History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . ion, South Carolina, and on the other, Southern Eights. The ordinance of secession, having passed the South Carolina con-vention Dec. 19, 1860, was welcomed by the firing of cannon, theringing of bells, and other demonstrations of joy. The State hadbecome a free and independent nation. A procession of gentlemenrepaired to St. Philips church
History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . ion, South Carolina, and on the other, Southern Eights. The ordinance of secession, having passed the South Carolina con-vention Dec. 19, 1860, was welcomed by the firing of cannon, theringing of bells, and other demonstrations of joy. The State hadbecome a free and independent nation. A procession of gentlemenrepaired to St. Philips church-yard, and, encircling the tomb of Cal-houn, vowed to devote their lives, their fortunes, and their sacredhonor to Carolinian independence. The sidewalks were crowdedwith ladies wearing bonnets made of black and white Georgia cotton,decorated with ornaments of palmetto-trees and lone stars. In thefrenzy of their misdirected patriotism, they surpassed the men. Atthe signing the ordinance, — a ceremony declared to be profoundlygrand and impressive, — a venerable clergyman, whose hair was whiteas snow, implored the favoring auspices of Heaven.^ 1 Dr. Foggs letter to G. H. P., Jan. 9, 1879. ^ Draper, vol. i. p. 515. 32 498 OKICIX AND IKOGRESS OF IHK. DANNER OF SOUTH CAKOLINA. Tli(> r;()V(nior was authorized to receive amliassatlors, consuls, &c.,from abroad ; to appoint similar officers to re}jresent South Carolinain foreign countries, and to organize a cabinet.^ A banner of red silk was adopted. It bore a blue cross, on wliichwere set fifteen stars for the fifteen slaveholding States; one of them,central and larger tlian the rest, representedSouth Carolina. On a red field was a pal-metto and Polkas and the Marseil-laise Hymn were jdayed in the streets. The(harleston newspapers puldished intelligencefrom other parts of the United States underthe title of Foreign News. Several of our national airs were struckfrom the music-books in South Carolina, andreplaced by re
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