Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-21
COMMANOERlN.CHlEF BLACK
HE ISSUES ORDER ON MEMORIAL
DAY-LiNcoLN's ADDRESS AT
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DAY-LiNcoLN's ADDRESS AT
GETTYSBURG.
General order $50 Headquarters
Grand Arm, of tbu Republic Mem
oraI Hail Chicago April ls. l'ui
President Lineoln's Address az oe,tys.
burg.
"Fulr score aud sUyuu years ago
our fathers brought form un rhis CON
tluent a ucU union. conceived m ub.
crty. and dedicated eco .hp proposition
that an mon are created equal Now.
Wc are engaged Boo O. great civil war.
testing whether that nation. ur amy
uatluu tp conceived and sD dedicated
can long endure We are met uu "a
great battlefield of that war We have
como Go dedicate "a portion ut That
field. as q final rostug place for those
vho here gave their lives that that
nation might live DO H altogether
nting and proper hat wu should $50
This
but. Boo q larger .UusD. vo cannot
dedicate we cannot UUusUcrutv we
cannot uallow Ib.s ground The
brave men. living 0r dead. who s.ruE
gIcd here. have ruusrcuJyI it far
above our power l0 add coz dDtuCr
Thp world v.u IrIr motto. NOR long
J. j.
nyyUr iorgD, wbu, lhuy 1000 hDrr %
.s Tor us, th, living rather Goo Doe dod.
lcated here 'u the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus
far so u0nly advanced 90 Is rather
Tor us tu hu here dedicated fO tho
great TASK remaining before us that
from those h0uorrd dead wr take Goo.
creased devotion tu CHAT cause Tor
which they gave Tho aa luil measure
Of dOyotIUu that We here highly re.
solve that these dead shall NOT have
died Ip vain that This nation. under
Got. shall have e new birth of FREQ
dom and that government of tbo poo.
[ pie, by the people. for the people
shall not perish from the earth
Suchm wore the words of the great
president as with a ful Ont bleeding
heart De- surveyed the solemn huiEuts
and wide plains uu which a great Vie.
| tory had boon won tor the Union. and
l u is the custom ana order of tho
| Grand Army that yearly, as We gather
| ln memorial service over the graves
Of our dead. that address. beyond oul.
/ ogy. shall be- read An that was pre-.
figured to his prophetic vision has
/ been realized freedom is universal.
/ tho republic is preserved. the people
rule, aud wherever tho flag is aflOnt
I human hopes are kludlod 20 the burn.
iug Conflagration OF liborty consum
ing old wrongs and preparing the
I earth for newer and better things.
/ Woe ho to him who shall stand op
l posed 20 liberty the universal rIght
of man. 10 may seem that the people
are indifferent or furECtul but they
/ are mott they remember they ad
vance, AMI we. the Grand Army OF
the Republic. are gathered an over
/ thi8 continental land. and also IN far
away regions 90 tcll the story of those
who died for the good cause and Ia
pCrpctuate their memories and no
new allegiance 10 them and 10 the
right Eighty millions of Americans
today turn aside from every ayoca
zion 20 seek the "low green tent OF
our comrades; and with civic pOmp
with song and speech, and the voice
less toars OF memory and the Elat
acclaim Of freedom. 90 honor the fan
en- and beloved brave, and IA solemn
fashion TO renew their own devotion
20 the right
There o. no brighter day Zoo the Ions
calendar OF time than the Memorial
day OF tho American people. This
generation has no swootor duty thar
20 Increase the love OF the people FOL
this day and 10 advance % surely d
The position OF universally accepte,
national anniversary Ou whose rCcur
romeo old bitterness shall be- forgot
ten, an strfcs obuherated and
s,ya, peace possess an hearts.
They whose services we honor die,
to accomplish this result The so
j eyed olive wreath Ions since crowneD
. their victorious bruwF Their fame q
secure. aud wide as the world. an,
long a. time and holy a. The oraou
Uf almighty bCneyolenoe rhoy ma,
, ho lusonsIblr Co our praise bat We ar
exalted when We praise them.
The Army and Navy.
Let us therefore gather Rhcrevc
. they sleep and arow their las
touches with flowers North an
south east and west. lot the Gran
Army Of the Republic. with praise an
: prayer. with suppilCation and aolem
! pride in an their achievements an'