Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-19

I brave men had fallen the chief stress ant
burden of the struggle, its sufferings anC
| exposures. The perils of war bad beer
dresufully aggravated by want of proper
supplies and still more by delusive sys
| TEN of paper money. The miseries brough
| by The fc ION of an irredeemable paper cur
| reney we're equal 10 all their other woes
| combined. Their starving families their
| honorable debts, their daily needs were all
| subjected to the curse of deprecated and
| vitiated currency.
Never was the weight of Washington
personal character with the armies be led
to victory more strikiDgly IN infested, nor
its
Value to the Country
proven more plainly, than in this danger
Gus crisis-when the crown Of unchastened
power and military ambition was held out
10 his grasp, only to be dashed to the earth
by love of country which never fer mo-
ment was obscured by personal interest or
ambition. Ii art is ever to preserve in
marble or on canvass q irue likeness in SOU
and body of this great man, the occasion OF
his thus putting under his feet the solicita.
tIOns of unlawful power and ambition will
surely be selected. Yet Washington never
ceased so long as he survived to urge the
just claims of his suffering companions in
arms for justice upon their country, and
bis name at least is without reproach fer
the sins of omission in this regard whilh
Have Never Been Repaired,
and which fear taie now become irrem-
ediable.
1t is q subject of congratulation that the
Congress of the United States and the Leg:
Joined in recognition and qualification OF
the wishes Of the American people by ap-
propriating funds for the erection upon
these grounds OF a memorial column. To-
dsy, in the D essence Of the President OF
the United States, of the Governors OF
many Of the States; Of representative
bodies of the volunteer soldiery and militia
of the several Sta'es; of detaChments from
the army aud navy of the United Statesi
the vast concourss of American ciizens,
and beneath the folds of our national ep-
sign, its corner stone is laid and soon 1t Will
rise,
ConspieuOus aud Attractive Feature,
10 which the ipquiring glance OF every
traveller upon the line" Of railway or the
bt som Of the majestic river that flows past
its base will be lifted; and so may it stand
forever, pointing hCIy@uward, TO perpet-
uate the memory and the courage and de-
votiOn Of the patriotic army wlose last
headquarters We're upon this spot.
Senator Bayard concluded his remarks by
a compliment to Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts,
whom he then introduced to the audience
Mr.. Evarts spoke for over two hours. He
gave history of the rising and success vi
the war for independence paying eIOquen'
tributes TO all who lead in the great battle
for liberty and right. In closing he said:
The interest, the reverence that We feel
as We recall
The Great TRANSACTIONS,
as We stand upon the spot where tkey were
enacted, centre upon Washington. Great
ey cry where and at all times, the part played
upOn this field, in these clo"ing months OF
the Revolution, was not les9 conspicuous
nor complete in its greatness than any
manifestations Of his life. Had these
events closed this public service, had he
then forever retired from the great theatre
of action and renown, had he never filled
out our admiration and our gratitu by
the eight wears of private life and the
eight ears of the chief magistracy which
followed the surrender of his military com
mand-if his great presence in the framing
of the Constitution and in the guidance Of
the Nation by
High StateSmanship
sud pure administration-ifs all this had
been wanting to the full splendor OF his
fame-if he stood to his cOuntrymen IN
their memory, as he stood upon this very
spot one hundred years ago, his face would
have sbone to all this people as did the
face of Mo- es to the children Of Israel when
he delivered the Tables of the Law.
And now, after a hundred years OF mar.
vellous fortunes and crowded experiences,
we confront the days and the works and
the men of the first age Of the Republic.
r..
proclaimed. The war for neutrality to
complete our independence, by establish
inc our right to be at peace, though other
powers sought to draw US into their wars.
The
War fer Boundary.
which pushed our limits to the Pacific, and
rounded our territory The war Of the
Constitution, which established for this
people that, for them and forever, "LlOer-
" aud Union are one and inseperabIe.
These rolling years have shown growth,
forever growth, and strength, increasing
strength, ard wealth and numbers ever eX-
pandipG. while intelligence, freedom, art.
culture and religion have perYaded and
enrolled all this material greatness.
Wide, however, as is our vast population
to-day, these are not the limits to the
name, the fame, the power of the lie and
charecJer OF Washington. Ii it could be
nsgined that this nation rent by disas-
trCus feuds,
BrOkel in its Unity,
should ever present the miserable spectacle
of the u d fled garments Of his fame part.
ed smODg his cOuntrymen, while for the
seamless vssture of his virtue they cast
lotS-if this unutterab' e shame, il this i'm
measurable crime should overtake this
land md this people, he sure that no spot
in the wide world is ainh, pitable to this
glory and no people IN 1t but rejoices in
tho influence Of his power and his virtue.
II the great statesman and orator, Mr..
Fox, could, in the British Parliament, ex-
at the character of Washington as that
"illustriouS man, deriving honor less from
the splendor Of his situation than from the
dignity Of his mind before whom all Dor.
rowed greatness sinks into insigniticance,
and all the potentates of Europe become
Little md Contemplate:
if the famous eloquence of Erskine could
speak of him 'as the only human being for
whom be felt an awful reverence if the
political philosophy OF BrOugham pre-.
scribe ii SIS the duty OF the historian and
sage [ [ all nations to let no occasion pass OF
cOmmemo-atin this iIlustrinus n an; il he
inserted that until time shall be no more,
what a test Of the progress which our race
has made in wisdom aud virtue be derived
from the veueratiOu paid to the immortal
name of Washington" ii our own great
statesmen and orators join in this acclaim,
MI orturum alias, Nil ortum. tale tatente',
let his couutrymen with one voice accept
and cherish this splendid possession and
exalt and perpetuate IL, now and forever.
Death OF a Leading Educator.
Special to the Register.
BUCKHANNON, W. Va, October lS.-Pro-
fessor Stevens, president of the United
Brethren College, at this place, died to day