The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
BEFORE 1O,OOOP[OPLE
President Roosevelt Delivered Ad.
dress at Gettysburg.
aAiNED DURING TIME He SPOKE
Governor Penfypacker Welcomed Ar
rival Of Presidents Party-Three
Hours Spent In Reviewing Historic
RattIesround-FIowers strewn.

Gettysburg, May 31.-On historic
Cemetery Hill, overlooking ground
hallowed by the blood of half a hun
dred thousand brave men and in the
presence of concourse of thousands
who had assembled to pay tribute to
the memory of the nations dead, Pres
ident Roosevelt Monday delivered a
notable address. On nearly the same
spot on Nov. 10, 1868, President Lin
coin delivered the immortal address
pnunciating principles which have
rung around the world for more than
a third OF century.
AS President and Mrs. Roosevelt
alighted from their car at $3.50 in the
morning they were greeted by Cover
nor Pennypacker on behalf of the COM
plonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The party entered carriages for
drive over the battle-ground, which oc-
supied over three hours, the entire
twenty miles Of the fine roads built by
the national government being COW
cred. Frequent stops were made to
enable the president to study at close
range some of the more important fea-
lures of the historic field.
Governor Pennypacker presided at
the ceremonies, which were held in
the rostrum in the cemetery. After
the Memorial day services Of the G. A.
A. had been concluded, and the pupils
of the public chools had strewn flow
ers over the graves of the thousands
of dead, during which ceremony the
Marine band played a solemn dirge,
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain Of the United States senate, pro-
nounced the invocation. The presi-
dent was then introduced by Governor
Pennypacker.
President Spoke.
AS President Roosevelt rose to speak
a downpour of rain began and con-
tinued throughout the time he ad-
dressed the great assemblage. He was
accorded an enthusiastic reception,
Notwithstanding the rain, and the
crowd of 10000 people in the cemetery
remained to hear the address despite
the thorough drenching it received.
The president said in part:
"The place where we now are has
won a double distinction. Here was
fought one of the great battles of all
time, and here was spoken one of the
speeches which shall last through the
ages. AS long as the republic endures
or its history is known, so long shall
the memory of the battle of Gettys-
burg likewise endure and be known;
and as long as the English tongue is
understood, so long shall Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech thrill the
hearts of mankind.
THE civil war was a great war for
righteousness; war waged for the
noblest ideals, but waged also in thor
oughgoing, practical fashion. 1t was
one of the few wars which mean, In
their successful outcome, lift toward
better things for the nations of man.
kind
'The war left to us all, as fellow
countrymen, as brothers, the right to
rejoice that the Union has been re-
stored in indestructible shape in
country where slavery no longer
mocks the boast of freedom, and also
the right to rejoice with exultant pride
in the courage, the self-sacrifice and
the devotion, alike of the men who
wore the blue and the men who wore
the gray.
"He Is but a poor American who
looking at this field, does not feel
within himself deeper reverence for
the nations past and higher purpose
to make the nations future rise level
to her past"