Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13
GOVERNOR TRUMBULL'S
 ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE
GRATITUDE FOR vICToRY-HoNoR BRAVE MEN LOYALTY OF PEOPLE-DEVoTION TO COUNTRY FOR JUSTICE AND RICHT-A COOPERATING PEo-
 PLE-KEYNOTES OF TALK
Large Gathering Lstens-Cheers Appearance
 the Speakers Platform.

Mir Chairman and my Fellow Citizens
 Seven years ago today the last hostile shot of the great war was tir cd. The command "eease firing" had been given The areat caunons thag were belchinR forth fire and death were caused to he hushed and the spilline of mans blood in the greatest struggle between mankind that has ever been known was ended
 We are assembled here today ta ex- press our gratitude for tho victory we won over our enery nations and to exuFess our gratitude for the sin- dicasion of right as it was vindiest ad bv the terms of the Armistice. signed November II 1913 We arc gather- ed also to dedicate a memorial to those brave men who made the su preme sacrifice in that titanic strug- zis. and t5 rssSnsacra:e siir=a9Tss '0 the ideals which actuated their noble eervice. As we recall the events ot the war we are reminded of the heroic deeds performed. Not only would we remember the cOnsnicuous deeds of the few. comuarativelv speHking but we would remember the constant do votion to the cause of rieht ae rep- resented by the soldiers who toiled in inconsnicuous places. IL was thei fnithfnlness in duty. though unnotic- ed hv world distracted hv many stirring events. that won out in the lone run and made the celebration ofI this day possible.
 The Magic Secret
 Sueh devotion to country and 70 the canse of right is the marie secret of our nation huildinV The R0ma0 nation rose to the haighi Of its posror by tho devotion of is citizenry. The Greeks were tau0ht from earliest youth unfailinp loyalty 70 their coun- try. Every nation that has risen from ohscuritv has done so ihran"h the loyal devotion of it's Heonle the saH1e devotian that was disnlaved earle in our history nt Valley Force. and in our recent history in the Areaan" and in all major operations of fhe great war.
 This is the kind of dsvafiou that we would make a mart nf our every dav lie It is not somethiug fn take of and nut on at will II is not sem thine that should lia dormant untA awakened hu crisis nr world eataelvsm Devotion to our country Ia mantle te be worn eVarV aav as the Roman scnntar wora his ta"1 as mantle of his dignity This same devotion mpp often he hqmnet- ed or even smolder ont tu fh@ iudi vidnal hv our Breindiees and hv self strivinV to advance nersonal interests When gelfqbness becomes nnrnmnuu' fn the individual he becomes 'rorsa than useless factor Co his govern ment.
 Devotion to Country
 The inspiration of the Stnrs and Strines should he so embodied in our evervdqv lives that we may not lenvc fl to the other ncrson to be n law abidine. constructive citizen and that each should feel personal rcsnonsi. bilitv in shnwino devotion to D cnur. try that has risen to such gle.iep- eminence amang the nations of ihr earth. and that each should feel q personal responsibility in showine dc Votion to the heroes who poured out their blood on the battle field tha' the princinles of our government might survive
 Almost daily it hae been my rrioi leoe te view thc noble lines as th, State Capital hnildinr ut H7rtanrl Each day [ nm filled with the thouvh' of the preni state which f renresegf yet the reni destiny of the st1tg pm, our nation lies not in the iaw mHAin. bodies and state oNciale housed ir our imposns c7ntnl but the reu destiny of eaf government lies u~. marilv iu the hoHrtz of tHu u7aHh fbHr4a fT.f ms fUnF4r FHfT HfI rise above its source. the euar3Im