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They had arrived Thursday, the 24th of June, at about two o'clock on an exquisite night beneath a star-spangled sky and they were suddenly astounded at receiving a letter from their Aunt Louise, dated July 1: "Eight days' steady tête-
And as I am through, I likewise say adoo to you, jentle reader, merely remarkin' that the Star-Spangled Banner is wavin' round loose agin, and that there don't seem to be anything the matter with the Goddess of Liberty beyond a slite cold. Artemus Ward. FRIEND WALES, You remember me. I saw you in Canady a few years ago. I remember you too. I seldim forget a person.
Any badge is good enough to adore, provided the worshipper has in some way identified the fetish with himself anything, from the standard of St. George to the "forky pennon" of Lord Marmion; from the Star-spangled Banner to the Three Legs of the Isle of Man.
England's is there, Germany's, Spain's, Portugal's, as well as our own Eagle; while upon days when our own exiled hearts beat most proudly 4th of July and 22d of February our star-spangled banner floats from his roof-top as well as from our own, the only two, of course, in our ville.
Barnwell Smith, said, in the debates in the Convention on the proposition to accept the Tariff Compromise of 1833, that he hated the star-spangled banner; and unquestionably he expressed the feelings of many of his contemporaries, who deemed submission prudent, but who were consoled by the reflection that slavery would afford them a far better means for breaking up the Union than it was possible to get through the existence of any tariff, no matter how protective it might be.
I noticed our old 'star-spangled' along with the Union Jack, and wondered. Do you see, Bess?" "Of course I see, and am delighted. I shall consider it a good omen for our voyage." "Especially as she carries Faith and Hope with her," remarked the latter, with a merry glance at her sister. "Certainly," returned Bess obliviously, but Dwight broke in, "Wait!
Almost at once, as the last cheer died away: Darkness hid the ships. As those on shore listened for the crash, another sound came up from the deep. It was a wild burst of music in defiance of the storm. The Trenton's band was playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." The feelings of the Americans on the beach were indescribable.
He skirted the edge of a lagoon that stretched from Sixth to Eighth streets and on the ascent beyond observed a tiny box-like habitation, brightly painted, ringed with flowers and crowned with an imposing flagpole from which floated the Star-Spangled Banner.
The "No one" certainly was a figure of speech, since more than a hundred body-guards-Macedonians in rich array of arms-and an equal number of distinguished court-officials were standing on the marble flags of the vast hall, which was surrounded by colonnades, while the star-spangled night-sky was all its roof; and the court-attendants were all men of rank, dignified by the titles of fathers, brothers, relatives, friends and chief-friends of the king.
One can scarcely find, a more patriotic American than the Irish American, who, driven by tyranny from the land of his birth, transfers his love to the land of his adoption. America has never had a war in which the brave sons of the Emerald Isle have not been found under the star-spangled banner, musket in hand, risking their lives for their adopted country.
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