Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-12
THE FLAG PRESENTATION
On Saturday-The Republicans
Full Of Hatred, the Democrats
for n ora and paoca-

Correspondence Of the Resi,ter:
Ga last Saturday l went to the Re
publican ladies flag presentation. Nal
ice, envy and hate ed do not dwell in the
heart OF lovely women, whose deep de-
votion at the shrine OF love make the
heart rebound in sympathetic response
to that heavenly declaration, heard on
the plains OF Bethlehem, a glad witness
to our Savior's advent, "Glory to God
in the highest, on earth peace, god
will to men," l therefore do not chsrgs
any Of the hatred expressed on thai oc'
casion 10 the Ladies III the Garfield
aud Arthur club" Their hearts must
have baen panied, az "a mine, to such
an exhibition. Any one list ming to the
bloody speech OF DIR. T id would have
supposed, hal he not have been better
informed, that the occasion was that OF
sending Il regiment into the field to
fight 'rebels" against the government,
the time the LIST of August, 1861, after
the disastrous battle Of Bull Run. At
that time the speech could not have
been more yindictivc than it was on
Saturday last. 1t was more so on Satur-
day last because il was then directed
against the whole Democratic party rs
'rebcls" against the government, when,
il made in 1861, it would only have de-
nOunced them in arms against the gov
eminent. The stale ialsehood, reiterated
by the v~aloreus doctor, that the Demo
cratic party was responsible COR the war
would have been sadly out Of place
in 1861, in view OF the fact that more
men in 1860 voted for Dou lass, thecon
iidential friend of the great Lincoln,
and for John Bell, whose platform was
1.-The Union, the Constitution, and the
enforcement Of the laws" than voted
for Mr.. Lincoln himself, and the further
historical fact, that the leading Union
generals, and hundreds OF thousands OF
the private soldiery Of the Union army
were Democrats who had voted against
Mr.. Lincoln; and the further fact, that
of the S00,OO mel who voted for John
G.. Breckinride, q large portion were
from the North, including Union gem
erals, and very many OF the private
soldiers. | understand that DIR. Todd
proposes to be u Christian man. How
can he hold the venom he spewed out
on Saturday in a Christian heart? How
dare he repeat the Lords prayer and
saw, "Forgive us our trespasses as We
forgive those who trespass against u.s.
Let him 90 to his closet, and after re
pealing that prayer on his Blended
knees. then il he dare repeat n en-
yenomed sentence of his bloody speech
Of Saturday last. 1t was indeed re-
lreshiny Ia turn away from that scene
and visit Washington Hall, on Satur-
DAY evening. There vas everything
that cultivated taste and refinement
could suggest. The hall beautifully dec
GRATED with flowers and eNcrgrccnS. ut
once filled the soul with pure sunshine.
TIA the stage s'opl the ca lerS OF the
Hancock and English clubs, with Mrs.
Wiley, the President, and. Mrs. Waite,
the Vice President. In the centre Oi
the large group and Immediately IN
front Of them, siuod two beautiiu. iittir
uirlS. iii pmbltms oi innpCcGce and
trust. Between the two ladies support
- BE- them stool the CuIblcin al the
Unions greatness, and rs they hel 9
that rloTious banner between them, /
seemed tn hear thu wprlS -! che
immortal Webster: "Waen | turn my
- r. -. -, ,,n,. - .Al.nll tina sun
i'm the heavens, may they not see HIM
shining on the broken and dishonered
r,y.n,,,rs OF 4 once glorious Uni N, on
States, discovered, disc >rdant, bellgerent.
m a land rent with civil feu Is, or
lrencl,e,l. il may be, in fratt rnal blood;
out rather let their last ling rim
dances t,eho'l the gorgeous elEgd III
he Republic yet still high, q ivanced
md now SHOWN aud honored tnrru sou'
he world, with not Il stripa ertsei o'
polluted and not q star obs'u" q, bear
IN, fur it's motto no such IN SER bie IN
,~rrrorl,orv, as what 3 al thi' worth?
,r those other wor' 8 of del i'ion ana
iolly, liberty first and Tn on aft
Eu' ,yrryw ere sp.>ida ov r in 'hsr-
aci.rs OF living ii:nt. Il .hi,'.; GA Il It's
ample folds, as they ilIat over the
land and oyer the sea, and in every
wind under the heaven, that oth'r
motto, dear TO every true America !
cart, liberty and Union nov and Tor
ever, one aud inseprr ,6le.'
No nation with a biz y, but li5';ty
md Uuicn of the S stes And, as il, to
.~.unsscraie this hal!uwed sentiment jnst
1t the back OF the stage, festooncd Ia
wing green, bearingin French the mot
"withluta peer and without reproich,'
lung tine portrait Of the great, the go'd'
the ;rups, standard bearer OF the Dem"c
racy, Winfield Scott Hancock. Tie
banner was formally presented by o..
Long, Esq , and calamity accepted D!
F. p. Jepsra In all the speeci1rs made
there was not one word o( bitterness.
Every sentiment uttered hrcaihcd the
fragrance OF love, peace and %rcc"nciii1-
ton. Ii was in strange contrast with
what | heard in the afternoon, and
felt hat love must prevail over hate.