The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-29

to- all who, despairing, would abandon
hope; toGalli who; tempted, would re-
sort TO forbidden ways ftoHall who,
timid, would Bhamefnlly succomb; to
all swhoI Aimpatientj eagerly cry out,
what better can-We doP" the Stone
wall example strong and firmly speaks.
Ihere As q kind OF, pride, q decent dig
nifty due to ourselves, which, spite OF
our m1sf0rtuneS, may be maintained
and. d.cherlshed to the last. atf-ssilts
At this point the speaker addressed
the old Nirginians, assuring them that
old things must pass away, the glories
with the weakness. Then turning to
the young Virginians,2 he promised
them that a. day was dawning, bright
beyond any that gilded In. the past the
hills and wales Of this land OF every
mans pride. He inquired If they, too,
as g they aged, complained, and 1nnpa-
they do ~ and stated that they must
strive to bear their lot without reproach
or guilt that they must have patience.
ana that nothing was worse than dis
honor or desertion.- If they answer
that they are poor; that Jackson failed,
the his, faith CHas. butzan obstruction,
was not concrste and practicable, we
would say that they made great mis-
take.
AT this point Gov. Wise began a
lengthy appeal to the young men Of Viz
gintas not to emigtRte, to take their fall
len fortunes as best they may, and nom
their present small beginnings again
work forward. He asked them where
they would go II they should leave
Virginiaf Would they leave the Unit
TED StateR 1f they supposed the uni
ted States not free, where else on earth
dtd they expect to find a people as freeP
he exhorted them to a fife OF work, OF
constant, nnobstrnsiye, quiet labor,
and said OF Virginia. In this conneC.
lions Here every woe is wooing her to
her brightest day. If her sons WIN but
serve her and saveher she shall indeed
be one and indivisiable-a new Vir.
g1nia, greater stronger, gFander, than
ever was old Virginia.n 9rsl,A 'tlaJEsss
Here the orator stated his views as 60
the causes that accounted for the slow
progress Virginia, as compared with
the othee States. In brief they were
that' Slavery created a landed afistoc.
racy which was antagonistic to 'pro-
gfeSs, and repellant to immiRratfon.
proceeding In his argument, he stated
atlength the Advantages of VifginiR's
inviting Immigration, now that Slave
~ was destroyed. He proceeded in his
remarks upon the great mineral re-
sources OF Virginia; by hIsionly direct
allusionl to any particular political;
measures, in referring to the division
of the State and the creation OF the State
OF est Virginia as "the bastard child
of pollttealrape, and concluding that
there is still lsubstancs enough lefE IN
Virginia to insure her honor and more
than restore her preeminence. htie Is'6l
SH1s closing paragraphs were as fol-
lows: .t.t We catch, then, Inspiration OF
this faith, this hope, this lie and
strength, from the halo ofthese heroes.
The great good that tieyhave done lives
q1ter them; blessed be their memories.
1 would not, II 4 could, call them back
70 me, save In their example, Z divine
not why1 or any were spared when
they were taken, unless to bear testft
mony to, their truth and excelIence,
their Innocence and inVinclbility, and
q. .try to live worthy of their death, and
To, be the more ready when the muster
calls to meet them In Heaven. Bling.
then, no cypress here; bring laurels to
these graves. As virtue Is the onlVi
5amaranthine flower on earth, their only
lasting treasure was truth! Mourn no
FUNERAL dtrge. but with exalting am
thems swell the note of praise. iI'If 4