"On one side, the arms of the United States, as follows: The shield charged in the field azure, with thirteen diagonal stripes, alternate rouge and argent, supporters; dexter, a warrior holding a sword; sinister, a figure representing Peace, bearing the olive-branch. The crest, a radiant constellation of thirteen stars. The motto. _Bello vel pace_. The legend round the achievement, _The Great Seal of the United States_. "On the reverse: The figure of Liberty, seated in a chair, holding the staff and cap. The motto: _Virtute perennis_. Underneath, MDCCLXXVI. "A drawing of the Seal is annexed. No. 3, May 10, 1780. "A miniature of the face of the Great Seal to be prepared, of half the diameter, to be affixed as the less Seal of the United States." We have not thought it worth while to present the drawing above referred to. "_Device for an Armorial Atchievement for the United States of North America, blazoned agreeably to the laws of Heraldry, proposed by Mr. Barton, A.M._ "ARMS.--Paleways of [60]thirteen pieces, argent and gules; a chief azure: the escutcheon placed on the breast of an American (the bald-headed) eagle, displayed proper; holding in his beak a scroll, inscribed with the motto, viz.:-- '_E Pluribus Unum_'-- and in his dexter talon a palm or an olive-branch; in the other a bundle of thirteen arrows; all proper. [60] "As the pales or pallets consist of an uneven number, they ought in strictness to be blazoned--Argt. 6 pallets gules; but as the thirteen pieces allude to the thirteen States, they are blazoned according to the number of _pieces paleways_." "FOR THE CREST.--Over the head of the eagle, which appears above the escutcheon, a glory, or, breaking through a cloud, proper, and surrounding thirteen stars forming a constellation, argent on an azure field. "In the exergue of the Great Seal-- "Jul. IV. MDCCLXXVI." "In the margin of the same-- "_Sigil. Mag. Reipub. Confoed. Americ._" "_Remarks._--The escutcheon is composed of the chief and pale, the two most honorable ordinaries; the latter represent the several States, all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a chief, which unites the whole and represents Congress. The motto alludes to the Union. The colors or tinctures of the pales are those used in the Flag of the United States. White, signifies purity, innocence; red, hardiness and valor. The chief denotes Congress. Blue is the ground of the American uniform, and this color signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice. "The meaning of the crest is obvious, as is likewise that of the olive-branch and arrows.