Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-07-09

/ 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
Look aronud you upon the field
of Gettysburgl Picture the array,
the Fl roe heats aud agony of hat
tie. column hurled against col.
umn. battery hello~ing to bat
teryl Valor? Yasl Greater nc
man shall see in war; and sell
sacrifice, and loss to the utter-
most; the high recklessness ct ex.
allied devotion which does not
count ths cost. We are made b.
these tragic, tpic things to know
what it costs to make Nation
the blood and sacrifice of multi
tudes of unknown men lifted t. a
great stature in the view of al 4 gen.
erstioIs by knowing no limit tc
their mauly Willingness to serve
In armies thus marshaIed from
the ranks of free men you will see,
it were, a Nation embattled, the
leaders and the led, and may
know, if you will, how little ex-
cept in form it's action in DAYS of
war.
May we break camp now and be
at ease? Are the forces that fight
for the Nation dispersed, dlsband
ed, gone to their homes forg=tful
of the common cause? Are our
forces dlsorganized, without con.
stituted leaders aud the might of
men consciously united because
we contend, not with armies, but
with principal.ties and powers and
wlckedness III high places. Are we
content to lie still? Does our
union mean sympathy, our peace
contentment, our vigor right
action, cur maturity self.compre-
hension aud clear confidence in
choosing what We shall do? War
fitted US for action, and action
never ceases.
l have been chosen tho leader
Of the Nation. | cannot Justify
the choice by any qualities of my
OVID, but 30 it has come about,
and here 1 stand. Whom do
commando The ghostly hosts
who fought upon these battle fields
long ago apd are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken in
years, whose fighting days are oy-
er, shelr glory won? What are
the orders for them, aud who ral-
lies th=m3 l have in my mind
smother host, whom these set free
of civil strife in order that they
might work out III days of peace
and settled order the life of a
great Nation. That host is the
people themselves, the great and
the small, without class or differ
ence of kind Or rase or origin, and
undivided in interest if we have
but the vision to guide and direct
them and order their lives Alright
in what we do. Our constitution
are their articles OF enlistment.
The orders of the day are the laws
upon our statute books. What we
strive for is their freedom, sheir
right to lift themselves from day
to day and behold the things they
have hoped for, and 80 make way
for still better days for these
whom they love who are to come
after them. The recruits are the
little children crowding in. The
quartermas' er's atores are in the
mines, forests and fields, in the
shops and factories. Every day
something must be done to push
the campaign forward; and j,
must be done by plan with an eye
to some great destiny.
How shall we hold such thought,
in our hearts and not be moved
[ would net have you live ever
today wholly in the past, bu
would wish to stand with you il
the light that streams upon III
now out of that great day gone by
Here is the Nation God has build
ed by our hands. What shall w
do with it? Who stands ready t,
act again and always in the spiri
of this day of reunion aud hop
and patriotic fervor? The day O
our country's life has but broad
ened into morning. Do not pu
uniforms by. Put the harness G
the present on. Lift your eyes t