Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-22

fifty million OF Tree men and women,
bowling this day in love and grief, in bit.
ter tears before his open grave. And
from the wild wreck OF this public disas-
ter comes as on angel wings the conso.
lation that President Garfield is not
dead. The great and good OF earth,
those 30 great and good az he, never die.
Genius goodness honor, greatness like
Garfeld's never die; they live forever in
the life they have fashioned, in the ex
amples they have yielded, in the infiu-
ences like the broad Atlantic that they
have nodded, to guard and preserve the
citadels OF human rights and liberties,
and like the immortelles in the wales Of
Paradise, they shall bloom and linger in
their peerless beauty forever.
Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives
And the uninterru .?ted breath
Inspires a thousand lives.
Were a star quenched on high,
For agrs would It's light
still travelling downward from the sky
Shine on our mortal sight.
So when O great man dies,
Fer years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves beh nd him lies
Upon the paths Of men,"
This light, 30 bright, 30 ~resplendent,
80 luminous, President Garfield las left
to guide our wandering feet into ways
of pleasantness and into paths of peace.
TIKI REVOLUTIONS.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Cracraft's
address MIR. Samuel Laughlin offered
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted: .
WHEREAS, The Mayor OF the city OF
Wheeling, in conformity with a request
of the two Branches of Council, in joint
session assembled, has by bis proclama-
ton called this meeting OF citizens to
give an expression Of their feelings in
regard TO the death OF President Gar
field.
Therefore be Il resolved, That we deeply
deplore the death OF our Chief Magis-
trate, whose untimely fate saddens the
heart OF the entire people with one com.
mon sentiment OF sympathy. We recall
with tender memories the sad hour oil
his first sufferings, his long continued
and painful sickness, bis accomplishing
and heroic spirit, his battling with an
iron will against the insldleus approach
ca OF disease, bis cheerful and Christian
resignation to whatever might be the
will OF Heaven, and his u~nbounded
faith, that let his own fate be what 1t
might, all would be we'll with his coun-
try.
ResoIred further, That We as a people
bow with saddened hearts to this dis.
pensatiou OF Providence, by which the
choice Of the nation, the n called to
occupy the highest position oil honor
and trust, has been taken from us at a
time when the full influence OF his life
and character seemed to be the hardin.
ger Of days Of peace and contentment
10 the entire people OF the Republic.
Resolred further, That we regard his
death as a public calamity, believing, as
we do, that the exalted character Of the
President az a man, his pure and unset.
fish purposes, his wise and prudent
counsels as a statesman, his patriotism,
his kind and sympathetic feelings for
the humble citizen, would have made
his administration Of the government
such an q as the mass OF our people
would have sustained and approved.
Resolved. That We tender u gym
patty and coincidence to the loving wife
OF the President, who has stood by him
80 faithfully and lovingly, not only in
the early struggles OF his life for an
honored position among his fellow men,
but who has been a ministering angel in
the weary hours OF his suffering, and
during the long days OF his anguish,
doubt and dismay.
Resolved, That to the aged mother at
Mentor, who has followed with pride
and maternal affection the slow and
steady progress Of the humble boy to
the honored man; who has seen the
unknown son numbered amongst the
eminent and respected chief magistrates
OF the nation-to her, in this darkest
hour OF her life, we send words OF con.
dolence.
Resoloed, That the children OF the
President, whilst we can cay little that
can comfort them in their irremediable
loss, yet they have this TO cheer and
comfort them in the future, that the
fathers name and memory will ever be
revered by the Nation, and that he has
left to them a heritage that is rich be.
yond measure.
Resolred further, as a token OF our es-
TEEN and respect that on the afternoon
OF his funeral obsequies at Cleveland,
on Monday next, we recommend to our
citizens q cessation Of business, and the
tolling OF the bells from 2 to 3 o'clock.
Resoired further, That the Mayor Of
the city be requested to furnish a copy
OF the proceedings OF this meeting to
the family OF the President under the
seal Of the city.
The m aafino fhan od;ournaj
II MILL MEN.
Washington Hall was we'll filed yes.
terday afternoon by mill men who had
come from the mills Of this city, Bell.
aire, Benwood, Martins Ferry and
Ktnaville. Mr.. Thee. Laramie acted
as Chairman and Mike 0'Neill, Score.
tary.
On motion q committee consisting
OF q d Thompson, w. II. Travis, Ed.
Rogers, Theophilus Pugh, John Brown, |
Charles Trimble and John McCracken
was appointed to draft suitable resolu-
tons.
MI. Laramie then spoke as follows;
GESvLEMES-BRoTHER WoRKNES OF
WHEELING:
We are gathered to-dsy TO decide BY
q majority vote the most appropriate
method of collectively expressing the
great grief that afflicts us az citizens Of |
the United States of America. / have
no words TO idy express the
wonderful genius OF that most
virtuous and moderate Chief, James A.
Carried. Men Of Wheeling, the heart
felt grief for the loss of that most won.
derful ofall men, our late President, in
doubled By the knowledge that the
cursed bullet Of m assassin cut the
silken thread thar bound his spirit
earth and his heart 70 ours.