Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-30

one of the great battles OF all time, and
here was spoken one OF the few speech
es which shall last through the ages,
As long as this republic endures or It's
history Is known, so long shall the
memory Of the battle Of Gettysburg
likewise endure and be known; and as
long as the English tongue Ia under
stood so long shall Abraham LinColns
Gettysburg speech thrill the hearts OF
mankind.
a WAR FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS,
The Civil war was great war for
righteousness; a war waged for the no.
blest ideals, but waged also in thor
oughgolng, practical fashion. II was
one OF the few wars which mean i'm
their successful outcome, a life to
ward better things for the nations Of
mankind Some wars have meant the
triumph Of order over anarchy and
Righteousness masquerading as liberty;
some wars have meant the triumph OF
liberty over tyranny masqueradng 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 upon the
freed slaves, and at the same time the
stern insistenCe on the supremacy Of
the national law throughout the length
and breadth Of the land, Moreover this
was one Of those rare contests I'm which
Il was to the immeasureabe interest
of the vanquished that they should lose.
while AT the same time the victors ac-
quired the precious privilege of trans-
hitting to those VINO came after them,
as a heritage OF honor forever not only
the memory Of their own valiant deeds,
but the memory of the deeds OF those
who, no less valantly and with equal
sincerity of purpose, fought against
the stars in their courses, The war
left to us all, ms fellow countrymen, as
brothers. the right to rejoice that the
Union has been restored In indestruc-
tible shape I'm q country where slavery
no longer mocks the boast Of freedom,
and also the right TO rejoice with eXult
ant pride In the courage, the solf-saC-
rifCe, and the devotion, alike Of the
men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray.
REVERENCE FOR NATIONS PAST.
He is but a poor American who, look
ing at this field, does not feel within
himself "A deeper reverence for the ma
TONS past ana a 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 The armies which on this
field cOntended for the mastery were
veteran armies, hardened by long CAM
paign and desperate lighting into such
| instruments OF war as no other nation
then possessed The severity Of the
lighting IA attested by the proportion
ate loss-a loss, unrlvaled In any battle
OF similar size since the close Of the
Napoleonic Struggles % loss which In
| certain regiments was from three
fourths 10 four-dfths Of the men en-
gagged. Every spot on this field has its
! own associations OF soldlerly duty no.
| bly, done, Of supreme self-sacriiiCe free
| ly renderd. The names OF the chiefs
! who served in the two armies form a
| long honor ron; and the enlisted men
| were worthy. and even more than
! worthy. Of those who led them Every
acre Of this ground has its own assoc
! Citations We see where the fight thun-
! dcred through and around the village Of
/ Gettysburg; where the artillery formed
| on the ridges, whore the cavalry
| fought where the hills were attacked
| and defended; and where finally the
! great cnurgc surgcd up the slope only
! 20 break on the summit I'm the bloody
spray Of gallant failure.
SOLDIERS WHO WON.
But the soldiers who won at Gettys-
! burg the soldiers who fought 10 q finish
| the Ciyll war ana thereby made their
| couutrymen forever their debtors have
! left us far more even than the meme
Dries of the war itself They fought for
| four years I'm order that ON this COM
| tlncnt those who came after them their
| children and their chIldrcn's children,