The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-21
NO. 48.

whole. civilized earth besides. Let
AmeriGa be true to herself. Let her
shun this miserable organization that
undertook not only to fetter tIlelnborof
one ntth OF the entire productive poNyeI.
OF the republic for n time, but nntler-
took to diSoEgnnize the nation itself
turn her back on such an organ
forth the unity of the RepnbIio
shall be sacred-thnt the men OF The
republic will stand by it and defend IL
with the same Jealous care with which
they stand by and defend the altar of
their God. And let it go forth as well
10, the listening nations of the earth.
thnt the American people are resolved
by law to protect, in the mines, in tho
WORKSHOPS upon the seas, in the fields.
IN the deep forests, everywhere-by the
plow, by the loom, by the anyil,-syerv
hand in this land that contributes to
swell the measure of the nntion's
wealth. Let that be done and ali is
well with America. It requires no
vision of seer to see that the daY is
not far distant, within the life of men
within the hearing of my voice, when
America, by such Il line of policy. will
cancel every dollar of her. great debt
contracted in this war, and that too
without laying pressing burden on
any of her citizens. No nation ever
did that before, just as no nation ever
came triumphant out of such rebel
lion before. And then what lies beyOndF
A people of whom It was said by that
company of English gentlemen who
have been looking Mt our railroads and
other improvements, ave have trnV-
eled this far through this wonderful
land of yours and have not yet met
beggar," Will amply realize what want
to SEQ realized in this country: a fair
days wages for fair days work; a
reasonable independence to every man
| who has strong arm and an honest
head and heart; furnishing means of
intellectual and moral development to
MI the children of the land. [Applause.1
That being done, you will hnvea a repuh-
| lie which Will be the pride of the whole
earth; and amongst this grand sister
hood of .commOnweHlthR, there is no
State which has deeper interest in this
great question Of the protection and en-
cOuragenent of industry than than this
young State of West Nirginin. ZAP
plauS9.l Look Mt her mountains of
iron, lining themselves to The yery
clouds, inviting the hand of intelligent
Industry. Look hL her immense stores
OF wealth beneath her soil, her genial
climate, her area of territory.
was renlnrking to one of your
neighbors, who kindly called on
me to-day, that your commons
wealth has three times the area Of
| Massachusetts,, and yet MaSsachusetts
sustaining one and n third millions of
humnn beings, Rs Independent us any
lIpopulation on earth. Every acre of
| West Virginia is worth any three of
| massachusetts for the support or men,
has tentold the natural resources of
/ Massachusetts; and IL Massachusetts
to-day under the former protecting caro-
| of this government could build up and
sustain in abundance md plenty mill
/ lion and n third of men, West Virginin
with three times her ncrcs and five
I'm NnNf
homes Mt no distant day for three and
d half millions of freemen, equal TO
any on the face of Gods earth. Tint is
worth fighting for.
| Away then with your shams of de-
mocracy and shams of rcpublicanism!
| Away wtthyour demagogue cries about
the equality of the negro; and lit your
selves othe great work of saving your
| country by saving your country's hon
or on the one hand and protecting and
encouraging your country's industry
on tho other.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO PRESIDENT
la.a slss.,. LINCOLN.
thank you, my fellow citizens, for
| the kind attention, you have given me.
| have spoken with a great deal ofcnr-
nestness, and perhaps with somewhat
| of bitterness, OF the men who have in
this struggle lent their influence or
| given their strength to the great treason.
| If hnve not in every word uttered this
t,eVeuing, inthe excitement of the mo-
men, been duly COnSideratc and mind
fnl of that charity which is enjOined
upon us and which we owe to ali men.
/ trust you will pardon me when YOU
remember that / have but recently come
down from your capitol where your
good President lay in his bloody shToud,
fallen by nm assHssin's hand, not for any
want of fidelity to his onth, but because
mo was faithful to the end, and, under
Gcd saved to you and all the people their
imperilled country, its government and
laws, and only unfnithfnlto that democ-
racy which plotted treason against that
country, and finally falling in its in
ternal resolve, took AWAY his life. He
died MS he lived the representative of free
institutions, one of the people. Sprung
from the bosom of the millions who earn
their brend in the sweat of their
face, and nrc not afraid of honest toll,
he fell mt his post with the hnrness on,
but not, thank God. until his work was
done and God had permitted him 10
see the salvation of his country. III
his fall he but taught the world how
beautiful is death when. crowned by
virtue; inyoking as his spirit went up
to God, "churity for ALL aud utter
ing in his great soul tho buttle hymn of
the Republic. the requiem which
though Hll tho greht struggle for the
nations lifo It's heroic defenders had
unconsciously borne upon their bayo-
nets.
am the beauty of the lilies, Christ wasborn
With gioTy in his bosom that transhrures
you and me:
As he IIs4 q make men holy. let us die to
make men free"
Enthusiastic and long continued ap-
Pihnse. -