The leader., 1898-08-17

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per Marlboro charged with some onsnse real
or ianeied, was carried on prisoner
III was TO secure the Liberation OF this gentle.
| mah' ms neighbor aud friend that Franrts
Scott Key obtained leave the prssiden, 20
go 10 the British admiral unde. a 1ag OF tru,o
ne was conveyed by the cartel boat used for
| .uo eAohansH OF prs " RI and accompanied ny
the nag officer Of the government They pro-
ceeded down the bay from Baltimore an found
! tne brltiSh fleet at the mouth Of the Potomac.
| Mt hey was courteouSly received by Admiral
| Cochrane; but he was not encoIrag,I ~ to the
success OF his mission until letters from tho
hnsilsh officers wounlcl at Blan len sburs AMI
| eit IN IN; care OF the Americans were de-
| livered to the friends on the fleet 70 whom ,hez
had been written These bore such testimony
| TO the kindness with whi,h they hal been
| treated that 1t was finally agreed that Dr
| BeaneS should be released, bat as an advnnce
! upon Baltimore was about to be made IL yae
required that the party OF Americans shoall
remain ulder guarl ON board their
own VeSsel until these operations
| were concluded Thus 1t was that
the night of the l4th OF September. 1914. Kew
witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHcnry
| Whleh ms song sa' to render illuStrlouS
| lie did not quit the deck the long nj .ht
| through. With his single companion the tiae,
oncer. he watched every shell from the mo
ment 1t was fired until 1t fell. listening with
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| lowed. Whilst the cannona Ting continued
they needed no further aSsuran,, that their
| countrymen had no. capitulatrl but " [
| quote the words Qf Chief Justice Taney repeat
| ing the account gwen him by Key Immediately
| after, lit suddenly ceased somn time before day:
| and as they had no communication with
| any oil the enemyS ships the did not know
whcther IN" Tort had Surren cred or the attack
| upon 1t hal been aban loncl They pacel the
| deck the residue Of the niyht in painful sus-
| pense, watching with intense anxiety for the
| return OF day. and looking every few minutes
a' thelr watches to see how lon! thny must
| wait for it; ami aS soon aS it dawned and be-
| forc 1t was light enough to $50 objects at a dis
| tance, their glasses were turned to the fort
| uncertain whether they should SEE there the
stars and Stripes, or the flag Of the enemy"
| Blessed vigil, that its prayers were not in
vain; glorious vigil that il gave Us the Star
| Spanglcd Banner
During the night the conce ption OF the poem
| began to form itself in Keys mind. With the
| early glow OF the mogninE, when the long agony
| OF suspense had been turned into the rapture of
! eHultation, his feeling found expression in COM
| pleted lines OF verse which he wrote upon the
back OF IA letter he happened to have in his pos
| session. lie finished the piece on the boat that
| carried him ashore, and wrote out a clear copy
| that same evening at his hotel In Baltimore
| Next day he read this to his fren and kns-
| man JHuRe NlC0OISOD, VINO was 80 plea Seu with
ii that he carried 1t to the Office OF the Baltimore
| American, where it was put in type by a
young apprentice, Samuel Sands by name
and thence issued as q broadSdc, Within an
hour after, it was circulating all over the CITY
| halel with delight by the excited people. Pub
an eIsnwhere intel - want tr,i'.h, -, ,lno
| ponulor bn,r, n va. ,,,,icr,I,. eoi,a1 W ,,,,,
siraI adantat'o, -, Y',n,, IN ,ornn, "id nd
| ioinino tho Halliday Strcat tbnotor In uofti
NOR ny mares DufahE' an actor whose
pro'her erunahl pufah2 had set IL TO an OLD
ai, i's piouuo'ion va inc s'a"e oi tnae theater
was .hc occasion OF spontaneous ana inbound
was electrical and thenceforward it was uni
Its Expression of Patriotic Feeling.
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truef ior every "ofu comes direct from
slea' Heloio Soul po"ueI anu ulppeu'
as IL WERE III acreo oiood'
20, say, can you see by the dawns early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's
last cleaning,
Whose broad stripes AMI bright stars through
the perilous fight
y e[ tnv I'iiipaItI ai We "''cleu were So gar
lahtIy Htreahlhe
Inc t"o that walked tne dccN OF the Nartel
ooat had waited long, Ihey ha1 counted the
hours as they watched tAe course OF the oattle.
But deeper anxiety yet is to possess them
iHe hfih3 mas tcaSct' 'hihous s4ichee, NhliSt
Whilst the SKY was III by messengers OF death
tney coulu see the hatiohal colorS uylnS
above 1t.
.tho r,.,,o.g, RI, ,,,oro ard ho,nh, h,,r.,ine,
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covo y, moor or" through tho riybt ,h,, our f,c was
s,i11 thoro :,
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ua, a,cbinT. ana as ,bc tirst rore ~ rho snn ebnot
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-"catches the plean of the mornings first
beam
In full glory reflected now shines in the
stream
for there over the battlementS CT McHenry,
the Stars and Stripes float defiant the breeze.
whilst all around evidences multiply that the
attack has failed that the Americans have sue
cessfully resisted it, and that the British are
Withdrawing their forces For then and for
now and for all time, come the words of the
anthem
"Oh thus be 1t ever, when freeman snail stand
Between their loved homes ana the war
deSoiatlon'
Blest with victory ana peace, may the heaVeh-
res: :ued lana
Praise the power that hath made and pre-
served us nation
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conquer we must when our cause 1t is Just,
Ana TINS De our motCo' IN 'ou Is our & lruS',
Anu 'he SNal ep'ns oi'i0 IA 'i'Pi '|"''
wave $50 ,o.,o ,,a
y ct 'he l"uu VI INC 'i0o anu 'ne ''oNio Va w
oraFe'
The Star SnongIed Hammer, Was ever flag
ca beautiful did ever dag so 6n the souls of
msns The love ofwoman. tbesnnse ot duty.
,ho t,irs, tor olory. the beart-throhbing tbot
rnnais ,be brmhlest American tn stand nv his
coiors fearless in the defense OF his native soil
and hoidin, IL sweet to die for IL the warming
.ioh ,, NC bino 10 II .bar a,iled fror, i, its
fraa INSTITUTIONS and its blessed memories all
ara embodied and syn,boI,zad nv tho broad
stn;,as and hri,,b, storo q, the natior,S
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