The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-10


whose broad stripes and bright Stars
through the perllous fight.
er the ramparts We watched. We're SO
sailantly streamingr'
Inc two that walked the deck of the
cartel boat had waited long. They had
| counted the hours as they watched the
| course of the battle But a deeper any
le'y YET is to possess them. The firing has
ceased. OmlnOus silencei Whilst cannon
| Ioared they knew chat the fort held our
Whlist the sky was lit by messengers. of
I death they could see The national colors
flying above it.
the rockets red glare and bombs hurst
ing in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag
was stin there
But there comes an end at last to waiting
ana watching; and as the first rays of the
sun shoot above the horizon and gid the
Eastern shore behold the sight thar glad
dens their eyes as 1t
catches the CLEAN of the mornings
first BEAM
In full glory reflected now shines in tb.
stream.
Tor there, over the battements of McHen-
fy' the Stars and Stripes float defiant on
the breeze whilst all around evidences
multiply that the attack .has failed that
the Americans have successfully resisted
II, and that the British are withdrawing
their forces. For then, and for now. and
TOT all time, come the words of the an
them
oh thus be it ever, when free men shall
stand
Between their loved homes and the ,,,or,..
desolaton!
BEST with victory and peace. NAV tho
heaVen-rescued land
Ffalse the power that hath made and
preserved US nationr'
for
conquer we must when our cause it is
just.
And this be our motto, In God is our
trust:'
And the star spangled banner in trinrnnb
shah wave
Ger the land of the free and the home Of
the braven'
The Star-Spangled Banner! Was ever
nag so beautiful did ever flag so fiji the
souls of men? The love of woman: fine
sense Of duty; the thirst for glory; the
heart-throbbing that impels the humblest
American to stand by his colors fearless
- NAA~ N~AeAAfS VI MS naive SOIL and hold
ing 1t sweet TO die for 1.-THE warming
winch draws him 70 il when exiled from
Tits free institutions and its blessed
memories, all are embodied and symbolized
by the broad stripes and bright stars of
the nations emblem, all live again in the
lhes and tones of Keys anthem. Two or
three began the song, millions ioin The
chorus. They are singing il in Porto Rican
trenches and on the ramparts of Santiago
ana It's echoes borne upon the wings of
morning, come rolling back from faraway
Manila; the soldiers message 10 the SOL
der; the hero's shibboleth in battle; the
PATRIOTS solace in DEATH Even to che law
sons of peace who lag at home-the pleas
ure-seekers whose nerry-making turns the
night to day-those stirring strains come
as sudden trumpet call, and above the
sounds of revelry, subiugate for the mo
ment to stronger power, rises wave upon
wave of melodious resonance the idler's
aimless but heartfelt tribute to his coun-
try and his country's flag.
The monument stands in Mount Olivet
cemetery. 1t consists of a circular pedes-
tai OF gray granite on a series of wide
spreading bases. The hight of this pedes-
tai is IA feet inches, and it's breadth at
the base is 10 feet making the base IS feet
in circumference.
It is exceedingly simple in design, save
for band of carving around the base of
the die and band of stars under the cor
nice, the sculptor having devoted more
time and study to the simplicity and har-
mony of its outline that to fiorid eaoora-
ton. Nevertheless, the whole effect of The
design is one of elaboration, owing to its
sculptors. These consist of bronze
statue, nine feet high, surrounding the
granite pedestal-a portrait of Francis
Scott Key.
Key is represented on shipboard "By the
dawn's early light" and upon the band
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is the inscription, "'Tis the Star-Spangfed
Banner" which certifes that these were
the words that inspired his soul when
he discovered that "the flag is stll there"
His attitude is one of eXultation and in
epiration, as with the right arm he 'ndi-
Gates to his companions the fact, and with
the other he holds aloft the hat that lie
has just snatched from his head in an
action of reverental salute to the starry
banner.
The pose of the heroic figure of Key is
beautiful, graceful, full of spirit and life.
The expression of his face is charactaris-
tic of the calm joy of the inspired soul
upon beholding "at the dawns early light
the beloved flag of the land of the free,
and the home of the brave" The oostum-
ing is correct, historically, and finely po-
etc
The pedestal and base unite originality
and rarity with chaste and classic sim
an ornament to the statue, becomes, under
perfect trea tmeut, a charming story within
itself, a study that cannot help but edu-
cate the young as well as the old-the re-
public, the proud, imperious, dauntiess
mother, protecting her Two children with
fearless and loving embrace beneath
the folds of the flag that has inspired the
poet above their heads with the glowing
melody
At the base of the pedestal, on a mas
sve granite block of five tons weight, is
this bronze group, emblematc of patriot
ism II consists of three figures. The
central. or principal one is that Of fe-
male, symbolizing the Goddess of Patri- !
olism." Her hight, if standing, would be
fully seven feet. She is represented as sit |
ting in an easy, natural position. The |
figure is large and imposing. The face, |
fun and well-formed, purely allegorical !
devoid of any definite expression, is strik- |
ingly beautiful and attractive. on the |
back of her head is a Grecian bonnet, and |
around the brow a wreath of laurel. The |
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