The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-31
IN LOWING MEMORY
OF UNION DEAD
toontlauedl Esom ssosaa Fage.l

I've can now see plainly. ~ this dis
tance from the war. that these soldiers
IN diving us but one flag, instead OF
fIyo. one constitution. and Il. Nation
united, they also gave uE pence. Ihey
saye Us enduring pehce. becuuse they
9nve us universal liberty Is oil tue
sfntes. Il has tIlien our people o FUN
ornrter-ceiftuf-Y to find out the true
vnlnp Of liberty, free labor and. fres
thougbt. We are just beginning to lap-
precinte In IT'S fiillness, the true gran;
deur OF a republic under whose mug 9 ,,i
clafbeH ana races OF men can walk
erect IN the dignity OF unrestrlNeu
freedom. Thnnk God In our Bfeit coiiA-
try no mrl owns another. and bette:
than All labor rs forever free. AZ lhst
ye have learned the lesson though "
was written IN blood, that labor IS o,
God. and thut nothing ID more sacred
md more 10 be respected than honest
faithful toll: Labor Is wonlth, and man
needR no better passport TO fame than
that' lie earua his living b. the sweat
of-hIs face. Our soldiers Of the lata
civil war. though fratFicIini us it was
should want no greater title 10 nobliity
than thrt they gave to tho American
people universal liberty, which IN turn
made labor free, and made free thought
also ,H.,,u., ,,v
friends, have done more than an t,lnBb
else 10 elevate mankind. They nave
chained tho lightning, conquered steam,
briiltd machinery broken down clatc
ana notified man. They have tried
out, the brain. wGetted thr intellect and
broadened the outlook OF all our people.
They are the fulcrum and the lover
which. under God, have raised ours un-
10 n now is tig' foremost and tnilest
D1tJon on the earth. Any man who
does nor believe in free lnbor and free
thought H. an enemy to human pro-
gross, ANY man who docs not thank our
soldIers for breaking down the mldd'e
wnlIs Of the partition OF prejudice ana
letting Ia tho unbrnken rays OF right
e6uBnesB and truth, is an enemy 70
himself, as wen as b al munkinu. W.
frse n,itinn beneath the circle OF the
snn. and our soldiers made II such, Col.
fngsrsoil nptly said, They rolled away
tho stone from the door Of the seuplchre
az progress.' II always requires revolu@
ttonst % accomplish works that are oVer'
wheln,ing and great II dlwuyS Inns
been so and II always will be so In both
church and state, n WINS so In Greete
ana RoIue and Russia and Germany
ard France and Engiaud and II was no
eSeeHtfon IN, our own fair land. MINOR
questions can be arbitrated, but great
lipheavals alone can come as the result
OF war. For four thousand years
China, the richest, largest and most
pDpulous empire beneath the sun ioekei
Nor gates against civilization and pro-
rress: and with six months OF war, the
then half-civliIzed Japanese. third
rate dominion broke down these bar
riers and let In the Hight that China
had sworn should nRVsr ahine above her
neopfe. For such achievements as
these. and for the great work that our
own nrTuy wrought, every man VINO
loves, liberty and light should echo the
rtfernnca OF the eloquent InEersoll: Il
hayo one sentiment for the soldiers Nv
ing and dead-cheers for the living ana
tears for the dead. The dead and the
living, like n bow OF peace, spans and
arches all the clouds Of war. There 10
n volume In that uttGrancH. end J adopt
It - my own sentiment to-day"
sectionaIlsm Dead.
There is another fact to which de-,
sire briefly to ariude. and that ia the
wounds Of the war in our country have
been completely healed. The soldiers
who wore the gray are now BEGINNING
TO feel and see and understand That tne
soldiers who wore the 4lue saVed tns
south M wen b the north. There are
no better Ioyalists to-day than the SOL
diers Of the Southland. The blue ana
Rray' are elasplng hands across the
deep. broad ehaRm that could never ne
nrched. But It Il now being arched BY
the brilliant bow Of fraternity and en-
during peace.
any eountrymen, we are beginning 70
feel that there Is no north, no south:
scctionallsm bothers uS no longer, and
Is now a thing Of the past, and we re-
1Oice that II II so. Cooperation Is the
controlling spirit OF the present, ana the
soldiers OF both armies are leading on
All ideal citizens are workers. The
huud that Is hardened by toll Is an hon-
est hand. There are Tut two classes OF
men in n republlc--wOrkers and ahirk-
eTs. No man Is honest who does not
toll. The workers Of the north and the
WORKERS OF the south Join hands in help
,ng one another on. There Is true fell
iowshIp in that. All workers should be
brothers, and should crowd the shirkers
to the rear. In all hives the workers
kill the drones. The bees do II; and II
a lazy drone, with two good legH, gets
In the way Of the driving, working null
LlluuGt ne Eluulu w - go
press. Every avenue. In these free.
pushing times, Is open to all alike. and
the war made II so. Education. enter
prise, honesty .sobriety. lnbor-all are
free. There III no prescription any
where. The chain that bound the
humble and the poor hns been broken
The weak has been made strong, and
the poor OF the past are the rich OF the
present. Genius and labor produce
wealth. and the patriots, north and
0outh, will always see that Il 10 prop
crly protected. AnHrchiSm Will ind no
foothold here. They say they win bow
us up. We will blow them up. The
honest impulses Of the American peo-
pic will always swing them on the side
or fair dealing between man and man.
Tho men who attempt to steal my part
OF our great country or shall try to
steal living out OF II. will fall short
Of their undertakings. our people
north and south. VIII sce TO It that all
outsiders shall tote fair" or leave
Our soldiers preserved this country as
our heritage. and we nre going to keep
It for ourselves and our posterity Tor
ever
Pensions for All.
"Thcrc Is another fact which ! de-
sire to mention to-day, my friends, be-
cause It Is one OF the live questions Of
the hour. II ID this: II the govern
ment had the right to require men to
serve in ltR army. II Is honor bound to
protect them in their declining years
shut fIpaa NOT npnfapf IA