Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-31

AlBDRAl OBSERVED.


the orator and guest Of honor. at the
Memorial Day services of E. w. Kins-
ley Post No. 113, G. A. r., at the Bos-
ton Theatre. The immense. auditor
ium was filled to its utmost capacity.
The singing of the Battle Hymn OF
the Republic" by Comrade Myron w.
Whitney and chorus and the presen-
tation to the audience OF its author,
Mrs. julia Ward Howe, called forth
tremendous burst Of applause. Rev.
John Lindsay Withrow offered PRAYER,
and addresses were delivered by Com
mander Ira B. Goodrich, of Post ll3,
and others. President Lincoln's ad-
dress at Gettysburg was read by Com
rade James d. Leerbee, and the post
chaplain's address was mada by Rev.
e. A. Horton.
When Gen. Wheeler arose to speak
the applause was tumultuous, cheer
upon cheer arose from thousands, and
it was nearly fifteen minutes before
the General could make himself heard.
General Wheeler opened his speech
with an eloquent tribute to the part
played by Massachusetts, in the history
of the American Commonwealth,
whose soldiers had played conspicuous
parts in all its wars and whose states
men had ever been famous in the
halls of Congress. He alluded to the
prophecy of General Horace Binney
Dargent, who, thirty years ago, on
Memorial Day, in the city of Boston,
predicted the day would come when
this anniversary would be celebrated,
after some day of glory when the sons
of rebels and our sons shall have fallen
side by side in some common cause OF
foreign war, as our sires and their
sires fell side by side under the eye of
the great rebel, the Virginian, Wash
ington.'
Already said General Wheeler,
"the words of this prophecy have been
fulfilled, for the warriors who fell
side by side at La Guasimas, San Juan
and 81 Caney, men from the North and
South, among them some of your
brave boys from the Second Massachu-
setts were buried together in the
great national cemetery at Arlington,
while brave federal officer who took
part in the great struggle of our civil
war and now the Chief Executive Of
the nation, by his presence conferred
honor upon their funeral obsequies."
Continuing, Gen. Wheeler said:
''The enjoyment of peace is blessed
boon to humanity, but the history OF
the world from it's earliest period
teaches that the only security for
peace is to be always prepared and
ready to engage in war. That nation
whose people are ready to respond to
call to arms with men and resources
fOp 1nrfrr i~ hot
shall most certainly be able to avoid
the desolation and horrors of war. So
long as the dominent spirit which
controls any country. is one of honor,
chivalry, glory and patriotism, so long
will that nation continue to achieve
power and greatness The spirit of
true nobility taught by American
mothers has made our country the
pride and fear of the world"
Declaring that it was the duty OF
every American to uphold the President
and his cabinet when it became. thor
Oughly committed to a defined policy,
Gen. Wheeler said:
Patriotic devotion can be exercised
by volunteering to serve in the field,
but 1t may also be most profitably ex-
erted in encouraging confidence among
our people at home. Certainly no
good and only evil can come from
words and acts which tell rival nations
that even portion of our people, how
ever few, are not in full sympathy
with our government, or what is
worse, that any Americans actually
do sympathize with our country's en-
emies. Such a course cannot fail to
weaken confidence and embarrass the
executive power. Those who insist
that the power of the United States is
SO great that it must always triumph,
will admit that difficultiH or obstacles
created by our own people will have
the effect of retarding at least in some
degree, the prompt and happy restor-
alton to perfect and lasting peace.
Il am one of those who firmly be-
lieve that whatever is, is right, and l
cannot doubt but when conditions are
thrust upon a country by course of
events following a we'll judged and
righteous action on the part of the
people and the government the conse-
Quence could not be other than bene-
fetal not only to the people of our
own country. but to the world at
large.
There is one sentiment which
should be impressed on every mind
and instilled into every heart:-
My county, may she always be
right. but right or wrong, my coun-