The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11
HEAR
THE PRESIDENT
vlson Delivers Address at
esttysburg Celebration
.,p,s LESSON FROM BATTLE
"a kAn OAAMhA
e,.st Army Of the People
'sl' ~. rluht Peacefully to
perfect the Nati0"
All love.

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e' Y ~. ne ssmtcentennial celebration
. y = p ~ Of Gettysburg was made
y I'M notable by an address &C.
. I.,.a y president Woodrow 'so Wilson,
J y Y. 'v veterans who fought in the
y s.,tle As well as a great throns
]. residents address follows;
s v and Fellow Citizens: d l need
.' N YOU what the battle OF Gettys-
y, g meant IN These gallant men in
= 7. nd gray sit all about US mere ere
y, # y them met here upon this
! '.a.d IN grim and deadly struggle i,I
~ I'llt these i famous fields and hillsides
Y, comrades died about them IN
" Y, arsssnce it we're an impertinence
4 s.sourse upon how the battle went
y / ended, what 1T signifed! But
s,,srs have gone by since then and
,,sys the privilege Of speaking TO
Z lOr i few minutes OF what 'nose
s,.srs have meant.
4 mi have they meant? They nave
mi peace and union and vigor, and
II ~ r.turity and might of a great ma
/. EOw wholesome and healing the
s. bas been! we have found one
E,,ssr again as brothers and COM
- i, arms, enemies no longer, gen.
=. friends rather, our battles long
tha quarrel forgotten-except
4, a shall not forget the splendid
s. tbe manly devotion Of the men
4. ,rrayed against one another, now
,s,siug hands and smiling into each
ss.Ys eyes How complete the union
|, bseome and how dear to all of u.s.
q unCuestioned, how benign and
.,bsiIc as state after state has been
lAiM to this great family of free
~ How handsome the vigor, the
nu,ity, the might Of the great ma
n va love with undivided hearts
II full Of large and confident prom
! hat i life will be wrought on
viii crown It's strength with gra
ps Justice and a happy welfare tina
ii touch all alike with deep content
hit! We are debtors to those o
mTded years; they have made U
lis To q mighty heritage.
Nation Not Finished.
But do we deem the nation CON
ltd and finished? These venerabl
ID cfoWding here to this famou
I'D have set US a great example c
guton and utter sacrifice. The
llre Wiling to die that the peopl
elgAt I've. But their task is dom
lAlIF day Is turned into evening. The
box 10 Us to perfect what they esta
Iihed Their work ls handed on
10 be done In another way but NJ
anoGher spirit. Our day Is not ovel
1 4 aDon us I'm ftIIl fifla.
have affairs pausedf Does Il
lsilpA stand still? Is 1t what the
] llls have wrought since those da,
d battle finished, rounded out, al
Nnpleted? Here is a great peopl
glsat With every force that has ey
lsstsn In the life blood of mankiI
lld i b secure. There is no O
slhia Its borders, there is
nFsf ameng the nations Of the ear
!. make Il afraid. But has 1t ,
aasged Itself with its own gre
!. taldards set up at It's birth, when
+ asds that first noble, naive appeal
Rs moral judgment OF mankind
/, ks notice that q government b
~ as last been established viii
{ y q serve men, not masters? It
NsoEs IN everything except the sal
sssl0n that Its life Is right. adjust
I sle uttermost to the standards
Saseeusness and humanity. I
Y q sacrifice and cleansing
y closed. We have harder thil
4 g than we're done In the her
~ q war, because harder to
silyl requiring more vision, m
Nh balance Of Judgment. a m
aald searching Of the very spril
FL Tribute to Their vaicr.
7 Iaoa around you upon the field
aeafgl Picture the array,
~ meats and agony Of battle,
hurled against column. bait
wing 70 battery! valor? Y
j 'sA'es no man shall see In war;
sacrlace, and loss to the Ut
me high recklessness OF e1
sseslpn which does not count
We are made by these ira
Il y salngs to know what 1t cost
nation--the blood and s;
g nultitudes Of unknown
a g 9 great stature In the ,
u Y senefations by knowing no
'aslf manly willingness to Sc
ssalass thus marshaled from
i = q nee men yon will see,
7 nation embattled, the lea
% He ied, and may know, II
j nov little except in form
b 4 3 y. oilers In days Of peace
slon IN days Of war.
ii Re break camp now and
q Are the forces that aght TO
/ y dispersed, disbapded. cor
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