The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-16

Z Wheeler OF MOHlalid
sas-3I = address last Thursday
i-al d L,Fora an immense audi
.:-- asked as a representative
- 'e.As -be north to speak upon
-',I-- 80; = at Bennett Place, bur-
s Co. caroline upon the occa-
-5e unveiling Of the m ,Il'3;o,,
-5s- place in commemorative!
=. q. ..--. of Gen. Johnson OF
e -r--,r+ederate army 70 Gen.
p The spring Of 1869.
--. = of this monument IS
-s - the world the healing
o-.C~ IN IN the nation. Sen.
@ Ssiivsred an eloquent ad-
r.as5- - If which follows:
- WuFFLER'S SPEECH
from speech delivered by
-A,5-FPrs rr+on X. Wheeler, at Ben
b. near Durham, n. C.. on
q r. -F 1923. being the Occa-
-ba unveiling of the monu-
Sat marks the place Of the sur
.- II Gen Joseph l.. Johnson 70
- n. S. Sherman.
s -..;- = Ladies and Gentlemen:
= g. In. and raised in Massachusetts,,
D. s Michigan, and now IN the
- If that great Western State
/. T--+ara. It gives me a peculiar
- - be with you today and
,.p Ire people of one of the
.....- n our Southern States in an
- demonstrating the no longer
-5ls fact that America is a great
- Tstion-m0ving forward IN the
=. If Gods smile.
s significant, my friends. that
..,iwaTt citizenship of this great
.-ss- state should meet on this
80. sp0t that marks the place of
(. .--a6der Of the last Confederate
.-,.s east Of the Mississippi River
- .soB'd have for their theme "a
S.--.-sl Nation" What a tribute it
+, tRe solid patriotism of North
T,,,ririans that you should meet
t-s with your hearts pulsating with
l-sresnism where you fathers laid
~ their arms. Who in America
= v7ldge North Carolina the splen-
q Brogress she has made in the last
-s-ar Of a century? Who can
-zion your love and fidelity to
- grsst United States? Who can
81 % glory in your pride that your
ltsrs we're First at Bethel, furth-
r.e al Gettysburg, and last at APP
s-z-.0X."
What splendid thing it is that we
ra great and united nation, bit
wis more splendid is that, North
rs-.h. East or West, in our hearts
uL realize it. To know that we
-itei, without doubts or fears,
csE US ever in a panoply of might.
But. my friends, we have been pre-
,-i for uah occasions as this. Did
r The sons Of Massachusetts, and
ts sons Of North Carolina face Span
s guns together, fighting side by
Fl under the Stars and Stripes ?
s-i did not the mothers and sisters
ETss and sweet hearts, Of North and
S.Il support them with their pray
esq
Yea, when our American BOYS
-ght and bled and died, and surgeC
Q o victory at st. Mihiel, Verdun
la Name, did not the Wildcat Divi-
Son Of your Southern States fight
rs, as furious as did the sons of ole
New England? All fighting tOgeth-
z M1eT the Stars and Stripes fO1
a-eHea. yea, as they thought, fol
e-a Var against War? Will
.-l hopes be realized? Will the
Ia World War prove itself to have
War against War, or will il
Z. me sowing of seeds for future
~ FerhapS, we had not sufficient
-'1Ted the deck, perhaps there are
- 9sEJleS we must first wage be-
-s ne greed and avarice and the
IONS that foster wars are con-
- In our lack of intelligent or
.e-l-'lon against war we NAV have
~ criminal and useless wars, but
Yer me tasks that confront us
ave confidence that America will
pug now, my friends, is the time
s. ~ u N mind that old saying, "In
~ u Peace prepare for War" and
p, - " II IN the light ON time OF
prepare against war" We have
y ~ through the horrors of war and
,fts-...l lacIng the problems of its
We are all united in the