Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-09
SAYS PRINCETON
SHOWED GENIUS Of
GEN. WASHINGTON
Probably Saved Cause Of In
dependence From Collapse,
President Says.
WON IN FACE OF DEFEAT
rv Assoclated press 70 60 Eveninr

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Princeton. y. J.. June Q The bril-
liancy of General Washington = genius
in action and tho devotion Of his fol
lowers of the Continectal Army under
great privation were extolled by
President Harding today in an address
AZ the dedication Of the Battle Monu-
ment at Princeton. The memorial was
hitting 10 the heroes and heroisrn Of
that day, he declared, adding that we
bring and lay at its foot the laurel
wreaths which gratitude and patriotic
sentiment will always dedicate To those
who have borne the heat and burden
Of the conflict"
Tho President spoke az follows:
We have come here 70 say the for
NAL words OF dedication and consecra-
tion before a monument in granite
and marble. But we stand 70 say
those words. IN the presence Of an
other monument. which IL the true me-
mortal to the events we celebrate
The real monument 10 the achieve
mcnt Of WashinRton's patriot army IN
the Trenton Princeton campaign IL
not in workings Of bronze or carv-
Finss Of stone. u rears Itself IN the
institutions OF liberty and representa-
tive government. now big in vision
OF all mankind.
Washington's Genius At Highest.
Tn the presence of such a monu-
ment we can do no better than con-
secrats ourselves TO the cause in which
at THE place the soul of genius and
the spirit OF sacrifice shone forth with
steadfast radiance. On no other bat
tleground. in presence ~ no other me-
mortal OF heroisn could we find more
assuring illumination for our hopes
our anticipations, our confidence. Here
the genius Of General Washington
reached the height of its brilliancy in
action. Here his followers wrote the
highest testimony OF valOr. Here lib
erty-seeking devotion struggled
through privation and unbelievable
exertion, 10 gain the heights. The
crimsoned prints of numbed and
bleeding feet marked the route q
pathway to eternal glory. Thither they
trudged through storm and torrent
but from here. in the hour OF victory
went out winged messengers to lei
all men know that liberty was SAT,
In the keeping of her sons.
Point me the field Of strife. Z,
which have Gonverged more roads tina
led through discouragement, calamit,
and all justification for despair! An,
; point me, next that field from whenc,
radiated so many highways of I'll,
buoyant heart. the confident hope. n,
indomitable purpose, the will 10 win
Take down the tones, thumb al
J., the blackest, all the fairest pages
and tell me where you read Of nobler
fner-aye, or more fruItful-sacri
: fices OF men for their fellows.
! His Retreat Across the Delaware.
Here among you to whom the ira
g ditions Of those events are a sacre
4 trust. is no place for recounting IN
j discouragements of the patriot caus,
e the low ebb of continental fortune,
{ the seeming that Anal disaster coul
!, not Ions be stayed. Almost from tn
I day. in the preceding summer whe
r the great declaration had been issue,
n misfortune had followed on mis-
r fortunes heel-Long Island. the los
3 OF New York, the surrender of Il,
. Hudson forts, the retreat across Ne,
= Continued on page s.