Newark post., 1913-07-09
G. E 7 7 Y S B u RG
Address by President Wilson


know what it costs to make a ma
tion-the blood and sacrifice of
multitudes Of unknown men lifted
to great stature in the view Of all
generations by knowing no lint to
their manly willingness to serve.
In armies thus marshaled from the
ranks Of free men you will see, as
it were, a nation embattled, the
leaders and the led, and may know
} you will, how little except in form
its action differs in days Of peace
from it's action in days of war.
COMMON CAUSE STILL CALLS
MAY we break camp now and
be at ease? Are the forces that
fight for the Nation dispersed, dis
banded, gone to their homes for
getful Of the common cause? Are
our forces disorganized, without
constituted leaders and the might
Of men consciously united because
we contend, not with armies, but
with principalities and powers and
wickedness in high places? Are
we content to lie still? Does our
union mean sympathy, our peace
contentment, or vigOr right action,
our maturity self-comprehension
and clear confidence in choosing
what we shall do? War fitted us
for action, and action never ceases.
Il have been chosen the leader
Of the Nation. | can not justify the
choice by any qualities Of my own,
but so it has come about, and here
| stand. Whom do [ command? l?
The ghostly hosts who fought upon
these battle fields long ago and are
gone? These gallant gentlemen
stricken in years, whose fighting
days are over, their glory won ?
What are the orders for them and
who rallies them? | have in my
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
people themselves, the great and
the small, without class or differ
ence Of kind or race or origin; and
undivided interest, if we have but
the vision to guide and direct them
and order their lives Alright in what
we do. Our constitutions are their
articles of enlistment. The orders
of the day are the laws upon our
statute books.
"What we strive for is their
freedom, their right to life them
selves from day to day and behold
the things they have hoped for,
and so make way for still better
days for those whom they love who
are to come after them. The re-
cruits are the little children crowd
ing in. The quartermaster's stores
are in the mines and forests and
fields, in the shops and factories.
Every day something must be done
to push the campaign forward; and
it must be done by plan and with
an eye to 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 to stand with you in
the light that streams upon us now
out of the great day gone by. Here
is the nation God has builded by
our hands. What shall we do with
it? Who stands ready to act again
and always in the spirit of this
day of reunion and hope and patri-
otic fervor?
The day of our country's life
has but broadened into morning.
Do not put uniforms by. Put the
harness Of the present on. Lift
your eyes to the great tracts OF
life yet to be conquered IN the III
terest of righteous peace, Of that
prosperity which lies in a people 5
hearts and outlasts all wars and
errors of men. Come, let us be
comrades and soldiers yet to serve
our fellow men in quiet counsel,
where the blare of trumpets is
neither heard nor needed and where
the things are done which make
blessed the nations Of the world III
peace and righteousness and love. .