The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-11-06
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Allow me, Mr.. Editor, brief space 10
which toeEpress my grief upon seeing
the noble and manly form of my friend.
Lewis welzsI, stretched out upon the
floor in the GOODNESS Of death. APP
proach the portals Of his grave, over
wheImed with sadness, to miugle my
grief with the griol of other friends. i
con hardly realize that my friend has in.
deed descended to the mansions Of the
dead and that the damp earth now rests
upon him. Twas but the day before
Inc fatal bullet pierced his noble heart
that he unveiled his thoughts 10 me and
expressed his deep concern Of the man
uer in which political and military af-
fairs were conducted in this county
He was then so full Of life that i can
scarcely believe his manly voice is now
hushed in ths stiffness Of death forever.
But thusit'is. That magi; voice which
loved so we'll to hear, is indeed hush
cd ia eternal silence. No more can |
listen to catch his worls; no more watch
the sperking eloquence Of his counter.
ance. In the very lullness and 'vigor Of
life, with the honOrs of the people press
ing upon him, he was shot down like a
a dog, when he was welding tremen.
dour influence for the good of his country
which he loved so we'll. No man in
this section Of the State exerted a great
err power for the welfare of the Union
and State. Yet, when, he was perform.
ing this good work, he was murdered,
aye! cruelty murdered. AMI hold that
the muric: of my friend was blow at
the very heart of the Union power in
this State. His death deprives us Of the
influence and power he o1ertsl for The
Union; hence, depriving US Of that, It
was blow indirectly agaiost the Union.
Lewis Wetze was man beloved by
all who knew biln. believe the man
does not live who can say sughl against
him. He was nobls generous high.
minded and honorable man, His was in.
deed the appearance described by the
Dramatis,:-
"The combination and the form indeed,
Where every God did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance Of man"
In him the Union and the new State
lose a powerful advocate. IT'S so hard
to give up such noble man. even when
his course is almost run and he is toller-
ing upon the crumbling walks Of life; but
to havehim, in the very midst Of life,
blooming ia health and manhood and
strong in the love Of his friends, cruelty
shot down and his soul hurled, mineral.
ded, into thepreseuce of the Great Crea.
tor, is almost too much for endurance
il is overwhelming. Oil had our friend
lived what brilliant future awaited himl
VIVA. honors the people we're really to
confer upon him! How forcibly the
words OF the Poet: =
"when the bright guardians Of a country die,
The grateful tear in tenderness will start:
And the keen anguish Of Il r,ddeniug eye
Disclose the deep affection Of the heart"
But il our sorrow is SO intense what,
oh what! must be the feelings Of his
brothers. sister, AM widowed mother?
Let them remember and may it comfort
them, that he is now of the King lon Of
the Lord on high. GOD has blessed
him aud taken him for His own. But
who can rathom the feelings Of that poor
aud misguided man, who has so'crutlly
taken the life Of our friend? Remorse!
Despair! For him we have neither
words Of sympathy nor condemnation;
we leave him to the judgment Of his
peers. to the laws Of the land which he
failed to observe, and to his God, with
the assurance that he will receive more
mercy and justice than he was willing to
meet out to our frienl. y
County Conri.