The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-09
HARDING TOL
lEAT1GEIlIlJS o.
GEO lVAS S | 4. [
Presld emit Speaks at /. Dedica-
tionso # Battle Monument
at Princeton
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BrilIi AL dress Delivered
by riding in Reviewing
Revolution.
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by Harding in Reviewing
Revolution.
sPRINCETON, N. j., June -
The tbri1liancy Of General Wash
tngton,s genius in action, and the
devotion &of his followers OF the
Monumental army under great pr
Syationsswere extolled by President
aHarding toda; in an aluress at the
ssdedication&of the battle monument
Eat Princeton. The memorial Was
sfitting to- the haroes and heroism CT.
that day, he declared, adding that
we bring and lay at ats loot Inc
laurel Nreaths which gra titude a"d
at1ioIfcs sentiment would always
$ded icate#to those who have borne
the heat and burden of the con-
The President spoke as
follows: ss$5ss
nj 81 fellow Americans We have
Fscoinesh Hereto say the formal WORKS
ofGdadicat ton and conservation OF
Stf1emonament of battle. We stand,
foEsays those words, in the presence
of ano theramonument, which is the
trueme to the event we cele-
sRbrate Itsis5the monument of Wash.
ingtons patriotic army in the Tre1i-
ton-Princetons campaign; it is not
sSof stone. It rears itself in the in
stances, of liberty and representa-
tive government, now big in the
Vision OF all mankind.
IN the presence OF such a mon
sument, &can do no better than
consecrate ours selves to the cause
5inwhi Oh atsthis place. the soul CT
genius and the spirit of sacrifice.
Mshone forth with steadfast rad
&ance. OnSno other battle. ground,
spresence&of no other memorial
hero could we find mote
assuring illumination for our hopes,
Il our anticipations, our confidence.
Here the genius of General
IRashington#reach the height OF
bril- liancy in action. Here his
I followers wrote their highest tesIi-
uaonyR Of #yalor Here liberty seek
ingsdeyotion struggled through Pr,
ion7and $un believable eXertion. to
gain the heights. The crimsone1
prints Of numbed and bleeding feet
marked the route a pathway to
eternal glory Thither they trudgad
through storm and torrent; but
from here, in the hour of victory,
went outswinged messengers to le-
Observation-Disclosures ~ GO 49,
iaztfe keeping Of her sons.
Sacrifices Noble.
Point me the field of strife, to
which have converged more roads
sthat led through discoura cement
calamity and all justification for
despair and point me, next, that
field from whence radiated so
many highways Of the buoyant
heart, the confident hope. the in
sdomnftablepurpo the will to win
taxed oWnSth tones, thumb all tbe
&blackest, all the fairest pages, ana
tell line where you read of nobler.
sffner-a more fruitful-sac Gil
fees aofgmen for their fellows.
ere, among you to whom the
trad tions sof those events are sa-
scred strust.is no place for recount
ing the Acknowledgement of the pa
TSfriOt8 cause the low ebb Of CONT
mental fortunes, the seeming that
final disaster could not long be
STAYED. Almost from the day in the
proceeding summer, when the great
declarat on had been issued, mis-
fortune had followed on mister
tunes heels-Long Island, the loss
of$Newg y ork, the surrender of the
Hudson forts, the retreat across
NewSFJ ersey, the refuge in Pennsyi-
4
u the seeming inevitable end. The
army@ was rumbling; only civil
authority pretended to maintain any
central SorganiZation. The enemy
delayed TO finish his task. only be-
scause he was SO certain OF his
antfarry that haste would be I'M
sseemingly
And then the flash OF Washing.
TONS defiance. The crossing Of the
delaware in storm and ice floes:
the march, and the delays which
nnadeSitsimpossib to effect night
attack, and complete surprise =!
cfsion to press on and take every
thing on the issue. finally the at
stacks{and the victory.
Accomplishm Brilliant
aBrilliant8as was the accomplish
sment, washington on the JerSey
sideswas faced presently by the SUI
Rperior strength of the now CONSOLE
dated British. forces. At last his
arfy al was sure of the old fox"
Then4 came the strategic with
draWalS ofS Washington at night. in
secret, from his line on the Assun-l
pink Creek the thanking march toll
and defeat OF the enemy. In the
narrative of these magnificent win
days Of marching and fighting,
SURPRISES. and victories, one finds
he truest presentation Of the IN
sdomitable spirit which sustain ed,
and atsIast,w the rev o!ution.
issnot often that the precise
irnportance and gnificance of a
particular nilitary detail can be SO
accurately appraised, as if can rs-E
gardingSthe mid-winter campaign of
Trsnton-Prfncet The promulga-
ton OF hesDeclarat ion of Independ-j
5ence hadmoved theSBritish author
tiles to especially determined ef-
forts for quick suppression OF the
revolution. To them, It was vital !,
" importantthat8th fires OF revolt