The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-07-11
Mr.. wilson Delivers Address at
Gettysburg Celebration.
DRAWS LESSON FROM BATTLE
Declares Great Army Of the People
Must Fight Peacefully TO
Perfect the Nation
All Love.

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In his audience were many thousands
OF the Veterans who fought in the
great battle. as we'll as great throng
OF other ,sitors
The pr sideuts address follows
Friends and Fellow Citizens need
not te' 1oI what the bat,le of G"ttys
bur- i. ant These gallant men IN
blue and gray sit all about us here
Many Of them met here upon this
ground In grim and deadly struggle
Upon these famous fields and hillsides
their comrades died about them. In
their presence it were an tmpertinence
to discourse upon how the battle went
how il ended. what it sgnided. But
so wears have gone by since then and
J crave the privilege OF speaking to
you for a few minutes Of What those
90 Years have meant
What have they meant? They have
meant peace and union and yigor. and
the maturity aud might OF a great ma
ton How wholesome and healing til
pcace has been, We have found one
another again as brothers and com
Tades ia arms, enemies no longer, gen
,erous friends rather, our battles long
pasJ. the quarre! forgotten except
That We shall not forget the splendid
vaor the manly devotion OF the men
then arrayed against one another. now
RTaspng hands and smiling into each
Ather's eyes How complete the union
has become and how dear TO all of us,
how unquestioned. how benign and
majestic. as state after state has been
added to this great family OF free
men! How handsome the vjgor, the
maturity the might of the great ma
ton we love with undivided hearts:
how full of large and confident prom
Use ,hat d life will be wrought ont
that WI! crown its strength with gra-
cious justice and happy welfare that
will touch all alike with deep content
ment! We are debtors to those 80
crowded yef IS. thy have wu'n US
heirs TO a rtshty hrritage
Nst,sr Not Finished.
But 10 We doom Tie nation com
plete AID finished? These venerable
men crowding here to this famous
field have set us a great example o.
devotion and utter sacrifice. 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 to perfect what they estab-
lished Their work is handed on to
US. to oe done in another way but not
A., mir 10 -,
IL Is upon us in full tide
Have affairs paused? Does the
nation stand still? Is il what the 80
years have wrought since those days
OF battle finished rounded oG,. and
completed Here is great people,
great With every force that has ever
sbeaten 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 it yet
squared itself with its own great
Standards set up at its birth, when il
made TIA, first noble. naive appeal TO
the moral judgment Of mankind to
take notice that government had
nov ' hccL established when
was 70 serve men not masters II is
secure in everything except the saus-
faction that its life is right adjusted
to the uUermost to the standards of
righteousness and humanity The
days of sacrifice and cleansing are
not closed We haze harder things
TO do than we're done in the heroic
days OF war because harder to see
clearly. requiring more vision. more
calm balance of judgment. more
candid searching of the very springs
OF right
Tribute to Their Vslor.
Look around you upon the field OF
Gettysburg Picture the array. the
fierce fss-s and agony of battle, col
umn r-Hlf apairs, column. battery
balluN4r- ~ batterr Nalor? Yes
Greater no man shall see In war. and
self acrihce. and loss 10 the utter,
moyt The high rechlessness Of exalt-
ed devotion which does not count the
cost We are made by these tragic
epic things tG know what IL costs TO
make a uati1n-the blood and sscti-
fee of muititudes Of unknown men
lifted to a great stature I'm the view
OF al generations by knowing no Limit
to their manly willingness to serve.
In armies mus marshaled from The
ranks OF free men you will see. as il
were. a nation embattled. the leaders
and the led and may know. il you
will. how little except in form It's
action differs in days Of peace from
its action in days of war
MAY We break camp now ard BE- AT
ease Are the forces that fight for the
Nation dispersed disbanded. gone to
their homes forgetfE OF the common
cause? Are our forces disorganized
without constituted leaders and The
might OF men consciously united be
cause We contend. not with armies but
with principalties and powers and
wickedness In high places Are we
content to lie still Does our union
mean sympathy. our peace content
meDt our vigor right action. our ma
turity selfcomprehension and clear