The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-08

and inexpensive. It Is hardly larger thar
is required to keep the peace and preserve
order among the iAFEing elements oi thI
population in our newly settled territories
It % never wanted for aggressive warfare
and Il 10 no longer needed for defense
No other nation Of modern times has evel
paid its national debt. Inthe administra
ton OF jackson the war dsbts Of the Revo'
luton and Of the War Of 1879 were paid
of. Now with steady but rapid steps We
are again accomplishing ths same feal
with the enormous debt which represents
the cost Of the Rebellion. Fully two,
thirds OF the cost Of the war has been
paid, more than q hundred millions has
been paid within . year, and the whole
debt ol the United RtGtes can be soon sx,
tinguished by its full and honest payment
TIE WEALTH or OUR coUNTRI
increases, it 10 estimated, at the rate Of two
or three millions each day, and our credit
at least equals that Of the most favored
nation. Tho highly civilized nations Of
the earth are adding largely every year TO
our population, and with the immigrants
come capital, labor, skill, enterprise, pies
tiRe and power. We are peFplexed with
no fear Il change and there Is no wide
spread and growing discontsnt among the
populace. More and more the people
have confidence in the principles OF
their government. The grounds Tor
this increased confidence II 10 not difficult
to discoVeT. Il is one ot the evident re.
anita NJ 1ha mas that fnkalliuank man
everywhere are pursuaded that no gov.
eminent In the world Is safer, stronger Or
more likely to endure than that ot the
United States. Our government Is, in
fact, "a government Of the governed" |"
Whatever the people are their government
will surely be, What sort OF people do
the lineage, the general circumstances and
the institutions Of the United States pro.
duce2 The war and
TIE COURSE OF EVENTS SINCE THE WAR
furnish very satisfactory answer, Tested
by the sore trials Of tha rebellion, the
American character stood the test. The
citizen who in 1881 became q soldier,
In 1854 became Sgain q citizen,
Having fought for his country - Q soldier
he went Tesolutely and cheeriully 10 work
90 citizen TO promote ita welfare and 10
preserve lts credit and ita honor. II is
not among the least otthe blessings flowing
from the war that It developed In thsAmer.
ican citizen . sense OF responsibility for
the conduct and character Of the nation
and It's government. To this I trace
marked advance in the disposition 10 deal
conscientiously and humanely with all the
weaker races in our midst. l think We
can see also
THE GROWTH OF BErTRR SENTIMENTS
with respect to our treatment Of weaker
nations. Is there not almost an entire
dISappearance ol that aggressive and reck.
less spirit which formerly led to lawlsss
exhibitions under various pretexts, re.
gArdless Of the rights OF our weaker neigh.
bors2 Now, II such purpose crops out,
how promptly 1t Ia condemned and crushed
BY public opinion.
In conclusion, may we not confidently
believe that the United States Is not only
more prosperous aud powerful, but also
Q wiHer and better people, because OF the
war? believe that our countrymen, and
oil the world besides, have many added
reasons In the results Of the war for crate.
fully invoking blessings upon the United
States,
The other toaSts and responses were as
follows:
"The Citizen Soldiers" General vii.
lard Warner; 1.-THE State Of Ohio" Gen.
eral A. Hickenlooper; 1.-THE Army Of the
Potomac" General K. r. Davis; "The
Humanities Of the War;" General Jno. W.
Noble; "The Army Of the Tennessee; every
iord6cation which It assailed and sur.
rounded; every gun fred at IL is among
It's trophies; every force arrayed against Il
was captured or destroyed," /" General Jno.
". Fuller; "0ur Dead" General W. H.
GreahAm; "The Loyal Pulpit, aud the
S,IoIo %Ht for .S. the Union" Chaplain Oh Samuel
General W. II. Gibson.