The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-26
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MISREPRESENTATION & !! NATION PROCESSION s!eE''|
DAMN&BLE OUTRAGESs
THE AMERICAN FLAG 6uRNT ~ WHITE
AND BLACK "MleofR3."
A PRRCONCERTED PLAN TO BURN
ALI, THE McOLELLAN FLA0S.t
Eight, Wagons Of CeptrahaaAs
1shin the ProcS 6sfSn. 9H

The partizsps Of Abraham Linooln had .
procession last night, which Was attended
with scenes Of infamous Outrage, that re-
feet eternal disgrace On that party.
Without any provocatiou which might
excite any bad feeling, the procession, In
passing the Democratic headquarters, viii
fully, maliciously, and meanly burnt the
American Gag extended from the building,
bearing the namea of Mcclellan and Pen
dleton. .fggDfg 4
For party who have professed such sE.
traordinarv devotion to our glorious old
flag, this outrage 10 not only base and
rebellious act, but one 90 inconsistent a.
to be ridiculous, were Il not 80 foully out
ragpous. 80 1id0 da'tAo
The famous dispatch Of Gen. Dix. "If any
man hauls down the American 2ag, shoot
him on the spot" has been lauded 10 the
skies by the Black Republican party for
the patriotic sentiment it contains what
should be the punishment Of those iudivid'
uals who, in On Administration procession.
deliberately burn the American Hag sssy
The procession was certainly areslsctabls
one through numbers, there being prob
ably two thousand in line A noticeable
feature was the large number Of Govern
ment wagons, nearly two hundred, which
swelled the ls~gth OF the, line. Eight OF
these wagons were filled with negroes from
Giesboro- it was impossible for she
Lincolnites to have demenstratiou without
the presence Of the negro In barmonious
fraternisation. Passing up the Avenue, the
procession vociierously cheered every en-
balmer's establishment they passsdt This
was significant, to say the lsast, end point
ediy obtrusive Of moral. 8fn.5 . 20
They attempted to burn the flag On the
corner of Massachusetts, avenue and Seventh
street. and by the careless and reckless 6r>
| ing Of huge cannon, while passing the
store of Messrs. King 4 Burchsll- they
broke the windows of the house, and also
of other houses in the vicinity, including
that of the Chilian Legation They oom~
mitted divers other outrages, which reflects
as much infamy upon the perpetrators, rs
the wanton approval of these acts confers
lasting odium upon the party whose princi
Piles beget such legitimate offspring.
We have sufficient evidence 60 prove that
there was concerted plan TO burn tho flag
of the First Ward Mcclellan Club. The
President of the Club, j. T. CLARK. after
calling on several members Of the Club,
gave notice to the Police on that beat to
protect it, adding that If II was burnt he
would shoot tho men who fired it. That
flag was not hurt, and still hoats 70 the
breeze.
When the procession reached Tenth
street and the Avenue, body Of men dash
ed out for the purpose Of burning the asg
there stretched across the Avenue. Three
men extended their torches to The fog, and en-
deapored 20 burn IL, when the policemen in
terfered and prevented the cowsrdly and
diabolical act. In fact there was con-
spiracy to burn all the Mcclellan Asgs on
the route Of the procession. We have evi-
dence to prove this; and but for the action
Of the police they would have been suc-
| cessful. }F5
This is party that dares to call itself
Union, and stigmatize Democrats - Cop
perheads and disloyal. Yet they themselves
burn the flag OF their country in this cow
ardly and shameful manner. The guerrillas
of Mosby could not do worse--havs moi
done meaner or more cowardly act. Let
them cease to talk Of disloyalty when By
their own acts they are convicted Of such
cowardly disIoyalty. "y'*f