Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07
PRESIDENT 1T GETTYSBURG.
In Memorial Day Address He Pays
Tribute TO Herocs

Tribute TO Heroes.
The place where we now are has won
a double distinction-here was fought
one Of the great battles OF al tine and
here was spoken one of the few speeches
which shall last through the ages de-
clared President Roosevelt on the battle
field OF Gettysburg, in opening his Me-
mortal day address
As President Roosevelt rose TO speak
downpour Of rain began and continued
throughout the time he addressed the
great assemhlage. He was accorded an
enthusiastic reception. Notwithstanding
the rain, and the crowd OF 10000 people
IN the cemetery remained 10 hear the
address despite the thorough drenching
it received.
As long as this republic endures or its
history is known" continued tie Presi-
dent, 80 long shall the memory OF the
battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and
be known, and as long as the English
tongue is understood so long shall Abra-
ham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech thrill
the hearts of mankind.
The Civil War was great war for
righteousness; war waged for the no
blest ideals, but waged also in thorough
going, practical fashion. 1t was one of
the few wars which mean, in their sue
cessful outcome, lift toward better
things for tile nations of mankind. Some
wars have meant the triumph of order
over anarchy and RIGHTEOUSNESS masque-
rading as liberty; some wars have meant
the triumph of liberty over tyranny mas
querading as order; but this victorious
war of ours meant the triumph of both
liberty and order. the triumph of orderly
liberty, the bestowal of civil rights up
on the freed slaves, and at the same
time the stern insistence on the suprem-
acy of the national law throughout the
length and breadth of the land.
Moreover. this was one of those rare
contests in which it was TO the Immeas-
urable interest Of the vanquished that
they should lose Willie at the same time
the victors acquired the precious privi-
lege of transmitting to those who came
after them, as heritage of honor for
ever, not only the memory of tleir own
valiant deeds, but the memory of the
deeds of those who, no less valiantly and
with equal sincerity Of purpose, fought
against the stars in their courses.
THE war left TO us all, as fellow coun-
lIS dS DIOIi6IS. TIE IikLl w ACJOlNC
that the Union has been restored in in
destructible shape in a country where
slavery no longer mocks the boast of
freedom, and also the right to rejoice
with exultant pride in the courage. the
self-sacrifce, and the devotion, alike of
the men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray.
"He is a poor American who, looking
at this field, does not feel within him
self a deeper reverence for the nations
past and higher purpose to make the
nations future rise level to her past.
Here fought the chosen sons of the
North and the South, the East and the
West.
Every spot on this field has its own
associations of soldierly duty nobly
DONE of supreme self-sacri6ce freely
rendered. The names of the chiefs who
served ir the two armies form long
honor roll, and the enlisted men were
worthy, and even more than worthy. of
those who led them.
But the soldiers who won at Gettys-
burg. the soldiers who fought to finish
the Civil War and thereby made their
countrymen forever their debtors, have
left us far more even ~han the memories
of the war itself. They fought for four
years IN order that on this continent
those who came after them. their chill
dren and their children's children, might
enjoy lasting peace. They took arms
not 20 destroy, but to save liberty; not
to overthrow, but to establish the SUI
premacy of the law.
1.-The crisis which they faced was to
i 1 Ia
was fit for selfgovernment and there
fore fit for liberty. Freedom is not a
gift which can be enjoyed save by those
who show themselves worthy of it. In
this world no privilege can be perma-
nently appropriated by men who have
not the power and the will successfully
to assume the responsibility of using 1t
Alright.
To-day, all over this land our people
meet.to say reverent homage to the dead
who died that the nation might live; and
we pay homage also to their comrades
who are still with us.
"All are one now, the sons of those
who wore the blue and the sons of those
who wore the gray, and all can unite in
paying respect to the memory of those
who fell, each of them giving his life
for his duty as he saw it; and all should
be one in learning from the deaths of
these men how to live usefully while the
times call for the performance of the
countless necessary duties of everyday
life, aud how to hold ourselves ready TO
die nobly should the nation ever again
demand of her sons the ultimate proof
of loyalty"
OLEOMARGARINE LAW UPHELD.