Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-11
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Moro Fem nine Palri .,ism and spi it,

Moro rem niue btIl sI4S" auu Sb' 49,
The members al the Washington DIS.
tric, Haacock and En-. l'>h CLUB conven-
el at thcir dab room an hour n so be
for. the tim" set Tor tie forming q. tie
grand parade Tor the purpose Of rcceir.
lrE from the hands Of the patriotic Dem.
orrtt ladies' oil the district a bunting
United states 'gUlltion flag of the finest
trxtErc. TIE ,lGb room Is 4 larg" one,
brt i was crowded 10 lis utmost cSpacl-
~ with members OF the rlIh and their
mir friends. As soon as order had been
obtained Mrs. Capitoia Naniosscn, on
ieh,li 81 he la1 represented tie BAN
ncr to the ,!nb with the following neat
address:
r. tr H~o,ai.fS the Hi,Siiay'on District
Hwrocl ard Enq'i<t CIub:
la,surc yDu. il not only yves me
g-c,t l%"aSuic. lat j: is IN honor % pre-
.,U. L YOU, in h-h5li ii tie Ladies 81 the
FRS; ward, havtrc theinterssls OF Your
cause ~ heart, With this il'g, which oil
itS,ii speaks Il sentiments, and shows
our vi Y 10 the good oh Democratic
clus-. Nay ynu sand by it in tempest
aai in sunshine, and when Il waves IN
the breeze may ii inspire YOU, as men
AID - Voters, - become NOR" dut more
devoted to the mob cause va have
eSpOu-ci. Du- PRAYERS are. that thrOugl
the g-oa,.st p%olitlc.l s'ruc-i' of accn-
tuiv. which j. Tow ~inrrnGlug that 1t
NAV lead you 81 - .~!,yrss, and that on
lac Pa! q; Ncvr;ah'. nrN, N.@iCly may
crown uur "llrrts III the election OF Han
cock and Ep"ljsE.
Thunders Ul applause bike forth rs
the ltGy Cl)sci, AMI i was sometime be-
lore ;hir"' w'rr 81 !~irj"%'ly quiet Tor
NIr. John :. K hinsoU 20 respond, lie
spoke as follows:
fAIn G!y"u~: On behalf oi tie mem.
ter, OF tie Washington llanc TX and
Z: 4 IA club. ! receive tbs hrau'iiul
auG S'arrv banner. ani W. desire 10
1!i"r in return oar o.? aTl itartf'lt
,ha!E Is ipr tie trcp aIG"a tconrern
which vui hIr- sh0wa T." Il success
i0- iGr u, i,lll.i ,trrGLl' III which We are
H1w ENGAGED. IT, I'D, wn;i,, AID tie
blue oi Which this .iIg is composed,
lcIr-sen. npthin. when kept separate
and apar. from each other, hIt when
the r;pes Oi rel ami white are ll,ced
id. ly $; Re, and the stars ale IlAn,cd
in the fell Of blue; then it represents
~" greatest nation upon Gd's green
iJyt,.oui. consisting OF thirty eIg1t
States and i!ity million o: the hraHrat
men AMI fairest om- on the fac"
Of the earth. We viii uniuil it t.
u'ght. and when the hre,zrs kiss
it, fCl l. and expose its beauties to "Tr
gaze. We vii never ask il those hreezes
blow from the North az from the South;
and Col ip'h'd that ever in the future
nac star should ~ smaller or ssh7ight
than ia sisters because the State which
il NAV represent Is situated either in
the North or in the SUIth. We receive
il, and a3 we march forward - victory
under tie leadership .; that maj who
did 81 much loT the sake 81 this ilig, at
COLI Iiarbor, IN the dark forests OF the
wilderness and upon the hlooiy field
81 Gettvs0urg, We VIII remember the
lair hands from which it came, and the
sirht Ci this ilay will inspire us 20
greater cXertiuIs an more determined
efforts.
This speech was "~r.eic'i with three
cheers followed ny three more, Tor the
LADY, who has 50 handsomely presented
them with their banner, ami the clubs
formed and With a pToIi b acin.
marched t. the place ii formation.