Show THE NATIONAL FLAG on this subject the call odthe thus besca descents descants des cants ats congress having formally declared that ten of the former sta states t es odthe union 1 ceased to be states slates are limply territories or conquered brov ances inces tha body should take some steps to reconstruct the national flag according colaw the national standard can properly have on its union only 1 one star sta r for each S state tate in the union A flag having more or less stars than there are stated is not the flag of bany any nation much less a united states flag in order that the flags I 1 now in general use by the at army my navy etc should conform to the statute and the existing state of affairs there should be only twenty six stars diff lie union until after the next nest fourth of july when the twenty seventh F should bould be added for ne nc breilid bra bk a three years scars ago if 1 a man happened to exhibit a flag wit with h only twenty four or twenty six stars on it he was denounced as a traitor now according to law and the acts of con flag has no tight light tomora than twenty six stars neither southern western nor any other territories have any business to be represented on the flag r f |