The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-04
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NESS" WILSON'S AID
VICE TO VETS


ASonifnue0 from i'nke Ones
ana 1 crave the privilege OF speaking
10 you FOR "a few minutes OF what those
90 years have meant
nat nave tuc3 meant% They have
meant peace and union ana Vigor and
the maturity anu might OF great
nation. hoW wholesome and healing
the peace has been. we have found
one another again as brothers and
comrades IN arms, enemies no longer,
generous friends rather, our battles
rieiis past, the uuurrut Forgotten eN-
Cept mat We shall not forget the spl-n-
ala Nalour. the manly devotion OF the
men thtn array ed against one another,
now grasplng hands and smiling into
each others eyes. How complete the
union mas become and how dear 10 all
OF US, how unQuestioned, how benign,
ana majestic. az state after state has
been added 10 this our great family OF
free men! How handsome the vigor.
the maturity. the might OF the great
nation We love with undivided hearts,
now run or large and confident promise
that life viii be wrought out that
VIII crown it's Gtrength with gracious
Justice and with a happy welfare that
VIII touch all alike, With deep content
ment, We are debtors 10 those so
crowded years. they have made US
heirs 10 mighty heritage
But do We deem the nation complete
anu finished These venerable men
croWding here TO this famous field
have set as a great example Of devo-
tion and utter sacrifice They were
willing 10 die that the people might
1--we But their task ia done Their
day is turned into evening. They look
20 us TO perfect what they established.
Their work is handed on 10 us. 20 be
done in another way, but not In an
other spirit. our day is not over; IL
is upon US in full tide.
Have affairs paused? Does the ma
ton stand stillF Is what the so years
have wrought since those days OF bat
tie finished rounded out and complet-
ed? Here il a great people. great with
every force that has ever beaten in
the lifeblood OF mankind And II is
secure There is no one within its
borders. there is no power among the
nations OF the earth. 10 make II
afraid. But has il vet squared itself
with its own great standards set up at
It's birth. when II made that first noble:
naive appeal 10 the moral Judgment or
mankind TO take notice that govern
ment had now at last been established
which was 10 serve men, not masters?
II is secure in everything except the
satisfaction that it's life Ia right. ad-
Justed 10 the uttermost 20 the sand
ards OF righteousness and humanity.
The days Of sacrifice and cleansing are
not closed We have harder things 20
do than were done in the heroic days
of war. because harder 70 see clearly.
requiring more vision. more calm ball
ance OF judgment, a more CANDID
searching OF the very springs OF right.
LOOK around YOU upon the uflu pA
Gettysburg, Picture the array, the
fierce heats and agony OF battle. coll
umn hurled against column, battery
believing 10 battery Nalour7 Yes.
Greater no man shall see IN war; ana
self-sacrifice and loss 20 the utter
most the high recklessness OF exalted
devotion which does not count the cost
We are made by these tragic, epic
things to know what II costs 20 make
a nation-the blood and sacrifice OF
multitudes OF unknown men lifted 10
a great stature I'm the view OF all gen
erations by knowing no limit 20 their
manly willingness 10 serve In arm. ,
les thus marshaled from the ranks or
free men you will see. as IL were.
nation eeri6attled, the leaders and the
led and may know, II YOU VIII. how
little except In form It's action dlHers
in days OF peace from Its action In
DAYS OF war.
MAY we break camp now and be at
easeP Are the forces that fight for the
nation dispersed. disbanded gone 10
their homes forEetful OF the common
cause Arc the forces disorganized.
without constituted leaders and the
might ~ men consciously united pc
cause we contend. not with armies ou,
with princiDalities and powers and
wickedness in high places. Are we
content 10 lie still7 Does our union
mean sympathy. our peace content
ment. our vigor right action, our ma
turitV self comprehcn sion and clear
confidence in choosing what we shall
do7 war fitted us for action. and ac-
tion never ceases.
"I have been chosen the leader OF
the nation 7 can not justify the choice
by any quality Of my own. but so u
has come about. and here STAND.
Whom do I command the gnostlE
hosts who fought upon these bate
fields long ago and are gomez These
gallant gentlemen stricken In years
whose fRhting DAYS are over their
glory won? What are the orders for
them. and who rallies them? nave
in INV mind another host. whom these
set free Of civil strife in order that
thew might work out in days OF peace
and settled order the life or a great
nation That host is the people thetn
selves the great and the small, with
on, class or difference OF kind or race
or origin: and undivided In interest II
we have but the vision 20 guide anu
direct them and order their lives arlEht
in yShat we do Our constitutions are
their articles OF enlistment. The or
iers az the day are the laws upon our
statute hooks. What we strive Tor -
their freedom, their right 10 lift them
selves from DAY 20 day and behold the
things they have hoped for, and so
make way FOR still better days for
those whom they love who are 10 come
after them The recruits are the little
children crOwdins In. The quarter.
stores are in the mines and
forests and fields, In the shops ana
factories Every day something must
be done 10 push the campaign forward;
and n must be done by plan and with
an eve 10 some great destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts In
our hearts and not be moved ! would
not have YOU live even today wholly
In the past but would wish 20 stand
with YOU in the light that streams up
On us now out Of that great day gone
by Here Is the nation God has huilded
oy our hands What shall we do with IL
Who stands ready TO act again and
always in the spirit OF this day OF re-
union and hope and patriotic fervor?