Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04
WILSON SPEAKS
To THRONES At
GETTYSBURG
President, in Stirring Address,
Rejoices in Great Reunited Ma
tion-Lauds Heroes.
Continued From Page I.

Continued From Page I.
cept that we shall not forget the
splendid valor. the manly devotion OF
the men then arrayed against one
another, now grasping hands and
smiling into each others eyes How
complete union has become and how
dear TO all OF us and how unques-
toned, how majestic as State after
State has been added TO this, our
great family Of free men
"Hers TO Mighty Heritage"
How handsome the vigor the ma
turity, the might OF the great nation
we love with undivided hearts; how
full of large and confident praise that
life will be wrought out that viii
crown a strength with greater justice
and with a happy welfare that will
touch all alike with deep contentment.
We are debtors to those 80 crowded
years: they have made us heirs to
mighty heritage.
But do we deem the nation com
plete and finished? These venerable
men, crowdng here to this famous
field, have set us Il great example OF
devotion and other sacrifices. 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 established
Their work is handed on to us to be
done in another way. but not in an
other spirit. our day is not over, it
is upon us in full tide.
Have affairs paused7 Does the
nation stand still? Is what the so
years have wrought since those days
OF battle finished. rounded out ana
completed?
Calls Nation Secure.
Here IS a great people-great with
every force that has eser beaten 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 # squared itself with its own
great standards set up at its birth.
when It made its first noble, naive ap-
peal to the moral judgment of man
kind to take notice that a government
had now been established which was
to serve men, not masters?
1T is secure in everything except
satisfaction that its life is right. ad-
justed to the uttermost TO the stand :
ards Of righteousness and humanity.
The days Of sacrifice and cleansing
are not closed. We have harder
things TO do than were done in these
heroic days Of war because harder to
see clearly. requiring more vision.
more balance of judgment. a more
candid searching OF the very springs
of right
Look around you upon the fields
Of Gettysburg. Picture the array
the fierce heats and agony of battle,
column hurled against column, bat
teries believing to batteries. Valor?
Yes. greater no man shall see in war.
and self sacrifice and loss to the ut
termost; the high recklessness Of ex-
allied devotion which does not count
the cost.
The Cost of a Great Nation.
we are made by these tragic, epic
things to know what IL costs TO make
a nation-the blood and sacrifice of
multitudes Of unknown men. lifted to
a greater stature IN the view of all
generations by knowing no limit to
their manly willingness to serve
In armies thus marshaled from the
ranks Of free men you will see. as 1t
were, nation embattled. the leaders
and the led, and may know, If you
will. how little except in form its
actions differ in days OF peace from
its actions in days OF war.
May We break camp now and be
at ease? Are the forces that fight
for the nation dispersed, disbanded
gone TO their homes forgetful Of the
common cause? Are our forces dis
organized, without constituted lead
ers and the might OF men conscious
~ united because we contend not
With armies, but with probabilities
and powers and wickedness in high
places?
Are we content to lie stiU? Does
our union mean sympathy, our peace
Contentment, our maturity self-com-
prehension and a clear confidence in
choosing what we shall do? War Mt
ted US for action, and action never
ceases
Refers TO Another Host
y have been chosen the leader of
the nation. l can not justify the
choice by any qualities of my own.
but so it has come about. and here |
stand Whom do | command? The
ghostly hosts who fought upon these
battefields long ago and are gone ?
These gallant gentlemen. stricken in
years whose fighting days are over,
their glory WON What are the or
Gers for them, and who rallies them ?
Il have in mind another host. whom
these set free Of civil strife in order
that they might work out. in days Of
peace and settled order the life of a
great nation. That host Is the peo-
pie themselves the great and small.
without class, or difference, or kind.
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