Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-14

with her white wings was esoi. 1920
over our land; armed resistance to our uos-
eminent had ceased; the great emanciPa.o.
Was already busy devisiDg measures tna,
should result in the greatest happiness ana
prosperity to the whole people.
The 18th Of April. 1865. viii never DO
| forgotten in this land, by US, our children
or our children''s children until the END OF
recorded time. Another shot was nreo-
cred by the hand Of an assassin. Inc spur,
of Abraham Lincoln as our first mArtyred
President took its flight from the earthly
tenement and returned to the Soa ~no
paveit. That shot was heard by the ~nole
American people, in city, town n country
on the Atlantic. on the Ohio through the
South, beyond the Ohio, beyond the Missis-
sippi, along the course of immigration from
east to west, across the prairies,
ACROSS the Rocky Mountains and down their
slopes to the golden gate of California, and
the whole Pacific coast; it was caught upon
the wings of lightning and the t~elegraphie
wires 10 the remotest parts OF the world oe,
came tremulous with the sad and mournful
ews
The name and fame of Abraham Lincoln
il now immortal, it belonged to Illinois, 1t
now belongs to the Nation, yes to the
World. =.
Republican institutions had been vindica:
ted in his administration OF the AFFAIRS OF
the Nation s they had never been vludica'
ted before. The removal OF his remains
from Washington to Springfield produced
profound sympathy never before witnessedin
this land. The Nation rose up at every
stage of his coming, cities and States were
his p~allbearers and reyerberating
cannon beat the hours OF
solemn progression. Dead-he IL
not dead, he yet speaks-disenthralled OF
flesh and risen in the unrestricted sphere
where passion never comes, he has begun
his illimitable work, his life is now infinite
and will be fruitful. Now his wise and
weighty words and sayings are treasured.
Dead, he speaks to men who now willingly
hear what before they refused to listen to,
and who receive o new impulse OF patriot
ism, for his sake, and guard with zeal the
country he loved so we'll. Let us ad-
mire and initiate his firmness, his infexi-
BILE conscience for the right, his gentleness,
his moderation of spirit, which no heat
of excitement could iniame nor ell the
jars of the exciting times through which he
lived shake out Of its place.
What has not the wisdom and patriotism
of Abraham Lincoln made possible for this
people. Peace and good will reigns where
discord and hatred held sway. No narrow
views of State lines circumvent our patriot
ism.
We have grown to be a Nation Of over
City millions Of people, prosperous and
happy. The greatest Nation on the face OF
the globe, everything considered. Rich in
manufactures, agricultural and mineral re-
sources, happy and contented. at peace
with the world, sectional strife has ceased.
The river that flows past our city is a
beautiful illustration OF our present happy
condition, compared to what it was in the
dark hours Of 1861, when he became our
Chief Magistrate, The M~onoogahela rises
amid the peaks of our own mountain State:
The Allegheny rises in the western part OF
the great Empire State of New York; aud
as one lows'shimmering in the sunlight from
the south, the other comes with clear gurg-
ling brightness from the north, to meet her
sister by the furnace fires of the Smoky City
OF the Keystone State, and form the beauti-
full Ohio; and as they come together with
Joy and gladness, they tell no story Of the
North, no story Of the South. The clear
waters Of the Ohio speak not Of West Vir-
GINA, New York or Pennsylvania; and as it
flows on and on its ripping waters speak not
of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois, as it
moves on to swell the mighty current Of the
Mississippi. The father Of waters, in its
course to the southern gulf refuses to speak
Of Mississippi, Arkansas or Louisiana, but
the murmering waters are constantly and
forever singing the grand battle hymn Of
the republic, No North, no South, but one
country, united, inseparable and forever
free from the frozen lakes Of the north to
the turbulent waters of the gulf, from the
white shores OF the Atlantic, where the god
of day rises lighting the plains in his course
with sunshine, gliding the Rocky Mountain
peaks to where he bnries himself amid the
golden waves Of the Pacific. A people so
happy, will surely never, never forget or
neglect the memory Of one who is to it q
Guardian Angel and the FIRST Msrtyred
President of the Republic, Abraham Lin
oln.-[Applause
The Arion Singing Society then rendered
Moehring's The Stars" in a most excellent
manner, after which there were calls for Mr.,
C. B. Hart, of the Intelligencer, and that
gentleman came forward from his .seat in
the audience and delivered a most happy
.impromptu address, being frequently inter
with applause.
Part third Of the programme. consisting
Of Edouard Strauss we'll and Crown" waltz,
by the orchestra, Kuehlan's Evening
Song" by the Mozart Singing Society,
Moehring's "Nur Nicht Verzagt," by the
Turner Singing Society, and the Campo.
nella Polka, "Nehl," by the orchestra, was
then gone through with, each number being
we'll rendered, and the exercises came to an
end.
FINE MILLINERY on exhibition lat +.