The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-23
Our MOundsvlIle Letter.

MoUNDsvILIE, April %, 1875.
Editors IntellIgCneer:
1t was suggested to me yesterday that
Judge Ward be requested to issue an in-
junction against the "Polar wave" that
has visited us during the past week. !
must say that the idea is good one, and
it would do no harm even II It does no
good. Why not then have 1t issued at
onceH There il surely rs much legal
ground for it as there was for the Capital
Injunction, although the probabilities are
that there would be no more account
taken Of II than there will be by Gov,
Jacob IN the present Case. The injunction
did no good. Tho magic ointment might
have q soothing effect on the frozen ears
and chapped hands caused by this awful
spell OF weather.
The centennial anniversary Of the first
battle Of the war that gave our great ma.
tion her freedom has come and gone, and
no demonstration has been made In our
whole land save at tho place where the
battle was fought. One hundred years
has wrought wonders for us as q nation.
WS-haye grown until We are among
earths mightiCst nations--if indeed we
are not the mightiest nation now In exis-
tence. Then We were thirteen feeble col
Onics struggling against the greatest pow
or on earth. Now we call no nation
master. Then We were without railroads,
telegraphs md improvements OF any kind.
Now we live as II were in an age Of steam,
Of railroads, telegraphs and printing
presses. Then we were three millions Of
people, feebly struggling against a mighty
tyrant. Now forty millions Of free.
men stand up in their Independence mud
might and say, We are free, and all the
powers OF earth can not enslaYe US. How
these reflections should encourage us, and
cause us, as American citizens, to take
high grounds and make rapid strides In
everything that pertains to progress. In
view Of the great advancement we have
made in spite Of all the difficulties we
have encountered and the ignorance and
superstition with which we have been
forced to contend, should we not bc
admonished to see TO II that the iounda-
tiOn Of all true liberty lies In the intelli-
gencc OF our masses. Let ns then nOllr-
ish our institutions Of learning, and
especially see to II that our COM
mon schools are sustained by the
willing contributions Of our citizens. Let
us see to II that we do not allow ig-
norance and crime to grow up and in
crease in our very midst. Education Is
the anlilOte to prevent 1t. II makes the
Independent, the honest, the intelligent
voter, In whose hands the liberties Of our
country are safe. What II power our
common schools are becoming. Men md
lromcn are issuing from their walls every
year. Not eIIeminAte men and women,
butthose prepared for the practical duties
Of lite, and, above all, prepared for In
telligent citizenship flour nation makes
the same progress during the next century,
what n prospect Ia opened to us Of the
present, and what privileges the citizen
Of that day will enjoy. With our one
hundred millions OF Inhabitants, ,ourgreat
cities dotting our entire territory from
ocean to ocean, we will surely thenbc the
great highway for the nations OF the world.
Let whit we may be, incite us to noble
work aud all try to we'll perform our
part, humble though 1t be, In fastening
the good time coming. Pardon me for
running of on this strain, | could not
help II, but will hnntup some locals next
limn