New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-31
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GETTYSBURG. Penn. May 3o.-For the first time
since the martyred Lincoln made his Gettys-
burg address. a President Of the United States
spoke on that historic battlefield to-day. Presi-
dent Roosevelt reached here at $50 this morn
ing iourneyed over the ground travelled by the
ranks of the Blue and Gray. heard the battles
refought I'm description by some OF the heroes
OF the fight. and delivered a ringing Grafton
from the rostrum Of the cemetery where Lin
coin stood forty-one years ago. paying high
tribute 10 the loyal dead who gave their lives
TO save the Union. and complimenting the vaIor
Of their foes.
During his stay the President was treated 10
all varieties Of spring weather When ne ar
rived the sun shining hotly. and during
the eighteen mile drive that followed he passed
through clouds OF dust that none but soldier
Injured To hardships could face unhinchinsiy-
R,, the time the drive half completed the
clouds gathered over the crest Of Little Round
Ton and poured down rain when the president
reached the cemetery The enthusiasm of ths
crowd was not one bit dampened by the down
,,o,r however and the throng stood. some with
urnbreIlas but for the most part with uhpro-
tected headgear. while the President READ theih
his stirring sermon OF good citizenship ana loity
ideals. one or two men even took on their iia'S
when he began his address, and seemed pre-
thoughts. ~,
pr, or YOUR hats, put your hats, MI
Roosevelt exclaimed. as ne saw the barred heads.
and q cheer went up the owners lauGhins'y
cop,nIied with the Presidential order. Governor
Pennypacker. in introducing the President al
luded to the death OF Senator Quay ana MI
Roosevelt. before beginning his prepared speech
said:
Governor Pennypacker alluded TO the fact
that to-day Pennsylvania mournS its senior sen
ator The regiment which Senator Quay was N
strumental in raising took part IN this battie
Of Ciettysburg-the battle in which Governor
Pennypacker shared Senator Quay was not
with IT, He had gone with another regiment
and it is appropriate at this time to recall the
fact that when the term of service of that reGi-
ment expired, just before fredericksburg Sen
ator QUAY declined to accept discharge ana con
tnued as a volunteer with the army that fought
at Fredericksburg and won the medal Of honor
on that bloody day
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
After paying this tribute to Senator Quay as
a soldier, President Roosevelt delivered his ad-
dress, which was follows:
The place where we now are has won a
double distinction Here fought one OF the
great battles of all time, and here was spoken
of the few speeches which shall last through
the ages. AS long as this Republic endures or
its history is known so long shaH 'he memory
of the battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and
be known; and as long as the English tongue
is understood. so long shall Abraham l4incoln's
Gettysburg speech thrill the hearts of mankind.
The Civil War WAS great war for righteous
ness-a war waged for the nohlest Ideals. but
waged also in thoroughSoing. practical fashion
II yyas one of the few wars which mean, in their
successful outcome, a lift toward better things
for tho nations of mankind. Some wars have
meant the triumph OF order over anarchy and
lcentiousness masqueradinG as liberty; some
wars have meant the triumph of liberty over
tyranny masquerading as order; but this vic
torious war of ours meant the triumph OF both
liberty and order the triumph of orderly lib
erty the bestowal of civil rights upon the freed
slaves and at the same time the stern insistence
on the supremacy of the national law through
out the length and breadth OF the land. More
over this was one of those contests in
which il was 10 the immeasurabe interest of
the vanuuished that they should lose. while at
the same time the victors acquired the precious