Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-14
Speaker Declares American
Banner Typifies Liberty
Guided by Law.
FLOATS OVER FREEMEN
ALWAYS TRIUMPHANT
1t Blends Spirits of Washington,
!. Jefferson, Lincoln; Is Stun
bling Block to Autocracy."

chaIlenge 10 all VINO are unwilling
to obey constituted authority in the
course OF an address delivered this
! afternoon at the interdepartmenta
Flag day exercises, held at the Syl-
, van Theater, south of the Washing
! ton Monument, in the presence OF
. thousands Of government clerks who
had been excused at noon.
. Vice President Marshall pictured the
: faces Of Washington, Jefferson and
Lincoln looking out upon America to-
day from the folds of the American
flag, and proclaiming the "unconquer-
can Apostle Of the Flag"
"A stumbling block to autocracy."
was the way Mr.. Marshall character
ICED the flag. of which he declared
May one who hopes and believes
himself to be an apostle of the Amer
lean flag declare 1T to be stumbling
block to X,cs ane
clared. Seen Alright. 1t up-trips the
whole order of place, preferment and
power. 1t brings the derisive smile
to the faces OF those sso, who believe be-. We
chaos through mere thought. What
10 IT really, as today 1t kisses every
breeze that blows and scfntillates In
every sunbeam sent earthward from
ut lie not SO much how it looks as
how 1T seems to you. Vain were the
efforts to band together the varying
views Of Americans concerning 1t.
Let it suffice for me to describe it as
see 1t.
ut is not an emblem nor yet an en-
sign. It is not stars nor stripes. 1t
10 to mo a photograph wherein
catch a glimpse Of Washington,
shade of Jefferson, a touch Of Lin
coin.
.'The brow is calm, serene. unmoved.
unrumed. for that the spirit which
hides beneath has consciousness Of
duty done and confidence in Gods and
mans approval: the eye. piercing and
sleepless. for that the soul which
looks out Of 1t looks through all
sham. all guile and all self-seelEing.
looks above the dull level Of ordinary
seif-servics and preferment. looks up
to the mountains OF Justice.
Gentle Yet Startling Voice.
And from the mouth there issues
forth a voice gentle as q mothers lul-
laby, yet startling as Niagara's roar,
proclaiming:
81 am the emblem Of America
My might, my power, my hope
are All nxeQ upon inc eIeTHbl
rights of mankind. brood over
the destinies of millions yet un-
born. yet, brooding, am not dts
mayed, for / shall bring to my
country's aid in every hour of need
the sympathetic soul OF democracy.
the intellectual aid OF fraternity
and the unconQuerable arm of lib
srty guided by law.
ct am not a bit Of bunting.
live. I breathe and move. All other
standards Of the world salute me
or 9 odown in the dust Of defeat,
for 1t was, 1t is, 1t ever will be mine
to float above the heads Of free
men who dare to die for human
kind and who. In the economy OF
God, whether living or dying, al
ways are triumphant. I call to
the world to behold me and to all
the sons Of man to follow me.
But particularly this day call
to the household of faith to take
all those who are unwilling to
obey constituted authority until
by orderly process that authority
can be changed.
by Valley Forge, by AppomAt-
tox, by the Argonne and by all the
flowed and lost awhile" who there
do rest I call upon the American
to keep my stars undimmed, my
stripes unsullied. my aims unfair
nished and my glory high exalted
am the apotheosis of liberty law
encrowned. II thou / love no
longer thus love me, haul me down
and let unhallowed hands bury me
in the grave Of forgetfulness'