The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-28

bIrthright-the flag of Washington.
lChecrs. That speech mmd" the speak
or loyal. To protect the flag; To cherish
the principles 1t represents; to devote
Whatever energy possessed to sustain
the mon who went out To- fight under II,
was tho solemn vow there mndC, aud
which am here to-day to answer.
IREnGwCd Ch"CrinE.l
The boy died, shouting to his mon,
staggering under tho murdCrnuS fires
Como on boys, try them once moro !"
tho man stands her" to rcitHrntc TINT
| cry OfN dying SOldicr-"COmC on. trv
them once m"rC!' lGrCnt enthusiasm,
AS long as American nationality has
foe; as long as II single arm Is raised
against tho banner of Father Abraham
| tnpPlnusCl against tho right OF tho ma
1Orlty TO govern; against the cause of
equal rights and equal justice; tho
cause bNptiscd III the blood of Run-
kcr Hill; against tho creed written on
tho white heWdbONrds of quarter of IL
million of bravo mCn-I say, while n
single voice or arm dUreS oppose tho
sncred cause around which cCntcrS such
holy associations, my motto shall bo
| now ana always, "G0mC on, let us try
them once more" IChecrs.
| While disappointed statesmen nnd
political tools, led by II man deaf to tho
prOmptingS of Faith and National JUS
tiCc, combine with tho Impoverished
and desperate agents of tho rebel cause
to overthrow tho Government, every
true man should hold himself ready, Il
| "miuutS man" for his COuutry'S call.
How can people willing To be di-
rcCted by the pillar and cloud of IL
righteous Providence, fail to see Il now
duty i'll the new shaping OF public
utinirSP
The soldier on tho battlefield, tho
sailor on his deck, the people ut their
homes, have tried tho rebel cause, and
the universal verdict is: equity, and
recommended to mercy" TChccrS
They say, acknowledge i'll good faith
and conform to the circumstances of
your defeat; give us by your choice OF
| representatives some guarantee of your
disposition to keep the peIce in future,
and we will regard you no longer AS en-
emieS, but as friends restored and low
! fully received into tho national flmiIv,
| we do not care TO walk arm i'll arm
with you into the reconstruction; 90
! hand and heart with us, or not mt Nil
! lChCers. PoliteneSs and ceremony
may suit you; we want truthful fell
| lowship In our political alliance, if we
fail to secure it in social life. Renewed
Hpplause.l
In short, if Southern rebels and North
ern sympathiZerS will not nCcept the
| protfefS of peace made by the legiti-
mate majority against whom the one
made open and the other II secret
and more despicHble warfare; if terms
conceived in II spirit of justice, and ten
dered i'll good faith, are not acceptable {;
il fRctiOuS resistance to the acts of Con-
grcss is still persisted in-then must the
loyal States assert their rights once
more, fling their banner to the breeze,
and rallying to the citadel, stand ready
to repel the foe in whutevcr form lie
may come-hOwever he may be sup
ported. [Cheers.l
May God in His infinite mercy avert
from this people the horrors OF IL renew
ed war. but "forowarncd is forearm
ed" [APplHuse.l Our cOuntry's flag
has been set rs signal of hope to the
world, promising freedom, equality and
equal justice to the oppressed. who seek
the protection OF its shelteriug folds.
Those to whom it is II promise only
must be confirmed to their love aud
confidence; for the perfected results we
must labor in the spirit OF "the men OF
Seventy-siX - the men of lSl2 aud II ;
of the brave Boys i'll Blue" who have
made the last and greatest sacrifice dur
ing the war of the rCbelliun-lO this
common cause of freedom and human
lily, pledge our lives. bur fortunes, aud
our sacred hOnOrS." (Cire.tt cheers