The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-31

those trying hours in the life Of the re-
public our nrIny was our only stay.
The soldiers WIRE the nation then. and
now they are the nation'a wards; and
II Is the few and not the many who
have tho temerlty to say that they shall
not, be munihcently cared for now as
their ranks urc thinning out in the
qulcii-step march they are making
tdNvnrdS life's golden sunset yonder' In
tig vest
"OccasionaIly we hear whine from
some oymbllnB- headed croaker aboutou
soldlerH drawing pensions. Let them
whine, on The time ID ut hHud when
every soldier thnt carried a snber or n
musket ought to draw pension. The
charge has been made TINT thouFands
OF fraudulent penslOnern are on the
rOliA There never was hRser SANDER
uttered. After the closest possible Bcru-
tiny OF the pension rolls, out Of 100000
pensioners, thirty-nl1e alleged frauds
were discovered. This was less than
ono ia 1900. Hndilt proves that the sur
vivinB veterans Of the war are more
hon03t than the twelve Apostles who
followed our Savior through his min
istry on the Garth.
SOLDIERS OF the Grand Army. let not
your hearts be troubled. Amid tho clash
VI ulANAAE gul ANlHNNA gAhA AAANANA tAAAA
II II going to'tf1ist you. Tho great mass
OF the people arc with you and behind
YOU You stood as wall Of iron be-
f0ra shot and shell, and the American
people will stand aa wall OF prOteo-
tloh around all Of you. (CheerB9 You
have our sympathy but you deserve
more than that sympathy Is n COM
fort, but II win not keep the wolf from
the old, dncrepid, sick mnnsdOor. Ev-
cry soldier Will be- granted pension
from the government, commensurate
win the services he rendered and the
sacrifices he made; and, in addition to
thia, ne viii have-lndeed, he now has
the sympathy Of the loyal millions
whose arms nre thrown around him as
ne Is rapidly marching towards his final
camping ground.
Wom9n's Devotion.
81 wish had time to pay proper
tribute to the loyal. patriotic, liberty
loving women OF the republic. When
the war cloudB hung like a midnight
pail and the nation was trembling in
the balance, these loyal women were
It's truest friends. and stood closest 10
O6r soldiers on the tented field. But
for their devotion and support in those
trying hours no one can tell what the
result might have been. They were
messengers OF mercy on every field Of
battle. caring for the wounded and aid
Ing in burylnR the dead. They VIII
never be forgotten while American His
tory Is rend The records they made
were net those like ZenObiu and Aspn-'
sin and Cleopatra and Semirnmis but
lire Deborn and Ruth and COrnRliu,
whose ruling purposes In life were to
mike themselves useful lnstend Of re-
nuwned. Good. souls! Many of them.
are gore from the throng Of the liv-
Ing. bun they left behind them a halo
Of light which WIN shine brighter and
brighter until the perfect day
my fellow citizens. the war with
apain and the one now going on In the
Philippine archipelago have. in a short
space Of time. done more than the work
of the previous generation 10 cause all
the American people TO fully appreci-
ate the services rendered the nation by
the federal soldiers from 1861 to SO.
The people can NOW see the value or
that fratricidai war. andnona sesitmore
clearly than the men who wore the
gray. This should be. and Is am sure,
a great qualification to all Of you. AN
of us rejoice to-day That tho Eouth and
the north are one and lnseparable, and
TINT Old Glory waves triumphnntly
to-day over many Islands In the, seas,
which were wrestcd from Spain by SOL
der pntriota from every portion OF our
great republic The United States IL
widening the scope OF It's influence and
power. II stands for universal free
dom. 70 stands for equal rights before
the law. II stands against oppression
and for the oppressed wherever It's navy
spIIts the waves Of oceans and seas Il
l. ..VFamFtaVf nj akTfltHmfInFl
II stands for an open Bible It stands
Tor free thought and free speech: and
n will thus continue TO stand IN the
future as in the past; and ten million
fighting men are at itS command to
make good lts promises tn mankind.
We Are Somebody"
I'VE have owned islands ever since tho
British surrendered at Yorktown. We
own more of them now and we ore go
ing to hold on to them. sink or swim.
live or die, survive or perish Our mon
behind the guns know what they are
doing, The great nations Hrc satisfied
that we are somebody ScntimentaltstS
cannot shake our fifth in ourselves or
dampen the loyalty OF our American
people We are at the front to stny,
our flag viii never belowered except
BY american Hhluh " hVthV VI nLAh+AAs
We are going to construct the Slcarn-
qua Canal and then build sufiiciency
OF American ships to carry our own
products over all the seas We nrc fol-
lowing Thomas Jeferson's teachings
10 rench forward and out. We are go
ing 10 expand wide enough and big
enough 10 hold our own with the big
Reat nations beneath the stars, The
American people are neither hide-bound
nor tIrnid. They never yet trhmplcd
upon any other natlon's rights, and
never will: but they respect themselves,
and they mean TO sec to It that others
shall respect them also. We are sing
ing the song OF liberty wherever our
ships sail and our Gag floats, and other
progressive people will take II up, and
viii ultimately carry It to the earth's
rcmotest bounds. n In catching. II is
IN the very mir we breathe. II Is
threading. Slavery is guing-gone.
God Intended all people to he free, and
Mi az the monarchles are now loosen
ing their grip upon Their subjects The
limited states Is the flagship In the pro-
rogslon that In leading on to victory.
The United States Ii setting tho world
n higher example OF national duty than
has hitherto been known. Weias ma
ton have never sought war and we
nre not seeking II now. Because the
fathers Of the republic had no foreign
polIoy Is no reason why we shTould not
hive one In our day and generation.
cIyIlIzaiton certainly should hive
tight of way over bnrbnTism In all