The Calumet news., 1913-11-18
PAY TRIBUTE TO
EMANCIPAT0R


Springfield ILL.,, Nov, lS.-The fif-
tieth anniversary of the delivery by
Abraham Lincoln Of his famous ad-
dress at Gettysburg is TO be made tho
occasion of state wide celebration
in ltinios tomorrow. Practically ev-
cry daily newspaper in the state viii
reprint the address and in all the pub
lie schools special exercises will De
held in observance of the anniversary.
This will be the greatest tribute
ever paid any person. living or dead.
At half past three o'clock i'm the aft
ernoon 100000 school children are eX-
pected 20 recite in unison the immor-
'al address delivered by the martyred
president on the battlefield of Gettys-
burg.
Abraham Lincoln delivered this
great literary and neral treasure" on
Nov. l9, 1863. at the dedication of tho
Gettysburg National cemetery. 1t will
be on the fiftieth anniversary of tina;
| occasion and az the same hour Of
the day. that all school children above
the sixth grade in the public schools
Of the state will be asked to recite
the inspiring address.
The Illinois centennial commission
| which is arranging for the celebration
in 1913 Of the one -hundredth anniver-
sary of the admission Of Illinois to
| statehood, inaugurated the movement
| for a nation wide observance of Get
;ysburg day this year Gov. Dunno
| issued proclamation calling upon the
| people generally I'm Illinois to observe
the anniversary and state Supernten-
| dent of Schools Blair issued a letter
10 superintendent principals and
| teachers. recommending that pupils
above the sixth grade "shall commit
to memory this noble address and that
il shall be repeated by some or all of
these pupils AZ half past three o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon"
Following is the text of President
Lincoln's Gettvsburg address:
-Four score and seven years
ago our fathers brought forth on
this continent a new nation. con-
cetved in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men
are created equal
! Nov we are engaged i'm a great
| war, testing whether that nation
or any nation so conc eived and so
dedicated can long endure. We
are met on great battlefield OF
that war. We have come to dedi-
cate n portion Of that field as the
final resting place for those who
gave their lives that that nation
Nigh; live 1t is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do
this.
But, in a larger sense. we can
not dedicate--we cannot conse-
crate--we cannot hallow-this
ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here have
consecrated il far above out poor
power To add or detract. The world
will little not, nor long remember,
what we say here, but il can
never forget what they did here.
II is Tor us, the liging, rather. to
be dedicated here TO the unfinished
work which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced
II is rather for us to be hero
dedicated to the great task re-
manning before us, that from these
honored dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last fun measure
of devotion: that we here highly
resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain; that this ma
tion, under God, shall gain a new
birth Of freedom; and that gov
ernment of the people, by the peo-
nle, shall not perish from earth"