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• RESPONSE—BV CA PT.' A. ft. CORY*.- , Ladies In belialf of the members. lt;jf•* • - . * v . • • • 4 *. * • . • v • -• # # . * *. • •this Company, I return you our r heart felt;.thanks for this token of udmirationfor the cause we have espoused,ntui assure you tliatwe receive it with the utmost pleasure.—. * ■* * * • *• .« * * ••**.» ^• ' ’» • • *The* Ladies; of Farmers ^ alley, God: bless them—tbeir loyalty is as 'un.eorrupkibie as v‘irtue 3tse]f, :aad^'p:itriotism a3..pure as the unsullied snow—assisting in every good and patriotic cause—ready Mo lend a hand ,in peace or war., We assure you? Ladies, thatthe Flag that- was baptize ! in /Wood at the birth of our Nation, shall not be disgraced. or dishonored by us, but in mernory of aj Washington, a Jackson, and a Taylor, be kept unsullied and untarnished lo the best i of our ability. A flag is the representation j of higtory, an cmbleih of brave, daring and j heroic deeds. Who secing[the tri-colored flag lt;6f Frhoce docs not call to mind;a Napoleon, and the deeds performed at Marcnr go and AustralitZj at Moscow and Waterloo; So When we; look npon the Stars nnd Stripes we tbink of the battle of Lexington.and the others down to the scige of York-town, which-caused the •surrender of Lord Cornwallis; also, of the heroes who participated,in those scenes that tried thenVsouls, This Flag may yield to the corroding tooth of time, yet we hope and believe that other flags jbearjng’the Suits and Scrips in alter ages,•will.continue to waive 0’*er a::happyand united people; and so bn from generation to;generatioJ), down to the remotest period of time.;. Who does not love those St^rs and . Stripes, cemented ins they are with the bloolt;l of our Faihers; ; Thi^ i J$a 'wakesa/reminiscence of the past*; when: my grahdfittlicr dandled mq. upon bfs .khec«, rehearsing the perils aRd dapgers of those., bloody days, when hefaced the carmonVmottth,; anJ. listened- ta the whizzing of thousands of bullets,^-parting with ithe. partner of his bo.sontlht the battle of Lexington; and never meeting hcr again until peace was declared .for an oppressed people. *: Most: of ’ our • Southern-States have discarded this NationaJ emblem and insulted and^jlilicd it; yet we. trust it will cie long float again over ii wiited l/n* ion, in more than its . plistme glory.;- Today J would ar§v ho North, no South, no East, no West,, but my country. undivided and inseperable, now ahd forever, ;T
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Smethport M Kean Miner
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jun 18, 1861
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Robin D.
OH, USA 25 Feb 2018
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