26 Resolved, That we approve of the administration of the President of the United States, and of the measures recommended and sanctioned by him for the prosecution of the war, the suppression of the rebellion, and the welfare of the country ; that we sanction as wise and expedient the call for three hundred thousand more troops, and earnestly exhort our countrymen to rally to the standard of the Union, and bear it aloft until it shall float in peace and security, and be everywhere respected and honored. Resolved, That a general armament is required by every consideration of policy and safety, and the Government should lose no time in filling up our armies and putting the whole sea-coast iu a state of complete defence. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Common Council of the city of New- York to offer a bounty of twenty-five dollars to every resident of the city, who shall within thirty days enlist into any regiment now in the field. Which were unanimously adopted. The next performance was the singing of " Our Country and her Flag," composed by FRANCIS LIEBER. For this purpose thousands of copies of the song were scattered among the crowd, being thrown from the main stand. The effect of this song, by a full chorus of manly voices, and with the accompaniment of the band, was very striking. The air is that of a glorious old anthem. A SONO ON OUR COUNTRY AND HER FLAG. BY FRANCIS LIBBER. Sung at the Meeting of Loyal Citizens, Union- Square, New-York, July 15, 1862. TUNE Gaudeamus igitur. We do not hate our enemy May God deal gently with us all. We love our land ; we fight her foe ; We hate his cause, and that must fall. Our country is a goodly land ; We'll keep her alway whole and hale ; We'll love her, live for her or die ; To fall for her is not to fail. Our Flag! The Red shall mean the blood We gladly pledge ; and let the White Mean purity and solemn truth, Unsullied justice, sacred right. Its Blue, the sea we love to plow, That laves the heaven-united land, Between the Old and Older World, From strand, o'er mount and stream, to strand.
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