The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-11
sESERAL sHERIDAN AT ST. LOUIS.
Torch Light Procession Two Miles
Long.


The Demonstration Unprecedented.
ST. LOUIS, September 9.-The demon
| straIion O-night IN honor of General
Sheridan was the largest outpouring Of
the people ever witnessed in ST. Louis.
The toIchlight procession was nearly
| TWO miles long, and consisted of over
twenty Posts OF the Grand Army of the
Republic, large number of colored
organizations, representatives OF the
various wards of The city, the Fire De
partmeut, and an immense throng of
citizens generally. The procession was
nearly an hour filing past the Southern
Hotel, on the East balcony OF which
General Sheridan, his staff officers,
members OF various committees, and
invited guests, were stationed.
The crowd at and in the vicinity of
the hotel, after the procession had
passed, must have numbered ten thou
sand, and the number that thronged
the streets on the line OF march could
not have been less than from twenty to
thirty thousand.
After the enthusiasm of the crowd
had somewhat subsidized, Lieutenant
Governor Smith delivered short, but
very cordial welcome to the General,
on behalf of the State, which was fol-
| lowed by very eloquent address by
General Carl Schurz, of which we give
| the following extracts, received by tele-
graph:
but in you, sir, the people see more
than merely man who can WELD
sword, strike down hostile hattalions,
and handle armies on the rough edges
| OF battle. In you the people honor the
| glorious model of the American soldier.
! [Cheers.l In you they honor the man
whose eagle eye not only never failed
to seize the decisive moment on the
field of battle, but seized with equal
certainty the decisive points of the great
| problem of our days, not only as the
bold rider of Winchester and the hero
of the Shenandoah Valley and the Five
Forks, but as the hero OF the Fifth
Military District. General Sheri--
dan we welcome you [applausel
as an honest man, sir, you have
achieved triumph not Inferior to your
| exploits as II soldier. YSu have again
shown to the people OF the country the
Iinvincibility of your triumph. But
the very men who hate you you have
| forced to respect and esteem you, in
spite of themselves. Even now voices
are coming up from the South-voices
who abhor the authority you exercise,
| or voices which say, we detest the laws
| which placed him over us, but Gen.
| Sheridan is man. Dark as the hort-
ION may appear, the day is not very far
distant when the struggle we are now
passing through will lie behind us in the
| record OF history-the day when the
whole country, North and South, will
willingly recognize the benehcient re-
suits of this great revolution; Will
again be united, hand and hearti when
| the Republic will throw her broad
shield over the civil and political rights
of all her citiEens, whatever be their
| birthplace, creed, or compleNiOnI and
when the people of these States-the
people, in the broadest sense of the
word-will again go on growing and
/ hn Mt nN
| local self.government. Yes; 1t will
come, in spite of the rebels, who have
| lost the fight, but did not lose their ran
cor. In spite of the insidious intrigues
which seek to destroy IL 1T Will come.
Then, General, you will gather your
proudest Iaureis of triumph. The
| people of Louisiana and Texas Will say,
! blessed bethe day which gives us the
secure reign OF hearty loyalty and i'm
partial justice, and blessed be General
| Sheridan, who so bravely broke the
ground. The people of all the States
already say, AS the CLEAN of Sheridan's
sword showed US the road to victory,
SO the CLEAN of Sheridan's mind
| showed us the road to peace. As the
champion OF peace through justice; as
the represen tative of popular thought,
General Sheridan, we welcome you.
| General Sheridan then stepped for
ward and replied as follows: l pre-
sumo you all know 1 never make
speeches. l regret exceedingly that
am not able to make you one TO night;
| but this very kind welcome has been.
unexpected by me entirely, and can
only return my sincere thanks for
your enthusiastic and kind welcome.
! A few remarks were afterwards made
by General Pile, and the crowd gTadu-
ally dispersed.
In point of numbers, enthusiasm and
general warm and hearty sympathy,
many of the oldest citizens say the
| demonstration has never been equalled
/ in st. Louis. From eleven 10 one
| O'Clock to day the General received Wis
itors at the hotel, and the crowd of
callers was almost incessant. The
General will leave for Leaven worth TO-
morrow afternoon.