Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-22
Hoy. Z. q. caAcRAYr's ADDRESS.

FRIENDS AND CITIZsSs or WEST VIE
aINIA-I am glad, Notwithstanding the
terrible gloom that like a pail has settled
upon our country, that l have the op,,
portunity to look into your faces ana
greet Won on this occasion, as at tnls
time the people should be together.
Death brings out the truth and, like the
beautiful flowers that We place on moth-
er's grave, the beauties OF the LIE, whose
loss we now deplore, present tneir
| charms. There has been no q VINO
was. or is. infallible since thu death OF
the Nazarene, and We all have erievous
fsuIts in misinterpreting the character
| of our people. Much have iauitea I'D
this. and in this, the saddest duty oimy
life, I take much comfort In q nope
that here many Of the errors have ial'
len into concerning the life OF the hon.
ored dead one We deplore, may be cor
rected. -
As stand in the darkness OF the terri
BILE event that has summoned us here,
and LOOK into the depths OF the great
abyss of misery into which our people
/ have been 30 suddenly thrown, l trem-
| hle with fear and dread for II future,
| and vet | believe that the God who hrst
formed. nations, and who to-day goes
| before all progressive governments, Will
vet lead US into the light. This great
less must have its opposite IN great
good. We cannot see the meaning OF
| The mystery but its meaning will surely
| come, The star will yet shine in the
night, the dawn will follow the day, and
the rose give its beauty and fragrance
when the bleeding from the thorn ID over.
But l shall add INT thought to Dr.
Masden's happy speech, and that Is,
that more than fifty millions OF people
participate in these SORROWS OF to day.
From the rivers to the ends OF the earth
wherever liberty free thought; or warm
hearts live, the sorrow reaches with is
destructive blight. =,
TINS Is an hour oil supreme anguish
and concern to me, and l feel that
| silence would better accord with the
beresvements, and solicitude OF my
feelings, than even golden speech. And
yet criminal would be the lips that
would repress an utteraRce OF indigna.
ton, when the most illustrious Magls.
trate Of our Republic falls bleeding, and
murdered at our feet, and when we
know for our hearts tells US the truth,
that OF all men he Was the least deserv-
ing OF such a fate, since the bloody work
OF the assassin, gave to our people the
bitter but blessed remembrance OF the
martyred Lincoln. Therefore, honest
citizens, give me your tears, your best
sympathies, and purest prayers, that
here in public council, we may
crystalize them into an affectionate and
imperishable tribute to the memory OF
our slain and beloved President, whose
peerless virtues, whose lllustrlous
achievements, and whose rare and mag
nifcent life made for him the title OF the
knightliest champion OF a free people OF
| civil liberty OF a fraternal Union in the
| civilized world. Not all the sweet buds
an | yitlets OF the re6olent summer; not
al! the spicy, and fragrant plants and
blossoms OF a tropical spring exale a
sweeter aroma to our senses Than the
precious recollections bequeathed to our
memories to-day by the terrible and in
comprehensive death OF the cultured,
honorable, patriotic, wise and generous
hero, scholar, statesman, friend, bene-
factor and leader, whose pale face near
the biilow he loved in life, is now turned
toward the skies, to which his great spirit
has taken it's flight.
Now does Truth, which like Time,
sets all things even, and which is the
unerring chronicIer OF men, and which
ever triumphs, rises as the voices OF cal
jimmy and SANDER are hushed by the
knell OF deatE. bells all about us, that
have rung so sharply and %mournfully
on our ears, and amid the devices and
preparations OF a national bereavement
and sorrow, and when the passionate
and partisan resentments and memories
are gone, to do justice to the character
of the ruler whom we now mourn with
fearful eyes and throbbing hearts, and
to lnscribe on the broad shield Of the
fame'and examples he has left immortal
honor and thanks, and gratitude for the
%matchless services rendered his people,
upon the battlefield, where death was
thickest, in the council halls. where his
SAFE ~counsels led the nation out of dan
ger, in the school, and forum, with the
cabinets OF our chiefs, where he quelled
treason and faction, and as the grand
est head OF the greatest Republic Of the
earth.
1t is a melancholy spectacle to me
with my experiences to contemplate
death. "In any shape, in my mood"
but when the insatiate archer. with his
unerring shaft, brings down the great,
the noble, the honored, the loved and
the true ones Of earth, on whose life not
only affectionate families hang, but low
ing millions cling and turn, as the poor
pilgrims to the shadow of a great rock
in a weary land, then il death horrible
indeed. And amid the ceremonials OF
such a sorrow as bring US from our busi-
ness and homes to-day, on the occasion
OF such a mourning, surrounded by the
testimonials OF an universal affection
how poorly and beggarly are mere forms
Of speech to sy liable our emotions, or to
give expression to the regrets we feel
on the hono.s and tributes we
would gladly pay in remembrance OF the
dead chieftain, whose loss has left us 30
desolate and alone. This demonstra
ton is intermingled with gloom, and
yet it breathes consolation and inspira.
ton. There is no harm in such an as
semblage Of our people however painful
or sorrowful the causes OF il. 1t is
indeed well and wise that we should
meet and in some way testify our feel
ings, and take council together on such
a memorable and important OCCASION as
this. 1t - OF the first moment and con-
sequence that we should come face to
face, and hand to hand, in times OF such
national trial and dangers as now con-
front us, and which almost overuhelm
our wisest and safest couDsellors; and
especially as now, when the law seems
to have lost its strength and
maj ssty to punish wicked
and fendish murder and treason,
and the mighty arm Of civil government
impotent to save human life-the most
precious human life or secure public
peace and security Let the lesson OF
poor Garfeld's awful and unmerited
death never be forgotten. Teach it to
your children along with their prayers,
that murder may be incarnated into in
fanny. If We uu this, and understand
and trust n another as a people whom
God loves and will govern, all will vet
be well, and a bright and glorious day
will follow the awful night whose dark
and chilling shades now gather 80 heayi-
ly oyer our heads. How readily can tha