The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-12

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gantown. whose response was as fol-
lows:
1T is with just pride and deep feel
ing Of appreciation accept the hospit-
ality and all the good things the kind
hearted people of the city OF Wheeling
have rendered the Grand lodge, Knights
of PythiaS for this session. On behalf
Of the knights Of this domain. thank
you for the heroic efforts you have
expended for our enjoyment and COM
fort.
aThe world loves to honor heroic
men. 1t was natural for the tyrant
DIonysius to honor the friends Damon
and Pythias. Even "a hardened tyrant
could appreciate unselfishneSs. And II
heartless ruler accustomed to con-
denim men to death could be so moved
by the unselfish devotion Of these two
friends, what should we expect OF the
thousands who have lived since that
day and have heard that immortal
story OF devotion? From kinder gener-
atlOnB there has come feeling OF love
and honor for the two heroes Of old,
which the wealth and power OF no
earthly king could buy. We in our or
ganizatlon honor these two heroes. And
we honor ourselves by honoring them,
We are blended together to show that
the noble traits OF character shown by
them have not died out among men,
We are banded together to show to the
world that the breed Of noble men is
not extinct. Not that we ostentatiOusly
call attention to our good deeds, to our
devotion to our brothers-but that
humbly yet industrlously we seek to
do good to our fellow men.
What a grand example Of herolsm to
take for the foundation of fraternal
order, One man willing to suffer death
for nnpthcrl We are told by One who
was the great Brother OF all men that
greater love hath no man than this
that man lay down his life for his
friend. Ave have then the highest au-
thoylty for our statement that our order
Is founded on the deeds Of two men who
exempllEcd the highest degree Of love
of which mere man is capable.
1--WE are the, SUCCESSORS OF that Pyth-
agorean society into which Damon and
Pythias had been Initiated. We are
proud OF the organization which we
represent. of the principles which we
are to cxemplify In our dealings with
our fellows
"Brotherhood is closely related to
love. II Is founded on love, BY nature
we are brothers,: but we nre drawn
even more closely by n love that Is
stronger than the ties Of nature. Our
brotherhood makes us equal. We do
not believe that any man is born to
have proprletorship over another
man God made all men Of one blood to
dwell on all the face Of the Garth He
didn't make one man to be n master
and another one slave; one to be an
employer and another n servant. No
man Is born to any particular rank. We
believe In the principles Of the Dec
laratlon Of Independence that nil men
are born free and equal and have equal
rights. They may not be born with
equal endOwmentS. but they are born to
equal privileges to enjoy life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness. There have
been times in the history Of the world
when one man was OF much less value
than another; times when q master
might kill his slave times when one
man Of rank was considered more val
uablo than ten men from common sta
lions Of life, Even In England In the
oldeu time, the word Of noblemun
would outweIght dozen common men,
on the witness stand. Equality ana
fraternity were unknown terms for
many years Of the worlds history. But
to-day the brotherhood OF man Is rec
ognlsed and we as an organization do
our utmost to see that this great truth
is realized In the world. We believe
that no man should be condemned for
his poverty or exalted for HIS riches;
that no man should be prosecuted for
his religious belief or favored for his
church affiliations; we hold that no
man should be at disadvantage be-
cause he belongs to one party or boy
cotted because he belongs TO another
one. We believe In the utmost freedom
Of opinion and action when such Opln-
ion and action do not cndanger the
general welfare Of society. Such a
Brotherhood are Wc--with malice to-
ward none, with charity for all.
we feel II our duty to do all In our
power 20 bring about In all the world
, fraternity akin to that which We enjoy
among ourselves, We believe that tho
time will come when men win be on
equal and friendly tern8 with one au-
other; whom all differences and hatrcds
shall be laid aside and In their place
ahnll AourlGh peaceful fraternity.
I'VE rec n the sentiments called out
by our late war with Spain evidence OF
closer fraternity among all the people
who live under our hOnored ilnV.
Though the civil war has been over for
more than thirty years, still until With
In few months there wete thGsB
whose breath still stirred the flame
OF sectional hate and bitter prejudice;
there were thOse-usu1lly those who
were faTthest fran the front whel
battles were rnginG-who continued TO
do Injustice to foes whether in the nortl
or In the south; those who stlll spoke
bitterly of TINT direful struggle. hut
when the Presidents cali went forth for
troops 10 meet the cruel armies Of
Spain there was such hearty respoBJe
both from the north and south that the
blue and grey were seen at last falling
In line together And II was true.
Thosp who had worn the grey ind those
who Ind Worn the blue were Becn mr.
shnled in the same ranks following the
same nag fnclng the same foe. and
singing the same songs Of patriotic
love. What sight to rejoice overt \
divided country at last brought Into
complete union--n union OF hearts in