The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-23

Bay, Amen.
The man who preached that g>rElpn
was 80 active ~ the caule q freedom
that a reward vas offered TOR him oy
General Howe. and Q detachment was
sent to the Great Valley, on one 0cca-
sion TO arrest mm.
Under such sermons, American sol.
dief8 did not SO TO sleep. Neither did
the enemy. When the American army
entered Philadelphia IN June, 1336, after
the evacuation by 4he British troops.
: they were hard pressed for ammunition.
/ The whole city was lanBRclted IA search
OF cartridge paper At length, 81 the
garnet Of Dr.. FFanklin'S old printing
ONCE. a vast collection Of paper was
discovered. Among the mass was more
than q cart load Of sermons on defen-
slve war, preached by the famous Gill
bert Tennent during the British and
French war, to rouse the colonies to Inc
dispenslble exertion.: These approppFi-
ate nlanifestoes were Immediately eIn-
ployed as cases for muslet cartridges.
rapidly sent TO the army and came most
OPPORTUNITY for they were firing away
at the battle OF Monmouth against our
retiring foe. For once. at least, SER
mons were hot shot,
Ideal Patriotism.
Edward Everett once said: "The ge-
Mus Of those times was the genius Of
patriotism" And what an ideal type
of patriotism II vast Samuel Adams,
one Of the grandest figures among rep
resentative Americans when debating
on the Declaration Of Independence,
said: II should advise perslgtlng in our
struggle for liberty, though It were re-
Veeted from heaven that nine hundred
and ninety-nine were to perish. and one
OF "a thousand were to SURVIVE to retain
his liberty. One such FRESHMAN must
possess more virtue and enjoy more
happiness than a thousand slaves: and
let MIN propagate his like, and transnH
to them whnt he has so nobly pre-
served"
In conclusion, look upon the efforts
OF the Sons and Daughters Of the RevO-
luton to dedicate this day and hour to
the Indictment OF the lofty sentiment OF
Old time patriotism as worthy of great
Commentator. All honor TO the men
and women who hold by their vineyards
because OF their fathers memories
History has Its beacon lights Yonder ts
ours. AS al the gateway Of this new
world, greeting the traveller on his
journey home. cloud by day anda fire
by night Is the statue OF Liberty En-
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ming OF our national life when Storm
tossed generation OF men in gratitude
placed their weary feet upon the solid
ground. stands the colossal figure and
the shining name Of Washington /
never study that model Of American
manhood without being impressed with
the facl that there is something here
beside himself He himself felt this,
There was in his matches career the
constant hint Of the existence of Code
throne-a steady voice that, in the night
time and In the storm, in the great
darkness and the horrible tempest, said,
The Lord reigneth! And that has been
the secret of our history. In that faith
the Pilgrim fathers fouEled this reptfb-
lie; in that faith Washington led his
armies; in that faith the national con-
stitution was framed: In that faith.
when the century had completed itself
in 1875, and the nation assembledlIEi the
persons Of lis senators, councillors and
chief executive, with thousands OF her
people, surrounded by 4he banners OF
Pagan nations and Mohammedan em-
pires, and hallowed the gifts Of a hum
dred years with her Christian song:
"our fathers God, from out whose
hand
The centuries fail like grains OF sand,
We meet to-day, united. free,
And loyal to our land and Thee,
To thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening one"
Let us then strive to keep our bear
ings. With faith in the past, and hone
for the future, let US so live and act
that we may be worthy Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution. and that
worthtly we may be called citizens OF
the country which was established, gov-
erned and guided by the first and great
est American, George Washington.
Lieut.. Doddridge.
When Lieutenant Doddridge was
called upon to respond to the sentl-
ment, Naval Heroes of the Revolu-
tIon." he met with fatterlng recep-
ton. He said:
When asked to respond to this pa
trlotIc toast, I had great hesitancY
about accepting, us am entirely with
out experience in the art Of speech
making; but felt that would like to
say something about those grand old
sailors Of 177G, so must crave your In
diligence, Naval Heroes OF the Revo-
lutioum What a world of memories
thesa words recall to our mindl What
lllustr!ous names are brought to our
recollection, and the names OF the
grand old ships, how they cause our
pulses to quicken with patriotic pride!
At the outbreak OF the Revolution,
we had no navy, and scarcely any pre-
parations had been made for carving
on the war at sea, We had no regular
mcn-of-war, but were obliged to At our
old merchantmen RS mRkeShifts.5 The
officers and men with rare exceptions,
were drawn from the merchant service,
and naturally that esprit de corps
which is so essential to the well-belng
OF a great service was lacking. With a
few poor ships and unframed men to
attempt to oppose England, the boosted
Mistress OF the Seas" seemed like
sheer madness, but our sturdy ances-
tors, nothing daunted, put their love Of
country before everything. and ships
were built and officers chosen; and
more devoted, drawer body Of men
never served country.
The American flag was first hoisted
on board a national ship by John Paul
Jones, and. from that day to the pres
emit time, 1t has never been struck to
equal or inferior force. Our priVa-
teers swarmed on the sens and many
prizes were taken lnflicting great locs
on the Mother Country. AS the war
proceeded, our'vessels, not content with |
remaining on our coast, appeared OF |
the British Isles, and engaged the en-
envy, John Paul Jones was q name |
which struck terror to the British |
heart. with his ship, the famous Bon
Homme Richard" old and underman.
ned, he captured, after u desperate |
fight, the Scraps" splendid British |
frlgate, and this was done in sight Of
the British coast, There were many |
other sailors, although not as well
known MS Jones, who performed deeds |
of equni vnior-Daie. Wickes, john |
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