THE FARMER: JULY 5, 1913
TALKS OF PEACE
Oil FIELD OF WAR
Wllsan Tells Gettysburg Heross
Lessen of Conflict.
SIT1DH GANNOT LIE STILL
War Fitted Us For Action, and Aetion
Nevar Ceases The People Now Make
Up a Great Army; Our Constitutions
. Are Their Articles of Enlistment.
Gettysburg. Battlefield, July 4. Pres
Ident -Wilson today delivered a Mem
orable speech on: this historic spot.
The-address In full follows: '
Friends and Fellow Citizens I need
not tell you what the battle of Gettys
burg meant- These gallant men In blue
nd gray sit all about us here. Many
of them met here upon "this ground in
grim and deadly struggle. Upon these
famous "fields and hillsides their com
rades died abont them. In their pres
ence it were an impertinence to dis
course upon- how the battle -went, how
It ended, what it signified. But fifty
fears have gone by since then, and I
crave the privilege of speaking to you
for a few minutes of what those fifty
pears haw meant.
,. What have they meant? They have
meant peace and union and vigor and
the maturity and might of a great na
L&ua. How wholesome and healing the
or Araerlaa Press Assoelsttoa.
BSSXDKT WOOCBOW TOMOR.
peace) has been! We have found one
' another again as brothers and com
rades in arms, enemies no longer, gen
erous friends rather, oar battles' long
past, the qnarreJ forgotten, exnept that
we shaH not forget she spteodJd valor,
the manly devotion, of the men. then
axrayea agatnst one- another, now
grasping hands and smiling into each
other's eyes. How complete the union
has become and how dear' to all of us,
bow unquestioned. ' how benign and
.- majestic, as state after state has been
added to this our greet family of free
men! How handsome the vigor, the
maturity, the might, of the great na
' tlon we love with undivided hearts
bow full of large and confident prom
ise that a Hfe win be wrought oat that
.will crown its strength with gracious
Justice and with a happy welfare that
wiB touch all alike with deep content
ment: We are debtors to those fifty
crowded years. They have made us
beir to a mighty heritage. '
j Bat do we deem the nation complete
rid finished? These venerable men
crowding here to this famous field
have set us a great example of devotion
and utter sacrifice. They were willing
. to die that the people might live. But
their task is done. Their day Is turned
Into-evening. They look to us to per
" feot what they ( established. Their
. work Is .handed on to us to be done in
- another .way, but not in another spirit
Our day U not over. It la upon us in
, full fide. - . -
Have affairs paused? Does the na
tion stand still? Is what the fifty years
have wrought since those days of bat
tle finished, rounded out and complet
ed ? Here is a great people, great with
every force that has ever beaten in
the, lifeblood of mankind. And it is
secure.- There is no one within its
borders, there is no power among the
cations of the earth, to make it afraid.
But has It yet squared Itself with Its
awn great standards set up at its birth,
When "it made that first noble, naive
appeal to the moral judgment of man
kind to take notice that a government
had now at last been established
which was to serve men, not masters?
It is secure in everything except the
satisfaction that its life is right, ad
Justed to the uttermost to the -standards
of righteousness and humanity.
The days of sacrifice and cleansing
are not closed. We have harder things
to do than were done In the heroic
days of war, because harder to see
clearly, requiring more vision, more
calm balance of Judgment, a more can
Sii searching of the very springs of
right
.Look around you upon the .field -of
Gettysburg! Picture the array, the
fierce -heats and agony of battle col
crrrn hurled against column, battery
bellowing to battery! . Valor?. Yes!
