. The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861 [electronic resource]: an historical sketch . peaceful inauguration at Washington reactedupon the Missouri Legislature, which, after a spirited debate, refusedto pass the bill for arming the State. In going to the Missouri State Convention, which assembled in thfMercantile Library the day of Lincolns, inauguration, the eyes ofmany of its members while passing were directed to a Secession flagon the Minute Mens Headquarters, which the eloquent Uriel Wrightdescribed as having only one star and one crescent in a blue field,and which was not his flag, and in
. The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861 [electronic resource]: an historical sketch . peaceful inauguration at Washington reactedupon the Missouri Legislature, which, after a spirited debate, refusedto pass the bill for arming the State. In going to the Missouri State Convention, which assembled in thfMercantile Library the day of Lincolns, inauguration, the eyes ofmany of its members while passing were directed to a Secession flagon the Minute Mens Headquarters, which the eloquent Uriel Wrightdescribed as having only one star and one crescent in a blue field,and which was not his flag, and in his enthusiasm for the StarSpangled Banner made the following beautiful quotation: When freedom from her mountain heightUnfurled her standard to the air,She tore the azure robe of. night,And set the stars of glory there,She mingled with its gorgeous dies,The milky girdle of the skies,And striped its pure celestial whiteWith streaking of the morning from his mansion in the skies,She called her eagle-bearer downAnd gave into his mighty handThe symbol of her chosen ISIDOR BUSH. Private 2d U S. Reserve Corps, .Missouri Volunteers. The Approaching Storm. 169 Nevertheless, very soon afterwards, Major Wright did some tallfighting in the Confederate Army. Shortly after reassembling, Luther J Glenn, Commissioner of theseceded State of Georgia, addressed the Convention, urging theSecession of Missouri. His proposition was referred to a Committeewith John B. Henderson as Chairman. At this session H. R. Gamblecalled for a Committee on Federal Relations now existing betweenthe Government of the United States, the Government and people ofthe different States, and the Government and people of this StateGreat many resolutions introduced by members were referred to thCommittee; they covered a wide range: for the Union; againstcoercion; for State Rights, for the Crittenden resolutions; for aWestern policy; for withdrawing Federal garrisons from forts inseceded States, denying t
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