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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 228
tle at all to bear the name of flag. We knew the flag we had to fight, yet instead of getting as far from it, we were guilty of the huge mistake of getting as near to it as possible. We sought similarity. Adopting a principle diametrically wrong, we made a flag as nearly like theirs as could, under favorable circumstances, be distinguished from it. Under unfavorable circumstances (such as constantly occur in practice) the two flags are indistinguishable. In the wars of the Roses in Great Britain one side adopted the white and the other the red rose. Suppose that one side had adopted milk white and the other flesh white, or one a deep pink and the other a lighter shade of pink, would there have been any end to the confusion? When a body of men is approaching in time of war it is rather an important matter to ascertain, if practicable, whether they are friends or foes. Certainly no question could well be more radical in its influence upon our action, plans, and movements. To
Yankee Doodle (search for this): chapter 228
o assert our title to the whole, was it politic or judicious to split the flag and claim one of the fractions? We had an equal right also to Hail Columbia and Yankee Doodle. We might have adopted a part of Yankee Doodle, (say every third stanza,) or else Yankee Doodle, with variations, as our national air. In the choice of an airYankee Doodle, (say every third stanza,) or else Yankee Doodle, with variations, as our national air. In the choice of an air we were not guilty of this absurdity, but we have perpetrated one exactly parallel to it in the choice of a national flag. There is no exaggeration in the illustration. It seems supremely ridiculous, yet it scarcely does our folly justice. There is but one feature essential to a flag, and that is distinctness. Beauty, appropYankee Doodle, with variations, as our national air. In the choice of an air we were not guilty of this absurdity, but we have perpetrated one exactly parallel to it in the choice of a national flag. There is no exaggeration in the illustration. It seems supremely ridiculous, yet it scarcely does our folly justice. There is but one feature essential to a flag, and that is distinctness. Beauty, appropriateness, good taste, are all desirable, but the only thing indispensable is distinctness — wide, plain, unmistakable distinction from other flags. Unfortunately this indispensable thing is just the thing which the Confederate flag lacks. And failing in this, it is a lamentable and total failure, absolute and irredeemable. The
Doc (search for this): chapter 228
Doc. 216. the Confederate flag. The Richmond Dispatch of the 7th of December held the following language on the subject of the rebel flag: The adoption of our present flag was a natural, but most pernicious blunder. As the old flag itself was not the author of our wrongs, we tore off a piece of the dear old rag and set it up as a standard. We took it for granted a flag was a divisible thing, and proceeded to set off our proportion. So we took, at a rough calculation, our share of the stars and our fraction of the stripes, and put them together and called them the Confederate flag. Even as Aaron of old put the gold into the fire and then came out this calf, so certain stars and stripes went into committee, and then came out this flag. All this was honest and fair to a fault. We were clearly entitled to from seven to eleven of the stars, and three or four of the stripes. Indeed, as we were maintaining the principles it was intended to represent, and the North had aband
December 7th (search for this): chapter 228
Doc. 216. the Confederate flag. The Richmond Dispatch of the 7th of December held the following language on the subject of the rebel flag: The adoption of our present flag was a natural, but most pernicious blunder. As the old flag itself was not the author of our wrongs, we tore off a piece of the dear old rag and set it up as a standard. We took it for granted a flag was a divisible thing, and proceeded to set off our proportion. So we took, at a rough calculation, our share of the stars and our fraction of the stripes, and put them together and called them the Confederate flag. Even as Aaron of old put the gold into the fire and then came out this calf, so certain stars and stripes went into committee, and then came out this flag. All this was honest and fair to a fault. We were clearly entitled to from seven to eleven of the stars, and three or four of the stripes. Indeed, as we were maintaining the principles it was intended to represent, and the North had aband