Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-06-29

We giyr The Rrpn5 can III b'ncft Of its ii aiiner.
such IS II is aud leave the readers Of Ihat paper
sly whether tie charge made OF not. TIL
assertion thai the frdrra,,is Of 1872. exhibited as
much patriotism in fighting the battles Of ther county,
a. have the m nern " hg party of the present day y is
entirely without fnadation, and pcrvtrson Of hislo
cal truth Tn orulcs have C N SANITY twItted every
Wing who volunteered, durin. the Mexican war within
Consistency, tr taking personal part IN hat he de.
nouacel unjust, because unnecessary Wal lncon
slluttanaily begun. The Frderaiss Of 1872 with very
few EXCEPTIONS could moi be charged with like nconss
'eacy. They d>appove of the war and did MT Y dun
Fer 10 carry on Very few FcefailsS Of thar cay were
"nnd IN The held. We hear o volunteer { n $ c nm
P'N'" ""''s exclusively olnd cJumandrd by FelerlI-
'ss' III" diefch, Vas The with the Wings in
inc Mexican war large maj ry Of the officers Of the
old regular army are " hgs--and we venture the =.
s'fllon that more WA IS than Democrats were found
mont the volunteers and we further lieye that NOR.
Wing blood VAS shed On the battle. 3D. And vet with
these faces -nooriols and undena5e-ihe Rep0bl,can,
sneefney say the Felpralists of 1872 were "a pr.mn
10 fight the battles Of their country as the WHO. Of Il
4O1 II is gaehu>y vouchSa fed that there i, as mncl
patriotism in he If the Wing, as in the Repnllcan
own party And what prompts This pouerou. admission 2
is the truth If what have said admitted Nit is
1.-The fact. that so large prop,ron Of tlem tn Off
GERS and men, WHO volunteered 10 fight the battle. Of lhe
country III Mexico have after seeing the unfortunate con
sequences oil the facons opposition the war Of the
Wing lcade.s al home, not hesitaed to renouuep their
party and to ''stigmaze' such conduct as il deserves
The Republican is welcome t, such converts as Wyn
koop and Mayor. They did credit to he Wing cause
al home or IN the army. But it is mistaken when !,
CLAIMS CoI. DonIptan. The story of his quitting the
Wing ranks Is not true He heads the TAYLOR electoral
ticket in Missouri and is nod Wing as he ever
was. The Republican will see what the volunteers are
when they return home. Whatever they may have been
heetore, thr. ionrbs Of them will be found the ar
dent supporters of Gen. Taylor
From the Republican Of Monday
"Our neighbour of the Virgitn is mistaken in sayin1
that We have denounced the Wing party as "1raitrs'
we have done 50 such thing. All that have dom
is to hold mp moral treason" The factions opposition
oI certain leaders ol tina, party the distinction
duct, without lmpngning their moves. IN doing So
we have but followed the example of he National Intel
I!e'crr good authority with the Nirgnlan) IN 1872
"hn at that me did not hesitate To deuounce NOR
al heason' the Of the anti war Eederass who
certainly exhibited much patriotism in fighting the
battles nf their country, as have the modern Wing party
Of the present day.
We have sustained on, charge "f "noral treason
gans the factions leaders Of the Wing pary by
array of evidence which the Vrguian has attempted
10 Tciu'e. and which, verify bel eve, cannot be rf
led; Tor the MeAicas themselves, have gratefully
knowledged the encouragement, aid and comfort
which they have thus received.
We are perfectly willing roncede, se have .vei
A'-e lie fossosslo u re sam. 'eeft: q I4I-tl,.n