The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-14

! Float DER this great terrestrial ball; Z,
| What though no living voice nor sound, y Z
Amid their radiant orbs be found.
In reasons ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth glorious voice
Forever singing rs they shine,
The hand tnat made us is divine.
WAITING FOR THE SPEAKERS.
"Half-past ten," says the owner of his
first watch, ostentatiously displaying a
prodigious bnll's eye, the result of a
truck" trade with some tramping ped
lar. This was the hour for commence
ment. "Will they disappoint us ?" ask
ed an inexperienced sovereign, whose
ignorance of the inaccuracy of political
announcements proved him to be quite
young in the cause. "Net by ID
sight," said sturdy veteran
whose face and form recalled the ira
ditional General Jackson voter" GIVE
shook hands with all of 'em. | told
"Val" had rid forty miles to hear him
speak, and he said he wouldn't disap-
point me-" And the irrepressible dyed
in -the-wool disciple turned away, evil
IDENTIFY elated and proud over his inter
course with his ideal of political great
ness and goodness. Notwithstanding
the old gcntlcman's confidence, no sign
of the orators appeared. The multitude
continued their bustling intercourse
and resorted to all sorts of eXpedients to
conceal their impatience. The farmers
talked of the crops and the cattle; village
and neighborhood traders gave the
latest details of sharp bargains;
the good mothers and wives gossipped
in the usual, kindly, womanly sort of a
way, and dived deep into the mysteries
of female conversation daughters gig
gled and eyed the beaux, and the beaux
in turn reciprocated the ocular demon
stration, in the intervals of their dis
course with each other, while the ba-
bes, whose name was legion, did what
all hungry babies must dc or starve,
and still the great expected came not.
Impatient sovereigns walked through
the narrow spaces, yet untitled, but
growing more narrow with each passing
moment and coming citizen. Vendors
of melons, sweet cider, and other tradi-
tional refreshments of the public gath
ering, noisily and brisklya piled
their trade, and the assemblage
ate, drank, spread and grew. Give
minutes past eleven" said nervous
local politician. "No speaking before
dinner" exclaimed cIoaking prophet
of evil, who was promptly voted "a
rad" and "a blacky" by his neighbors.
Then from the gates.came cry, "they
are coming" and everybody rose on
tiptoe only to hear from the same local
ity that it was "false alarm. A red
sashed and wooden-swOrded Marshal
rode up and reported to his chief: "Say
to the people that Thurman is on the
road" II have made that statement
twice already and / lied both times"
and his limit ofmendacity being reached
the careful superior suppressed
the dispatch. Just then covered car
riage entered the gateway, followed
by hundreds and hundreds of excited
and demonstrative people. Then the
thousands who had so long been
"watching and waiting knew that
their long suspense was ended, and ris-
ing in n body, rent the air with the
loudest and heartiest huzzas. Music
followed this lusty greeting, and when
it had ceased, Thurman, Pendleton and
Vallandigham were before the peo-
pie.
Supprcssing with difficulty the
tumultous applause of the as
semblage, Hon. James r. Morris
welcomed the distinguished guests to
the hospitalities of Monroe county, and
concluded by introducing Hon. Allen
G.. Thurman, rs the first orator Of the
day. Judge Thurman came forward
amid shouts of welcome, and proceeded
to address the meeting. After assuring
the people of his long cherished desire
to visit their county where the ira
ditions and principles of Democ-
racy had been so faithfully upheld
through evil as we'll as good report, and
of his Joy at the final qualification of
that desire, he proceeded to compare
the condition and progress of the coun-
try under Democratic rule, with its dis
tressiug situation under Radical DOM
ination. The history and nature of the
recent war were then searchingly re-
viewed, and the course and position. OF
the Democratic party, especially upon
the question Of constitutional viola
tions, were considered and ably defend
ed. His remarks upon this point were
telling but brief. for he thought it un-
necessary to enlarge upon the dead
issues of the past. Other and more
important questions were upon us,
and to them our attention should
be directed. 1t relieved no dis
aster to sit down and discuss its
cause; the more sensible proceeding
would be to seek its remedy. Judge
Thurman then entered upon discussion
of the financial questions of the hour,
and concluded with a scathing review
of the negro suffrage issue. 1t is I'M
possible for us, in the crowded state OF
our columns, to present even synopsis
of Judge Thurman's magnificent argu'
ment. 1t was heard with the most
marked attention-scareely a man IN
that vast audience leaving his place
during its delivery-and was admitted
on all hands to be one of the most pow.
erful efforts ever made in that region
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