The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-31
OUR PRESIDENT At
GETTYSBURG
lie Pays Tribute to the Men,
Ory of the Nations
Dead

Gettysburg, May 5O-On HISTORIC
Cemetery Hill, overlooking GROUND
hallowed by the blood of half a hun
dred thousand brave men and in tn
presence of a concourse os thousand
wha had assembled to pay tribute to
the memory of the nations dead. Pc;
ident Roosevelt today delivered a not
able address On nea' ly the same spot
on November 10Th, 1873. Pres dent Ii
coin delivered the immortal addre~
enunciating principles which have runr
around the world for more than
third Of a century.
President Roosevelt was escorted to
the CEN etery on the battlefield by 9
body Of seve al hundred veterans OF
the Civil War. The President anf
his special eseo-t were p eceded by
seve al organizations. includ ng u
squadron OF United States caval~-. tn
Third United States Artillery. and the
marine band of Washington. whie
had been ordered he-e for the occas or
The President was accorded an en-
thusiastic reception. His add. ess fc
lows:
.'rhe place wnere we now are has
won a double dist notion. Here wa
fought one of the great battles of al
time. and here was spoken one of tho
few c9eeches whicn shall last througi
the ages AS long as this Republic err
du es or Its history Is known so Ion
shall the memory OF the Battle o.
Gettysburg endure and be known: a.
as long as the English togue is un
derstood. so long shall Abraham In
coins Gettysburg speech thrill the
hearts OF MANKIND
''The Civil War was a great war 10
righteousness: a war waged for ths
nohlest i'd -ais. but waged also 4,
tho ughgoing. practical fashion. 4
was one OF the few wars which mea
IT. their successful outcome. lift 10.
ward better things for the nations o
mankind some wars have meant The
triumph OF order over anarchy an
l centiousness masquerading as liber
ty; some wars have meant the triumph
OF liberty over tyranny masquerade
as order: but this victorious war o.
ours meant the Triumph OF both libert
and order the triumnn OF orderly liz
erty. the bestowal OF civil rights up
the freed slaves and at the same time
the stern insistance on the supremac,
OF the national law throughout the
t41 . ,F
over, this ws one of those rare con
tests IN which 1t was to the immeas
urable nte est OF the vancuished tha
they should lose. while at the sam,
time the victo.s acquired the preeiou
privilege of transm tting TO those VIII
came after then. as a heritage o.
honor forever. not only the memory
their own valiant deeds. but the mer
DRY OF the deeds OF those who, me-
less valiantIy and with equal sincerity
In their courses. The war left to VI
ALL as fellow -countrymen. as brother~
the tight TO rejoice that the UnioI'
has been restored In indestructib.e
shape In a country where slavery nc
longer mocks the boast of freedom
and also the right to ieio'ce with ex
ultant pride In the courage, the self.
sacrifice and the devotion. alike OF
the men who wore the blue and the
men who wore the gray.
He is but poor American who,
looking al TIL S field does not fee;
within himself a deeper reverence foi
the nations past and a higher pus-
pose 10 make the nations future rise
chosen sons Of the North and the
South. the East and the West. The
armies which on this fed contendeG
for the mastery we.e veteran a mie !.
hardened by long campaigning an
desperate fighting into such instru-
ments OF war as no other nation IN,
possessed. The sevelity of the fight
ing Is attested by the p oportionate
loss--a loss unrivaled in any batt..
OF similar size since the close OF tn
Napoleonic struggles; loss which IL
certain egiments was from tn ee-
fou this to four-fifths of the men ELI.
gagged. Every spot on this field ha,
Its own associations of soldierlv dut.
nobiy done. of supreme self-sacr .fic,
freely feEda. ed. The names of the
chiefs who served in the two armies
fosm long honor roll: and the en-
listed men were worthy. and even NOR,
than wo. thy. of those who led them
Every acre of this g.ound has ITS owl
associations. We zee where the
hgat thundered through and arounc
the village of Gettysbu e.: where tn.
artillery formed on the ridges: whe.
the cavalry fought; where the hill;
We're attacked and defended: anc
where. finally. the eat cha &c surgec
UP the siope only To break ON IN,
summit in the bloody spray of I'll
gallant failure.