The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-06-09
PRESIDENT AT GETTYSBURG.
In Memorial Day Address He Pays
Tribute to Heroes.

PRESIDENT AT GETTYSBURG.
In Memorial Day Address He Pay
Tribute to Heroes.
The place where we now are has woI
double distinction-here was Tough
one of the great battles of all time ant
here was spoken one of the few speeche!
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 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.
"As long as this republic endures or Its
history is KNOWN" continued the 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 q great war for
righteousness; war waged for tho 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 the nations of mankind. Rome
wars have meant the triumph Of order
over anarchy and icentiousness 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, while 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 their 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-
trymen, as brothers, the right to rejoice
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
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
1t this field, does not feel within lIim-
'elf a deeper reverence for the nations
past and higher purpose to make the
,ation's future rise level to her past.
Here fought the chosen sons OF the
North and the South, the East and the
Vest.
Every spot on this field has its own
of soldierly duty nobly
lone, Of supreme self-sacrifce freely
The names of the chiefs who
elved iE the two armies form a long
lonor roll, and the enlisted men were
worthy, and even more than worthy. Of
nose VINO LED tnem.
But the soldiers who won at Gettys- |
urg. the soldiers who fought to finish
he Civil War and thereby made their |
forever their debtors, have |
eft us far more even than the memories |
f the war itself They fought for four |
cars in order that ON this continent |
hose y no came after them, their chill
rem and their children's children, might
njoy lasting peace. They took arms
OF TO destroy, but to save liberty; not
D overthrow, but to establish the su-
remacy of the law.
''The crisis which they faced was to
etermine whether or not this people
-as fit for self-government and there
Dre fit for liberty. Freedom is not
ift which can be enjoyed save by those
ho show themselves worthy Of 1t. In
lis world no privilege can be perma-
emily appropriated by men who have
Of the power and the will successfully
assume the responsibility of using it
right
To-day, all over this land our people
eet to pay reverent homage to the dead
ho died that the nation might live; and
e pay homage also to their comrades
ho are still with us.
"All are one now, the sons of those
ho wore the blue and the sons Of those
ho wore the gray, and all can unite in
aging respect to the memory Of those
ho fell, each of them giving his life
n his duty as he saw it; and all should
: one in learning from the deaths Of
lese men how to live usefully while the
mes call for the performance of the
,untless necessary duties of everyday
fe, and how to hold ourselves ready to
e nobly should the nation ever again
,mand of her sons the ultimate proof