Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-12

spect the captain had for the House Of Dclec,,es m
auee pun 70 take step that mig him his
commiss on am nj loss TO know what use the Com
IN nder-in Oh eff had for the Secretary of the Cannon
wealth on this occasion; but presume that was
unoi and acted in his capacity Secretary of the
Commonwealth at II seems That there was a anr
and that Capt Boiling had il in custody onlv n. s
,s,y oSe that he would not dare to hoist The ca
vernon would give him neither order, nor permif 10
90 ~ because he l'he Capt. requested os Supern.
tendent OF the Public Buildings TO hoist III and tint ,
Governor was "astonised and Indignant at he cire,n
stance Of others rREsumlsc gre orders 10 one Of his
caeess, ne beng under the Constitution, the Com
How does happen that the Governor authorizes the
Wing to say, that Captain Boiling reported TO him, that
there "was no flag of the Union 10 display while Cant
Boiling reports To the House Of Delegates that The aay
was requested 20 display in my custody only as
military oihcer IN which character alone am charged
win the care of IL by the Executive And how docs
II happen that the members of Assembly who had the
patriotism and frmncss to the lag withstand
ing The "dsfcnishnent and indgsation of the Com
nander-in- Chief" found rwo rLsas OF TI,r Ux,oS in
the attic story Of the Capitol? And how does il happen
That Captain Boiling brought up an United States
disptayedy Why does not the Whiy publish The
written Report which the Governor authorses him 10
say 0ap, 1nong made TO hn-statng that "ihere
no nag oil Mon to dspaythe procured ON the 22d
February, 1852, he hundreth birthday OF Washngton
having been destroyed that occasion by its coming in
contact with the lightning rod and the staff broken 2!
ask why does not the Governor have this Report pub
lshed! Capt Boings Report certainly contradcts the
statement that there flag The fact of the two
flag being found in the attic story conradics itINond
the other flag brought up, contradicis it, And if the
Captain made such Report, in writing. to the Com
mistake either in that Report, one made To- the
House OF Delegates The Governor ought also 10 inform
,pe pubic al what time Capt Boiling first reported
the Nag staff was broken, and why new one was not
provided before the Odd But of the CANAAN
to the Chief seems informs the latter
OF the flag procured for the 22d February 1892 being
destroyed on the ghtningrod upon that occasion Now
the Report is not true in this statement For il is in
the recollection of many hundreds of that the
/ Feb 800
1t VIII be recollec,ed that the 2lst and the morn
ing OF the I'D OF February 1885, great excitement arose
flag on the Capitol, to the exclusion of the flag of the
Union On that OCCASION the flag of the Union pro
the South snd Of e %as 1Ing on pole thrust out Of
wind rose about midday, il blew the fnp nm which
caught on one Of the lightning bent it, las NAV
now be SEEM and continued to be waited by the wind
IN contact with the rod, until the extreme end from the
pole was very much tattered. But how does huppen
that this flag has been hoistcd every wear since
which have understood to be the case-and by what
authority was it done BY what authority was the iog
hoisted on the Capitol in 1884 and 1885 Was it not
| Commander-in-t hief?
!" We add Mat he fag acas neru displayed on The Ca
p'to except on tie 22d Of February, I532S-The Wing
must be no less forgetful in Of fact than IL is n
consistent in politics Some of the old inhabitants can
not tax their memories with single instance of the flag
OF The Union not being hoisted the Capitol or ON
flag pole on the Capitol Square, the 22d of February
II, is well known, that years ago the flag of the
Union was hoised over the Capitol whenever the House
OF Deegaes was IN Session, and taken down when they
adjourned. When this practice was abandoned / can
not say but no doubt of the old inhabitants could
remember, were il necessary to ascertain it,
There IS no difficulty in ascertaning, presume from
captain Boiling, how long he has been the habit of
hosting the flag on the Capitol the 22d of February
and by what authority 1t is at least due that gentle
man. that ne should place himself fairly before the pub
lie, since the publication in The Wing The Captain
can certainly speak of the much further back
than 1882 ifde Wing be right, the impressions of ma
ny respectable citizens are grossly as TO the
custom Let the Whigsgiye us light this subject
| FRIEND TO THE MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
Governor Morehead has backed out and Judge Clark
Is the only Gubernatoral candidate of the Wings of
Kentucky