The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
President RooseveIt's Address on
the Spot at Gettysburg Made
Memorable by Lincoln.
BLUE AND GRAY PRAISED
Tribute to the Self-Sacrihcing Sol
diers OF Both Armies OF the
Great Civil War.
PENNYPACKER'S SPEECH
President introduced by the Gov
ernor-Drive Over the His
toric Battlefield.

GETTYSBURG. Pa, May 30.-On historic
Cemetery Hill. overlooking ground hallowed
by the blood OF half a hundred thousand
brave men. and in the presence Of a con-
course Of thousands who had assembled TO
pay tribute TO the memory of the Nations
dead. President Roosevelt to-day delivered
a notable address.
On nearly the same spot. Nov. 10. 1863.
President Lincoln delivered the immortal
address enunciating principles which have
rung around the world for more than a
third OF century.
President Roosevelt was escorted to the
cemetery the battlefield by body of
several hundred veterans of the civil war.
The President and his special escort were
preceded by several organizations. includ-
INK squadron OF United States cavalry.
the Third United States artillery and the
Marine Band OF Washington. which had
been ordered here for the occasion. Mrs.
Roosevelt and other members of the Pres'
dents party followed In carriages The rear
OF the procession consisted of civil organi-
zationS and citizens in carriages
Governor Pennypacker presided at the
ceremonies. which were held In the rostrum
In the cemetery. After the memorial serv
ices OF the G.. A. r. had been concluded
and the pupils of the public schools had
strewn flowers over the graves OF the dead,
during which ceremony the Marine Band
PLAYED a solemn dirge, Rev. DIR. Edward
Everett Hale. chaplain of the United
States Senate. pronounced the invocation.
The President then introduced by
Governor Pennypacker, who made a brief
speech. The Governor said:
The battle of Gettysburg. momeRtous
IN its exhibition of military force and skill.
tremendous in its destruction of human life,
had consequences which Ina their effect upon
the race are lintless. As the seeds of
the cookie are sOWn with the wheat, so
I'm the Constitution adopted by the fathers
In 11sI lay the germs OF inevitable strug-
gle Two antagonistic forces grew in vlgor
and strength. size by side, in one household,
and. like Oruused and Ahriman, they must
strive for the mastery. Upon this field the
struggle came to determination and the
issue between them was here. decided with
cannon and nusket
The rebellion was undertaken by the
followers OF the doctrines OF Calhoun and
Davis with The purpose TO rend the Nation
asunder and break IL into fragments Alas
for the futility of the expectations of meni
Th- Lord, who holds the peoples in the hol-
Low OF His hand. and who since the da wn of
history has taken them up by turns I'm the
search for one fit for broad dominion. did
not forsake us. The extraordinary powers
exercised for the maintenance OF the
national life in that dire time of war became
fixed as the principles OF the national gov
ernment. The fame of strife but tested
the virtue of the metal. The blows intended
10 diss ever only welded the sovereignty
together more firmly for future wider effort
Tine Nation. as Ii exists to-day. arose when
Picket failed TO drive the Philadelphia
brigade from tie stone wall on Cemetery
Hill. The presidential office is so
great station among men that those who
fill II are not to be regarded as personali-
ties Their individuality Is lost in its i'm
mensity. They become the manifestations
of certain impulses and stages of develop
ment of the national life. Jackson repre-
sented its rough. uncouth and undisciplned
strength. Lincoln looms up above all other
Americans. bearing the burden OF woe and
suffering which fate laid upon his broad
shoulders in its time of stress and trial.
Blessed be his memory foreveri
NO people can look forward to the fulfill
ment of such destiny as events seem to out
line for us. alert and eager with
the enthusiasm and vigOr of youth. No
other President has so stood for that which,
after all. typihes our iifc-the sweep of the
winds over broad prairies. the snow-capped
mountains and the rushing rivers the
sequoia trees. the exuberance of youth
conscious of red blood. energy and power.
painting our bow of promise does Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He has hunted In our
woods he has enriched our literature: he
has ridden In the face of the enemy; he has
maintained our ideals.
Upon this day. devoted to the memories
Decoration day-the achievements of the
prolific past and the promise of the teeming
future confront each other.
To-day. for the first time. Theodore
Roosevelt treaGs the field made immortal
by the sword OF George Gordon Meade and
hallowed by the prose dirge of Abraham
Lincoln