The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-31
FLAG DAY.
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xee0anS ItS young WIN It's own DtOOu
II CANNON" They therefore did not
recommend this waterfowl as 1t sub
ject for their flag. but rather one OF
loathing and contumely.
Subsequently the Convention adopted
as the flag Of Louisiana q flag of Is
stripes, four blue, six white and three
red. commencing at the top with the
with its sides equal to the width of
seven stripes; in its center was a sin
gle, pale yellow, five-pointed star.
This was the flag which was hoisted
on the City Hall at New Orleans when
Farragut appeared before that city,
April 25, 1862.
In a conspicuous place in the Flag
Museum of the War Department at
Washington, until sent back to South
Carolina, was displayed what Is said
to have been the first flag that waved
over Charleston in 1861. and in fact
the first Secession flag raised in the
Confederacy. 1t Is a perfect carica-
ture The material is of dull white
bunting, with very lame representa-
ton of a palmetto tree sewed In the
center. 1t has eight branches. but no
leaves, and looks more like a huge
spider than anything under the sun.
1t Is surrounded by IL red stars and a
Forts Sumter and Moultrie and in the
Notifications around Charleston.
The Flag I'm Virginia.
In the Virginia Convention an ordi-
nance was passed that the flag OF the
Commonwealth of Virginia should here
after be bunting which shall be
deep-blue field with circle of white
In the center, upon which shall De
painted or embroidered. to show both
sides alike. the coat Of arms of the
State as described by the Convention
rf flr cf1 of hn of
State. viz. "Virtus, the genius of the
Commonwealth dressed like an anna
zOn. resting uoOn spear with one
hand. and holding Il sword in the other.
and treading on Tyranny represented
by man PROSTATE. a crown falien
from his head. broken chain in his
left hand. and q scourge in his right.
In the exersue. the word Virginia
over the head of Virtus. and under
meath the words Sic Semper Tyrannis.
The flag which was thrown tn the
breeze from the flagstaff of the State
Capitol of Georgia. when an artil-
lery salute announced that the
ordinance of secession was adopted.
bore the device of the coat of arms of
the State. viz. the arch of the Consti-
tuition. supported by the three pillars OF
Wisdom. Justice and Moderation. on
q white field. The flags used by the
State troops during the war bore the
same Get1co, WIN the names VI t:ie
regiments on the reverse.
The flag adopted by the State Con-
vention Of North Carolina. May 20.
1861. consisted of a perpendicular red
bar next the staff. in width One-third the
length Of the flag. the flag being divided
equally in two horizontal bars. white
and blue, the white in chief. The
center of the red bar was charged with
q large, white five-pointed star. and
above and beneath it, in white letters.
the inscription, May 20, 1875, May 20,
1861"
Early in February. 1851, a conven-
ton Of six seeding States was held.
which discussed the important sub
ject of a national flag. Various de-
vices were presented.
On Feb. 9. 1861. committee con-
sisting of one delegate from each State
was appointed to report upon a de-
vice for a National flag and seal. Mr..
Brooke. of Mississippi, offered a reso-
luton to instruct the committee to re-
port a design for a flag as similar as
possible to that of the United States.
making only such changes as should
give them distinction. In his speech
he talked with the fervor Of a patriot
of the associations which clustered
around the old ensign. associations
whicn could never be effaced. "Sir. "
ne. said, "let us preserve 1t as far as
we can, let us commune 10 ndilOW u
In our memory, and still pray that
Long may it wave,
Ger the land of the free and the
home of the brave"
His eulogy OF the old Flag, which the
leading traitors affected to despise, was
50 full of Union sentiment that 1t was
regarded as almost reasonable, and
Brooke was severely rebuked. Will
liam Porcher Miles. Of South Carolina,
the Chairman of the committee. pro-
tested against the resolution and the
utterance OF the mover. He gloried
more thousand times in the Palmetto
nag of his State. He had regarded,
from his youth. the Stars and Stripes
as the emblem Of oppression and
30 warmly applauded that Brooke, at
the suggestion Of friend, withdrew
his motion.
Chiffon, Tombs, Stephens and others
presented devices for flags. They were
sent In almost daily from various parts
of the cotton-growing States. great
many Of them showing attachment
to the old banner. yet accompanied
by the most fervid expression Of SYM
pathy with the Southern cause
Finally the subject OF a flag for the
Confederacy was referred to a commit
tee Of six members, one from each
State represented in the Convention,
.
Morton, Of Florida; Shorter, Of Ala
bama; Barton, of Georgia; Sparrow, of
Louisiana; and Harris, Of Mississippi
On March Mr.. Miles. Of South Caro-
lima. the Chairman of the committee to
whom the subject of a flag for the
Confederate States was referred, sub
mitted the following elaborate report:
THE committee appointed to select
proper flag for the Confederate
States Of America beg leave to report
that they have given this subject due
consideration and carefully inspected
the designs submitted to them. The
number Of these has been immense,
but they all may be divided into two
great classes. First, those which copy
and preserve the principal features OF
the Unites States Flag. with slight and
unimportant modification Secondly.
those which are very elaborate, COM
pIicated, or fantastical
Trouble to Get Desixna.
THE objection to the first class Is that
none or them at any considerable dis
lance could readily be recognized from
the one which they initiate. Whatever
attachment may be felt from associa-
ton for the Stars and Stripes Tan at
tachment which your committee may
be permitted to say they do not all
share), 1t is manifest that In inaugu-
rating a new Goyornmepf MO connot