Gen. Wm. McCandless: “This flag has grown to be the representative of great truths–a written constitution; equal political rights; representation and taxation to be coequal and coincident; the right to bear arms; the right to vote..."

Gen. Wm. McCandless, “This flag has grown to be the representative of great truths–a written constitution; equal political rights; representation and taxation to be coequal and coincident; the right to bear arms; the right to vote. These rights involve a sacred duty—to maintain the honor of that flag and the nationality of which it is the symbol and the sign.”, May 30, 1867