The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-12


lied world is already full OF memorials
which speak the merit Of our friend, and
the grandeur and utility of his invention
Every telegraph station IS such u mem.
Orial. Every message sent from one Of
those stations to another may be counted
Iamong the hOnors paid TO his name.
Every telegraph wire strung from post to
post, as il huns in the wind, murmurs
| his euogy. Every loot Of wires laid
down in the deep sea, occupying the bot
tom Of soundless abysses where human
sight has never penetrated, and carrying
an electric pulse charged with q burden
OF human thought, from continent to
Continent-irOm the old world to the
nevis q testimonial TO his greatness.
| But our national institutions are not thus
satisfied. 1t is not the name Of the
bcneiaCtOr merely, 1t is the person that
we cherish; and we require, whenever II
is possible, visible presGntment OF his
face and form to aid us in keeping an idea
of his worth before our minds. We in
sist upon seeing the form Of that brow
beneath which an active, restless creative
brain devised the mechanism that was to
Subduo the most wnywaTu uf elements
to the service of man, and make it his
obCdiGnt messenger We require to see
the eye that glittCred with a thousand
lofty hopes when the great discovery was
made, and the lips that Curlcd with n
smile Of triumph when IL became certain
that the lightning OF the clouds would be-
come traCtablO to the most delicate touch.
We demand to see the hand which first
struck the wire, by whose means the sIen.
der currents Of electric fluid were taught
the alphabet Of every living language
the hand which pointed them to the spot
where they were to insCribc md leave
their messages.
"All this we have in the statue which
has this day been unveiled to the gaze Of
the public, and which the artist has so
skiltully and faithfully fulfilled his task
as to satisfy these who are the hardest to
please, the most intimate friends or the
original, But long may it be my friends
very long, before any such resemblance Of
our illustriOus friend, shall be needed by
those who have advantage oi his aCQuaint-
anCG to refresh the image Of his form and
bearing rs II exists in their minds. Long
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shc i STATUE, s'atHr, llc hoolo o''g'I,hl ,,IH iu4G n'ay
ne remain among us IN ntui'n'ua i .,nC ni,u
serene olu HgG' lale very lulc, liluy ne WIZ
gave thc lh!nu 10 "llch we o"t ', III We srnaIui sLIi
discovery To-Day comlnehlo[ateu, recall recall
~ 10 ms own presence presence isso that II III hGy y
Oe GihPloyeu III u hlPntt spncIe' "uu Ill
a suIl more OeHehc'al ac'NiY
REMARKS OF MAYOR HALL
Mr., Bryanrs oration ended, Hon. Oakey
Hall followed. lie said
although Morse lives, New York en-
shrines him. She commentaries him ms
scientific associate Of her departed Full.
ton, whose statue must before long, from
yOnder observatory heighth, overlook the
rivers first conquered by steam One
middle States city loves hGrciti1en Frank.
lin, who modcstly passed the portal of the
temple OF electricity, A southern CITY
,Igcs 1el c,une "p'HSy r Mm" uGineloPeu ni,,, ,,
Tnr "p 'Cti1 ci,i1nn " McCormict % %Ln rrSsovte6 @ @
agriculture It's greatest boom and an ad'
jacent city gratefully recalls heI @clll1ens @
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