Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04
WILSON SPEAKS
To THRONES At
GETTYSBURG
President, in Stirring Address,
Reioices in Great Reunited Ma
tion-Lauds Heroes.
Continued From Page I.

Continued From Page I.
cept that we shall not forget the
splendid valor. the manly devotion Of
the men then arrayed against one
another now grasping hands and
smiling into each others eyes. How
complete union has become and how
dear 70 all Of US and how unques-
toned. how majestic, as State after
state has been added TO this, our
great family OF free men.
Heirs TO Mighty Heritage"
How handsome the vigor. the ma
turity, the might Of the great nation
We love with undivided hearts. how
full OF large and confident praise that
life will be wrought out that Will
crown a strength with greater Justice
and with a happy welfare that Will
touch all alike with deep contentment.
We are debtors to those so crowded
years; they have made us heirs to a
mighty heritage
But do we deem the nation com
plete and finished These venerable
men. crowding here to this famous
neld. have set US &. great example OF
devotion and other sacrifices. They
were willing TO die that the people
might live.
But their task is done Their day
is turned into evening. They look to
us 70 perfect what they established
Their work is handed on to us to be
done in another way. but not IN an
other spirit. Our day is not over; 1t
is upon us in full tide
Have affairs paused? Does the
nation stand still? Is what the 80
years have wrought since those days
OF battle finished. rounded out and
completed?
Calls Nation Secure.
Here is a great people great with
every force that has eser beaten in
the life blood Of mankind. And It 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 II squared itself with It's own
great standards set up at It's birth,
when It made its first noble, naive ap-
peal to the moral judgment OF man
kind to take notice that government
had now been established which was
to serve men, not masters
1T rs secure I'm everything except
satisfaction that its life is right, ad-
iusted TO the uttermost TO the stand
ards Of righteousness and humanity.
The DAYS Of sacrifice and cleansing
are not closed. We have harder
things TO do than were done In these
heroic days Of war. because harder to
see clearly, requiring more vision.
more balance OF judgment, a more
candid searching of the very springs
Of right.
Look around you upon the fields
Of Gettysburg. Picture the array,
the fierce heats and agony OF battle,
column hurled against column, bat
teries believing TO batteries. valor?
Yes. greater no man shall see in war
and self-sacrifce and loss to the ut
termost. the high recklessness Of ex-
allied devotion which does not count
the cost.
The Cost Of a Great Nation.
I'VE are made by these tragic, epic
things TO know what It costs to make
a nation-the blood and sacrifice OF
multitudes Of unknown men, lifted to
a greater stature in the view of all
generations by knowing no limit to
their manly willingness to serve.
In armies thus marshaled from the
ranks Of free men you viii see as II
were. nation embattled, the leaders
and the led, and may know, II you
viii, how little except in form it'
actions differ IN days Of peace from
its actions in days of war.
May we break camp now and b,
at ease? Are the forces that hgh
for the nation dispersed, disbanded
gone to their homes torgetful Of tn,
common Cause7 Are our forces dis
organized. without constituted lead,
ers and the might Of men conscious
ly united because we contend no
with armies, but with principalitiei
and powers and wickedness in higi
places?
our union mean sympathy, our peac,
Contentment our maturity self-com
prehension and a clear confidence II
choosing what We shall do2 War At
ted US for action and action neye
ceases.
Refers to Another Host
7 have been chosen the leader o
the nation. ! can not justify III,
choice by any qualities OF my own
but so 1t has come about and here
stand Whom do ! commando TIL
ghostIy hosts who fought upon thes
hattlehelds long ago and are gone
These gallant gentlemen, stricken Fl
years, whose fighting days are over
their glory WON What are the or
GERS for them, and who rallies them
y have in mind another host. whom
these set free Of civil strife in orGc
that they might work out in days o
peace and settled order, the life Of
great nation. That host is the PEG
pie themselves, the great and smal
without class or difference, or KIND
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