The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-10-11

still see Tie uuldppl tlE Wuicu tEc
Uniontown band wagon ran over in
front OF our house when they came
| TO celebrate the return OF our V0lun-
teers from Mexico; when can remem-
Der the time when everything was
teamed from Cumberland; and the
time when Henry A. Wise stumped
the then unpartitioned State Of vir-
ginia, / know / am no longer young,
but as see before me men whom l
thought elderly in those days (but one
does not have to be very old TO be
thought so by a boy, when l can
know that the man / honored in my
youth as the most bonored of our re-
gion and State, Mailman II. Wiley,
Is yet with us, / know it is a good
thing 20 be born a West Virginian
| IL you want to live to be old and feel
young.
entered the Navy in the stormy
period OF 1861. | was suddenly offer
ed the appointment as mid-shipman
By our then member of Congress, VIM.
G. Brown, Of honored memory in our
Estate. well remember the going TO
Kingwood TO discuss the subject OF
his offer. l hired a horse from my
old friend, Mr.. Hayes, for which he
charged the sum OF one dollar for the
trip; fear prices are not so modest
nowadays. / stopped at house mid
way between here and Kingwood, got
dinner and my horse fed. The pro-
prietor charged me twenty cents, ex-
planning that he had to raise his
prices lately, his former price being
eighteen cents. / visited Mr. Brown
that evening, and sitting on stool at
the side of the fire place was little
fellow of fourteen whom Mr.. Brown
said he intended sending to the Naval
Academy did not accept Two years
later this youngster also entered as a
mid-shipman, graduated with honors,
saw service in many seas, and won
honor and distinction in the stress of
the great Samoan Hurricane. He is
fortunately with us to-day, my friend
and comrade, Commander Robert
Mathew Gay Brown. An accident at
Cadiz, such as would have killed any
one but West Virginia mouptaineer,
has left a sad mark upon his health,
and has deprived the service of the
active aid of one who has always stood
high in its esteem for his mental and
professional equipment. am happy,
| to, in having here in company with
us, the COMMANDMENTS Chief, who
conducted so brilliantly our West In
| dian campaign of last year, and
brought the war to SO splendid and
fortunate conclusion; and with US also
Lieutenant Commander Stanton, who
did strenuous and noble work last
year, and who is fellow West Vir-
ginian of whom YOU should all be
proud-and | hope you areas is the
Navy.
] accept the splendid gift, Governor
Atkinson, which embodies the good
will of so many kind friends, with
heartfelt gratitude; its possession
binds me to the highest endeayor to
fifty meet the appreciation which you
have so kindly dwelt upon.
At the close of the response which
cheering medly of patriotic aims was
rendered This also called out much
applause and the patriotic spirit OF
the people broke all bounds. Hon.
Jos. Moreland was introduced and re-
sponded to the subject ssOur Guests"
Speaking in euology of Admiral Samp-
son and making very great hit with
| the audience. Mr. Moreland is one of
our best speakers and he did even bet
ter than he has done heretofore. His
remarks were as follows:
Address Sf Hon. Jos. Moreland.
Mr. Chdilmun Ladies and Gentlemen:
One of the noblest passions of the
human heart is that of love of coun-
try. Who in all this assemblage does
not feel an impulse of pride and sat-
| isfaction at the mention of the "West
Virginia Hills?n And yet, what would
those hills be were it not that amongst
them are the firesides and the bright
homes of West Virginians! Endeared
to us by associations and made sacred
by the hallowed memories that cluster
around them our loyal hearts swell
with pride when we hear them prais-
ed. 1t is no wonder that our distn-
guished friend and fellow citizen, our
hero, Captain Chadwick, was moved
when he heard these West Virginia
Hills contrasted for beauty with the
far-famed mountains of Switzerland
And yet these hills, and all the
memories that cluster around them
would be as nothing were we unmind-
full of the sacred duty of defending
them and our homes and our firesides
against our enemies and the enemies
of our institutions. The motive that
actuates the patriotic man to go forth
to battle for his country and the bra
very that sustains him are God given.
| No man deserves more praise and hon.
or, and reverence and respect than the
soldier who risks his life on the field
of battle, in order that his country
may live, in order that his home may
be safe, and in order that he and his
fellow citizens may be free and equal
before the law 1t is to do honor to
one of our fellow citizens who is at
once citizen and soldier that we are
assembled to-day. We honor him be-
cause his life has been voluntarily
, given to the service of his country.
1 He is a West Virginian born and
reared amongst the West Virginia
!, hills. His eyes first saw the light OF
!. day in staid old Morgantown. BY the
placid waters of the Monongahela river
ne sported in the days of his youth,
, enjoying the companionship of many
of you who are here to-day to welcome
him.
J, He has won distinction for himself,
and brought honor to his State, his
birth place, and to US. He returns to
us with the rewards of his fidelity tc
, duty. He brings the trophies of his
victories and we rejoice with him and
delight to honor him. You remember
with what earnestness and sympathy
and anxiety we watched him during
the war When our navy was going
out to do battle with Spain's boosted
} navy, we were told that Yankee ma.
ves and Yankee ships of war, like
} Yankee institutions, were new and
untried, and that naval battles were
) most hazardous and uncertain. The
Spanish-American war was war in.
stituted in behalf of humanity. Ii
was war to relieve the oppressed
1t was war in which right and jus
tice, and the Almighty were on oul
, side, and we had abiding faith, but
we then saw, as it were, Through q
i glass darkly,' and there were times
when we even douhted