The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11

oV yearS navel eonel byI 01nue -tAeSn Nd&
l crays the, pristleeeS o{ snsA}4d 1n
you for few minutes Of what those
80 years enI15hAIamaant.~------,...-:--.--
What have, they meant? They haze,
meansSSacs.Naa Naina Aa,vaAS< ~
the mtS4fitS'ASu 1piSht s9SS ~ ~
ton. How wholesome and healing the
peace aaS been! We have fouhAH6e
anotheF dgain as brothers and com
..de. r.ds. setssm'. .sasnA .esnassmnAie1offE, ,s%1
past. fhs quarrel forgotten-e3rept
that wSshall not forsak ~ bp m
valor. hN manly devotion OF the Me6
then arrsyed against oneIsnotfss. ApY,
Graspina glands and smiling into each
other'sS4es. How complete the uhfoH
has beoope and how dear to all of us.
how untdestioned, how benign nd
majesticSas state after state has been
added TO-. this sreAt fA&syy &kdrht
menl How handspHe -AEVs6Q8 tia,
maturity, the might of the great nd-'
ton we love with undivided hearts;
how fun Of large and confident prom
ise that life will be wrought out
that will crown Its strength WITH gra-
cious Justice aud q happy welfare that
will touch all alike with deep content,
ment! We are debtors to those 30,
rowded years; they have made JusS
leirs to mighty .heritage,t s1ofed -
Nation Not Finished,
But do we deem the nation com
plete and finished s. Thessg venerable
men espWding, hsEs- to this, sfasaesss
neld have set US a great example of
devotion and utter sacrifice,-
were willing TO die that tho people
mi might live: q But ~!
look to US to perfect what they estab-
lished. Their work is handed )ouOts
US. to be done In another way but not
in another spirit. Our, ddy Is nb2 oyeKsf
1t is upon us In full tide,
Have affairs panseHf D0eA kMh
nation stand still? Is 1t what the so
years have wrought since those days
Of battle finished. rounded put. eand,
completed? Here is a great people.
great with every force that has ever
beaten in the life blood of mankind.
within its borders. there ID no
power among the nations of~ehe-
to maka- 1T afraid. - hast yst.
squared Itself with Its "a own great
standards set up at its birth. when i
made that hrstrAdbl@ n&vs3E1pRA 4o
the moral judgment 81 Smahkind t.
take notice that a government had
now at last been, established which
was to serve men, not masters? 1t is
secure In everything except the salts
faction that It's life rs right, adjVssed
to the uttermost to the standards of
Righteousness and humanity. The
days of sacrifice and cleansing are
not closed. We have harder things
to do than were done in the heroic
days OF war. because harder 66t asB
clearly. requiring more yisipn,o Rer4
calm balance OF judgment, a more
candid searching of the very springs
of right. -. -rr
Tribute to Their Vaior. W 4
Look around you. upon the field of
Gettysburg! Picture--th -erray,-the
fierce heats and agony of battle, col
umn hurled againstr roiumns s'battsry
believing to battery! Valor? Yea!
Greater no man :shaH sec fnewi ti1
self-sacrifice.s and loss to the uttef
most; 4he high recklessness OF .exak
ed devotion which does not count the
cost We are made by these tragic;
epic things to know what it. costHf to
make 1 nation-the blood and sacri-
fee OF multitudes of unknown men
lifted TO a great stature in the view
Of all Generations by knowing no limit
to thsk manly, willingness to- serve.
In arltes titus 'marshaled from the
ranks Hf free men you will see. as it
were, Y natiop pcenbsuledat the lea12ia
and the led. and may know, II you
will, how little except in form its
action differs IN days of peace rom
its action in days of war -. "a. .4.> /,
May We break camp nowsand -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 dlsorganized.
without constituted lea6efss ands 9
might of men consciously TINTED be,
cause 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 content
ment, oursvigor right action. our ma
turity self.comprehension and a clear
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