St. Tammany farmer., 1921-11-12
Members Of Legion Make
Addresses in Memory
of Victory and Dead
ALL BUSINESS
CLOSED FOR HOUR
High School, St. Pau]'s and
St. Scholastica Convent
Participate

Armistice Day was observed in
Covington by the closing OF all places
of business from 10 to II a. H., dur
ing the ceremonies of the Legion at
the courthouse. The pupils Of the
public school, st. Scholastica's AcaG-
envy and St. Pau's College grouped
about the entrance and officers of the
Legion delivered addresses and con-
Quoted the celebrations OF the occa-
sion. Prof. A. j. Park, principal
of Covington High School, mad in at
tendance pupils of first, secOnd, third
and fourth years; Brothers Basil, U.
Victor, A Michael, St. Paul's Col
| lege; Sisters Josepha, Benedlct,
Editha and Philippine, of st. S,ho-
| astica'5, \, ere In charge of the pupils
ol thosa institutions.
After the delivery of the Legion
address by Lieutenant B. w. Miller,
the pupils sang America. Decoration
of the graves OF the unknown dead
| was carried out with bowed head and
silent paryer, as a, bunch of white
chrysanthemums were laid upon the
courthouse steps.
| Mr.. Felix Limongi read Lincoln's S
address at Gettysburg, made famous
by the purity of its English and the
! greatness of it's expression i'll few
| words:
| ..Seyen score and five years ago,
our fathers brought forth on TINS
continent "a new nation conceived III
liberty and dedicated to the purpose
| tion that all men are created equal.
| ''Now we are engaged in great
civil war, testing whether that ma
ton. or any other nation so concelV-
ed and SO dedicated, can long en-
| dure. We are met on a great battle
| field of that war; We have come 10
dedicate portion of that field as
| final resting place of those VINO mere
gave their lives that that nation
might live 1t is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this,
But, in a larger sense, we cannot
dedicate-we cannot cOnsecrate-W1
cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men living and dead who
struggled here, have consecrated 1t,
far above our poor power to add o.
detract; the world will little note
lnor long remember what we gay here
but it can never forget what they
did here-it is for us, the living
rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work, which they, who
fought here thus far SO noDly ad-
vanced. 1t is rather for us to De
I here dedicated to the great task re-
naming before us-that from these
1 honored dead we take increased de'
votion to that cause for which they
gave the last fullmeasure of de-
yotion; that we h.re highly resolve
i that these dead shall not have died II
vain-that this nation under GtC
shall have a new birth of freedom
/ and that government Of the people
by the people for the people, shal
not perish from the EARTH
Lieutenant Miller followed witt
an address that was listened to VIII
much interest, and which we quote
in full:
"As / am a most Indifferent speak
or. and a worse author, please le
me crave your indulgence during tn
short address that | am to have th'
honor Of making you. 2
! IT will be impossible for anyone
to find a greater and more Wonder
full model for an address, than th'
MASTERPIECE you, have just listened t
,l-Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress. You will pardon me there
fore if | plagarise it during this ad
dress.
: Fifty-nine years after it was prov
: en- that a nation conceived in llbert,
, and dedicated to the proposition tha
5 all men were created free and equal
could and would endure another na
I tion, the greatest military autocrac
that the world has ever seen, say
| fit to again test this proposition.
, During these fifty-nine years, prac
tically all the nations of Europe ha
, laccepted and acceded to this nroposl
/ |tion, The fundamental principle Q
: France had changed from the mott
of Louis XIV L'etat c'est moi, to tni
: Liberty, Equality and F'ratern1t'
, | The power of Great Britain alae
5 passed into the hands of the Hous
: of Commons, elected members, nc
: like YOU and l. United Italy ha
| been achieved and was governed b
/ a Democratic Parliament. Relg1u1
was governed in much the sam
: manner. Russia alone of all. tn
: allied. countries was not a l1bers
! government. Reform, however, wa
9 on the way
Il Germany and her puppet, Austrls
: stood alone, proclaiming the d1vln
/ right Of kings to rule. To rule, min
a you, by right Of birth, and not
Q the only justification that man ca
+ ever have to rule-the right
e achievement.
: Germany saw her hideously mi:
e shapen system girt about by II
t rays from the lamp of 1ibert
h and determined to overthrow an
S crush the divine gift of other u
tions, simply because the German
! had not the wit to appreciate It.
s Upon these European children
D liberty the German turned the fu1
nf hia ~ aqSnd hattaliOnS. Intepr1