The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-07

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Counting theft lr.s 81 the uuvAlued dust
TsVd ny sSAtlon b Ariug on It's trust, ). .s
Soulcht II but Their bunAen yr4ycN khou.d DO
Tas!o.t rlia!S oi the prpgicss Of the fsee.'
AS the years 70 on, animoeities once
cherished BY the North against the South,
and by The South against the North, are
gradually disappearing. There 10 now bu.
little left Of sectional sentimentalism.
There should be buried In the same grave,
our passions with our dead. It Is too late,
in this ecnatry Of progress and discovery,
Tor one American to hate another. The
past ahonld be, and largely Is forgotten in
the hopts Of tho future. ! believe 1t was
Mr.. Wat,prson who said In regent I'd.
dress at Nashville: There is not one Of
ua, wore he one cloth or the other, come
he from The granite hills Of New England
or tho orange groves Of the Mississippi
Valley, who has not an intorea. for him.
sci and for his children in tho preserva.
tioa and perpetuation Of our republican
system. It Is a reciprocal as well as joint
in,eres'; and, relating to the greatest
OF human affairs, 1t ought to be q
earred interest. The meat obstinate
Of plrtisAns, the most untraveled oil pro.
vinciala, cannot etiacs or obscure, still less
dispute, the story Of heroism in war, or
moderation In peace, which, written in
lete.a Of living light, will b!sss forever
upon our National tablets. The occasion
,ha. brings ua here has this Significance: 1t
Is Illustrative; It tells Us that we have come
to understand that theyo could bp no laat.
ing peace, nor real Rspublicanlsm. whilst
any lreeman's right was abridged or any
patriots grave unhouored. The freedom
Of each and every State, Of each and every
citz.n, Ia at length assured; and there re.
mains no longer 80 much ~ q prateIt why
the glory Of the past, Marked by the graves
oil those xho fell In the battle, should not
be the common properly Ct the whole peo.
pie. Tho old feudal ideas oil treas IN do not
belong 10 our Institutions or our epoch.
Their influence In pnblio affairs, as lar as
they Influenced public affairs, has been
hostile 10 our National unity and peace.
Our future is to be SECURED by generous
concessions, Tor ours was war Of mistakes,
not Of disgrace." 55t-f4 Esf5
AT vieksburg, but year or two ago, the
eiIiz 'as, after decorating the graves OF the
Confederate, buried in their beautiful
cemetery. also ccattesed gaslsnds Of their
caoicesI l5wcrs upon the mounds Of the
Thousands Of the Union dead, who near
BY, b,ncath tho evergreen magnollas, lie
IN the dteamltes sleep Of desth. 4 lovely
poem, written for the occasion, was read,
IRON watch l tako the cloaing Sta, "a:
",,our Tho fate OF the vauauilhsl,
WhVe he4,tiches nrycr eeAsc;
kegiels aud Il trs-1 dal i.r4
Thtlsuc eternal peace. ss
Argt: thcy dlopped fo.eyer h'a
With Tho passing burlen CT breath. Et
The tlue an 4 the Gray Z, 1tt'a@ 4
Ar alike 10 csr . ~ p 2, 5. ", 80 r
In ;hi colurlcsi land Of Daath,
=, AID The living who wore the Blue
Nay bling 10 the Alcepcn Il Iwers. 80
For tho HUI snd the uray Hre friends tesaay
h1pplcrlAud III An oun. 81,
know there are those who ridicule this
union Of sentiment on Decoration Day.
There are those every where who cannot
take their neighbors by their hands and
call them brothers. / know that there are
among us certain Of our countrymen whose
skins fit their bodies go closely that they
cannot breathe without pain. Bat l thank
God to day that lhegreat bulk Of humanity
in our land are one in feeling and cent?.
ment. They seem TO understand some.
how thst they are akin. They believe In
ths! broad fundamental Bible doctrine Of
thu unity OF God and the brotherhood OF
mar; and about nine hundred and ninety,
nine out OF every thousand Of us accept The
situaion and aPell Nation with a big N.
Sectionaisn Is bsing ushered out and
NAtionilism Is being nsheredin. We meet
hero to-day. not aa partisans, but as Ameri.
cana. We mny quarrel In our newspapers
aud dufirg, our political campaigns, Re-.
with Democrats md Democratic
with Republicans; but what Of that ?, On
the great question Of liberty and union, We
arc one and iuseparablo. hall tho day as
not lar Distant when no man can tell where
the North ends Or the South begins The
blood OIL the soldiers who fell from 'ol to
'o5 was tho seed Of nobler National life,
and u germ Of fuller National glory. When
Richmond lell, the government o. our
iathert started on a. new lease OF lie,
which budding now will ultimately bloom
~ the greatest, Rrandest, noblest govern.
ment oil earth, "Oh, America, our native
land Land Of invention and discovery;
land oil glorious mount and beautiful vale
for whom empurpled hosts have fought
and poets sung; land Of genius and Of
power; land Of beauty and Of sonp; land Of
golden past and boundless future; thou
hast come forth from turmoil and from
battle holding in thine arms OF might,
learning and thought, art and discovery,
honor and Justice, grouped like stars In a
armament which spans inan's home and
grave" Land q Washington, Of Webster,
Of Clsy, Of Lincoln, In thy course along
about our pathway o glorious, inperisha.
bic radiance Let the prayers Of all In
this presence. be, that ss5
Nom 70 shall the war.ciy sever, X! !,
Or tne winding rivers b. red; ~ RI
They bAliSh OUT anget forever i.-t it5i 4i-
", Whsa the, laurel The graves Of our dead. :!
ionder iloa,8 aloft our National ensign,