Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-10
VETERANS HEAR
THE PRESIDENT
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.

Gettysburg. Pa. July Nations
Day in the semi-centennial celebration
Of the Battle OF Getty sburg was mad
especially notable By an address de
[ ivered by President Woodrow Wilson
In his audience we're many thousand
Of the veterans who fought in tn
great battle. as well as a great thron,
81 other visitors.
The presidents address follows:
Friends and Fellow Citizens neec
( ,ot tell you what the battle OF Gettys
: burg meant 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
heir comrades died about them. In
heir presence 1t were an impertinence
o discourse upon how the battle went
low II ended. what il signified, But
30 years have gone by since then and
crave the privilege OF speaking 10
Fou for few minutes OF what those
30 years have meant
What have they meant They have
meant peace and union and yigor. and
he maturity and might OF a great ma.
don. How wholesome and healing the
peace has been, We have found one
mother again as brothers and com
AIDES in arms. enemies no longer. gen
srous friends rather. our battles long
oast. the quarrel forgotten except
hat We shall not forget the splendid
ralor. the manly devotion OF the men
hen arrayed against one another. now
Irasping hands and smiling into each
others eyes. How complete the union
,as become and how dear TO all OF us
low unquestioned, how benign and
majestic. az state after state has been
added 10 this great family OF FREE
men, How handsome the vigor. the
maturity. the might OF the great IA
ion We love with undivided hearts
low full OF large and confident prom
Sc that life will be wrought out
hat will crown its strength with Urn.
;ious justice and happy welfare that
Will touch all alike with deep content.
nent, We are debtors to those so
crowded years; they have made us
ieirs TO a mighty heritage.
Nation Not Finished.
But do We deem the nation com.
'lete and finished, These venerable
men crovding here to this famous
leid have set US a great example of
devotion and utter sacrifice. They
we're willing to die that the peonle
night live. But their task is done
Their day is turned into evening. They
ook to US 10 perfect what they estah.
ished. Their work is handed on IN
is. TO be done In another way but M,
another spirit. Our day is not over.
I Is upon US in full tide.
Have affairs paused, Does the
nation stand still? Is It what tn. so
years have wrought since those DAVIS
OF battle finished. rounded out ana
completed? Here is a great paopls
great with every force that has ever
beaten In the life blood OF mankind
AND II Is secure There is no one
WITHIN It's borders. there is no
power among the nations OF the earth
10 make II afraid But has II va,
squared itself with its own great
standards set up at it's birth. when II
made that first noble. naive aopeal 70
the moral Judgment of maoxind ,o
take notice that a government had
no" at last been established whicr
was 10 serve men. not masters7 I, 90
secure In everything except the satis.
faction that its life is right. adjusted
10 ,he uttermost to the standards NJ
righteousness and humanity Tho
uays OF sacrifice and cleansing arc
noe closed. We have harder tb,ng.
~ 10 .nan were done in the heroic
oays OF war. because harder to ace
clearly requiring more vision. moro
cain balance OF judgment. a moro
eahaio searching OF the very spr,ngs
OF right ''"sS
Tribute to Their vsIor.
Look around you upon tho AL.
.e''ysburg' Picture the array tho
nerce meats and agony Of battle col.
.",n hurled against column. bat,erv
oelio~ing to battery, valor, w.,
Greater no man shall see in war. ana
sen sacrifice. and loss to the u,,ar
most the high >recklessness q, at,
ed devotion which does not conn, ~
'os'' we are made by these tragic
epic Things to know what It costs ~
make a nation-the blood and cat
nee OF multitudes OF unknown me.
iil'ea TO a great stature In the vIoa.
oi all generations by knowing M I,ro,,
10 their manly willingness to serva
~ armies thus marshaled from rho
ianhs OF free men you will see as :,
were. nation embattled. the leadars
ana the led. and may know n vo,,
WIZ now little except In form ,,s
action differs In days OF peace from
i's action In days OF war.
May we break camp now and M =,
ease Are the forces that fight for ~
Na,ion dispersed. disbanded. gone 20
'heir homes forgetful OF the commou
cause Are our forces disoryan,zoa
without constituted leaders ana -.
might OF men consciously unIted ha
cause we contend. not with armie, nv,
WIN principalities and powers 49,
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