Greater jo nan shall see in war, and
self Sacrifice and loss to the uttermost,
the high recklessness of exalted de
votion which does not count the cost
We are made by these tragic, epic
things to know what- it costs to make
a natioo--the blood and sacrifice of
muitltnde of unAnown men lifted to a
Sfreat stature In the view of all genera
tions .by knowing no limit to .'their
manly- willingness to serve. In armies
thus marshaled from the ranks of free
men you will- see, as it were, a nation
embattled. the leaders and the led.
and may know, if you will, how little
except in form its action differs in
days of peace from its action in days
f .4-ari' " '
Slay we" break camp now and be at
ease? Are the forces that fight for
the nation dispersed, disbanded, gone
to their homes, forgetful of the com
mon cause? Are our forces-dlsorganlz-
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m jtitiootrconBtltjfed j?4-agi th 1
iHigbt of men consciously "united "be
cause we contend not with armies, but
with principalities and powers and
wickedness " in high places? Are" we
content to lie still ? Does our union
mean sympathy, our peace content
ment, our vigor right action, our ma
turity self comprehension and a clear
onfidence in choosing what we shall
do? War fitted us for action and ac
tion never ceases.- - '
I have been chosen the leader of the
nation. I cannot Justify the choice by
any qualities of my. own, but so it has
come , about, and here I stand. Whom
do I command? The ghostly hosts
who fought upon these battlefields long
ago and are gone? These gallant gen
tlemen stricken in years, whose fight
ing days are over, their glory won?
What are . the orders for them, and
who rallies them? I have in my mind
another host, whom these set free. of
civil strife in order that they might
work out in days of peace and settled
order the life of a great nation. (That
host is the people themselves, the great
and the small, .without class or differ
ence of kind or race or origin and un
divided in interest, if we have but the
vision to guide and direct them and
order their lives aright in what we do.
Our constitutions are their articles of
enlistment. The orders of the jjay are
the laws upon our statute books. What
we-strive for -Is their freedom, their
right to lift themselves from day to
day and ' behold" the things theyhave
hoped for and so make way .for still
better days for those whom they love
who are to coine , after them. ' The re
cruits are the little children crowding
In. The. quartermaster's stores are in
the mines and forests and fields, in the
shops and factories. Every day some
thing mast be done to push the cam
paign forward, and it must be done by
plan and with an 'eye to some great
destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts In
our hearts and not be moved? I would
net have you live even today wholly in
the past, but would wish to stand with
yon in the light that streams upon us
now oat of that great day gone by.
Here is the nation God has bullded by
our hands. What shall we do with it?
Who stands ready to act again and al
ways tn the Spirit of this day of re
union . and . hope and patriotic fervor?
The day of our country's life has but
broadened into morning. Do not put
uniforms by. Put the harness of the
present on. Lift your eyes to the great
tracts of life yet to be' conquered in
the Interest of righteous peace, of that
prosperity which lies in a people's
hearts and outlasts all wars and er
rors of men. , Come; let us be comrades
and - soldiers yet to serve our fellow
men in quiet counsel, where the blare
of trumpets la neither heard nor heed
ed and where the things are done
which make blessed the nations of the
world in peace and righteousness and
love. " - '
Lincoln's Eloquent
Gettysburg Speech
Fifty years ago another president of
the United States made an address on
the battlefield of Gettysburg. Presi
dent Lincoln during the storm and
tress of war Journeyed from Wash
ington to take part In the dedication
of a portion of the scene of the bloody
conflict and on, Nov. 19, JS63, he de
livered a short address that will live
aa long as the English tongue Is spoken,
Hfere is the famous Lincoln Gettysburg
address In full:
Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this conti
nent a new nation, conceived In lib
erty and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal. -
Now we are engaged in" a great civil
war, testing whether that nation or
any nation so conceived and so dedi
cated can long endure. We are met
on a great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate a portion ot
that field as a final resting place foe
those who here gave their lives that
that nation might live. ' It is altogether
fitting and proper that, we should do
this. . v . . : .
But in a larger sense we cannot
dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we
cannot hallow, this ground. The brave
men, living and dead, - who struggled
here have consecrated it far above our
poor power to add or : detract. The
world will little note nor long remem
ber what we say here, but, it can never
forget what they did here. 5 It is for
os, the living, rather, to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which they
who fought here have thus far so no
Mr advanced. It. is rather for us to
ke here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us that from these
honored dead we take increased devo
tion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion; that
we here highly reslve that these dead
shall not have died fa vain; that this
nation, under uoa, snail nave a new
birth of freedom, and; that government
of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Not. 19, 1863.
