The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-22
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THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.
Chteo9o TAN.-Mr, Sherman then an.
nounced the toast;
1.-THE volunteer soldiers Of the Union
Army, whose valOr and patriotism saved
the world government Of the people, by
the people and for the people" Response
by Colonel Robert q, Ingeroll.
The announcement was followed by
yOclierous cheering, which increased TO
uproAriOus cnthusiaSm as Colonel IngeT'
soil mounted the table at which hU was
sitting and made his bow TO the company.
From the commencement Of the response
TO the close the speaker was interrupted
by plaudits that were fairly deAiening. He
spoke In his usually iOrCible- manner,
seeming 10 take an unusual interest In the
SubIec allotted to him. At tho close he
was CheeFed enthusiastically 10 long that
he was obliged to remOunt the table and
bow recognition.
The response was ~ follows;
When the savAgery Of the lash, the bar.
bArism Of the clan, and the insanity Of
secession confronted the civilization Of
our century, the question, "Will the great
Republic defend ITSELF" trembled on the
lips OF every lover Of mankind.
The North, filed with intelligence and
wealth-Ch children Of liberty = InRrshaled
her hosts and asked only for q leader.
From civil life 4 man, silent, thoughtful
poised and calm stepped forth, and with
lips Of victory voiced the Nations first and
last demand: "unCOnditiOned and immo'
diaLe surrender" From that moment the
end was known. That utterance was the
tint real declaration OF war, and, in &c
cordanCG with the dramatic unities o.
mighty events, The great soldier who made
It, received the final reward OF the rebel
lion. Loud applause.
The soldiers Of the Republic were moi
seekers alter vulGr glory. They were moi
animated by the hope Of plumber or the
love Of conquest. They fought to pre-
serve the blessings Of liberty and that theil
children might have peace. They were
the defenders Of humanity, the destroyert
tol prejudice, the breaker Of chains, and In
the name Of their future they show the
monsters Of their time. They finish what
the soldiers the Revolution commented
They rClighted tho torch that fell from
their august hands and filled the world
again with light. They blotted from the
statute books laws that had been passed
by hypocrites al the inStigation Of robbers
and tore with indignant hands from the
Constitution that Infamous clause thai
made man tho catchers OF their fellow
men.
They made It possible for Judges to be
just, for statesmen TO DO human, and fol
politicians TO DO honest. Applause.1
They broke the ShACkles from the limbs
Of slaves, from the souls OF masters, and
from the Northern brain. They kept oul
country OH the map Of the world and Out
flag in heaven. Great applause.
They rolled the stone from the sepulChol
Of progress, and found there two angel
clad In shining HArments-NatiOnAlity and
Liberty. The soldiers were the saviOrs o.
the Nation; they were the liberutors Of
men. In writing the proclamation Of in
dependence, Lincoln, greatest OF ouI
mighty dead, whose memory is Us gentlt
as the summer air when reApers sing amid
the gathered sheayes, copied with the pen
what Grant and his brave comrades wrote
with swords.
Grander than the Greek, nobler than
the Roman, the soldiers oil the Republic,
with patriotism M stainless as the air
battled for tho rights OF others, for the
nobility OF labor, fought that mother
might own their babes, that arrogant idle,
ness should not scar the back Of patient
toll, and that our country shall not be 0
many.heAded monster made OF warning
States, but Nation, sovereign, great and
free. LApplause,i
Blood was water, money was leaves
and lie was common air until one tlag
lloated over Republic without master
S %Ss n Sp%' question ss @Phsf free l psa
pie tax themselves to pay the Nation'r
Ilebt%
The soldiers went home 10 their wait.
ing wives, to their glad children
and to the girls they loved they weni
back to the fields, the shops and thGmlnes
They had not been demoralized. They
bad been ennobled. [Applause They
were as honest IN peace as they had hegn
brave in war. MoGkiug at poverty, laugh.
ing at teverses, they made u friend aitSil
They said: ave saved the Nations life,
and what is life without honor2" They
worked and wrought with all OF lRborfs
sons that every pledge the Nation gave
should be redeemed. [Aprlause.l And
their great leader, having put a shining
band Of friendship-a girdle OF Clasped
and happy hands-around the globe,
comes home and finds that pYery promise
made In war has now tho ring and CLEAN
Of gold. prolonged applause,
There iS another question still. Willall
the wounds Of the war be healed? IN.
swer, yes. Tho Southern people must
submit, not to the diCtation OF the North,
but to the Nations will and TO the verdict
Oh man kind. Applause. They were
wrong, and that Tins will come when they
will say that they arc victors who have
been vaRquished by the right. Freedom
conquered them, and freedom will cult.
vato their fields, educate their children
weave fot them the robes Of wealth, exc.
cute their laws, and GIL their land with
happy homes. Applause.
The soldiers OF the Union saved the
South RS well "a tho North. They made
us q Nation. Applause. Their victory
made US free and rendered tyranny in
every other land as insecure as snow upon
4 volcanoes lips,
And now let US drink 10 the volunteers,
to those who sleep in the unknown, sunk.
en- graves, whose names are only Ia The
hearts Of those they loved and leit-Oi
those who often hear in happy dreams the