The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06
THEFoURTH 9TH OF JULY.

the streets wore an aspect Of general
holiday. Nearly everybody that could
spend the day in the woods, or at
some picnic in the vicinity, were out
of the city. The favorite resort tor
enjoyment in the neighborhood, seemed
to be the Harmonic and Mannerchoir
picnic at the Fair Grounds. From an
early hour in the morning the Island
cars were crowded with people, vending
their wayin that direction. By ten o'clock
in the morning the grounds were crowd
ed with people and rs the day advanced
the crowd WAS greatly augmented; ana
by three o'clock, there were between
three and four thousand people on the
grounds.
The day was spent divers ways, ac-
cording to the inclination and disposition
of those present. Prof. Joe Kra-
mer's band supplied the music, and the
thermometer at 50 in the shade did pre-
vent large attendance at the dancing
hall. The real enjoyment of the picnic
did not commence until after the speak
ing, of which we will mention hereafter.
THE ADDRESSES. ....
The speaking began about p. NJ. from.
the timestand on the race course, The
first speaker, the Hon. John j. Jacob,
was introduced amid deafening applause,
by Mr. l.. Z. Stifel.
GOVERNOR JACOB.
His Excellency, in opening, referred to
his total lack of preparation, and stated
that he expected "other and better speak
ers" to do honor TO the OCCASION He
thought it become great people to cele
brate their birthday, and to recognize
with appropriate rejoicing, the mighty
events of which it was their forerunner.
On such day as this all good citizens
should forget political differences, throw
aside the animosities and the heart burn
ings that sprang from the embittered
wears of the great war, and unite in the
patriotic celebrations which are character
istic of the American people. He rejoiced
that the principles spread before the
world in the Declaration of lndepen-
dence, had brought to our country so
many people from other climes, and in
particular lie was glad to see that so
many Germans had pitched their tents
with us; that they were highly dcsir-
able population, and such as no country
could well afford to do without. He
thought the mighty German race would
compare favorable with any nation
in the sciences and the arts
of war and peace. In war
they had Frederick the Great
and the far famed Won Moltke; in liter
ature no names stood higher than the
mighty Goethe and the sweet Schiller,
while no one had roamed with more
skill in the mysterious realm OF science
than the illustrious Alexander Won Hum
boldt. Wherever he had travelled
throughout this broad land of ours, he
had found that the most iouriShing stores
and the most thriving trades were those
which were managed by Teutonic heads
and hands. He hoped that the vast
audience might see many more such days
rs this, and that all their celebrations
might pass offas happily, and with as much
eclat as this one of July 4th, 1875.
His EXcellency then thanked the audi
ence for their attention and took mis-
seat amid rounds of applause.
j. o. PENDLEToN.
After Joseph Kramer and companions
had delivered speech, very musical in
character, John o. Pendleton was intro
duced and was received with the usual
manifestations of applause. He likewise
had something to say about lack of pre-
paration. and said that he only spoke to
DO what little he could tn Ill the gap oc-
casioned by the unexpected absence of
the Hon. j. IL. Good. He said he knew
tina. the audience had missed treat rich
and rare, and he despaired OF his ability to
make them forget it, and that he felt that
it was rather impudent for him to at
tempt to speak after the brilliant a. d eo-
quent speech of the Governor. He
thought upon an occasion of this charac-
ter the fires of patriotism should burn
within all hearts and that no one, how
ever weak or lowlv, should refrain from
casting his mite into the common treas
ury and assisting in the proper commem-
Grafton of this most remarkable anniver-
sary day in the world. He thought that
the sglorious Fourth" was not our day
alone, but one which an advancing
humanity throughout the world might
well unite in celebrating us beacon
light in darkness and Us the forerunner
of the individuality and sacreduess of the
individual man; doctrines which
were destined, to triumph
and to regenerate our worn
out social system in spite of the untiring
hostility of ignorance, prejudice and big
otry. He believed that our fathers when
signing the immortal declaration, had
only vision of three or four millions of
people enjoying the sweets Of sovereign
ty; that never in their widest dreams
did such vision pass before them Us the
America of to-day, and that no idea of
the revolutions in France and the mighty
uprisings of the people in Europe ever
fitted through their brains, when putting
their names to little slip Of paper they
sounded the signal for the final battle be-
tween the superstltions of the past and
the progress of the present. He be-
!eved that the large audience present in
dcated revival of the old feelings about
this day, and drew from thence II sign,
that though We were all Germans
to-day, that should an occasion
come, we would prove that we
were all Americans, and ready
to do and dare all in a righteous cause,
as become worthy descendants Of our
sires.
MAYOR SWEENEY.
When Mr.. p. closed, Mayor \. j.
Sweeney, amid loud calls, was brought
upon the platform. He said that he was
under arrest, and that people in such a
FIX did nat feel like speaking. He called
attention to the centennial Of 1876, and
the importance of an effort on the part
! of ,hp npnnle of the State TO spcnra such