Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-11-26
From the Richmond Republican.
THE NIliES OE 1910 AND IStc

The Wsshingt'n Union wants 10 know where the
" hgs were in IL and lS4G l. is qnts ion which
bol pf1fs vii aafee IS very easily answered, the Op.
Psl'ln hfiug perfectly certain that tie Wings are now
and always have teen Federlisls and The enemies Of
heir country. while The Wings. tao,giag he contrary
be tue, may wed he colGdent as heir opponents
Where ere the Y hgs III the late war with Enc.
land Why, thty were fighting the battles If their
county in the field, and inspiring nnci in The SEN
ale NINFiELD ScoTT was illustrating upon the
Mr. hern frontier that the British bayonet was not ire.
ssble, and carving Out for his country and himself an
iamor al military ame. Zachmg 1auior was making
his mark upon The red men Of the woods. FIVE turn
from the field 10 the Press Gales and Seaion of the
.NdttoHot lntcdgtncer were advocating The of
their country IN sPlnl OF such devoted aud uncompro
missing patriotism that, when the British took Washing
Ton, they sought to bum up the htedgencer printing Of
fee, as mark # their special vengeance. Ii we turn
from tie Press 10 the great orators and Of the
dar, we shall fHd among the supporters of the Madison
and Monroe administrations, such WINGS Henry
Clay, Who the chief pillar, during The war, Of the
Madison administrator (; Crit nden Mel can. Gallan,
smith, James Barbour Snnthard, Crawford, Pnckney,
Writ. Sergeant, Granger, Vance. " hiulesey, Mecalf,
aud others of whom dead, bun all, when living
were sterling and devoted Republicans, and who were al
Ways found IN Sl2 and at all ofher times upon the
side Of their county. And the Union wants TO know
whore the " higs were in slG, that question can also
be easily answered. Zactmy Taylor, The Wing Presi-
drut Of the United States, gentleman whom the Union
has last discovered be Wig Of the siauncbest
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binary battles of the age UmGeid Scottanolher Wing.
was soon alter smnatin9 The glory OF I'D Zach, and
both were DONG again. what they had done in 1872
saving lGe county hon and Glory by their skill and
pfowess, While open enemies Were laundering their
front and masked batteries eannonading their Be-
sides these prominent Wings, there were others COM
posing at least half the officers and half the rank and file
oil the American Army. Thousands o living wings can
answer the question OF the whereabouts of the wings of
/ '16, by the true reply, "FIGHIING UNDER THE
STARS AND STRIPES WHILE THE UNION
WAS BRANDlNG OUR pARIf AS MORAL
ihAl lOhS.Y bnl from thousands there can come no
answers rehaIrs Tor iher cnuntrymen to say where
were the ClayS, the Rnggods, The llardns The Vim
tons AM others OF mat memorable war Wrapped in
ihelr country nag ana sleeping In soldiers erave.even
hr'r silent dust should ebnke the hand which seeks to
stamp up the why's lhe back lIneamenls OF dsoyalty
ana treason.
Inc ohioh sun retains lis indispensable thirst for
Identifying 'he wigs win The Old federallsls. and
maNlng 'hem enemies OF lheir country. Hence these
9ueSuoos' pn' Pray, III re M inperhnent, where
were many u tne ,eaGefS Of me DEMOCRACY IN 1872,
and nj olheT critical periods the history