Show VETERANS lk a HEAR THE PRESIDENT I 1 f mr wilson delivers address at gettysburg celebration DRAWS LESSON FROM BATTLE I 1 Do declares clares great army of the tha peo people PIC mut fight peacefully peaceful to perfect the nation all love F gettysburg F pa J uly july C 4 national aay iy in the semi deml centennial celebration of f th the battle of gettysburg Gettys burig was made sap lally notable by an address do livered by president woodrow WD wilton in n his audience were many thousands of the veterans who fought in tho the treat great battle as well as aa a great throng K other visitors the tha presidents addrow follows fol lowe friend M lends and fellow citizens I 1 need lat got tell you what the battle of gattys meant these thee gallant men in mae ma and gry gray sit it all about us here hany of thra met here br upon this round around in grim 9 rim and deadly struggle apon theoe famous fields alel da and hillsides hill sides the I 1 r comrades oom rades died about them in be heir I 1 r presence pres it were ail impertinence to discourse upon how tho the battle went low it ended what it but 10 0 years havo have gone by since then and I 1 arave the privilege of speaking to rou foa for a few minutes or of what those 10 0 years hayo havo meant what have hav they mount meant they havo have naana peace and union and vigor and the iha maturity find and might of a great nation jiow ilow wholesome and healing the paco cc has ban been bean we vo have found one mother again as aa br brot othero heru and comrades in arms arm ene enemies mies no lie longer long er gen roua irous friends rather our battles long aaa t the quarrel forgotten except that mat we shall not forget the splendid did balor tho the manly devotion of the men then arrayed against one another now grasping rasping hands and smiling into each oyes eyes ilow how complete the union has become and how dear to all of us how biow unquestioned how benign and as state atter after state hoe bam been idled to this great family of tree free neni aen ilow how handsome the vigor the natu maturity rity the might ot of the great nation wo we lovo love with undivided hearts tow low full of large and confident prom no that a life wilt will be wrought out that will crown its strength with gra bous justice 4 a lumpy welfare that ovill touch aft afi alike with deep content anu W we are debtors to those 60 I 1 crowded years they have made us ua keirs to a mighty heritage heri tago nation not finished bet do we ibe dhein ae m hie nation corn com P and finished sheso venerable venor nen aien crowding crew dins here to this famous beld have set us a great example of layo tion and utter sacrifice they bere rere willing to die that the people might live but their task Is 13 done day to turned into evening they took look to us to perfect what they dished their work to Is handed on to as a to be ba done dona in another way but not tu n another spirit our day Is not over 1 in ie upon us lir full tide have affairs paused does the nation stand still Js in it what tho the 50 0 years yeara have bavo wrought since the a e days of babue batue finished rounded out and completed liero hero is IB a great people great with every force that abot has ever beaten baten in tha life blood of mankind and it la is secure acure there Is no 0 one no within its ita borders bordera there la Is no power among the nations of the earth to make it afraid but has it yet squared itself with its own great standards set act up at its birth whan it made that first noble naive appeal to the moral judgment of mankind to tako take notice that a government had now at last been established chica was to serve men not wa masters it to la secure in everything except the satisfaction that its life to Is right adjusted to tho the uttermost to the standards of righteousness and humanity tho the days of sacrifice and cleansing arid are not closed we have harder things to do than were done in the herold heroic days of war because harder to see clearly bequir requiring ing more vision more calm balance of judgment a more candid C searching 0 of the very springs of right I 1 tribute to their valor look around d you 0 upon n the field of Gettys burgl picture tho the array the fierce heats and agony of battle column hurled against column battery bellowing to battery bat teryl 1 valor yes greater no man shall see in wan war and self sacrifice and loss to the utter buttor most moat tho the high hiah recklessness of exalted devotion d which does doea not count corint the costa cost wo we are mado made by rhese tragic c epic things to know inow what it costs to io make in ake a nation the blood and sacrifice of multitudes of unknown men lifted to a great stature in the view cfall of all generations by knowing no ito limit to their manly to serve jn armies thus marshaled from the ranks of free men you will seq bee as it ft ere re a nation embattled the le allers an and d the led and may know it if you will W ill how little except in form its action abdon differs in days of peace from its action in days of anvar v ar may alay we break camp row now and be at ease eased are the forces that fight for the nation dispersed disbanded gone to their hompa forgetful of 0 the common caleel cadee aro our forces disorganized without constituted leaders and the might of men consel united because we contend not with armies but with principalities and powers and wickedness in high places are we content to tie fie still does our union mean sympathy our pence peace conten tr our vigor right action our maturity comprehension and kt a cheaz TO vt 1 2 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 s t conil confidence dence li choosing what we e boball h I 1 do war ludd us for acal action on and d ao action never ceases I 1 47 our lewa laws the orders of the dayi day I 1 anve been boaen the leader of tho the nation I 1 cannot justify th the 0 choice by any qualities of my own but R no olt U has come about and hero I 1 stand whom do I 1 command the ghostly hosts hosta who ought fought upon these battlefields lonu lone ago and are gone these gallant all gentlemen stricken in years year whose fighting days are over their glory vont what are the ord eraser them who rallies theno them I 1 havo have in nay my mind another host whom cheso list et free ot of civil strife in order that they might work out in days of peace and settled order the life of a groat great na tion that host boat to la the people themselves tho the great and tho the small with out class or difference of kind or raco race or origin and undivided in interest it if wo we have but the vision to guide aud and direct them and order their live heft aright in what wo we do our constitutions aro are their articles of enlistment the tha orders ordera of the day aro are the tha laws law s upon our statute books what we strive for Is in their freedom their right to lift themselves from day to day and behold h the things they have hoped for and so BO make way for still better days dayo for those whom they love who are to come coma after them the recruits are tho little children crowding in the stores aro are in the tua mines md forests fore iia and fields in 16 tho the shops chops and factories tac torlea livery day memo come thing must be done to push the campaign forward and latnus be ba dono done by plan and with aleye an eyo to some great destiny dok tiny how shall we hold such thoughts in our hearts an and d not be amov moved e d 7 I 1 aou would I 1 d not have you live even today wholly in the past but would wish to stand with you ou in the tha light wat mat streams upon us now out of that great day gone by hero la Is the nation god has haa by our hands what shall we do with it who stands ready to act again and always in the spirit of this day of reunion and hapa aud and patriotic fervor alia day of our count rys life has but broadened into morning do not put uniforms by put tho the harness of tho the pre present on litt lilt your eyes to the great bractt of life eife yet to bo be conquered in the inter iner feit at of righteous peace of that arv which lles hen in a iw hearts and outlasts all wars and errors error of men come let us be comrades and soldiers Gold lera yet to servo our fellow men in quiet counsel where tho the blare of trumpets Is neither heard nor heeded and where tho things are ara done which make blessed the nations of tho the world in peace and righteousness and lovei love i |