The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-13
TIE DECORATION OF SOLDIERS
GRAVES.
The G.AR.-The Governor and STATE
omeeB-Rhe Legislature Of
west Virginia.
The mayor and CITY CouneII-Good
TempIsrs-IsteFest1
CeremOules
Flowers sIreSn Upon the 6FaTss-..
Eloquent hpeeehes.

deA94 0AELSTs ~ ~ 681IDRp1u CITY, ron
No. 4, Department Of West Virginia, G
A. r., decorated this graves OF soldier
who fell In defence Of liberty and wer
bar5sd IA the several cemeteries in sDt
near the city. The Demonstration We
a successful one in every respect. Al
most the entire population Of the city
friends as well as foes, turned cut anc
Nths old 6res OF patriotism that burneC
SO brightly during tine war, were Ee-li
| and Ebone forth with added brillIaDey
At 3 O'Clock P. NJ, detachment o
| the Grand Army, formerly members o
ChpI. CaTlin's Battery Of Light AItil
| Iery. commenced firing minute gums
| from the bill near Mount Wood Gene
terry, known as ''Ring's Plat" which 9
few years since WAS given TO the Ststf
nv Cant. John Mcclure, Jr., in order
that q monument 70 West Virginia sol
diers might be erected thereon. Atthla
Diacs the stand for the speakers WA
erected. The firing continued until the
arrival of the procession, when the gun
was Withdrawn 10 make room.
The procession WAS nearly half a
mile In length and was composed OF
Vass' Rrsss Band; Battle and Regi-
mental Flags of West Virginia Regi-
tuenfg, tatered and torn with the shot
and shell oil many hard conflict
through which they had been braveIy
borne; Comrades Of the Grand Army of
the Republic-West Virginia soldiers
wearing The elegant medals presented
To Them by the State, and all displaying
white .atin badges bearing The CON
sr,Icuous letters &c. a. r.; Soldiers
nnt mem beIs Of the q. a. h; Othcers OF
Inc state Government ana the LeRtB-
lature; the Mayor and City Council not
many oUtli CIaytOI's Drum Corps
Coed Tsmp1nrs, and Citizens generally
on foot, on horseback ana ln caFriages'
Auer forming on Fourth street,
Ihe right IestiDg on Monroe,
the column moved by way of Monroe,
Market, Union, Maine and Washing
ION HtTseln, and the National Road, 10
tic level spot of ground previously
mentioned, where the stand bad been
erected. II was here hated by the
Marshal, Gen. y. T. Kelley, and form.
ID. tie band playing q lively air in the
meantime.
me siand, which was appropriately
6rzps5 With EERimsutsi and other flags,
Hss lcrs pf=s1 by the orators of the oc-
cara, Re7. ". L. AuIlenix. of the 81.
2 fy.srcc; HDa. H=SjsLniD Stanton, OF
~. esc7s He EZcz!lsucy, Coy. Bore
lsSe; and Auc.Dey General Melvin
lsse1oDsF NJ tie O. a. r.; also, bis
L
fsisSsGron ana AcWhoTteT, PIeft'
dEn- ol iEs Esnste and Speaker
NJ the Hooss respectively; Rev,
]. r. Mcclure, OF the United Pres.
byiETian Church; Rev. Clark, Of the
s.. +. Church; Capt. CsTlIn, Command
er Of Post No. 4, Department. Of w. Va.
&. A r., and others Of less note.
Everything being ready, feryeD
prayer was offered up by the Rev
Mcclure. Captain Carlin then In few
sentences. unpretending but directly tC
the point, explained the object Of tbs
celebration, and concluded by intTOdu.
cling tho Rev. w. L. Mulleniz, oi
the 81. Il. Church, who came forward
and said:
Periclss, whose name il insepsrably
associated with all that Is illustriOut
In eioquence and Liquidation, in his
celebrated Grafton over the Athenlan
soldiers, who had fallen in the Pelo
p0BessiHn war, affirmed 1t to be ga deb
Of justice 70 pny superior honoTB II
those who Ind devoted their lives iL
| fighting for their country" Inspired
| by this sentiment, we are ASSEMBLED
| to day 10 honor the memory of the gal
| liant men who fell in the defense Of tht
! Republic, and who now sleep in yon
| der sacred depository Of the dead.
| Their magnificent public services
| and The splendid example Of patriotism
| which they displayed, entitle them no
! merely to these ephemeral decorations
and to our poor tribute OF praise, bu
| to the gratitude OF every friend of hu
man freedom in all the world. Through
the long and fearful tempest which
| threatened the BubVeTBlOn OF our beau
fHI federation and tho overthrow of ouI
| homes and our altRTs, these men who
now repose in serene graves abandoned
! the eDdeAFmenis Of domestic life, the
rewards of devotion TO business, and
the cherished privileges of the AanCtu.
airy OF religion to stand, like wall oi
ndnmhut, between us and the foe. They
paused mt no sacrifice, and hesitated al
no peril, that the IneEtimable boon Of
republican liberty might be preserved
and perpetuated In the earth. They
were types of n noble and chivnlrouh
manhood, almost without parallel in
human history. Through severe and
uneX pected reveTPes, sad and unlocked
for defectIons, unfortunate and uugen-
erouB rivnlTieS even in the face OF the
enemy, and long and almost hopeless
campaigns, they manifested a courage
"a undergraduates, and n devotion tC
their country which was never equalled
In Grccian or Roman annals.
The peerless lender of the American
people in our colonial struggle for in
dependence, lie who lowered above all
the men of his time in personal charRc.
tor, In elevation of mind, and in the
splcndor Of his public services. said.
when he received the sword OF
Lord CORVALLIS, to his heroic
aud jubilant nrny, "Don't shout over
a fallen foe. Let future generations do
our shouting for u.s." Washington,
and all whom he led to the fray, are in
the dust, but grateful republic Holds
hun aud them in grateful remembrance.
These heroic men, who have laid down
their arms forever, and Inow sleep the
sleep which shall only be broken by
the reveille of the resurrection, will be
hOnored while the nation enduTes or
liberty has an advocate in all the
world.
EOndsr our braves are ut rest. In
that ground, hnllowed as the abode OF
the cherished dead, their bod -eB re-
pose, bat their fame is not buried. The
deeds which made them immortal the
fields over which they rang out
the Anglo Saxon battIs.cry,
their blood aud the country's
records, where their names and
services arc eushined, cannot be
"On farms eternal ca npInE ground
| Their silent touts ate spread,
| While glory guards with solemn round
The bivouRc OF the dead"
In London. tho commercial mo
tropolis OF the world, Is IA magnificent
structure dedicated 10 Christians. In IA
remote corner OF THAT c oil OssaI edifice, Is
plain tablet, bearing this inscription
"BrneHth lies Christopher Wren, the
architect of this church and city, who
lived more than ninety years, NOT fn;
himself alone, but for the public ;
would you see his monument look
around" No sculptured mar BILE or pol
ished brass rises to perpetuate theiI
fame AID transmit the story OF theIl
VRlor TO those who are to come after us
Would you see their monument, |
monument mnnnificent aud Inner