The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-16

10 their local surroundings.
ColuTnbiana county wai also rich IN
other rasprcts adding much TO the fame
and distinction Of this So-cnllcd TcF"T.
roIr OF genius" The head and front or
organized abolitionism conferred nj Salem
md II this day It's citizens point with
a degree OF pride 10 a monument erected
NJ the grave Of m carly enthusiasm. Ed
win Cappect, who leaving Salem. jnnnd
John brown nj tiarpcra F'.rry and went
with him 10 the Ecaffold at Charleston.
n martyr to conscience and love Of his
fellow mon.
Tho old town hall Of Salem. still
standing. WAS as famous in tho days or
anti-slavrry agitation as Eancui! Hall.
AT Boston in Revolutionary times. On
its plain. wide platform eloquent md
touching appeals on behalf Of tho slave
were mad" by William Lloyd Garrison.
Wendell Phillips. Abby Kelly Foster.
Parker Pllshu-y~ HornCc Mann. F;rd
Douglass. Elin9hclh CAdy Stanton. 1A-
crctia Mott. Oliver I.ov"loy. Joshua P.
tiIddings Salmon +. Chase. Ralph Wal
do Emerson. benjamin +. Wade. James
\. Garfield and many others. naCnifI'
cent mrn md wom"r, whole souls burn
I'd with n drSir" 10 free the lonJmaE.
1t was the beginning. tn" torch Of lib
"riy. starting n conflaEration in tho
world. destined in inter years To end in
Tho universal freedom Of mankind. such
IA is now rrrSaGcd by tho great victory
just won over nutocracy and imperial
ism.
Cnunhinnn county is also famous in
other respects. 1t was tn" hiEh-water
mark Of the Southern Confc1dcracy. John
MorEan's raid having ended in his sur
: render within its borders md his troop
! crs bong sent to the Ohio Fcnitcntiarr.
Its citizenship in carly days and now
| t.t -.
sihlr of detailed mention 4 reasonable
limits without Obvious omissions.
| mention but ono feeling sure Tint
no other citizen nj this day will object
10 being associated with him in name.
His Old homestead is ono VI lhr show
places N Lisbon. and the prejudice once
existing against him. especially among
his .n"ishbnrs md those who knew him
pc personality. has long since tsrgrd out Of
. local minds. brilliant. honest. deter
mined even when wrong. Clement l..
NalIa gham certainly added Ia the
nntorirty. If not the fame " this
called "rcEcrruir IF genius.
Lincoln. via"r. It ina" l." Thought.
than SOME recent war officials. com
nutrd prison sent once agnirst him for
dIsl"yalty 10 punishment among his
friends hut this did not deter 4 great
political party from minimizing him for
governor in IT," da rkcSt hours OF the
war for N" Union. Tn" contrast be-
tween that day and tEia. between tho
action " the minority part 'hcn md
now. IS WORTHY of profound thought and
study.
Coming t" JEFFERSON county. the only
2initIi; county in the dist riot and the
home &c my Successor TO bc--a most
worthy business man. for whom | he
Sp"nk mcrtrd consideration nj the ha nds
Of The SiIty-SiXth conKrc2s-1 find The
Same difficulty MS in Coiumbiana in
-1NtH q l.
numbers. !;s c"nspicuously worthy citi-
2"nS.
H"sid"s the Wilson's. father md grand
father OF the president Edwin 81. Stan
ton. born in StcubcnvIlc: United States
:'"nHt"r Tappan: IN" Fighting Nc
Cooke: Lieut.. Gov: Richards; and Con-
Er"sSmcn tpdcEraff and Gill. who hnvc
given IN" county much Distinction
th"r". nrr really many other names OF
substantial and able citizens. too many
for Classification. who have been or are
noW shedding rrnown upon the county
anu Ei'lnE II unusual importance rs n
business md social center The city Of
St"uhcnTillr. the lar%"Ht in the district,
has been made attr rtivc to home seek
era md mon and families Of wraIth Gull
trrc and business attainmcnts have
moved from other sectinna and by their
association and refining Influences have
enriched lis citizenship already Of n
high order.
No city in the district hns done moro
| 20 justify and Nindcaic tho sohrIquct
! RESERVOIR az genius" than StcubcnviIle
pIrturcSIu" gem. it may b': said, of the
upper 0h:n Valley.
This picture. Mr. Speaker and fellow
members. ia not ovcrdrnvn.
! would not. however. have it under
stood that tho Importance Of thi. SOC
! ton or Ohio hna decreased IN recent
years. On the contrary. it Inns moved
| forward along al! the lines OF, human
progress" and development. Education
has become moro general. good citizen
ship among tho masscs is held in high
trr esteem. and tho rights Of thr indi.
Fidual man arc more Eacrrtily regarded.
F7c"dcm and liberty II "nnaciencr
, nav" gwen 10 ihc people. the who'll
| people" m urlift and dignity in marked
, contract with earlier days when the
, Industrial activity has advanced with
: 'narr"lnus rapidity. making Of tho dis
! tri"' v"rlinhlc center Of business life
and progress.
| II Is tho ceramic center Of thr uni
vrrTc. producing moro pottery than any
! like n-"n IN thr world In ma0ufac-
tur" mining. agriculture grazing and
! her miSi7esr PURSUITS il clnima unavr-
passed distinction
: intellectually. nocin!ly and rcl,giously
it" citizenship yields The pain, to more
I IT occasion required. The district could.
: no doubt. 'rasil% furnish on .hor, notice
; n full complement % well-cqufap~d CON
=, ErcsHr:ncn. Judges governors. cabinet
. officers md nscn presidents Of tho
; tyne Of lia%ra. Garfield Mckinley and
1! Tuft.
! Is I; any wonder. therefore,. that
am proud -! my constituency" Is'it any
wonder that ! am grateful for the op-
rnrtunity | hnvc had Of representing
: them IN this great war congress:
ask no hiShcr honor"
| Mr.. linllinEswnrth rrtircs from con.
Errs" after serving TWO Terms rrprc-
G"Hii0E thn EiR!Itccnih district and do
, Ginning I" run AT the Ina, election. The
Hon. Frank Murphy. d. StruhcrilIo,
elected over Hon. W. Is. Francis. Of Mar