The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-12
THE REUNION.
SIGHTS AND SCENES ON THE CoLuM.
BUS CAMP GROUNDS.
sixty Thousand Veterans In Attendance
-speechmakinE and Greetings the
Order OF the Day.-Prcsl.
dent Hayes Address.

COLUMBUS, ONO, August11.-The secon
day Of the grand reunion Of ex-soldiel
and sailors opened under very propitiou
circumstances. At six o'clock, salute {
3s guns wasfired, followed by reyielle {
bugle and drum corps. The morning wa
devoted to regimental andtassociation re
union. President Hayes and Geners
Sherman and party arrived at 0 o'cloc
this morning from Washington, and wer
met at the depot by an escort, consistin
OF the United States troops stationed q
Columbus garrison, ex-soldiers associa
tions, Governors Guards, Columbus Ca
diets, and other military organizations o
this city and otherplaces. Col. Anderson, o
the garrison OF this city, had charge o
the procession, which proceeded 10 thu
residence OF DR.. @. B. Fullerton, wheI,
President Hayes will be entertained, ant
to the residence Of i. Ewing Miller, wher,
General Sherman and General Polk have
been assigned.
The Camp ground presents a very i'm
posing and commanding appearance. beinl
arranged in streets and named from right
to left, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Nc
Pherson, Hayes, Gilmore, McCook, Nc
Dowell, and Ammen. The Ohio soldiers
and sailors tents are rapidly filling up, fl
teen hundred men having been assigned
quarters yesterday with the demand great
ly increasing. The Fine Art Hall, on the
fai. ,.ronnd aIrana ~ tho t,iatt. n ,,,aat ala
giant and attractive aspect, the tattereti
flags containing history in Themselves
The notices on the north side read: "TO
preserve the Union Ohio furnished 3l0,,
654 men" while I" Pro pdtrid AOH Gloria ESi
Ohio mourns for 24,59l dead" appears
on the other. Old Abe, the famous Wis.
consin war eagle, is perched on q cannon
in the Fine Art Hall, looking as proud as
ever.
The presidential party arrived at the
lair grounds at P. NJ, when salute oi
2l guns was fired, and music OF lively air
was played by the Barracks Band. Presi-
dent Nash introduced Ex- Governor Dem
nison, who was made temporary chair
man. The Ex-Governor made brief
speech and then introduced the President,
who spoke as follows:
Mr.. PREslDRsr:-The citizens OF Ohio
who were soldiers in the Union army, and
who have assembled here in such large
numbers, have many reasons for mutual
as they exchange greet.
ngs and renew old friendships at this
State reunion. We rejoice that We had
he glorious privilege OF enlisting and
serving on the right side in the great con-
lict for the Union aud for equal rights.
The time that has passed since the con-
est ended, Is not so great but that we can
without effort recall freshly and vividly
The events and scenes and feelings and as.
OF that most interesting period
Of our lives. We rejoice, also, that we
have been permitted to live long enough
10 see aud enjoy the results of the victory
we gained, and to measure the vast bene-
tits which il conferred on our country and
on the world. Ishall not attempt to make
a catalogue OF these benefits, or TO esti.
mate their value. A single fact TO which
call your attention, will sufficiently illus
rate, for my present purpose, the i'm
blessings conferred upon the
United States by the success Of the Union
arms.
The statistics OF emigration showing The
Of population which are going
IN in the world afford very good test OF
he comparative advantages and prosper
Ity Of the various civilized nations. People
leave their own country and seek new
homes In foreign lands TO better their con-
dition. Immigration into country, there.
fore, is evidence OF that country's prosper
ity. 1t Is also most efficient cause OF the
progress Of the country which receives it.
During our civil war, and during the dis
turbed and troubled years which imme-
diately preceded and followed it immi-
grafton fell off and became Of comparative.
" small importance. But now, our coun-
try's prosperity, the stability Of our gov
eminent, and the permanent prevalence
al peace at home and with foreign nations,
blessings which could not have been en-
loved BY this country II the union arms
had failed, have given to the world con-
fidence In the future welfare and great
ness OF the United States which is pouring
upon our shores such streams OF immigra-
ton as were never known before.
This Is fact OF the most pregnant Gig.
niticance in our present condition. II We
take a survey Of the globe We shall find
among civilized nations es-
many people who are eagerly
looking forward to the time when they
can emigrate to some more favorable land.
Only one Of the greatest nations Ia in no
danger OF losing It's capital and labor and
skill by emigration. We find only one
which, by immigration, is gaining rapidly
in numbers, wealth aud power. All are
losing BY this cause except the United
States. The United States al0neis gaining.
Other nations see their people going, go.
ing. We see, from every quarter, the
people OF other countries coming, coming,
coming, =,
There Is one Gag, and in all the world
only one, whose protection all good men
and women born under 1t will never will.
inply leave. There Is one flag, and only
one in the world, whose protecting folds,
good men and women born under every
other flag that floats under the whole
heavens, are eagerly and gladly seeking.
That flag, so loved at home, 90 longed iOr
by millions abroad, Is the old flag under
which we marched, to save, what in oul
bOlulcT uhyb W. nuip lOuu VI Chllluk
Goods countryl"
Ills easily seen what 1t Ia that chiefly
attracts this immigration. It goes where
good land Ia cheap; where labor anG
cap tai fud profitable employment; whert
peace and social order prevail; and wherC
civil and religious liberty are secure. |
we draw nearer to the subject, and ash
where in our county does this lminigra
ton mainly 60, the recent census, whos'
results we are now getting, gives us thu
answer. That census shows us parts o
our country, where land is cheap ant
where capital and labor is needed, tha
are not rapidly increasing in population
In these States II will be found that tw'
things are wanting; the means for popnla
education are not sufficiently provided
and the good order OF society Is disturbed
by A practical popular refusal to Accep
lie results Of the war for the Union
These two defects, wherever they prevaI
| In our American society, are hostile to III
increase OF population and to prosperity
They ara found generally to exist u
cether Where popular education pr