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OVERCOME BY HEAT, VETS AT GETTYSBURG
FOUGHT HARD AGAINST PERIL OF DEATH
.r !-5Qr 11 If Flkv it
The heat beat -down -many of the old
vets at the great semicentennial of
the battle of Gettysburg. Ola and ,ih-
flrm, some of them caved in quickly
under.the intense glare of the sun! and
FATHER CORBY'S
ON GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
One of the most unique statues in
this country, .'or in any other, is on
the - famous :- battleground of Gettys
burg. It represents a Catholic priest,
vested in sacerdotal stole and with up
lifted hand, imparting Divine absolu
tion. As an object lesson of religion
and patriotism it cannot be surpassed.
In no more, public way can the close
relation 'between the worship of God
and other acts of devotion-be better
exemplified, while as a specific act of
service in the cause of God. and Amer
ica the monument will remain forever
to teach its lessons oh the spot where
noble priest showed, the world the
need ' of religion especially in time
of danger. -
The incident -which the monument
co.mmemoratesl occurred in one of the
fiercest battles of 'our"eiyiiwar. The
JRev. Father William Corby of - the-
Congregation of Holy Cross, had been
sent by his superiors .at - the very be
ginning of the war to act as chaplain
for the; Union soldiers, . At the out
break of the conflict he was living the
quiet life of a . professor ..in the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, then just be
ginning to be known. . He iizA been
ordained only a. few years when the
call to arms came." arid vthough he
could ill be spared from his place n
his important work in the struggling
college, he obeyed with alacrity the
order Of the great exemplar of Ameri
can virtue,- the -venerable founder of
Notre Dame, the Very Rev. -Edward
Sorln, to go to the front with seven
other priests, who were also detached
from the -faculty of the young univer
sity, for service-among the soldiers.
; Young Father Corby was imme
diately assigned to duty -ss chaplain of
the 88th Regiment, New York Infan
try which , had just... been, organized,
and which, from its personnel, ' was'
known as the Irish Brigade. All
through the early part of the war he
rendered devoted service to the troops
under his care, acting as their coun
selor, friend, physician, banker, but,
above all, as - the faithful,- untiring
priest Inspiring the soldiers to duty by
his own fine example more than by his
spoken exhortations. .- At the famous
battle of Fredericksburg, a half year
before Gettysburg, he -was ' with his
regiment when it made the , famous
charge on Marye's ...Heights, . and
marched literally in front of the can
non's mouth." SSix times the Irish
ALL UNDER ONE TENT AND ONE FLAG AT
' .-S s S'V3- 'ijy aif .j
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f WsLLIAM DDUS1
Thousands of veterans who attended
the great reunion "a-t Oettysburg. heard
many notables" speaJt fromT" the plat
form In . the big assembly, tent, just
as shown in the picture. President
Wilson was scheduled .to speak; -from
this stage on. the Fourth of July.: Gov.
the hospital - corps was ' kept .on the
run.' This picture shows . the United
States regrulars , carrying: a - veteran
who1 was -overcome by the -heat to the
ambulanceJ Three ld ' soldiers died in
the tented city from the' heat -before
MONUMENT
Brigade was' sent in the face of mur
derous fire, until, when the day closed,
of 3,000 " dauntless - men, - only' 250
wounded, tired -men could answer roll
call. : - Two thousand seven -hundred
and . fifty tu-ave men lay on the hill
side a willing sacrifice for their coun
try, and an everlasting inspiration to
tlje strong force of religion. A. corres
pondent of the London Times wrote:
"Never at Fontenoy, Albuera or Wa
terloo was a more undaunted cour
age displayed by the sons of Erin
than during those six frantic dashes
which they directed against the al
most impregnable position of the foe.'
