Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-05
JUST BEFORE CLOSE on CELL.
BRiTION PRESIDENT AD-
Ll,EsSED VETERANS.
OUR DAY CALLS FOR HEROES
Keynote of speech Wa, Emphasis of
Fact That Present Times Call
for licroiSm of Highest
Type.
President Wilson addressed 1.-THE
veterans as follows:

''''l aus as lollbNhs
Friends and fellow citizens:
need not tell you what the bat.
tie of Gettysburg meant. These gal
lent men IN blue and gray sit all
about ms here Many of them met
here upon this ground in grim and
deadly struggle Upon these famous
fields and hillsides their comrades
died about them In their presence
II were an impertinencc to discourse
upon how the battle went how II
ended. what il signified. But 80
years have gone by since then. and
crave the privilege of speaking to
you for q few minutes OF what those
90 years have meant
What have they meant? They
have meant peace and union and
yigor. and the maturity and might
OF great nation How wholesome
and healing the peace has been. We
have found one another again as
brothers and comrades IN arms. enc
mics no longer, generous friends
rather. our battles long past. the
quarrel forgotten except that we
shall not forget the splendid valor,
the manly devotion of the men then
1rrayed against ono another now
eraspipg hands and smiling into each
others eyes How complete the
union has become and how dear TO
all of as. how unquestioncd. how
benign and majestic. as state after
state has been added TO this our great
family of free men. How handsome
the yigor. the maturity. the might
OF the great nation We love with un-
divided hearts. how full OF large and
confident promise that life will be
wrou ght out that will crown it's
strength with gracious justice and
with O. happy welfare that Will touch
an alike with deep contentment. We
are debtors to those 30 crowded
years; they have made MS heirs to a
mighty heritage.
But do We deem the nation com
plct and finished? These venerable
men croWdiug here TO this famous
field have set MS great example
OF devotion and utter sacrifice. They
were willing 10 die that the people
might live. But their task IS done.
Their day IS turned into evening.
They look 10 us 20 perfect what they
established. Their work is handed
ON tD uP. 10 be- done In another way
but not 'n another spirit our dag is
not over. h is upon us in full tide.
Have affairs paused? Does the
nation stand still? Is what the %
years have wrought since those days
OF battle finished, rounded out and
completed Hero Is q great people,
rrrat with ovcry force that has ever
bca'on in the lifoblood of mankind
And 1 is secure There is no one
within its borders. there Is no pew
or among the nations OF the earth, Ia
make il afr1id. Hut has u squared
isoIf wit hits own great standards
set up Al its birth. when II made that
first noble. naive appeal 10 the moral
Indictment of mankind 10 take notice
that a government had now al last
born established which was 20 serve
men. not masters? II is secure IN
everything except the satisfaction
That us life o. right. adjusted 10 tho
ut'ormost to the standards of righte
business and humanity. The days o'
sacrifice and cleansing are not clos
cd We have harder things 10 dc
than were done Goo tho heroic days o'
war. because harder 10 SEQ clearly
rcquiring more vision, more calm
balance Of Judgment. more candid
searching OF the very springs o
right
Look around YOU upon the field o
Gottyshurg Picture tho array, the
fierce heats and agony of bati,
coIumu hurled against column. bat
tory believing 10 battery Valor
Yo-' Greater no man shall see %
war and self sacrifice. an dloss n
the uttermost the hish reckles nes
Of exalted devotion which does no
couut the cost We are made b.
these tragic. epic things 10 know
what IL costs 10 make a nation th'
blood and sacrifice Of mpltludes %
unknown men lifted 20 q great stat
urc In rho view OF an generations b.
knowing no limit 70 their manly will
inrurss 20 serve. In armies mar hal
cd from the ranks OF free men yo'
will see. as Il were. a nation embat
tied the leaders and the Ted. an
NAV know. % you will how little cS
cept ln form ~ action differs IN day
~ peace from its action in days q
war
Nav We break camp nov and b
~ ease are the forces that figh