The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-29

10 the grove, the thought comes to Us that,
In the midst Of the cheers and honors fol
the living, are the dead heroes forgotten
By nomeans. Their day Is observed now
as q National holiday, when their memo
ries are refreshed by loving hands spread.
ing flowers on the little mounds that mark
their resting places, where on the 3Oth OF
May In each succeeding year the turf is
dewed by tears ola mother, wife, sister or
friend, and NE sod made bright by the
scattered roses oil remembrance. They
will never meet with their comrades In q
reunion on earth, but In that grand re-.
view In the Beyond all will Be in the
ranks when marshalled before the Great
Commander.
At sroEELY's GROVE.
The procession arrived al the grove
about l2:45 o'clock, and preparations were
at once made for the oratorical display,
The grand stand was situated In the lap Of
valley in the grove, and was profusely
decorated with flags and flowers. On the
right OF the Chairman stood the statue OF o
soldier and on the left the statue OF sail
or. OF the floral decoration, mammoth
bouquet, the donation OF Col, Thomas
Hornbrook Of this city, surpassed all, and
was given the place OF honor in the centre
Of the platform. 1t was magnificent in
proportion, and Its fragrance was only
excelled by the memory In which the Col
onel ls held by the soldiers, whose true
friend he always was and now Is. In the
front OF the roStrum was tho reportorial
force, and they were legion. The audience
were scattered on the hillsides and packed
closely together in the hollow Of the val
ley. It was an immense throng, and on
looking out upon the sea OF faces you
could not sec TO the limits Of the crowd.
The best OF order prevailed throughout the
entire exercises. Enthusiasm ran high,
but 1t never burst forth unless there was
something to enthuse over. This much
for the audience, and they will pardon us
for paying them such slight attention.
NoTABLEs ON THE STAND.
Among the crowd on the speakers
stand we noticed Gov. Bishop, OF Ohio:
Generals Ewing, Garfield, Robinson; A. s.
Piatt, Rice, Hickenlooper, Gibson, Cape.
hart, BlcCook; Col. Neal Dennison, and
Col. W. B. Curtis, Of Bethany, W. Va;
State Senator Richards, of Ohio; State
Senator Tarr, Of Brooke Co., W. Va. Hon.
]. T. Updegraf'; Attorney General Pillars,
OF Ohio; Chaplain Mcclure, Of Allegheny,
Pa; DR.. Mary Walker, and Hon. j. ii.
8. Trainor, OF steubenville. Among the
Wheeling, people our eye only caught
sight Of the faces Of Gen. l. II. Duval,
Capt. R. H. Cochran, Major NJ. B. O.
Wright, Capt. B. B. Dovcner, and Col.
Hugh Sterling, A number OF Mexican
veterans were also provided with seats on
the platform.
THE SPEECHES.
The exercises opened with feeling
prayer by Rev. DR.. Grimes. Chairman
W. v. B. Crosby then introduced Hon.
]. T. UpdegraH, OF Mt Pleasant, Ohio,
who delivered the address OF welcome.
The Doctors honest Quaker face was
aglow with enthusiasm, inspired by the
occasion. He welcomed the veterans in
the name OF the City OF Steubenville aud
the County OF Jefferson. He would not
come to them with any words OF mere
formal welcome, but wanted them all to
know they were among friends who were
honored and glad OF their coming. In
speaking Of the nature Of the celebration
he said: at is not here the bitterness oil,
the past is revived. The brave are always
generous. The soldier asks no re.
venges. But for their cause and their
country, tho victorious defenders OF the
restored Union justly demand, and will
always demand, the full and absolute
recognition Of the impregnable truth
that they were right, and their enemies
were wrong. Our nation can live only on
this foundation. 1t can stand secure only
on this rock. No nation in all history
has ever attempted to live an hour on
any other basis. We will agree that the
battered shields shall be hung up side by
side as trophies Of common yalor, but
we will never, never agree that the un-
matched defense OF our country's life
shall ever be written down as other than
as everlasting right-right in patriotism
and right in eternal Justice. This, a
thousand times more than success, is the
crown and diadem OF our glory. No, our
heroes did not die in vain, nor in unholy
sacrifice. Patriotism is better than trea-
son. Justice is higher than victory.
so rlddIed bauuersl 0 rusted EuusI
Your grandeur mantles In endless shining
Because wherever our empire runs
Manhood ard liberty run Interiwning.n
The Doctor paid glowing tribute 10 the
nobility displayed by the women in the
cause Of the Union, and OF their concern
for the soldiers while in the field, and clos.
ed by enioining upon all the high duty OF
preserving the great heritage OF Freedom
handed down to us by our fore-fathers.
The Doctor was frequently interrupted by
applause, and once by the annoying
scream OF the whistle OF an unappreCiatiye
locomotive.
"renting Tonight" was sung by choir
led by Prof. Roseman Gardner, at the con-
clusion of which the Chairman intro
duced
GIN. Tnos. EWING,
the Democratic candidate for Governor
OF the Buckeye State. Gen. Ewing has a
fine presence, but needs a more pleasing
address 10 interest audiences, such as was
assembled at Steubenville yesterday.
The Generals speech, we suppose, was
disappointment to few, and we rather
think he was disappointed speaker, for
he failed to raise any enthusiasm. This
is not biased comment, but the dense
truth.
His speech treated of the lie of a soldier
from the cradle OF the first skirmish to
manhood in battle. It was nothing more
than an American edition Of Crsar's Com.
mentaries, with the finer touches OF the
soldier historian left out. 1t was humor-
Gus, too. That Is, people laughed, and
why they laughed will probably be
known later on-aiter the elections. An
enthusiastic admirer in the crowd sug-
gested, General, talk politics." To the
everlasting credit Of the General be it
said that he summarily sat down on the
smart manor the man who thought he
was smart,-remarking that he would not
do anything Of the kind. AT the conclu-
sion Of Ewlng's speech, loud calls were
made for Garfield, but song had to in
tervene before the General could be
heard. After the vocal entertainment
was through Chairman Crosby stepped
forward and introduced him.