The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-20

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ED no MORE FOREVER A
lRuTE no TILE SOUTH IN THE
WAR WITH SPAIN.
AGO. oct. is.-At the Peace
t9liee Banquet Tonight Mt Clark
bwlil editor 81 the Atlanta ConstI-
on sponded to the sentiment; 9our
united country North and South
estrpused by war, but again united
the Starr ana Stripes; nothing
an war could have demonstrated
strength and the intense loyalty
a-united people"
sad: INF. T6astmaster and My
low eountrymeh; IN the mountains
q nv state. in a county remote from
quickenlng touch Of commerce, and
railroad and teiegraphs 80 far removed
INIT ne sincerity Of It's rugged people
iihpolluted from the spring Of ma
two vlne-covered mounds, nestled
q tbe SOLEMN silence Of a country
church yard, suggest the text of my re-
gpnnsa 70 the sentiment to which am
speak tl-niEit. A serious text, Mr.
~ master, for an occasion like this,
ana vt out Of 1t there is life and peace
ind hope ana prosperity. for In the sol
emn sacrihee Of the volceless grave can
ilis chiefest lesson of the republic be
learned, and the destiny Of It's real mis-
sidn be unfolded. So bear with me
VALE / lead you to the rust,staiDed
b which for a third of a century
since ChIckamsuga-ha s been kissed by
tie sun as Il peeped over the Blue
Ridge, melting the subllmated tears
Withwhic the mourning night had be-
dsMed the inscription: Here lies a
Confederate soldier; he died for mis-
eountrya The September day which
brought the body OF this mountain hero.
t0that home among the hills which had
smiled upon his infancy, been gladdened
81 his youth, and strengthened by his
manhood, was an ever memorable one
with the sorrowing concourse Of friends
ana nelghbors who followed his shot
giddied bndy 70 the grave, and of that
number no man gainsaid the honorof his
d IL, lacked full loyalty to the flag for
which he fought, or doubted the Justice
81 he cause for which he gave his life.
rhirty-five years have passed; an
other war has called It's roll OF martyrs;
main the old bell tolls from the crude,
latticed tower OF the settlement church,
another great pouring Of sympathetic
humanity, and this time the body Of
son, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes,
lowered to Its everlasting rest beside
that % the father who sleeps In the
6tils and bars.
There were those there who stood by
the grave Of the Confederate hero years
before, and the children OF those were
there, and Of those present no one gain
sid the honor of the death Of this hero
Of 81 caney, and none we're there but
loved as patriots alone can love, the
glorious fagth enshrines the people
of common country as 1t enshrouds the
form that win sleep forever in It's blessed
foid And on this tomb VIII be writ
len: Here lies the son of a confed-
srate soldier; he died for his country
.And 50 It is that between the making
AZ these two graves human hands and
human hearts have reached solution of
me yexed problem that has baflled hu-
man vim ana human thought for three
decades. Sturdy sons OF the south have
ala 10 their brothers OF the north that
the people Of the south had long since
accented the arbltrament Of the sword
10 which they had appealed. And ike
wise the oft-repeated message has come
back from the north that peace and
goodwill reIgned, and that the wounds
e civil dissention we're but as sacred
memories. Good fellowship was waited
on fine wings OF commerce and develop
ment from those who had worn the blue
10 taose who had worn the gray Nor
were these messages delivered In vain
for they served to pave the way for the
eomolete and absolute elimination Of the
line OF sectional differences by the only
process by which such a result YVES pos-
sibie The sentiment Of the great ma
iority Of the people OF the south was
rightly spoken in the message OF the
immOrtal Hill, and In the burning elo-