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


ly array of facts, the irrefutable de-
dnctions, or the matchless figures and
rhetorical flights which adorned and
illustrated the whole. The concluding
portion of Mr.. Pendleton's address was
or1e of the finest achievements of or
atory.
1t was a splendid illustration OF true
eloquence, both of manner and matter,
and the effect it produced was marked
and thrilling. At the close, the people
INDUCED in the most enthusiastic ex-
pressions of delight, and sent up cheer
after cheer as an evidence of the degree
to which the crater had Won their re-
gard. ..El
vALLANDIGHAM.
1t was now after two o'clock. Fol
more than three hours the people had
remained almost motionless, beneath
the rays ofa schorching sun, and had
listened with almost breathless atten-
tion to the splendid addresses with
which they had been entertained. But
a still greater and deeper iuterest
seemed now to.pervade the entire andi-
ence. Even those who were within the
inner circle of listeners drew nearer
the stand; those who were at a distance
pressed eagerly and almost roughly to-
ward the centre of the throng, while
stragglers and listless idlers from all
parts of the ground advanced and joined
the assembly. Soon Morris appeared
at the front of the stage; behind him
stood man upon whose face the people
had not yet looked. He was man
whose name had long bean familiar and
not only to them, but wherev-
er boldness and frankness and unflinch-
ing fidelity to q purpose are appreci-
ated and esteemed. His career had
been known and talked of i'll every
American household. 1t had even
passed the limits of his country and
become the subject of foreign discussion
and criticism. A strange and eventful
past had been his. He had ever illus
trated the grand ideas of free speech and
a free press. Private malice had pur-
sued him therefor, but he needed it not.
The hate of great party had hunted
him but he feared it not. Authority
had sought to overawe him; he had
braved it; power had tried to crush him;
he had deied it. To silence him, laws
had been set aside, courts trampled
upon, q State insHlted and a nation dis
graced. The despotism of the bayOnet
had been over him; the sword had
forced upon him trial without
offence, and penalty without a con-
viction. Sentenced, banished, perse-
cuted, dogged by night and day, and
hunted for his very life, he had yet
overpassed his perils, and outlived his
prosecutors, and after seeing the first
tribunal of the land declare the Unjust
ice that had been done him, and decree
the lasting disgrace of his enemies, he
had come among the very people who,
of all others, thought most as he taught,
to proclaim his unwavering adherence
to his early faith and to prefgure the
final triumph of the principles of which
the suffrage of these people had made
him the first and greatest representa-
tive. With such recollections cluster
ing around him, he stood forth, and the
great masses of humanity, agitated past
all control, swayed and shook
from centre to circumference,
and from side to side, in
the wild excitement with which they
were aroused by the presence of Gle
ment L. Vallandigham. They shouted,
they screamed, they leaped in the air;
men cried like children, women wept
like babes, and the hearts of all were
stirred to their deepest recesses. No
mans presence corld have moved them
as did his; no mans words could have
calmed them as did his. The first utter
ances that fell from his lips were a po-
tent peace-be-still, and almost ere they
were aware he was leading them, sooth-
ed and submissive, where his will di-
rected.
1t is impossible for us, and indeed for
any one to report the speech of Val
landingham as delivered. The words,
it is true, may be given, but the glance,
the intonation, the gesture, the action,
in short, which adds so wonderfully to
the effect of his speeches must be seen
to be understood. Nevertheless it is our
purpose to place before our readers a
full and verbatim report, so far as Ian
guage goes, of the speech made by Mr..
vallandigham on Thursday. Owing to
unavoidable delay, the report cannot
be given this morning but we will pre-
sent it, IN ertenso on Monday.
AFTER THE SPEECH.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Vallandig-
hams address, the people crowded
around the stand in immense numbers,
eager for personal greeting from their
distinguished favorite. So violent did
they become, that the stand itself was
shaken almost to pieces by their surges,
and to avoid an imminent danger, Mr..
vallandigham descended, and passing
through the crowd, submitted as best
he could, to that torrible process
of Misunderstanding which seems to be one
of the penalties of greatness. With
this scene, The meeting closed. Within
an hour the crowd had almost entirely
disappeared but few remaining as
temporary reminders of a memorable
day in the history of Woodsfeld. These
departed next morning, and all are now
calmly and confidently awaiting the
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