The courage that animated ' these
braven -men was the outcome of their
strong religious feeling, kept steadily
burning by their devoted chaplain. And
sofwhert Gettysburg1' Was "reached July
2, 18G3, and new faces-were in the
ranks of the regiment. Father Corby,
fearing a recurrence of Fredericks
burg, ' and realizing the grave danger
that threatened his devoted flock re
solved in the few minutes before they
were sent into the battle to pronounce
over them a general absolution.
Mounted on a large rock in front" of
the brigade he ' explained the solemn
act he-was about to perform urging
them to do their duty and reminding
them. of the sacred nature of their
trust as soldiers and the noble object
for which they fought. - And so while
Jjullets were flying about he pronounc
ed God s words . of pardon while the
soldiers knelt in fervent prayer. In
hajf , an hour the regiment was deci
mated and that prayer under the
priest's uplifted hand was their last
on earth. It is this Impressive act
which the monument . on Gettysburg
battlefield now keeps in everlasting re
membrance. . '
The Very Rev.'. Wyiiam Corby C.
S. C. was born in Detroit in 1826. His
elementary education , was received in
the schools in' liis native city. He
made his college studies at the Uni
versity of Notre Dame and on gradu
ation determined to .'become, a priest
in the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
After his ordination he was appoint
ed Instructor in the , university and
taught for Ave years when the war
broke . out. , He . served through the
entire war- and when peace- was de
clared he returned to his duties as pro-;
lessor. In August a 8 66 he was made
president of the ' university and serv-1
GETTYSBURG AS GUNS
4 X'-'KilML.
Mann of Virginia tnd Gov. Sulzer of
XV A York were among- the others who
addressed the old soldiers. The tent
seated 5,000, and there was roorh for
thousands of others to stand. Among
the" old characters who congregated
under this reunion tent was '- William
Do ust, a survivor of the old Monitor,!
the celebration began on July, 1. . Many
of the vets who t were ? over eighty
years old were warned by" the hospital
surgeons to be "careful. " Every v precau
tion was -.. taken to ' keep ? the ; number
of deaths to a minimum. .
ed until 1872. when he was appointed
to a pastorate in Wisconsin. ..He was
recalled in 18 77 and again placed at
the head of Notre Dame. V. In 1887 he
was made provincial of .his congrega
tion and. senveo in that capacity up to
the time of his death in 1895.
- The statue is ..of heroic size, in
bronze, and stands on a large boulder
on the exact spot ; where fifty years
ago the priest gave the absolution. The
statue is located on South Hancock
avenue on' Gettysburg field: f A tablet
on the rock'bears this inscription: "To
the-memory of Father William Corby
C. S. C, Chaplain 88th Regimsnt, New-
York Infantry,-2d Brigade, 1st Divis
ion, 2d Corps, The Irish -Brigade, July
2, 186 3." It is one of the few pub
lie monuments to the work of the
priesthood In ; this country, and the
only one' which "represents a priestly
act. Standing, as it does, in 'a great
national; park, it is significant of the
religious sentiment of our' day ana
a fine tribute to the importance of our
priests in the great' struggle . of - the
union. .... - : ' - -
THE PRIEST AT GETTYSBURG.
(The following poem from the pen
of Fred Emerson Brooks was written
specially; for ,the dedication exercises
of the Corby Monument on the bat
tlefleld of ..Gettysburg. ; The poet, a
non-Catholic, has caught the relig
ious, and dramatic success, and the
verses have much the . same quality
that ' makes "PicketCs Charge," and
Sherman's March'to the Sea,", by the
same' author, so popular.) - - t -
At Gettysburg a thousand "banners fly:
Afar the eagle- flings the battle-cry!
