Show DEFENDERS OF iUS 2 NATION NATON FOR OR G GLORIOUS ORIOUS 7 V DEEDS DEES OF OP 1861 1801 THE WEIRS N. N H. H Aug Pres Pes Pres President ident Ideal Roosevelt reached here at 1023 a a m. m He delivered an address at nt the reunion runion of oC the G. G A A. A R. R The President said MId In part Any ny American who has a proper sen sense e of ot relative proportion of ot things poper must realize realize real real- ize Izo that to the tho men who fought for Cor tho Union In tho the dark duk days oX of o the Civil I CI war there Is owing a greater debt of oC gratitude grail grail- al- al tude than to nn any others Great were tho the deeds you did and vital vial the need nee of ot doIng doIng do- do Ing lag them Man Many were the lessons ons taught I Ithe the rest reft of ot us us both b by what you yu accomplished acom- acom pushed In tho the war and b by the way In which when the war was over over you ou turned to the work ork of or peace ace with wih the Fame same spirit which had ha led you OU to triumph triumph tri tri- on tho t tented nto fields To you OU alone aloner r r- It I t was given to face taco with victorious valor alor the on one crisis In which not merely merl the Nations Nation's Naton's well wen being but the Nations Nation's Naton's life was at stake stake To you ou It I was wa given to solve the one problem which If I not solved fol cd aright meant death deth for or our pee peo- o- o pie All Al of or the work ork of ot tho the men who founded this Republic would have ha e gone Sone C for tor or nothing had you ou not done your ou part 0 well wel It I would have profited little to us or to mankind at large If I the experiment ment merit of ot free Cre government gO b by the thc people and for tor the people had been hen founded upon this continent only to go hO down In blood bloody wreck on the question queston of slavery sla er You saved the tue Union and you ou fre freed r d the slaves and thereby tr freed th the slaves slaves' master from the worst of all al There was no money reward for tor what I you ou did dit There was wa hardly one of ot you ou I Iho ho who did not during those four tour years ear r re- re ve far Car less less than he could have ha earned In safety at home But t you were driven to your our work by tho the 1 lash bash h of ot your our own hearts You were spurred onward b by bythe bytho tho the life 10 which only comes coines to a people If of oC good god and generous soul foul You felt tel In Instinctively In- In n sener that there were causes far tAr had to dO greater than anything nn that d with wealth or bod bodily well I merely I wel You were willing to wager all ni tor of death In righteous war prize deth Wo e are now In a time of or Nip 1 n to us usI lint But w e and not In time of wa wa n as ns If In p pence peace we do o not have I pot not live up lofty as s yours and It Ie we do lve to lof them you na as you lived up Co to y on In m the tho a cl 1 the tho golden EOlden dark lark days das of ot defeat derent and In glory glor of the tho hours hour of ot trIumph ot of what ou did Amon Among the great benefits benefit was wa the fact that you U h W baVe ve also left lef f us s and ond loat loal comrade comrade- comradeship the right of hearty heart Ballint opponents who In Infighting n ship with wih your th toy thOY conscientiously for tor what fighting to tl tobe be b r fought against tho the stars stare In their COU courses |