The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-05

Cd a. RosslaEd Park, Il1OdltoeE. Coma. July A.
We awe thy natal day TO hope,
o County Of our love aud prAyeIl
Thy way " down no fatal slope,
Tut up 10 freer sun and air! r
Tried as BY iunAce.ares, and yet
BY Gods grace only stronger made,
To meet new tasks before thee set
Thou shalt not Lack the old.timeAId.
The fathers Fleep; but men remain
As WiLe, rs tTue and brave Ag they.
Why count the los aud not the gGIp&
the lest Is that we have to-day.
whAte'er folly, shame or crime
Within thy mighty bounds tnnSplres,
With speed delyillg space and time
Comes 10 us on the acclAing wires.
While Of thy wealth Of noble deeds,
Thy homes VI peace, thy votes unEold,
The love that pleads for human needs,
The wrong tedreled. but half IA told
Each poor wretch, In his prlSOn cell
Or EallOWhnoOEe, IL interviewed;
We know the single sinner we'll,
And not tie lime aud nil well.
Yet, II on dAily scandals fed,
NeIeem ut times 70 doubt thy worth,
VIC know thee It'll, when all u said,
The beat and dcaIest spot on earth,
From the warm MexIc Gull, or whore,
Belted with hOwers, Los angeles
BASSs III the gcmI-tfppIc Dir
10 where RR EdinE cedar trees
Are dwaried and bent by Northern winds,
Thy pleuty'B HON Ia yearly h.led:
Alone. the rounding century finds
Thy LIBERAL Loil By free hands tiled.
4 refuge for the w!onged and poor,
Thy generous heart has BONE the blanc
That, with them, through thy open DIOR,
The old VOL Ids evil GU .cAAtS came.
But, with thy Just and eqn'l rule,
And lab0r's need and breadth Of lGndt,
Free pres and IoslTun, church and school,
Thy huFe, II slow, transforming hands
slall mold even them TO thy design,
Making n blessing Of the 6au;
And freedoms chGmiAtTy coinblae
The allen elements Of man.
The power that broke their prison bar
And set the uusky millions free,
Ana welded In tho flame OF war
The Union fASJ 10 Liberty.
Sal It not deal with other Ills,
kedTeSs the red man . grievance, break
1hG ClIcetn cup which SnAmes aud kills,
And Labor iull requitLal maker
Alone 10 such as ftly bear
Thy civic honors bid them fall,
And call thy daughters forth to share
The rights aud duties pledged TO all?
No lack was In thy primal stock,
No wGGklipg founders builded here;
Thine wsle the mon OF Plymouth lock,
The Huguenot aud Cavalier,
And ,hoS whoSe Arm endurance gained
The freedom OF the souls Of men,
Whose hands, unssained with blood, main
tanned
The swoidleSs commonwealth OF Penn.
And thine shall be the power OF all
To do the work which duty bids,
Aud make the peoples council hall
AAlasting Us the PyfGmidh!
Well have they later years made good
Thy brave.sdld VOID 4 century back,
The pledge Of human brotherhood,
The equal claim Of white aud black.
Taat word still echoes round the world,
And al who hear II turn 10 thee,
Ana read upon thy flag uuturled
The prophecies Ol dGaLinJ.
The great world Lesson all shall learn,
The nations In thy school shall Et,
Earth iarthUst mDuntAin.topI shall burn
With wAtch.nres from thy own uplit.
Great without seeking to be great
by fraud or conquest, rich In gold,
But richer In the large estate
OF virtue which thy children hold,
With peace that c0meS Of purity,
And Strenktn 10 simple Justice due:
So Tuus our loyal dream II thee;
God OF our iather!'-mAke It true!
GLAND Of lands! 10 thee we give
Our prayers our hopes, our service free;
For thGe thy SOUS Shill nObly live,
And at thy need shall die for tnee!