The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-28

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man is born in the cottage.
Tbis great system of government OF
mrs then is based on this unlVersai
RIGHT OF education. Education is one OF
ths inalienable rights of man. 1t is
the duty-o of society to educate, because
society wants the benefit of the labor oil
Ihe man, the benefit OF bis genius, the
baneflt OF whatever God has enabled
hin TO accomplish by means of educa-
ton. Now do not mean that every
man should be educated in tho uni
gcrsitv or college. / simply mean that
evpry man should have the benefit OF
parliamentary education in Il common
These are the key which If placed in his
hands will enable him to unlock the
,.hnie arcana of science. Some of the
,nns+ eminent men we have had in the
world only possessed this in the start,
and step by step they gained all their
subsequent knowledge. These men
Who maintain an exclusive class want
70 keen the offices all in their own
hands, to designate before the child is
horn whether he shall be legislator,
a lord, a duke, or u king. Nature has
moi so provided; and this great Repub-
lican party and great Republican idea
Of ours proceeds on the idea our fathers
incorporated in our law, that all men
are born equal. We hold that all the
avenues TO happiness and prosperity
should be open TO all men, that whose
ever runs may read, and whatsoever
works faithfully shall enjoy the fruits
of his labor. [Applause.l But some
gentlemen say-and have heard 1t
during this canvaSS-that is a foolish
proposition. Some men are born rich
and others poor. What do you do with
that? Some men are born with large
intellect, and others small. What do
YOU do with that2 Some men have
small bodies while others have large.
What do you do with that? Well, 1 do
with that simply this. 1t is by no
means certain that being born With IA
plause II is by no means certain that
being born without fortune is ~ curse
to the child. Applause. Those occu-
pving the or-hOuse to-day can trace
their ancestry back perhaps two or
three generations TO atiiuence and posi-
ton. The fortunes which many are
ENJOYING to-day were made by those i'll
humble life, born in the cottage, who
won their way TO fortune by the
strength Of their own arm AppIause.l
All the avenues shall be open. No. say
these gentlemen, we so for class gov
ernment. We must have u particular
class to govern. When we look over the
effects of this great government upon the
actual condition OF our country, we find
hundreds and thousands of Instances
of poor men who have gone up from
the low walks Of life To the very high
est position. 1 would refer you to
stephen a. Douglas. whom the South
hated because he came up at the car
penter's bench, yet held IN silence lis
| IemlnE Senntes. L would refer to the
Door boy of 1.-THE slashes" who carried
his fathers horse TO mill and back
/ again, vet rose to be the first in the
hearts OF his fellow citizens. refer
you to that great man. Abraham Lin
coin, TCheersl who commenced his for
tune in life by making rails, and alter
wards by a single touch of his hand
| liberated four millions of laborerS.
| Enthusiastic cheering.l But L have
another instance-u little tanner boy
down here at Washington, that tanned
out the whole Southern ConfederaCy,
Cuproarious cheersl tanned all the
uristOCracy OF the South, and viii tan
every trunnt Democrat throughout the
country on the Sd day OF November
next. [Cheers.l
My fellow citizens, this civilization
on which we rest the great idea that
all men are equal, that esch child has
right to go into the school house and
receive an elementary education, is
what has made our government what
it is.
And now let us look for a moment to
have been broken up or not. Mr..
Alexander Stevens. the Vice President
of the Confederacy, declared it was the
best government ever devised by the
wit of man, and TINT he had never seen
| The American citizen TINT had been OPP
pressed by it. Did it accomplish the
purpose OF good government on the
moth side of the line. Go into New
| England, where education has been
iostered since the foundation ofthe COL
ouies. [Applause.l There you will
| find more educated people than in any
place on the face of the earth. There
| you find Il gTenter dissemination and
distribution of wealth than anywhere
else. There you find railroads and
farms in good condition. The land is
naturally poor, but il is made fertile by
intelligent culture. There you find
| nourishing manufactures, universities,
colleges, churches, everything that is
great and good, and that tends 10 make
human nature great, and to put man
in an independent condition. Compare
these States with Virginia, which
had better start, better soil, better
climate, more minerals, greater water
power, than any or all these States in
the North. Yet in New England cities
have grown up as If by magic, and the
laws are executed quietly and peace
ably. No standing armies are there.
Everybody prosperous and at peace.
And look at this idea OF a progress
i've civilization. Behold u nation in
the midst of great war commencing
to link the Atlantic ana Pacific by
railroad. To-day, three years after the
war has closed, more than $50 miles of
road have been laid in the wilderness,
and the locomotive has surmounted the
crest of the Rocky Mountains. Look
at the unparalleled prosperity all over
this country despite the burdens and
alarms of the war. Look at our own
glorious little West Virginia. tCheers.l
Only little over five years old; and
although we hear croaking about taxes,
in that five years she has erected 1900
places for public schools, and over 900
good school houses. [Cheers.1 1 have
been pretty much all over the State
this summer, and 1 have not been in
a village nor along road in the State
but what shows signs of prosperity and
of happiness. All the disturbance and
contention / have heared has been an
occasional Democratic orator, as lie
called himself, mourning because his
returned rebel friend cannot vote.
(Cheers) Why, here is the city of
Wheeling that has almost doubled its
population in seven years. Look at
her wealth, as exhibited by your man
ufacturing establishments and by the
splendid houses you are erecting. Here
are your mechanics at work. a num-.
Der of them, appreciating the value OF
of their labor, are becoming Htockhold-
ers and part owners in the establish
ments where they are working with
their hands. (Cheers.)
Mr.. Sweeney, in 1853, clever man
and manufacturer in this city, met me
in the streets of Wheeling, and said