Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-01
WILSON HEARD
BY BIC AUDIENCE !.
sLooMFIELD AND D1ls COW! tTY
RESIDENTS srlRR ~ - p
ouENT NJ
WAS PATRIO tall x
Memorial Day Exsrclsa Wsfs e.
tured BY Thrilling drsss
seIdlsrs' Graves Nsre
Decorated.
WAS PATR1o Tall (

Bloomfield, May 81. Bldomneld jana
Davis county people paid flnceTes W..
ute to their dead here yesk eroay- ssl. ~
solemn services. The g. h: M ID. !
bers had charge Of the ceremonies, tn !.
feature OF which was the eloque ao
4 dress by Hon. j. NJ. Wilsol q 1910.
vile. Glowing tribute to ths .ns.noiy .
of the noble men whose u sas y W. = !
this country in the war Of loot-O g
paid by the speaker In one = ta 80 20 !.
addresses ever heard In Bloonlls. :
great crowd attended thf eAeISiTs e.
MI. Wilson began his 8ouless 8 9
expressing thanks to the coM,ul.se e
for so honoring him. He PAU 80 :. :
was an exalted privilege, aE ven 81 :. =
holy duty for any man to responu ~
an invitation to deliver lAvlia.
day address. His address - - s. -. !.
as follows: ,r,
"Eighty-five years had Peen lesis.
tered on the dial of time az tns nle Z.
this nation when the dieaa n.sw W.
Mashed over this country OF ina. Apa..
day Of 1851 that our southern DresuIen
had severed the tie that bounu . ,.nl
is US and fired on the fltg aI 81.
sumpter. The student OF nlstQEy ~
longer reckons that this We 81 y = L. ~
sudden, frenzied outburst p Il, Al ~
ate zeal. He recognizes tha IN ct
through the centuries, sincE -,
european stepped upon Amfrss -. ,;s
the forces were preparing ~ am, ne
final struggle which was TO MI nr1an
the existence Of free reppo''o IL
the earth.
The Act Of Our Forefafne.s'
.sWhen the Statesmen Of l.se "a
structed the old ship OF go ,,aavin1
launched 1t upon the grea. evsst,
bosom OF the ocean OF natit .;r,.ntE
ence It was an unrried expe a.io,I ~
"For ages prior to the aE opna kha
lhA declaration Of tndepenp ehondI Ia
human race had been undet di1ins
d such erroneous ideas as N Ella o;d,,s
rirht OF kings, and other a sssl.
.heories OF the ruling classes as ia
lnr Of hopeless helplessnese s t;nn m
lAading characteristic OF the na'
The old world. frcr, the
enc avenue Of escape -. onon
rlayery OF poorly paid toll ttar thIir
10 those who desired 70 D9. .. that
unfortunate condition. Amb3.u,a IN.
oower which moves the al that
renders progress and develops al atica1lv
& notlest in mankind, was r,rt,,ons
suppressed. The best, most ,ans IA
and liberty loving OF the - atrv al
europe had fled to this COUP Ne ald
refuge from the tyranny g N
world. Tho when
George IN sought to enslavS s thst
them cody and calmly deg nal
the hour had come when r. Md
principles Of truth and JUST. ach
prevail. The representatives III.
a constituency were WORT 10
I faugurate the new era wnicr a to
break the shackles that pounf -, ior.
despotfc power and liberate 80" ,e,s.
ever from the thraldom o. IT, hell at
"The ringing Of old iiDerE n, If in |
the adoption Of the declaratE NJ. rat
dependence was the key io he
struck q responsive chord ~ eytry.
hearts OF all lovers OF HUMANE
where h raw AZ |
aThAt document was the fire. a. ark.
,isht that had shot athwart h h;ch the
ness and superstition in nilnucaseE
human mind had been SO lone III