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history of the flag used on the occasion.

The flag, was made, he said, by the ladies of that city
where our independence had its birth. The staff was cut by
Millard Fillmore when President of the United States, from
near the grave of Washington, and presented, at his request,
to the owner by Lieut. Gen. Scott. This flag had been borne
at the mast of one of our national vessels, it had waved
upon the breezes of Europe and of Asia, of the Mediterranean
and the Nile; its folds had been displayed upon the lonely
Sinai, and amid the sacred localities of Jerusalem.

Such was the banner under which we rallied. At the con-
clusion of these remarks, "The Star Spangled Banner" was
played by the band.

The Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, D. D., Bishop of Tennessee,
then stood forth as the Orator of the day; his address
appears upon these pages, and forms the most valuable
portion of this record.

Various emotions were stirred as the Rt. Rev. Speaker
uttered his earnest words. The reference, with which he
happily began, to St. Paul's claim to Roman citizenship,
reminded us all that the patriot was not of necessity lost
in the Christian; that holding aloft the cross of Christ,
we need not blush to place it beneath the Stars and Stripes;
that after the echoes of the hills had been awaked with the