The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-06
now they have gotten them" Laughter
and applause.

Now il becomes us, my fsllow-citizens
to day to look at the effects of his wal
and to look at the blesse,, Results which
| will flow to us from il. God uniformly
brings good out of evil, and overrnles al
these revolutions and calamities for the
good of his people. We cannot doubt
| that His hand has been in this great ca.
lamity We cannot doubt that the hand
of Jehovah has = al guiding us safely
| through il and Smiling on the lnstru-
mentality PUT forth for the crushing ont
of this great rebellion. Aud the first
| thing we rejoice in a. delightful effect
| flowing from it, is the influence it Will
have on foreign nations. Q, yes, NY
| friends, they looked upon US with jeil.
ousy and envy. They did not like or
tlourishing republic. They fondly hop'd
it would prove bubble and bnrst ard
mingle with the elements. These pre-
dictions were uttered again and again iy
the monarchists aud aristocracy of the
old country; and when the war broke o,it
they were sure they were going to prove
true prophets, and that it would soon he
all over with our rcpUIlic. Theu theT
thrones would be established; and mol.
arch,cal governments forever secure, the
people would clamor no more tol heir
rights, satisfied that republican COVER!
ments were failure. But now, blessed
be the Ged Of the nations of the earth,
we are nation, We are government
this day that aeUer, NEVER, can be over
thrown! [Applause The foundation
was laid in the blood of our revolution
airy fathers, and the noble snperstructure
has been cemented by the blood of the
brave men who have fallen in this war!
[ [Applause And there is no storm that
can sweep across the ocean-no tornado
from any direction, North or South, East
or West-that can ever overthrow this
grad and glorious republic Yes. my
friends, ii was true with regard To those
nations, that they were longing for our
downfall, and would have rejoiccd in it,
but now they know differently and they
know the time will come when their
own systems of government will pass
away Almost three Thousand years ago
an old Prophet. By the rivers of Babylon.
beheld and saw until the thrones all over
the world were cast down. And you
may rest assured, what we have accom-
plished in conquering this rebellion has
shaken these thrones OF dcspotism-apre-
lude to hat coming earthquake that will
shake them to the ground For firmly
believe, as a believer in the Bible; as
believer in the Christian religion; as a
believer in the rights Of the human fam
ily-tlat the time will come when all the
world will be a network OF granl and
noble republics
But, nay fellow citizens, let us not for
get that whilst this is true with regard
to the monarchs and aristocrats of Eu-
rope, il is not with regard to the masses.
They were with us i'll the great and
noble struggle. They love this nation
Many of them have their sons and broth
ers and near friends here; aud they love
the American Republic dearly was
wonderfully struck not long ago in read.
ing an account in one of our papers. Of
three wounded soldiers brought into the
same hospital-Onc from the city of New
York, another from the city of Philadel-
phia, and the third from Scotland. The
faths fthe one from New York aud the
father of the other from Philadelphia
came 10 visit their sons; and while they
were talking with them there in the hos.
pital. the boy from Scotland looked up
and said, my mother will be with me on
next Wednesday. Iwr0te letter to her.
telling her l had volunteered in the
American army. and she wrote back and
told me that [ had done we'll in volun-
trering to defend the interests of so great
and good country as the American ma
ton. | wrote again to her that | was
wounded aud in the hospital | received
letter not long ago telling me she
aud see ,ne, and she will be here next
Wednesday" Aud she did csme to con
sole and wait upon her darling son.
They know their rights there jnst as well
as we do here. and will never be salts
fled until they have them all
But then, again, lot us not forget to.
day that all we have passed through is
well calculated tn increase our own pa
triotism, our own love of country. When
a mother has darling child that Is sick
and she nurses il day after day and night
after night, when the child is restored to
health, il is more dear and precious than
ever before And when the father rush
es into the burning building to save his
boy from death, he folds him in his arms
with n fondness such as he never expe-
rienced before. And il is true, that there
is more patriotism OH this fourth of July
than there has ever been in this nation
before. Applause, We love our conn
try more; it is dear, IL is precious nnto
our souls in view of the fiery ordeal
which il has 80 successfully and
passed. There has been a
wonderful manifestation of patriotism
during the whole Of this war. Never
has there been such army AZ we have had
in this nation, and never have any peo-
done so much for their soldiers as We
have done. Not only has the Govern
ment done all for them it possibly could,
but look at the Soldiers Aid Societies;
look at the Sanitary Commissions, and
Christian Commissions, the millions Of
money that have been raised; the books
the men and women who have
gone to our hospitals, and game IL the
camps, to nurse the wounded and the dy-
ing Never have people manifested
such love of country and such an in
terest in the soldiers az We have done
Bnt. now, we love our country more than
ever. Happy art thon, o, America,--a
people saved by the Lord [Applause. ]
And what We have done to-day, in lay
ing the foundation Of this Monument to
the memory Of our soldiers who hare
gone from West Virginia, such a. Col.
Thoburli, aud Captain Bier, aud Sergeant
jenkins, and Lieutenant Morrison and
Colonel Frost, and many others, who sac
rificed their lives in defense Of their
country, is a token Of our appreciation Of