. American history:. ree garbs. Or: on the dexter astalk of maize, and on the sinister an olive branch : andfor the Crest, on a \\Teath of the flowers of the s,ame, a baldE;igle, proper, perched, with wings extended. Motto—•• Virtue, liberty, and ludependence. Around the mar-gin, •• Seal of tlie State of IVunsylvania. The reverse,liberty, trampling on a Lion, gules, the emblem of Tj--ranny. Mottiv—■• Both cant survive. We give the follo^ving as a free translation of thesame. The shield is parted by a yellow or golden band or girdle,on which is represented a Plough in its natural color. In the
. American history:. ree garbs. Or: on the dexter astalk of maize, and on the sinister an olive branch : andfor the Crest, on a \\Teath of the flowers of the s,ame, a baldE;igle, proper, perched, with wings extended. Motto—•• Virtue, liberty, and ludependence. Around the mar-gin, •• Seal of tlie State of IVunsylvania. The reverse,liberty, trampling on a Lion, gules, the emblem of Tj--ranny. Mottiv—■• Both cant survive. We give the follo^ving as a free translation of thesame. The shield is parted by a yellow or golden band or girdle,on which is represented a Plough in its natural color. In the upper part of the escutcheon,cm the waves of the sea, is represented a ship under full sail, surmounted by an azure sky. * The wand or rod, and cap. are symbols of indepemicnce : because, amon? the ancients, the fof-loer was used by the magistrates in ilio ceremony ul mouvmiitung slaves; and the latter was worn bythe slaves who were soon to be set at liberiy. Part I.] OF THE SEVERAL UNITED STATES. 101. At the base of the escutcheon, on a green field, are three golden sheaves of wheat. On theright of th(! (escutcheon is a stalk of maize, and on the left an olive branch, and for the Crest,on a wreath of the howcra of the olive, is i>crchc(l a Bald Uagle, in its natural color, withwings extended, holding in its boak a la)x-I,* with the motto, ■ Virtue, Liberty, and Inde-pendence. Around the marj^in of the seal are the words, Seal op the State or Pennsylvania.(The reverse side of the so;vl represents the (joddess of Liberty trampling i>n a lied Lion, tho•emblem of Tyranny Motto, liotli cant survive.) VIRGINIA.—On the Seal of Virginia, tho Goddess ofVirtue^ the genius of the (Commonwealth, is representeddressed like an Amazon, resting on a sp<!ar with one hiind,and holding a sword in the other, and treading on Tij-rannij, represented by a man prostrate, a crown fallen^rom his head, a broken chain in his left liand. and aBcourge in his right. Above Virt
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