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

private car waiting on a nearby
siding. He stood eli the rear plat
form as tha train pushed slowly
down toward Gettysburg through
the camp. A few nlnutes later
he starsad for Harris burg and the
N rth.
Special trains began pushing
out of Gettysburg and the railroad
men wera working their hardest
to put them out on schedule. AL
though not many left after sum
down tonight, the railroad cfficials
said that the run had been almost
| 00O al hour fer 10 hours. 1t is
probable, however, shat hundreds
J will stay as long as possible on
the field. Few of them make any
pretense that they expect to visit
Gattyspurg again and they are
anxious to take many q look at
the hills and fis,ds where their
valor wens out in deeds that have
been told the world around.
President Wilson's speech ls as
follows:
Friends and Fellow Citizens: l
need not tell you what thu battle
of Gettysburg meena. Thsse gall
lant 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 tialds and hillsldes their
comrades dlsd atont them. In
their presence it were an imperti
uence to discourse upon how the
battle went, how it ended, what 1t
s}gnified Bat so years have gone
by since then, and | crave the
privilege Of sI eakll)g to you fer q
few MINUTES of what those 80
years have meant.
What have they meant? They
have meant peace aud union and
Gig r, and the maturity and might
Of great Nation. How whola-
some and healing the peace has
teen We have found one anoth-
er again as brothers and comrades
il arms, enemies no longer, gem
e1, US irlenus rather, our battles
long past, the quarrel forgotten,
5exeeps that We shall not forget
the splendid valOr, the manly de-
votion the men then arrayed
against one another. now grasping
bands and aEiling into each
oeEer's eyes How complete the
union has become aud how dear
to all cf us, how urquestloDed +,
how enign and maj sic, as State
after State has been added to this
our great family of free men /!
How handsome the vigor, the
maturity. the might of the great
Nation we love with undivided
hearts; how full of large and con-
fident premise that life will be
WI ,ugh5 out that will crown it's
str ,ngth with gracious justice and
with a happy welfare that will
touch all alike with deep content
mentl We are debtors to those
so crowded years; they have made
us heirs to mighty HERITAGE
But do we deem the Nation
complete and fiIished? 1fe3e ven
erable men cro.ding here to this
famous field have set US a great
example of devotion and utter
sacrifice. They are 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 essab-
lished. Their work is handed on
thus, to be done III another way
but not in another spirit. Oal
day is not over; it is upon US it
full tide.
Have affairs paused? Does the
Nation stand still? Il Whist the
50 gears have wronY ht since those
DAYS of battle finished, rounded
out. and completed? Here is 6
great people, great with every force
that has ever beaten in the life
blood of mankind. Aud it is So
cure. Thers is no one within 1T
borders, there is no power among
ths Nations of the earth, to max
it afraid. But has it yet squared
itself With it's own great standard
ses up at its birth. when it mad
, that first noble, naive appeal t.
the moral judgment Of mankin'
3 to take notice that a governor
r had nos at last been esta' lishe,