Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-12
pectthe captain Ind for the House of Delegates did mn

spect the captain Ind for the House of Delegates did nm
induce him to take step that mis- have cost him bis
commss on. I am at 4 loss TO know Whist the Gen.
m:ndern Oh eff had for the Secretary OF the Comnion
W.: h on this OCCASION; but presume that gentleman wss
in unifrm and acted in his capacity OF Secretary OF In.
Commonwealth at war il sfems That there fac
aud :ha Capt. L ling had It in cass"dy only mill
tary officer that would not dare TO hls on the Ca
pttu as Superintendent Of Public Buildings; ihattie Co.
vernon would give him netc! an order, nor permit IN
do IT, because he (rhc Cap, requested, Srprr;p
tendeni Of The Public Buildings, 10 hoist it, and Tia, the
Governor was snstoaishcd and Indignant, at tie rjrcum
sancc of 0hrrs PNEsuMISG 10 gre "'GtrS 10 IF his
offers, Che being under the Cons tuition, The Con-
!i,ander in Chirf)"
How docs happen that the Governor authorizes Tho
Whn to saw that Captain boiling rrporli to him. lh
there ''was flag of the Un0n 10 display while Capt
Boiling reports 10 the House Of Delegates that the flo
was requested display III r:y custody orIy as
military officer, in which character alone, charged
with The care OF il lay the Executive And be-" does
it happen that The members of Assembly, who had Ike
patriotism ana frlness raise the flag, nolwilhslarG
ing the "ayt0nishmrH Gad Indignation IF Tie Com
nandcrin- hri." found TWO FLAGS o. THE Uyioy in
tho attic story Of The Capitol? And bow docs II happn
lh,t Captain Boiling brought up an United S;ar,
flags b, sides. to tie Capt." Square, 'ch:ch nrr
d!sp'"yd? Why do"s not Inc Wing publish lie
written Report which the Governor authorizes him
say Capt Boiling made TO hi!n--satlEg that 'hcre va,
no ap of Union to disp!ay-tEc procured lhr "a
February ,c:2 Che hundrcth birthday OF WashIngra
having been destroyed shat occasion by It's coming
contac with III" lightning rod, and the stan brokrn
ask why docs not the Governor have this Rrror, nrt
lishrd' Capt Bong's Itrpo,. certainly con,rariclss
statement that there flag The fact of the two
flag being found III the attic story, c"nlrndiclS H,-Sla
the other IA. brought up, c"nradIcis IL! and II te
Captain made such Rr!rr in wril;ng. TO The CcE.
mandrr.n. Chief lac must have hcrn guilty Of -rr>s
mistake. either in that Report, the one madc 10 lac
House of Delegates The Governor ought also Ini.n
the public what time Capt. Boiling first reported tin:
the flag STAFF was broken, and why new one rH
provided before the ed But this Report of the Captain
to l!. Commander in Ch;et it seems, informs tie late:
If the flag procured tor the I'D February, lc2 ben,
destroyed the !"hlnng-rod upon that occasion Nv
the Report is not tIr il tl:s statement For, II Ia
the recollection Of many hundreds of persons iLat Il.
ling was tattcred The 22d Fol lo}. and n,'t -;
1t will be- rccoccrd, that on the :lst and the
Ing OF the ~! o. February, 1888, great excitement
from report that Gov Floyd intended 10 hoist S:ea
flag on the Hpi;o IL The exclusion %! the flag OF lie
Union. On t"t "ccas:on, the flag of the Union, pr.
cured the year bet're hung "n pnc thrust CIT i
tie South nd of lie Capitol horizontally; and whca tie
wind rose about midday, i; blew the flag up, w~rl
cal:Ih; Of the lightning rods, and lnt II, asny
now lie seem and continue to be waited b. In" W.EG
in contact h the rod until the extreme end i;oI
pole vCrY inucE tattrrCd But how Gmcs IT iapr'
that this flag has been hoisrd every year si"c
which have understood to BE- thc caSt-and !y w..:
authority was it Gcur; Hv what authority I!r 4,
hnstrd on tho Capitol in 1884 and c:S5 Was i NJ
lostcd last year By ORDER permission ot the pts
mnmandcr-in-t hi"i?
% Hc ad4, that Mc jtng displayed Mr a.
ri:oi, c4crpt Tie ri 9t february, l>o2 The VI;
Iusl be less iuartiuI in matters of lact than IT,
consistent in politics Some of The old inhabitants
tax Lh,7 memories with single instance o! tie 3:
Of the Univn not being hoiscd on the Capitol or
far pole the arIto Square, on the I'D Of Fri'ua
1t is well known: that s"iGc years ago Tie iii ii IL
Union hoisc,i t!c Capitol wills never the liot
Of Delegates in Session. and taken down ".ca IT,;
adjourned Wien this practice was abandoned, Cal.
not say bn no doubt of the old inhabitants cou:
remember, were il necessary TO ascertain il. 1
There is difficulty IN ascrriatning, presume, from
Captain Boiling, how long he has been in the habit
hosting the flag the Capitol the 2d Of February
and by what authority. Ii is at caS, due 10 Shat scs
man, that he should place himself fairly br!re the II"
lie, since The publication in the Wing. The Captain
certainly speak of the custom much further back s
than lS:;2. 1.-THE Wing Je right, the impressions q! ne.
nv respectable citizens grossly to the
custom Let the Wing; give US light on this sHlj"c.
y FRIEND TO THE MEMORY Or WASHINGTON. /
Governor Morchcad has backed out, and JUDI" CAGi
is the only GuEcrnatorial candidate of the Wigs
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