The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-07-10
VETERANS HEAR
THE PRESIDENT
0r. Wilson Delivers Address 1t
Gettysburg Celebration
DRAWS LESSON FROM BATTLE
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Gettysburg Pa. July <.-Natioaal
~ n the ssni-osntsnnial celebration
q ths Battle q Gettysburg was made
especially aotable b an address de-
nvsssd By President Woodrow Wilson.
b his audience we're many Thousands
of the veterans who fought in the
Vaat hattie. - veil - . great throaS
q ether visitors.
T6e president'o addrsss follovo:
Ffssnds and Tsllov Cttissns: ! need
sst tell yos what the battis of 0sttys-
burg meant These gallant men In
6aus and gray sit all about - hsrs.
Many Of then met here upon this
p0ana In grim and deadly struggle.
Upoa these famous Aelds and hillsides
Aslr eomradss died about them. In
tAsir presence It were IN impertinence
b disoourss upon how the battle went.
Aow It ended. what 1t signinsd! But
30 yeaFs have gone BY since then and
I oravs the privilege Of speaking TO
vou for Q few minutes Of what tho3e
70 yeaFs have meant
What have they msantf They have
meant psaos and union and vigor, and
the maturity and might of . great ma
hon. How wholesome and healing the
Dsaes has been! We have found one
anothsr again As brothers and COM
eadss In arms. enemies NO longer, gen
srous friends rather. our battles long
past. the quarrel forgotten-exoept
nat We shall not forget the splendid
valor. the manly devotion Of tho men
hen arrayed against one another. now
grasping hands and smiling into each
Dther's eyes. How complete the union
has become and how dear to all Of us.
bow unquestioned. how benign and
majestic. as state after state has besn
sddsd to this great family Of free
men! How handsome the vigor. the
maturity, the might Of the great ma
hon We love With undivided hearts;
how full Of large and confident prom
10 that . life will be wrought out
that will crown its strength with gra.
Sous Justice and happy welfare that
Will touch all alike with deep content
nsut! We are debtors to those 80
crowded years: they have made rs
heirs to . mighty heritage.
Nation Not Finished.
But do We deem the nation COM
plets and finished? These venerable
men crowding here to this famous
eead have set us . great example Of
lsvetion and utter Ssacrince. They
we're willing to die that the people
might live. But their task is done.
Their day is turned into evening. They
look to US to perfect what they estab-
Hshed. Their work 10 handed on to
MS. to be done In another way but not
In another spirit. Our day is not over;
It IL upon us in full tide.
Have Affairs pausedf Does the
nation stand still? Is It what the 50
years have wrought since those days
Of battle finished. rounded out. and
completed? Here is q great people,
great with every force that has ever
beaten In the life blood of mankind
And 1t is secure. There is no one
within its borders. there is no
power among the nations of the earth,
to make it afraid. But has it yet
squared itself with its own, great
standards set up at its birth, when it
made that first noble, naive appeal to
the moral judgment of mankind to
take notice that q government had
now at last been established which
was to serve men, not masters? It Is
secure in everything except the satis-
faction that its life is right, adjusted
to tho uttermost to the standards of
righteousness and humanity The
days Of sacrifice and cleansing are
not closed. We have harder things
to do than were done in the heroic
days of war. because harder, to SEQ
clearly. requiring more vision. more
calm balance Of judgment. more
candid searching Of the very springs
Of right.
Tribute to Their vaIor.
Look around you upon the field Of
Gettysburg! Picture the array. the
fierce heats and agony of battle, COL
umn hurled against column. battery
believing to battery! Valor? Yes!
0IeAtoI NJ A3u sAdil cee III war, anu
sslf-sacrifice. and loss to the utter
most; the high recklessness OF exalt-
ed devotion which does not count the
cost We are made by these tragic.
epic things to know what 1t costs to
make a nation-the blood and sacri.
fice of multitudes Of unknown men
Meted to . great stature in the view
of all generations by knowing NO limit
to their manly willingness to serve