Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

press my own thought concerning the
Significance Of that decisive battle and
said:
Gettysburg Address
The battle Of Gettysburg, momentous
in its exhibition OF military force anu
skill, tremendous in its destruction OF
human life, had consequences Whlcn' III
their effect upon the race, are limltIesS'
As the seeds OF the cookie are sown win
the wheat so in the Constitution, adopted
by the fathers in 1887, lay tho germs OF
an inevitable struggle. Two antagonlstic
forces grew in vigur ana strength sluo
by side, in one household, and IKE Or.
muzd and Ahriman they must strive Tor
the mastery. Upon this field the strusgIe
came to a determination ana the Issue
between them was here decided with can
non and musket. The rebellion was ull'
dertaken by the followers of the doc
trines of Calhoun and Davis, with the
purpose 20 rend the nation asunder ana
break II into fragments. Alas' TOT Iile
futility Of the expectations OF mem INC
Lord, who holds the peoples in the nor
low Of his hand, and who since the dawn
Of history has taken them up BY turns
ia the search for one fit for broad doihl'
nation, did not forsake us. The eNtraoi-
dinar-v powers exercised for the mainte'
nance of the national life in that are
time Of war became fixed as the primer
pies of the national Government. Inc
flame of strife but tested the virtue OF
the metal. The blows intended to as
sever only welded the sovereigntes to-
gether more firmly FOR future wider ei'
fort. The nation, as 1t exists To-Day
arose when Pickett failed to drive the
Philadelphia Brigade from the stone wall
on Cemetery Hill A seer, sitting on that
dread day upon the crests Of Big Round
Top, could have figured in the clouds or
smoke rolling over the Devils Den and
the Bloody Angle the scenes soon 10
occur in Manila Bay, at Santiago ana
San Juan Hill, the beaming Of new
light at Hawaii and I'm the far Philip"
pines, the junction Of the two mighty
oceans and the near disappearance or
English control Of the commerce Of the
world.
The presidential Office is so great
station among men that those who MI
Il are not to he rewarded as personah-
ties. Their individuality is lost in It's
immensity. They become the manifes-
tations OF certain impulses and stages
of development Of the national life.
jackson represented its rough, uncouth
and undisciplncd strength Lincoln
looms up above all other Americans
bearing the burden Of woe and suffering
which fate laid upon his broad shoulders
in its time OF stress and trial. Blessed
he his memory forevermOre! No people
can look forward TO the fulfillment OF
such destiny as events seem 10 outline
for us, save one alert and eager with the
enthusiasm and vigor OF youth. No other
President has so stood for that which.
after all, typlfles our life-the sweep of
the winds over broad prairies, the snow
capped mountains and the rushing riY-
ers, the sequoia trees, the eNuberance or
youth conscious of red blood, energy and
power. painting our bow Of promise as
does Theodore Roosevelt He has hunted
in our woods, he has enriched our 1t
erature, he has ridden in the face or
the enemy, he has maintained our ideals
Upon this day, devoted to the memories
OF the heroic dead-in Pennsylvania
sad Decoration Day-tQuay lay dead
Ew notel-the achievements of the pro-
life past and the promise of the teem-
ing future confront each other. Today,
for the first time, Theodore Roosevelt
treads the field made immortal by tho
sword Of George Gordon Meade and hal
lowed by the prose dirge Of Abraham