Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
WILSON AS
AN ORATOR.
His Beautiful PerOratIon In New
ark When Running For
Governor.
A GEM OF FINE IMAGERY.
His Appeal te. Patriotic Citizens to Be
Aroused For the Common Good-A
Retrospect Over the Road He Had
Trodden and a Call 90 Arms For All.
Especial Correspondence

Trenton, n. J,-Whep Woodrow VIII
delivered a speech in the Kruger au-
ditorium toward the close of the cam
paign, which brought his auditors to
their feet His peroration in that
speech was a marvel of inspired pa
triotism. a classic In beautiful imagery
and clear language. Without any Of
the arts of the orator. those who heard
the governor that night declared him
to be the very acme of eloquence.
Every good citizen should read that
beautiful oratorical gem of the COVER
o This is the way he finished his
speech:
I'VE have begun a fight that. it may
be. will take many a generation to
complete, the fight against special priv
put into this world to go into the path
of ease. They are put into this world
to go to the path of pain and struggle.
No man would wish to sit idly by and
lose the opportunity to take part In
such a struggle. All through the cen
turtles there has been this slow, pain
full struggle forward. forward. up, up.
a little at a time. along the entire in
cline, the interminable way. which
leads TO the perfection of force, to the
real seat Of justice and of honor.
There are men who have fallen by
the way, blood without stint has been
shell, men have sacrificed everything
in this sometimes blind, but always in
stinctive and constant struggle, and
America has undertaken to lead the
way. America has undertaken to he
the haven of h%ope-the opportunity for
all men.
Don't look forward too much. Don't
look at the road ahead of you in dis
may. Look at tho read behind yeu.
Don't you see how far up the hill wa
have como? Don't you see what these
low and damp miasmatic levels were
from which We have slowly led the
way7 Don't you 500 the rows Of msn
ONO not upon the lower level, but
upon the upper, like tho 4 Of the
rising sum- Don't you 500 tho light
starting, and don't you SOC tho light
Illuminating all nations?
Don't you know that you arc GEM
ing moro and moro into the beauty Of
lts radianoe7 Don't you know that the
past 10 forever behind US, that we have
passed many kinds Of OWLS no lonaor
possible, that we have achieved great
ends and have almost soon tho fruition
In free America? Don't forget tho road
that you havs trod, but, remember,ng
It and looking back for
look forward with confidence and char
ity to our fellow mon ono at a time as
you pass Thorn along tho road and SEQ
those who are willing to lead you and
Say: Wa do not believe you know tho
whole road. We know that you are no
prophet; we know that you are no seer,
but we believe that you know the d.
rection and arc leading us In that d.
r~ection, though it costs you your life,
provided it does not cost you your
honor
And then trust your guides, imper-
feet as they are. and some day. when
we are all dead. men will come and
point at the distant upland with a
great show Of joy and triumph and
thank God that there were men who
undertook TO lead In that struggle.
What difference does 1t make II we
ourselves do not reach the uplands7
We have given cur lives to the enter
prise. and that liz richer. and the moral
Is greater"