The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
GRANT, THE DUMMY.
Governor Wells Great Speech.

(From the Richmond State Journal)
In Governor Wells great speech, made
in Petersburg last night friday, after
commenting upon Mayor Kelly's en-.
dorsement Of tho Ku.Klux organization,
he read the following extract from the
Mayors speech at Petersburg on We'd
nesday night:
"Whatshall ] say oi the hedummy driving
his horse along tho jersey beach and call.
ing himself President9"
u know" said tho Governor, Mayor
Kelly ia an accomplished scholar; a gen.
tleman noted for his refinement and cul.
ture; ordinarily courteous and polite. l
am surprised that he, Of all men, the chief
magistrate oi the queenly city of Rich.
mond, who knows 80 well what decent
respect requires, should have been be.
trayed into the use OF such grossly imprO.
per language; but as he asked the ques.
ton, answer:
Who was the matchless hero Of Doncl-
son, Shiloh and Vicksburg?
"The dummy who drives his horse
along the Jersey beach ~
Who was II that led hundred thousand
heroes to victory over Lee and his before
unconquered army from the Rapidan to
the WildernGss-tO the James, to Peters.
burg, to Richmond, and the old apple
tree at AppomattoxY
ut was the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach !"
Who was 1t that planned, that fl9nked,
that fought, that shellCd, that charged at
Steadman, at Fort Hill, and at Fort
Damnation!
at was the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach! !"
Who was it that seized the tiger OF sc.
cession by the throat, and, holding HIM
there, said to those who caviled, to those
who hoped, and to those who feared,
"Pll fight 1t out on this line if it takes all
summerW
at was tue dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach ~
Who was II otter the victory was won
and the Union safe. said to Lee and the
conquered army, whose courage, honor,
and manhood he respected, "Return TO
your homes; and you SHALL not be dis.
turbed by the United States authorities so
long as you observe your parole and obey
the laws Of the place where you resileY p
at was the dummy driving his horse
along the jersey beach"
Who was 1t that said TO Lee, "Let the
soldiers Of your army who owned the
horses in their charge take them home
with them, for they will need them
for their spring plOwing and other
farm work ?"
at was the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach I"
Who was It, when Lee. Wise, and 9TH
er Confederate Generals were indicted by
u Virginia grand jury, said, "The officers
and men pardoned at AppomattoX cannot
be tried for treason; good faith US well as
policy dictate that We should observe the
condition OF that convention"
"It was the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach p
Who was it that said, "SiX years having
elapsed since the last gun was fired, is Il
not time that the disabilities imposed by
the Fifteenth Amendment should be re.
moved?"
at was the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach,"
Who was 1t that restored Virginia and
reclad her in the full, bright, shining garb
Of sovereign State, and now calm and
serene, unangered, patient and faithful,
dares, unmindful OF the threats, the abus.
es, and the lying ISLANDERS heaped upon
him, to do his duty alike to friend and foe,
10 God, his country and himself.
at Is the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach |"
Who Is it that will live in the hearts of
his countrymen-revered at home and
abroad, the great soldier, the modest citi.
zen, and the faithful public servant, unos.
tentatious, unassuming, brave without
ambition, forbearing, resolute in doing
what he deems right, but never offensive
in asserting himself as soldier, general, or
chief,-for thousand years after his poor
detractors have gone to a forgotten grave2
ut Is the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach,"
No words can give any adequate de.
scription of the dramatic effect and ire.
mendous power oil the reply. The voice
oil the speaker was clear 0s o bell, and
was heard by every man Of the three
thousand present, and might have been
heard by twenty thousand. AS often as
he commenced the refrain-"It is the
dummy"-the audience arose, shouted,
cheered, laughed and wept alternately.
Such an effect has rarely ever been pro.
duced on mass Of people. Itseemed an
inspiration. The effect Of that meeting
will never be forgotten.