The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-18

| !uS anu gave 70 our famous patriot lien
Harrison, in 1910, the largest majority ht
received In any State Of the Union. Thil
was the course Of events in early
times, but afterwards there came
an enlargement, and there came
division and discord, and old friendship.
seemed to be gradually disappearing, and
afterwards there came war; but for the
cause OF that estrangement and hostility
Kentucky was not responsible and Ohio
was not responsible; neither Kentucky y
or Ohio alone, nor both together could
remove il, and any man who sees in the
affairs Of men on any occasion the finger
OF Almighty God sees in that struggle the
workings OF Providence and the difficult.
ties perfectly removed, the only causes
that could separate Kentucky from Ohio
or Ohio from Kentucky. When / speak
Of the people OF these two States do not
misunderstood me; would not marrow
the demonstration to-day. The true his.
tory Of Ohio and Kentucky is an epitome
Of all the rest Of the country, and now
when the cause Is removed, whatever the
hostility, whatever the prejudice, what.
ever the arrangement, let them also be
removed. Applause.
l have been, fellow citizens, during the
last few days, among Union soldiers, and
these, the men most early to come
together after this division, are Of those
who made the acquaintance OF one an
other on the field. have found 1t true
on the other side Of the river, and have
found it true here in Kentucky. A dis.
tinguished statesman said to General
Scott during the war, that when the armies
Of the Union are successful, there will be
peace aud content everywhere. General
Scott remarked, mo, sir, not for some
time after the war, for after the successful
close OF the war you will find that the
whole power Of the General Government
will be necessary to keepdown the belliger-
ent nOn.combatants Of the country"
Applause. Perhaps the old man had
the spirit Of prophecy in him. Said my
friend, those who fight on the field learn
to respect each other. Soldiers Of both
armies imperilled their lives for their
cause, and such men always respect each
other. [AFpIause.l 1t is for them to
come together. In the beginning of the
war we were under The impression that
our Southern friends had the advantage
Of us; that you had better marksmen aud
better horaemen in proportion TO
numbers. We had 10 learn to shoe. and
ride, but after We had learned 1t then be-
came a fight between Greek and Greek,
and we all know what that means.
Cheers, And now, my friends, that be.
ing over, why shall we not come together?
Oh, We have come together. Applause
This demonstration here tells the whole
story. | need not shout myself hoarse
in making speech about the happiness
and peace that We are now enjoying in all
sections Of the Union. This demonstra-
tion has made the speech OF the occasion.
Nothing can be added to it. think we
can confidently look for a iraternal
Union on the basis of the Constitution "a
it now is, with all the amendments. My
friends, my Confederate friends, do you
intend to obey the whole Constitution
and Amendments? [Applause.l | Thought
you would. believe you will, and that
removes the last cause OF dissention be-.
tween US. look forward happily to the
realization of the bright vision of pop
ular English author when he said, II see
a vast Contederacy stretching from the
frozen North to the glowing South, from
the white pillows Of the Atlantic 10 the
calm waters Of the Pacific main, that
would contain people OF one language
and one faith, and everywhere homes for
freemen and refuge for every race and
Of every cline to come together. [Gteat
applause. FellOw.ci,izens, having now
got out OF my difficulty, now propose to
help some gents in their difficulty. They
were told up in New England that the
duty Of the President is TO preside, and,
with the permission OF the Mayor, pro.
pose to preside here in Louisville. think
it not improper that you should hear sew.
eral Of the Cabinet, and will now intro
duce to you distinguished lawyer OF
New York, distinguished statesman,
Wm. N. Evarts, OF New York.
The following is the speech Of Hon.
Wm. NJ. Evarts:
The American people, whatever faults
they may have had, have never been
wanting in the lcve OF their country and
in an estimate Of its greatness. There
was nothing they ever supposed that our
country was not large enough for in its
efforts TO improve the human race; but We,
some Of US, had an under estimate OF the
greatness OF our country when we i'm
agined it was great enough for two coun.
tries; that our territory, our population
and our power was large enough to make
two nations Of; but that idea has been dis.
PEELED, and now, hereafter and forever
we are one people and great people, and
not having by course OF politics as in the
past, by discordant division Of our in
stitutions a line right through the
middle OF this Union. which never did
happen 10 any nation before, u border line
OF States. Other countries have for Dor.
der lines where they Join upon other ma.
tioRs. But for two generations we have
had line Of border States through this
great country, but this is now all chang.
ed and that line has gone forever, and now
no one can draw line between Ohio and
Kentucky, between the North and the
South. no more than they can between
New York and Pennsylvania and between
Georgia and Tennessee. There remained
one other line in every family of Ameri-
CO, in every district. II was the line left
BY the war between the armies on one
side and the armies on tie other. That
was something zig gag, for it did not run
very straight in Missouri or Kentucky,
nor in Tennessee, but it was line that
has been obliterated, and do I say too
much when | ask OF you to agree with
me that by the wisdom and patriotism Of
the President OF the United States that
line has been happily forever oblitera-
ted now. The President has alluded to
two great points in which the North had
TO learn more than the South. The great
Persian said the youth Of Persia were
taught three things, to ride, to shoot and
10 speak the truth, and our youth on both
sides having learned to ride and shoot,
let US all speak the truth to one another.
Now, gentlemen, we have all come TO.
gether after learning the terrible lessons
otthe war. One such lesson is sufficient.
Letno part Of our vast country have an.
other conflict between armed mer. Zap.
plause
The President announced his pleasure
at being able to introduce 10 his fellow
people man we'll known to all, Wade