The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-10

an,orpst the American people the SER
Eant e not greater than his lord, and
trnst ne never will be. The people are
the masters OF their own lnteLestS 10y ny
10 The guardians of their own honor;
they are the protectors of their own
nIcperty and their own lives, through
hair own appointed agencies. ana
rance. Grant SAYS that If elected Presl-
dent of the United States, he will take
care to carry out the Will OF the PeoPiIe
as it may be expressed by law an
therefore, he viii not venture 10 Lttaa
himself TO any known poilcy oecaus %
times NJ ay change and the Interests Va
the people change with them, new ! "a -
NAV be enacted and new duties IIaJ
he enioiped, That is precisely Ia
the people want, unless, lho !tee 80.
people are ready TO surrenueLI ~ osaIyos
eminent of themselves py tn 1bink
to their chosen agents: S TH ready to
the American people are S,-or liam
nro1 tor king TO be set over Inetl .
49, ,hink the American people are
vat rpadv TO Giveu the BEeaI 20
jnant so long on Trial amongst 1ne eI.A.S,
mans capacity for sell 'soEe el.nrIs ~
Grant but re-echoes III i;,;,aI JocIorsd
6jS the hitherto tTauluonHL ueclat Gu
nlS IF the American people, that
policyE 1acntiye shall be their minister
Ia ,rsjr will as expressed through
Law What more does ne say mat
iIs,ifies the criticism of these detameIs
Tho undertake to Gail in question ms
o.nscIty TO fill the executive office. he
c%priudes his letter SO brief and yet
40 suggestive with the words of suppli-
zion. LET Us HAVE PEACE W-Let US
have peace Ii Is the normal ccndluoH
ofindiVidual and collective man. II Is
essential 10 the growth and develop
ment of individual men, and OF ma
tions. LET US HAVE PEACE !|tna5 we
that we may bind up the bleeding
wounds of the nation. LET Us HAVE
PEACE that our people may learn war
no more, but beat their spears lnto
pruning hooks ard their swords INTO
plow-shares. LET US HAVE PEACE
that the places but yesterday oIachened
and blasted by war may grow green and
beautiful under the hand of intelligent
culture, LET Us HAVE PEAcEI tnat we
may re. establish our broken fabric of
government. LET Us HAVE PEACE!
that America may reassert her suprem-
acy in the family OF nations. LET Us
HAVE PEACE! that this land OF ours,
washed by the two great oceans of the
world, large enough and broad enough
to furnish homes Of abundance and
comfort for three hundred millions
freemen, may be filled with the works
OF peace and the arts OF peace and de-
VeIop under the benign ndneuce of her
free institutions the grandest, the most
powerful people upon this planet, there
by teaching all the world the right as
we'll as the capacity OF man to govern
himself-to govern himself in wisdom,
to govern himself in righteousness, ''to
esta blish," in the words OF our Consti-
tuition, Justice" in the land-that JUS
lice which secures to every man his
right, that justice which Is the attribute
of the God OF nations, which dwelt with
Him hufnPn NUnFl19 Uhi1h
will abide with Him when worlds per-
isb, and by which we shall be Judged
for this days proceedings.
My countrymen, you hold in your
hands, in the words of the fathers of
the Republic, the greatest trust ever
committed to political society. Let
us prove ourselves equal 10 the great
trust, and for the sake of common
humanity in the present, and for the
sake OF common humanity in the
great hereafter, let that trust suffer no
detrlment at our hands. Cheering and
continued applause.
1lAt the conclusion of Mr.. Bipgham's
remarks calls were made for Hon. VIM.
E. Stevenson, but that gentleman re-
spending said that as 1t was late, and
the audience perhaps weary, and mas
much as he WAS announced to speak
here next Wednesday night, he would
ask them to excuse him for this evening
from attempting any elaborate or
lengthy remarks. Mr.. Stevenson re-
ferred, in connection with the presence
of Mr.. Bingham, to the eminent SER
vices rendered our people by him in
his capacity as a member of the House
OF Representatives at the time West
Virginia was an applicant for admis-
sion into the UniOn-service which the
speaker said he knew how to value
from personal knowledge of them. He
also paid a handsome and grateful
compliment to Hon. Schuyle: Colfax
for his efficient help in the same behalf,
and, referring TO the significant fact
that every Democrat in the House of
Representatives voted against our ad-
mission and every Republican but two
voted for it, said there be no
doubt about where the friends o: West
Virginia are to be found. Mr.. Steven
son continued some fifteen or twenty
minutes in happy vein, in discursive
sort of way, making some telling hits
and bringing down the house with
rousing cheers.
When he sat down Governor Stanton
was called for, but that gentleman ex.
excused himself on account of the late.
ness of the hour, but said he should be
happy to speak somewhat at length if
Mr.. Stevenson would allow him a part
his time Wednesday evening. The
meeting then adjourned and the audi
ence dispersed.
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