The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-04
THE FOURTH.


are perhaps the most formal and extern
sive ever known in our history as a
Nation. This is natural under the cir
cumstances in which we find ourselves
as people. The great rebellion, which
all of us supposed would mt least en-
dure throughout the present summer,
has unexpectedly and entirely closed i'll
n military way, and throughout the
land there is no where any armed re-
sistHnce to the Government. This
happy, speedy and unlocked for ter
mination OF our great struggle has re-
iieved tens of thousands of brave sol
dicrs who for years have been absent
from their homes mt the front fighting
the dreaded enemy of the Nation, and
now that they have returned, the dis
position everywhere prevalent is to
welcome them with open arms and
proruse hospitality to the circle of do
nestle and social life. This Fourth
of JuIv has been set apart. MS it were,
in their honor. md to-day they will
receive dinners and henr speeches and
music. and nil sorts of compliments.
NIL intended to attest the gratitude of
tho nnonle towards those IN whom tFcv
feel thew owe avervt Iino, nor+airino to
tho sacrodnoss and nornetpit1, of the
National annivorsorv Tho Soldiers of
Tho Union and tpo Fonrtb oF Jn1v oro
ono in tho estimation of the nnonIc and
they will continue 40 IN he reporflad nv
This renoration. Two of the crownino
victories of this V,or wore comnletad oT
,,is dov- ~, flo o,,ocF ~ c,ott,,,,-
burg and Vicl,sburg and certoiulv ir
onr E,,ion wos born, o,, tho oyo Of Tho
EonrtL oT INV 1z-c # WIS so,od on
tho ava oC tho Eourtb NJ TTIv N1Cfq m
tho b;,btv or tho ror,,,o,. hotel 4is;d
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uDnrecintion and nroiso now from tho
lin. NJ ,,rovo md ,,na Nc, com ,on,ora+i,,o
of ,,,o;r h1oo5,, st,.n.,,,,o, ar5 o,To,.;ans
trinnrI,s NJ Vicl,sl,H, re, aud C.o,t,,sI,,,rr.
mt aside From, tI,o 7.o,,,r, 90 tI,o, 80
dinru +Lis ro,,,,,, ,,r or oD,,,,.o,..o,, -,
bos now signiticonco 10 +I,o ,nin5s =,
the neonIc r. isuDdoriobIo +bot Dur
inu tho last T.w voors tho E0nrtb =,
Jniv bo. f,l1o,,. at, ,,o,.,, TI,oo,, o.,,,,,,,
,ion o,Dor,- tho ,,oo,,Io II, tt,t so,,.,, :.
was pcnereIlv Observed nv tho neonlS
so fnr as observed nj MI. ma nm occos;on
whoreat to show their infidoI,tv aud
dIslovaItv in nil that roIotoJ - tbo
princinIoS or orr oovornmont SNoI,
mon ns Enitt WIS., prvor IsI,oit an5
other bloodv-mindo,I +ro"soI ,,ono,ors
used it ns they Iyo,,I5 :, o,,,,,,.,r -,
hustinus and shouted aud roDtoJ oto,,t
their rights md tl,si,. ,,,,r,,,e-, - ~,
Union and the CONSTITUTIONS os fnter-
prcted and administered Inv tho 6oni-
nant Free states Tn fnCt +Log ~,
proved tho tlov IN nncb tho snU,o ,,,a,,
that the free lovers Froo +I,;,,,-o,,
improve Sundav-nsing It ne mn o,,ror-
tunity of leisure among the neonia For
sowing. broadcast sont;r,o,,t. Loo,
tive of the ,Inv itsclf In tbo Tn,,T ~
feeling WINS chilly epor,,b 80, -, ~ ~,
the Fourth. caused Nv n snsnic;on ~ ic
not an actual belieC that ,,Tbo,nos Ia
fcrson and others like hin, I,,Lo ma
made and set apart tbe dn,I
had madC and set mart 90
many ideas antagonistic to Il that
it was doubtful after ali whether It was
not ns the late Mr.. Choate said It was
Il sort of ''glittering generality,' that
might or might not be worth celebrnt-
ing. All the IDEAS of all the people..
both North and South, East and West
were more orless loose and demorauzcd
about the 18th of July. a Fourth-of-
July speech came to be nickname for
anything highfalutin and high-fiownI
in its character. II a man made a