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


. lespon 6l dcf1n1e. OF q phQVldlng
V0u Eifn1Iy with . nioarl y hereby nuf-
1nfinE may b INFLICTED and cries q an
riiish NYrIng from Borrowing souls
wheeling knows the millennium - not
yet here, and that until peace eQnier-
ences come 10 be more than mere tarc99
and arbitration comes to Pc recos iii3ec.
a. necessary factor IN the pfoduetion
% Q continually progressive civilizations
swords win not be beaten into ploW
shares and spears into pruning hooks.
Wheeling knows, that 20 long 90 not
theories hut conditions must Be dealt
With, the sword q mot become an OBJ.
aolete fact In history. It's true, It's
pity, and pity tbs tits true" But
Wheeling - not 50 dense as not 70
know that the sword Is to-day two-
edged AFFAIR, and that while Il may
become, should become simply the
symbol Of Q necessary power aiWAYa 70
be eGerted against wrong and oppress-
Ion, there % always the danger that II
may lose It's proper symbolism, ana In
stead Of preventing wrong, perform i,
instead Of putting end TO suffering, In
dict Il. In your hands your many
Wheeling friends md your countless
admirers and well-Wishers trust this
sword will become not 9 curse. but q
blessing. We trust that you viii never
have occasion TO cry a. does one OF
Philip MaSSlngers characters,
"soms undone widow sits upon mine
And takes away the use Of IT. and my
sword
Glued 70 my scabbard with wronged
orphans tears,
win not be drawn"
The Sword.
We trust that by you It may DO
welded always IN the cause Of right,
and that before its sclntlTatinE thrusts
ali the enemies Of freedom, Of truth; of
Justice may fee to the itttermost parts
OF this earth. We are honest enough to
tell you that we hope you viii never
have opportunity to use the sword, de-
spite the fact that we now give Il to
you, We hope that ths universal peace
for which all true men yearn, viii be-
come reality, before It need be drawn
from It's scabbard 70 pierce an en-
eHly's breast. We know that while war
means death, peace means life, and
that IN that peace there are as many
glorious occaGIons for the display Of he
roIsm as ever battlefield or bloody en-
gagement presented. The man on
whose birthday these exercises are TAX
ing place was not only first In war but
first IN peace and first IN the hearts Of
HIS countrymen. While the man, your
SUPERIOR. officer, who sits before
you, 10 deserves the laurel crown
he now wears, not only for the
naval victory he won. but for the VIC
tories won before and since that event,
in times when the dogs Of war were
chained in their kennels. repeat,
therefore, that we hope 1t will be many
q year before your country will call
upon you full braveIy to Hash your
But with all this, should |
the call come, should the occasion pre-
sent itself, where drawn this sword
must be, we trust you Will grasp It
firmly and WELD It well for the cause
you hold dear. Make 1t mean some
thing for THY country, thy God and |
truth" Make It stand for the princi-
pies singFained in the land OF your ma
tivity., odake It symbolic not blood.
but bravery; not carnage, but courage;
not wrong, but right; not death, but |
duty. Make this sword stand for pro- |
right and truth, and Wheeling will have |
~ 'vonr worth n vii have hnt liver |
you your desert. It viii have but done
you Justice. It win have but given you
an added means Of bringing everlasting |
81 So - s4 800 49,. a.-. 's..psS.
When men have bled and women ,9 wena
To guard its precious folds from wrong, |
Even they who shrunk, even they who
slept
Strike! for the brave revere the brayel"
During the rabbits peroration Adj
miral pewey arose and bowed to the
tribute the speaker was expressing. and
again the audience let itself loose.
AS the rabbi concluded his tax he
handed the sword to Admiral Dewey.
who. turning I'd fieIteHSHt poddridee.
who had stood through most Of the |
speech Of presentation, said:
at gives me great pleasure to hand
to n rallant ofIleer Iris loeautif,l sword
the gift of his nntiye city"
These words, the only public utter
ances of the admiral during his stay
in Wheeling, were received with an OUT
burst Of cheering that shook the build
ing to its foundation stones.
Lieutenant Doddridge = naturally |
greatly embarrassed-replied in few
words that came from the heart.
''In accepting this beautiful gift Of
my native city can't find words that
express my appreciation"
At this point someone called out,