The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-30


8? time.
n l,s oAnyiELD.
In an adjoining State the son OF
Il. widow, compelled at an early age to Il
u Tor bread and existence, labOn as woo
e chopper, and gives his earnings to tn
mother for her support and that OF h,
lltlle family. We may trace his steps
astudious and industrious lad, ut villsl
p school or at work, from that day. No
9, driving mule upon the canal fowl patti
!. then pushing the plane or saw al I'll
carpenters bench, soon acting as janitc
d Of the scldemy, sweeping It's rooms an
" lighting It's fires to defray the expenses q
i. his education, and at last filing the hon
ored pos. Of It's scholarly President. Sool
= called TO the Senate OF his native State, b.
scarce had flushed his term OF service III
. the call to arms 10 defend a Nations In
+ found him winning laulels asa voluntee
! cilzen,soldier, and soon ranking as
! Major General for g,llantry and dis
! tinguished service 10 battle. With0u
consulting him his fellow-citizens trans
: ierred him to another and not less i'm
portant field, and for nearly eighteen
years the statesman has served his con
stituency wisely, bravely and with distin
guished ability In the National Congress
By the unanimous vote Of the Repub
licans In the Legislature OF bis native
State he has been elected to seat in that
august and honorable body, the United
States Senate.
4 obedient and filial lad, industrious
q a. KAA In.
siructor. brave younteersoldier, full orbed,
splendidly equipped, pure and profound
Statesman, the American people demand
your services in ayet more exalted sphere
OF useinlnessl Aud though surprising
fairy tale in the striking changes and won
dertul successes Of his life, the American
people have decreed that the canal boy Of
Ohio shall be tranferred 10 the Executive
Chair OF the nation. ~
And yet there are men seeking the most
exalted Office in this State who have pub.
licly declared in this city that "if the free
or normal schools OF West Virginia are
turning out such men as the representative
OF education and culture OF our country,
they had better be abolishedl" And you
are asked to vote for such menl
Lads Of West Virginia. Behold In
James A. Garfield the fullest and most per-
feet flower and fruitage OF Republican
ideas and institutions. Let his life be TO
you prophesy and an inspiration, slim.
ulatiDg you to the most exalted aims, and
giving assurance OF distinguished SUCCESS.
CONCLUSION.
History has been said to be philosophy
teaching by example. In 1852, the old
Wing party passed by that profound con.
stltutioual expounder, great statesman and
greatest intellect Of his party and his age,
Daniel Webster, (who had done more to
mould Its policy and to give to it Its sue.
cesses than dozen Of the pigmies who
stood at his side and nominated ''su.
perb soldier" General Winfield Scott
Tor President. A plain citizen, franklin
Pierce, was elected over him and the days
OF the Wing party were numbered. II
had sacrificed itself to the Mo!oeh OF ex.
pGdiency. In 1880 the Democracy passed
by its BsYsrds, Its Seymours and Its
Thufnsns, statesmen whose lives have
been identified with that party, and whose
biographies, when written, shall be It's his.
tory for the last quarter OF q century, and
nominated "slperb soldier,n fatal au.
guryl the namesake OF Winfield Scott,
and history repeating itself, he too will 90 |
down before the triumphant hosts that |
follow the citizen and statesman, Garfield. |
The crowd, in Its impotence to hear |
Gen. Woodtord, scarcely gave the Chair.
man time 10 introdue him. In doing so
he referred 10 his popularity as candidate
Tor the Republican nomination for Vice |
President at the Cincinnati Convention OF |
1876. The first sentence that fell from the |
GeueraFs lips showed that his audience
was thoroughly en- rdpprt with him. He
had hardly completed iG till
a sEaFoF STORM or APPLAUSE
and cheers burst from the crowd, and con.
tipued undated Tor several minutes.
"Fellow.countrymen said he, .ii l know
my own heart have not come here as a
New Yorker to speak TO Won as West yir.
ginians. prefer TO think OF you aud my.
self as citizens of one common country. 1
come not 10 speak sHainst a Solid South or
for Solid North, bit for what is greater,
aud g,andsr, and better and dearer than
either Solid South or a Solid North, q
Solid Nation. ECheers, applause, and cries
OF "Good".l
The hour Is late, and ! have come many
miles to look into your faces. trust you
will give me your kindly and earnest atien.
ton Tor q lew moments only, and promise
TO put my medicine in homeopathic Doses
SMALL FILLS, AND EASY TO TAKE,
but trust efficacious. Laughter, and
cries of you bot" "that's the talk &c ]
1t is always a good sign at protracted
meeting when the Amens come up from
the pews, and trust these responses l
hear here are an equally good indication Of
earnest feeling. Renewed laughter, and
cries Of amen" A high treble voice in
the rear OF the crowd piped out, "Hurrah
for Hancockpl That feeble crow for
Hancock in the outskirts Of the audience
reminds me that after November he will
be dead cock. daughter
"My friends, have come here tonight
10 ask yon to vote the Republican ticket.
Voice, "We'll do itl'l And / want to
give you some of my reasons for asking
you 10 vote 1t. First, the hard times are
gone; we are through the throes Of that
great struggle which 50 lately agitated our
dear land; our industries are reyiving, our
furnaces and iurges are kindling into
something like their olden glow. ltwould
BIZ sipply suicidal under these circum-
stances 10 change the administration.
will We turn again after struggling through
the pillows, when We have reached the
firm shore, aud plunge sgain into an I'M
known seap [''No l""NoW "NoW1
seuOnl-I am going TO give 'em TO you
Ikea Campbellite preacher,