Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-09-19

just then General GoiI appeared and
was received with vociferous cheering
Major Mckee cut his address short TO
give place to General Gof.
GoFF SPEAKS.
Gen. GoiT addressed the crowd in
thirty minnte's speech. He referred to
the "heroiSm and sacrifices OF all that
is great OF human thought, and all that
was grand OF human action" You be
came soldiers Of all the armies, fighting
with Grant, marching with Sherman,
riding with Sheridan, battling with
Kelly. raiding with Averill, rallying
with Duyal, and dying with Thoburn.
With the Army OF the Tennessee, the
Army OF the Cumberland, and the Army
Of the Potomac, You find the dead in
all the mountains and valleys. On all
battle fields there are acres Sown with
the rich and loyal seed of our comrades
dust. Then followed long encomum
on the bravery and loyalty Of West
Virginia soldiers. He told how
rapidly the ranks were disappearing,
thinning out. But in chiScled mar
BILE" said he, 'and enduring bronze,
they will stand and speak for genera
tions 10 come" lie told of he meeting
of General Crook i'm the West and Of his
love for all the soldiers of the Army OF
West Virginia; of his kindness and gen
eroSity, and then referred pathetcally
10 his recent deceasc. He spoke Of
General Mlroy and his death at Puget
Sound, in feeling terms. He turned to
g. ]. fIfl fstF % fltn ~
yerSed epitomc of two thousand years,
with the greatest statesmen; armies
greater than that of Caesar, grander
than the cohorts of NcrXeS. The ad
vancement ia human industry and the
forward movement of the country was
described i'm poetic language. Refer
ring 10 the soldiers who had accom-
plishcd so much, the General said:
Their names will sparkle as Jewels in
the diadcm of liberty
Mr.. J. d. Palmer, Col. j. IL. Griffith
and Col. ID. IL. Kimberly, OF Ohio, sang
"Whcn You and l Were Young by
request. This struck a sympathetic
chord and brought down the multitude.
General Powell then read a dispatch
to General B. +. Kelly, from Mrs. Mary
Mulligan, widow of General Mulligan,
at Chicago, regrettng that she could
not come. Three cheers were given
Mrs. Muuigan. After reading the dis
patch. yclls for Gibson brought out the
old hero. "Old Sweet Potatoes as tiE'
boys called him. He said he was away
from home and would say what he
thought, as it would not affect his pros
f..f. -. ItIn fllaT It
referred To the freedom of the negroes,
the poverty of the country before the
war aud said. Now We have so much
the politicians don't know what to
do with it, Let them give
il to the fellows that put
it there. referring to the soldiers. He
said he was ready TO receipt for his
share. and II not at home when the fell
low came around, he had left power Of
attorney with his wife TO sign the re-
ceipt. The General spoke for thirty
minutes, and delivered the brightest
speech made during the three days. The
expressions of delight and endorsement
/ from the thousands were spontaneous.
/ He referred TO the constellation Of gem
erals produced al call, without notice.
10 save the country, and after o long
description of al the soldiers did, he
asked the soldiers il that was not
enough. To the cries Of "Ncs, yes, "
he replied; Il don't think SO; want a
pension
Then the General went into an arSu-
meut to prove that every soldier should
| have pension. lie said lac wanted a
pension, and wanted il bad, and would
spend 10 all attending soldiers reunions.
Judge X. H. Brewster of Pomeroy,
o., followed In a short address.
The IriShman'S Shanty' was then
sung by MesSrS. Palmer, Griffith and
/ Kimberly. Collection was taken for the
widow of a soldier whose son was killed
yesterday ON the b. so. railroad.
Gen. Powell, i'm a short address, re-
ferred 20 Gen. LongStrcct as "houest
enough 10 do his duty when fighting
for the South, and after the war honor
/ able euough 20 say that the Union army
had done more for the South than she
could DO for herself, He closed with an
appeal TO all the soldiers to come into
the army and enjoy themselves as one
of them, and i'm brief made a splendid
speech The vast crowd remained and
kept exceptionally good order through
out.