at every hazard. How would
the nerves of Gouverneur Morris, one Of
those stern old fathers of ours. who on
the 14.h of June, III, in Congress as
sembled, first established the Stars and
Stripes as the flag of the Union-how
would his nerves have been thrilled,
| could he have foreseen how, eighty
four years afterward, the people Of
New York would rally to it's defense
against domestic treason in that very
Union Square which he in 1907 stamp
ed indelibly upon the Island of Man
haitian? This meeting" said the Hon.
| William NJ. Evarts in 1864, when ct
forts were being made to secure aid for
the orphans of the soldiers, was re-
sponsible for the yigor, for the magni-
tude, the sufferings and bereavements
| of the war, and we invoke the aid and
support of this great community, sim
ply in redemption of that pledge 50
made, that the orphans that the war
might make be adopted by their coun-
| try
The spirit of Governeur Morris and
| OF those other great names who laid
the foundations of our Government
found fitting commentary in the patri-
| otto gallantry of their descendants. The
four signers of the Declaration of IN
dependence from New York were all
| honorably represented by their great
grandsons on the battlefields of the re-
/ bellion: General William Floyd by
Captain John Gelston Floyd. Jr., of the
One Hundred and Forty-fift Regi-
ment; Lewis Norris by Colonel Lewis
o. Morris, of the Seventh Heavy Ar.il-
lery Regiment, killed at the battle Of
Cold Harbor; Francis Lewis by Lieu
tenant Manning Livingston, of the reg
ular army, killed at the battle of Get
tysburg lieutenant r. Livingston was
also great-grandson of Robert K.
| Livingston, one of the committee ap-
pointed to prepare the Declaration of
Independs nce, and who also, on the 9th
of March, 1888, informed General
| Washington that peace had been de-
clare6 Philip Livingston, by Captain
stephen Van Rensselaer, Cruger, of the
One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment,
and Lieutenant Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,.
OF the Thirty-ninth Regiment. Captain
Cruger was wounded at the battle Of
| Resaca, and left on the field for dead.
He was soon after promoted for his
| gallantry.
ALL CLASSES AROUSED.
General Samuel r. Webb, who wrote
| the order for promulgating the Deciar-
alton of independence, and was grand
marshal on the occasion of the inaug-
| uration of President Washington. was
honorably represented on the battlefield
by four OF his grandsons, General Alex.
ander S. Webb uhe hero of the third
days battle of Gettysburg), who was
twice wounded as his grandfather rad
been before him; General George W.
Morrell, Major Robert Webb and Cap
tain Watson Webb, of the regular
army. The first Chief Justice of the
United States. John Jay, was worthily
| - ~SNAAeNN ~ MS 6iCdt-
Colonel William Jay, who served with
distinction on the STATS of Generals
Sykes and Meade; and his father. the
Hon. John Jay, was active all through
the war in promoting the interests Of
the Government and the welfare of The
soldiers.
The patriotic spirit pervaded all
classes of society. The national ensign
! fva
cross of the lofty steeple of Trinity by
Thomas Davidson. Before an assemb-
| lage of many thousand persons he as
| cended the steeple step by step until
he reached the top. From the pulpit
| Of the Old North Dutch Church. whose
| steeple looked down upon armies of ID
| coats in 1II6, a venerable minister bid
his hearers take up arms, and declared
himself ready to go with them Whole
| companies were formed from single
| churches and went forth with solemn
| appreciation of their spiritual fathers
The generated pastor of the Old Brick
Church opened the great popular meet
ing with an invocation, and. from an
| other stand, an honored divine called
out to the crowd. Why are you not on
your way to Washington" Archbishop
| IluSHSS wrote 10 the Cndlrmdn. Inc
Stars and Stripes has been my flag, and
| shall be 50 to the end" whereupon -
600 sons of Erin joined the recruiting
ranks.
TRINITY AT THE FRONT.
Trinity Church. faithful in it's tradi-
tions of loyalty and patriotic sacrifices
was forward in encouraging the work
of subscription and enlistment. the
clergy of the parish being we'll repre-
! sented in the field. Dr. Higbee had a
son in the navy; DIR. Vinton had two
brothers in the army: DR.. Oglesby a
son; DR.. Dix father and brother,
while DIR. Weston was Chaplain of the
Seventh Regiment Rev. DR.. Gillette
of the Calvary Baptist Church was hon
orabiy represented by his son, Colonel
| James Gillette. who was brevetted for
| gallant conduct at Gettysburg: Rev.
1 Spencer II. Cone by his son. Colonel
Spencer w. Cone of the Sixty-first
Regiment, the father CT Kate Claxton.
Rev. DR. Thomson of the Tabernacle
Church and Rev William l. Budding
ton of the Congregational Church
should be especially remembered for
the assistance they gave our wounded
soldiers at the battle of Resaca as
| should also be the invaluable service
rendered our cause in Europe by Rev.
| DIR. McCilntock
| COLUMBIA'S HONOR ROLL.
Columbia College, mindful Of her rev.
olulionary fame, was true to her teach