The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-02
VETERANS AND COLORED MEN
Pay Their Respects to Gen. HHrriaoH-lh'
StatesmnnlIko Speeches to Them.


INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 1.-Last
night body of veteran soldiers Of the
Union, not representing any particular
organization, called at General Harri-
sons residence to pay their respects. In
reply to the address of their spokesman
General Harrison said:
CoMRADE MITCHELL AND FELLOW Sold
IERs:-I sincerely thank you for this
evidence OF your respect and comrade'
ship. am very certTin that there is no
class whose confidence and respect |
more highly prize or more earnestly
coyet than that OF the soldiers who, in
the great war from '6l to '65, upheld the
loved banner ofour country and brought
it home in honor. The Comradeshlp OF
the war will never end until our lives
end. The fires in which our friendship
was united and welded were too hot for
the bond ever to be broken. We sym.
pathize with each other in the glory OF
the common cause for which we fought.
We went not as partisans but rs patriots
into this strife which involved the
national life. ] am sure that no army
has ever assembled in the worlds his
tory that was gathered from higher i'm
pulses than the army OF the Union,
Cries Of "Right."
IT WAS no soRDID IMPULSE,
no hope Of spoils that induced these
men to sunder the tender associations OF
home and forsaking their business pur-
suits TO look into the grim face OF death
with unblanched cheek and firm and
resolute eyes.
They were the kind Of men who drew
their impulse from the high spring OF
truth and duty. The army was great in
its assembling. 1t came with an impulse
that was majestic and terrible. TWAS
as great in It's muster out as in the bril-
liant work which had been done in the
field. When the war was over the SOL
der was not left Mt the tavern; every
man had in some humble place chair
by somc lireside where he was loved and
to which his heart went forward with
quick step. [Applause. And so this
great army that had rallied for the de-
Tense and preservation OF the country
was disbanded without tumuit or riot
or any public disturbance. 1t had COW
cred the country with the mantle ot its
protection when it needed it as the
SHOWS OF spring cover the early vegeta-
ton, and when the warm sun OF peace
shone upon it, it disappeared as the snow
sunk into the earth to refresh and WHY
the summers growth.
They found their homes; they carried
their Drawn and intellect into all the
pursuits OF peace to stimulate them and
lift them up; they added their great i'm
pulse to that great wave OF prosperity
which has swept over our country ever
since. [Applause. But in nothing was
this war greater than in that We led Il
race into freedom and brought those
whom we had conquered into the strug,,
Gle into the full enjoyment OF n restored
citizenship, and share again with them
the responsibilities and duties OF re-
stored Government. [ Applause:
thank you most sincerely for this
evidence OF your comradeship. l thank
especially those friends who differ with
me in their political views that they have
put these things aside tonight and have
come here to give me comrades greet
| ing. [Applause.l May have the priv
ilege now, without OBTAINING you longer,
Of taking by the hands every soldier
here tApplause.
Later in the evening the Harrison
club, colored organization, called, and
in response TO an address from their
leader General Harrison said:
Gentlemen Of the Harrison Club
assure you that l have sincere respect
for and very deep interest in the col
ored people OF the United States. My
memory us boy goes book to the time
WHEN SLAVERY EXISTED
lin the Southern States. l was born
upon the Ohio river, which was the
boundary between the free State Of Ohio
land the slave State OF Kentucky. Somt
Of my earliest recollections relate to the
stirring and dramatic interest which waE
now and then excited by the pursuit o!
an escaped slave, or the hope Of offered
rewards. remember when a boy wan,
dering through my grandfather s orchard
at North Bend, and in pressing through
an alder thicket that grew on its margin
l saw sitting in the midst colored mar
with the frightened look OF fugitive II
his eye and attempting TO satisfy hi
hunger with some walnuts he had gath
cred. He noticed my approach with
} fierce, startled look TO sec whether wa
likely TO betray him. was frightened