Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-05


rights sni in supp ort Of the constitutional
authority. Then, All hail Mount Vernon
Then, All hail Mount MeGregor!
From the better nature and bigaer miG'
sion as wsriief sprsIg
His Conduct Toward the Vanquished.
He had no hatred in his heart. he waE
not Wind ctive His holy evangel to the
Nation vas Let us have peace" Hence,
toward The close Of the war, those who had
ft tug ht against him, saw that there was no
81 fety but in the arms Of their conqueror.
In his dying chamber, he grasped the hand
of him whose sword was the first he had
won and ssid: 81 have witnessed since
my sickness JUST what wished to see ever
since the War, harmony and good feeling
between the ssctions" On Holy Easter,
he sent forth this tender message: 81 de-
sire the good viii of all, whether hitherto
my friends or not" His wac the song Of
the angels: ION earth peace, good will to-
ward men" -,
This has been the soitening ministry OF
his sufferings to his countrymen. God per.
mitted him to see this glorious consums-
ton. Our sorrow is National in the broad
est sense. And to-day, where the magno-
lia blooms and the palmetto grows, the
men IN gray" weep as over the death Of
their best friend. And had he lived to see
foreign foe invade our shores, North and
South would have chose him to lead us to
defend our liberty.
The Foremost Soldier.
Doubtless, he will be best known in com
ing ages as the foremost soldier of the Re-
public. Unknown generations will read
mis- battle, with admiration and wonder. In
every hamlet, in every metropolis, his mar
tisl form will be cast in bronze and sculp'
tured in marble. Historians will vie with
each other in paying homage to his genius
but the time will come when men every
where will recognize the greatness and be-
uefcence of his administration as Presi-
dent of the United States 1t were crime
against history and an injustice to his mem
DRY were we to lose sight of
The Statesman
amid the glory OF the warrior. Such was
he magnitude Of those great measures OF
domestic and foreign policy; 30 tar-reach'
ing their influence, so comprehensive their
mission, that generations may pass from
tie vision Of the world ere the true
and full estimate Of his political worth
shall be determined. Then, his Admins
tration of eight years will receive the calm
consideration and Just approval Of his coun-
trymen When the memories of party
strife shall have been forgotten; when the
disappointed aspirations for Office shall have
ceased 10 tester; when the rivals for place
and power are no more; then, as comes the
sun from the mist of the morning, 30 shall
his Administration appear to ogreatest splen-
dor. Then the historian Of that calmer age
will wonder how soldier by endowment
and education, accustomed only to camp
and field, unlesrned in statecraft, unfamiliar
with political science, unacquainted with
= be methods of civil administration, could
have displayed such breadth of statesman
ship in the measures which he originated
and approved.
Great and beni6cent IS were his m eaSures
Of reconstruction, amendments to the Con-
stitution, Of finance, ot the improvement OF
The laboring classes, Of the Just treatment of
The Indians, of the elevation Of the freed
men, Of the promotion of education, and Of
the concessions he compelled foreign powers
70 make, yet, in the interests OF universal
peace, in the Ultimate recognition OF the
brotherhood of nations, in the advancement
Of Christian civilization in all the earth, the
Treaty of Washington will be esteemed Of
immeasurable grandeur and benefceuce,
not TO be estimated by millions of dollars,
but BY the possibility and prophecy that all
international disputes may be adjusted By
peaceful arbitration, when nations shall
learn war no more" Such was his dream
of the future expressed to the international
Arbitration Urioniu Birmingham, England,
when he said: Nothing would afford me
greater happiness than 70 know, as | be-
iieye will be the case that at some future
day the nations of the earth will agree upon
some kind of congress which shall take cog.
nizance OF international questions OF diff
Guilty, and whose decisions will be as bind
ing as the decision OF our Supreme Court is
binding upon US.
His Moral Character.
And whether in camp or Cabinet, in pri-
yste or public, at home or abroad, how
pure and commeDdable his moral character.
Lite in the camp has proved ruinous to the
morals of the greatest OF warriors. The ex-
element of a life devoted to arms, the
Genes OF excess and plunder to which SOL
der is exposed, the absence Of the restraints
f home and church, tend TO the worst OF
passions and to the corruption of the best
morals. But here in the presence of the
dead, whose ears are forever deaf TO onr
praise or censure, let it be our grateful duty
o record that after FIVE years in the camp
and field, he returned to his home without
a stain upon his character. Among ancient
or modern warriors where shall we find his
superior in moral elevation? Given to no
excess himself, he sternly rebuked it in
others. lie could speak to every
one according to his station, to generals Of
their battles, to statesmen Of their measures,
70 travellers of their discoveries, to artisans
of their inventions, TO Christians Of their
hopes; and he coald be the delightful com.
uanion Of kings and queens, of courtiers and
chosen friends, never took the name Of his
Creator in vain, and an impure story never
polluted his lips. He assured me, as his
pastor, that were be disposed to swear he
would be compelled to pause to phrase the
sentence. Such was the purity OF his
thought life that he has been seen to blush
ard withdraw from the eompanionship ot
those who had presumed TO relate a sala-
cious story in his presence.
His Sense of Justice
was equslled only by his love of truth. He
preferred honor to wealth, and poverty to
riches not his own. o, Americans, think Of
the pride Of your nation, the glory Of your
age and the object of the world Is admiration
having nothing to bequeath to those he
loved, save his good name, and that, Heaven
admitted to probate without the whisper oi
contention.
Gentle, true and kind gratitude was one
of the noblest emotions of his soul bis
words were few, but pregnant with greatful
recognition. To one who had been q friend
in need he declared: Il am glad to say that
while there is much unblushing wickednes:
in the world, yet there is compensadng
grandeur of soul In my case | have not
found that Republics are ungrsseful, nor are
the people" And so he had expressed him
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