The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-02
WILSON'S MEMORIAL DAY
ADDRESS.

1t seems to be generally agree,
that President Wilson reached TIN
high-Water mark of his orator.
abroad in his Memorial Day ad
dress in the American cemeter,
at Suresnes. The occasion anC
the surroundings combined t,
stir the mind and heart Of The
speaker, with the result that tn,
speech to which he gave utter
ance will probably take rank
with the classics of oratory. ThC
entire address is worthy Of re
production but we have space
for only a part Of it,
No one with "A heart in his
breast, no American, no lover OF
humanity, can stand in the pres
ence Of these graves without the
most profound emotion, " said
Mr. Wilson in his introduction.
These men who lie here are
men Of a unique breed. Their
like has not been seen since the
far days Of the Crusades Never
before have men crossed the
seas to a foreign land to fight
for the cause Of humanity which
they did not pretend was par
ticularly their own, but knew
was the cause Of humanity and
mankind. And when they came,
they found comrades for their
courage and devotion. They
found the armies Of liberty al
ready in the field-men, Who
though they had gone through
three years Of fiery trial, seemed
only to be just discovering, not
for a moment losing, the high
temper of the great affair; men
seasoned in the bloody service Of
liberty. Joining with these, the
men Of America gave the great
est Of all gifts, the gift Of life
and the gift of spirit"
After paying tribute to the
courage and devotion Of the
American soldiers, Mr. Wilson
continued:
"But it would be no profit to
us to eulogize these illustrious
dead if we did not take to heart
the lesson which they have !
taught us. They are dead; they
have done their utmost to show |
their devotion to a great cause
and they have left us to see to
it that that cause shall not be
betrayed, whether in war or
peace
1T is our privilege and our
high duty to consecrate ourselves
afresh ON a day like this to the
objects for which they fought.
1t is not necessary that / should
rehearse to you what these OBJ !
were These men did not come
across the sea merely to defeat
Germany and her associated
powers in the war They came
to defeat forever the things for
which the central powers stood,
the sort Of power they meant to
assert in the world, the AFRO
CANT selfish domination which
they meant to establish; and they
came, moreover, to see to it that
there should never be a war like
this again. It is for us, particu-
larly for us who are civilized, to
use our proper weapons of coun-
sci and agreement to see to it that
there never is such a war again.
The nation that should now fling
out of this common concord of
counsel would betray the human
race.
SO it is our duty to take and
maintain the safeguards which
will see to it that the mothers of
America and the mothers of
France and England and Italy
md Belgium and all other suf-
tering nations should never be
,alled upon for this sacrifice i
again. This can be done. 1t
must be done. And it will be
lone. The things that these men
eft us, though they did not in
heir counsels conceive it, is the
great instrument which we have
Just erected in the League of