The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-01
GREETINGS FROM THE KING.

ward and delivered an address, the leA' .
whereof Is as follows:
Most Worthy Moyor Of the City 81
Wheeling:
In the name of our most gracious ard
illustrious Sovereign and King, L am
hidden to tender to you and Your honor
able Council and citizens the friendly
salutations and greetings of His High
ness. King Comus. and his faithful sub.
iects upon this, the memorable day OF
His MaJesty's most royal carnival;
and as the Kings Grand Coun-
sellor and Representative Extra
ordinary. TO respectfully solicit and to
gratefully receive from your Honor the
KEYS which have been conided TO your
Keeping by virtue of your executive Po-
sition, which will admit His Royal High
ness. together with his Mystic hrewe,
within the gates and into the possession
of your fair and honored city, SO long as
it may be the Kings pleasure TO con-
tinue the festival. His Highness' royal
proclamation and manifestoes, together
with his most gracious message
TO YOUR eXcellency and your
honorable council, have al
ready heraled the coming OF onr hing
and gorgeous pageant in honor OF the
dav which, for ages, has been celebrated
bv every sincere lover Of innocent mirth
and pleasure; and have fully explained
the character and customs incident and
appropriate TO such an occasion. Inc
royal decree has already been sent forth,
declaring truce with the engagements
of life. with all care, sorrow and strife,
and that innocent pleasure, joyous iess!-
1 ing and harmless reyelry shall be the
sole order OF this day. The COM
mard Is imperative, and al must
obey. To-day the sceptro OF the hIns
is welded, not by a tyrunts hand, nor
Is it used 70 subyert morals. but 1t Is
swayed in proclsimins TO burdened
people day Of delightful recreation, +
| glorious holiday; AID IN preparing
suitable Offering to the fair Goddess OF
| Pleasure, whose generous gifts and limo
cent delights have 50 often relieved u
from the cares and burdens incident t
! lie. We came not 10 create sorrow
inGict pain, provoke a tear, teach :
vice, OF produce u care, but VIII
smiles and JOY, and with "lectionat'
greeting, " all We bid every
one to lay aside their cares ahC
anxieties. to assume their holiday al
tire and JON Us IN celebrating TINS testl
val, which seeks alone TO inspire every
one with feelings of pleasure and happl
ness. and while your eyes may Nb'
charmed by the bright sheen of our pol
lshed shields and spears and by the bril-!
liant hues of our waving banners, while
your ears may be enraptured by
thn swre. strains o. music
which viii logt on every hreele
and YOUR minds excited Wit
emotions Of supremc,t pleasure
1T the gljttering scene and dazzling pa
rcant which shall mark the movement:
Of our advancing columns, yet our dis
pIny carries not in its background sad
views Of a preparation for strife or bat
tie. Uut the whole scene reveals o people
bent on sweet errand- of pleasure
given up to those innocent !o!iics whose
every smile grasses care.
Can We not nope, then, to command
universal appreciation? Can we not hop,
that your honorable body viii quit theil
weary tails OF discussing the Gas que.
tor. their railroad, bridges, street and
sewer projects. and all other annoying
and cOntcnusus themes. and lend BY
their presence, their sanction to our les
iival? Nor lees can we expect TO III,
fair form and lovely face og womeT
to greet IL to-day with her smiIcS
10 inspire Us with her beauty
TO gladden. Us by her presence, and L
lend her refining influences upon tni
day. Bu, 10 conclude this message
whilst our objects are iUn, folly uul
pleasure. | am instructed by our Mos
Excellent King to say that nothing sha.
be done al our carnival which shall II
any way mar or iniure the fair name aDC
fame OF your goody city. Familiar WIZ
the excellent qualities which adorn YOU
Honors head and heart. We con
fdeutlv expect that our demands for The
keys and control OF your city will b'
graciouslv received aud cheeriu.iy grant
ed; and that your Honor will allow on
decree. Let joy be uIconhnea to-day
to be enforced in every household, rlci
and poor throughout this city.
With the kind.iest greeting Of III
uighness. our k!n@. and of his loya
subjects, the Knights Of Mystery. W
await your HonorS most gracious pleas
ure and consideration.
This being finished, Mayor SwEEEE'
turned over the pondcrous key com
maudiug the entrance to the ci:y's gate
in the following fclic.tous langusg-:
TIE MAYORS WELCOME.
For the first time in the history O
this city, an ancient spectacle Is - b
presented within her walls. For To
first time many OF our citizens are {,
witncs. th- entrance into city of I'll
Carnival King and his Mystic krewe u
masquerade and snowy co-tume, BRING
ing u feast Of fun and now Of io,Iity.
In European countries, and in many
Of the cities OF this nation the sight Il
not new one, and whore known The
. li'hNi'A toAh l'pt h-sl ais "iv'' h"N
more attention. and assumes greater i'm
porlancc when properly Observed
When and where the custom Of ce.e
sra,jng in any manner the day or perioc
before the Leutep season, may have
originated, end why, Is not known t,
ne but l am informed that its otiec
and i-teution i TO produce fun, irIvoHty
joke and laughter, provoked in many
but innocent and harmless wsys.
Tho acY; on the part of our ci.iz ns o
correct understanding OF what the
pageant Is, and VIA. lis conduct is 70 BE-
las created in the minds Of some ieal
that tho city is to BE given over, ioi
his Gay. 20 laWls.-ne-s riot, drunken.
Ies- aai outrage The fear NAV
be Dismissed Lis mirthful Mai.4ty
has too vii instructed his 1ya.
ard obed.cu: ccur;iers As % their con
duct AID CAD rot permit the lun and en-
ioyment belonging 10 TIE occasion to be
msrrcd hr unJ"ecm.as practices. The
court may be sp.er1it.y mounted on
wsriike mules; that J. Dot unlawful; c.,-