The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-22

days, during which time the people saw and
heard all the particulars Of bis private life,
not only during the period OF his sickness
but during his whole previous life extending
from boyhood 70 manhood, and nom obScu-
Tity 70 fame.
Suppose" said Mr. c., I'VE we're all In
London to-day preparing to take part In the
meeting Of Americans announced in the
morning papers Suppose that in q foreign
land we could diyest ourselves OF all our con-
nectiOn with political parties in this coun-
try, and be neither Republicans, Democrats
nor 9reenbAckenH What would be our esti-
mate of this man from purely American
standpoint Would We not point TO
him with pride as a representative Of the high.
est and best Outgrowth Of our country and
Its institutions? Would We not point to the
whole story of his life as rare narrative Of
great and grand qualities developed under
Here Is q man who achieved greatness |
in spite Of every obstacle. He owed
absolutely nothing TO the accident |
Of birth or good fortune, Every step OF his
grand progress was wrought out over rocky |
way, by his own stout heart and strong arm. |
He was disciplined In the school OF misfor. |
tune and poverty He learned to labor and
to wait He learned to be calm, self.reliant, |
patient, charitable and fOrbearing, He be- |
came Roman in the selfgOverning attri' |
butes Of his character, This Is the way that
heroes and statesmen are made where fOun- |
ldations are laid broad and deep. The match
less strength and fortitude Of character that
have so enchanted the nation during the long
days OF his death.bed Sickness are but the
full ripe fruit OF the discipline TO which his
whole life had been subjected, His grand
character was thus built step by step, and he
has left behind him name that will live In
the hearts Of his countrymen.
. my, DR., M'cLuRE
said that after such glowing and beautiful
tributes he did not feel that he could add
anything to what had been said, He would
not attempt 1t. The present condition OF az
fairs was one unprecedented in the history
Of the nation, True, there was parallel be-
tween the death Of Lincoln and the death OF
Garfield, but that did not like this, touch
all hearts, and make mourning which knew
no South, no North, no East, no West, no
division Of parties or sections. He believed
there was o purpose In this seemingly cruel
act OF Providence, The sectional feeling IN
the South Is not so bitter, but II still ex'
would so promote the growing feeling OF uni
ty, and closer cement the parts OF the once
/ riven nation as this aitlictionp
The speaker thought one purpose OF the d.
vine will In sending this BEREAVEMENT was to
heal the Nations wounds. Butat what fear
full cost the healing came! Guiteau was re.
terred TO as one possessed Of devil, who had
been permitted To wreak dreadful work OF
violence for q good end, just as, wicked men
were once permitted to cruelty the Savior that
the work OF redemption might be accomplish
ed, Party strife had been healed. Let sec.
tional strife be also healed and we shall yet
realize that "God doeth all things well"
Mr., cRAcRATT,
who was the next speaker made most elo'
qucnt speech, and deeply affected his au'
dience by his feeling words. He said:
FRIENDS AND CITIZENS OF West VIRGINIA;
Il am glad, Notwithstanding the terrible
gloom that like pail has settled upon our
country, that have the opportunity to look
into your faces and greet you on this Occa'
sion, as at this time the people should be to-
gCther.
Death brings out the truth and, like the
beautiful flowers that we place on mothers
grave, the beauties OF the life whose loss We
now deplore, present their charms. There
has been no one who was, or Is, infallible
since the death Of the lowly Nazarene, and
we all have grievous faults In misinterpreting
the character OF our people, Much have ]
erred in this, and In this, the saddest duty Of
my life, take much comfort In the hope
that here many Of the errors have fallen In.
to concerning the life Of the honored dead
one we deplore, may be corrected
As stand In the darkness OF the terIible
event that has summoned us here, and look
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into which our people have been 80 suddenly
thrown, trem6le with fear and dread for
our future, and yet believe that the God
who first formed nations, and who to-day
goes before all progressive governments, will
yet lead us into the light. This great loss
must have It's opposite In great good We
cannot see the meaning Of the mystery, but
Its meaning will surely be made plain. The
star will yet shine In the night, the dawn
will follow the day, and the rose give Its
beauty and fragrance when tho bleeding
from the thorn Is over.
In such an hour Us this silence would bet
ter accord with the solicitude OF my feelings
than even golden speech; and yet criminal
would be the lips that would repress an ut.
terance OF indignation, when the most illus
triOuS Magistrate OF our Republic falls bleed.
Ing, and murdered at our feet and when we
know that OF oil men he was the least deserving
OF such fate, since the bloody work Of the
assassin gave 10 our people the bitter but
blessed remembrance OF the martyred Lin.
coin. ..............,.'
II Is melancholy spectacle to contemplate
death I'm any. shape. In any 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 afIeC.
tionate families hang, but loving millions
cling and turn, as the poor pilgrims to the
shadow OF grcat rock In weary land, then
Is death horrible indeed. And amid the Ger.
emonialS Of such sorrow as brings us from
our business and homes to-day, on the occa-
sion OF such mourning surrounded by the
testimonials OF an universal aiilictloni how
poor and beggarly are mere forms OF
speech 10 syllable our emotions Yet
It Is we'll and wise that We should
and take council together on such lnemora.
bic and important OCCASION as this. II
Is OF the first moment that we should come
face to face and hand 10 hand In times OF
such national trial and dangers a. now con.
| front u.s. and which almost overwhelnl our
wisest and safest cotlnsellors; and especially
as now, when the law seems 10 have It's
strength TO punish wicked and tlehdish muir.
der and treason, and the mighty arm Of civil
government impotent to save human lie
the most precious human life-or secure
tho public PeRcp. let tle lesson Of poor
GarReld,s awful and llnt1erlted death meyer
be forgotten Teach II to your children with
their prayers, that murder may be incarnate
into infGniy five do tliiS, and understand
and trust one another as people whom God
loves and will govern, all will yet be well,
and bright and glorious day will follow the
awful night whose dark and chilling shades
now gather so heavily over our heads. How
readily p4n the average American under.
stand THIS universal uprising Of our people
as he looks into their faces, dafkened BY the
lntpnsity OF q righteous Indignation and fur.
rowsd by an unnatural and uniltterable
gloom and grietl Moving amid our thoughts
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