A nation holds Its 'breath, whilst Sullen
Fate; - - '- - - -
Rides in the saddle!- Why not arbi
trate? :,. . ;'
They will, with cannon and the mus
ket ball: ' '
While those who argue best the soon
est fall. '
The black war-vultures' murky - wings
-are spread
Above the living and the lonely dead,
The fearful onslaught of the second
day i '
Has ; pressed the Third Corps . hard;
will it give way?
Hancock now calls the four brigades
of Zook, ' v ';
Of Cross and Kelley, and the. peerless
Brook. ' "
The cry is heard: "Fall in!"- Each
holds his place;
Take arms!" No trace of fear on any
face, -;
War-tempered :.veterans are - standing
there -
Those famous Irishmen of General
Meagher ' '- . .
OF ORATORY ROAR
a
the "cheese box on the shingle."' Tne
old gentleman posed for his- picture,
as you see here, with his cane at his
shoulder and his hand at salute. The
old- Monitor fighter looked to young
eyes as though he had Juet . stepped
out of . the latest comic opera. .
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Whose flag hastbeen unfurled on ev
ery field;
The first to wave, the very; last to,
yield.
The fiercest fightlngf known ' in mod
ern story
Is where the Green Flag "fights ibes'ide
Old .Glory,
At "order arms' t-the whole i division
stands
Their leader gone,bravie Kelke now
commands.
The cannon, boominsr, j seems, while
now they wait, - i
Like demons, poundlngjion thegong of
fate. i
Lo! Father ' Corby stands tu&on the
rock; i : .
The gentle shepherd offa. soldier flock.
A soldier's duty first ( he bids them
heed - ' 1
For. love of country . countless thou
sands bleed!- '
A brave man'; never : letshfla banner
fall: V ..... j
Though life besweet; he yields, it at
i the call.' - ' ' : ! ; '. t
Each knee is bent and every head Is
bare, ' " ' -
And Hancock sees an army bowed 'in
prayer, . '-. ' - ; . . : .
What eloquence! 'beyomd the reach of
art :''-
That thrills of pathosef rom ' the fath
i .er's heart, j. t ; '.
While sorrow drops her soft, repen-
tent - tear, . . .
These , men . the words of i .absolution
hear. . .. .,
Each frequent ' word lis ' like a white
winged dove - .
That bears to heaven aso Idler's trust
1 ' ful love, ; ' ' i .
While silence broods abiove ,the kneel
' - ing corps, :- - ' ; ' t
On every side is heard the v battle
roar: . , . . ( ' T
The thundering, volleysi and the
screeching shell" 1 ' '
Tear through " the woods where men
' creep up the dell! ' '
Death stalks Peach Ordhard and the
Devil's Den l
A battle morgue -is fuluof slaughter-
. - ed men!
That little '. brook . . where . wounded
quench their thirst 4
Is red with blood of those who reach-
ed it.firsi! ... '
J ust there where ' Vincent, Weed . and
Hazlettdie
Stands . littleRound Top smoking to
the sky : '
Huge clouds of, incense curling from
. her crust -For
those who dletthat: others may be
blest.
O'er kneeling men the battle, anthem
swells, , j.
From hill and ridge, from field and
wooded dells!
And ere the priest has fairly said
"Amen" , ' '
With eager shouts they're on their
feet again !
Forward!" they cry; 1 "Forward, the
Fighting Corps!"
They fight as soldiers never fought
before!
They fight as men who some high pur
pose bear
With heaven a sanction, fortified by
prayer.
They fight with frenzy and the day is
. won;
But who shall say how much the
priest has done?
In statu ed bronze, on that famed rock
shall stand
The priest, to bid all peoples under-
. stand
No cause that's just shaJl ever lose
the day-' . - ". . ,
Whose . soldiers, ere they fight, kneel
, down and pray. .
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Sun rises tomorrow 4:25 a.
Sun sets today ........... 7:29 p.
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High water ..11:50 a.
Moon sets 9:09 p.
Low water ......... .1...... S:14 p.
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The amount of business done does not c.
always depend on the size of the store.
Many small stores! properly conducted
. are doing more business than some of :
their larger neighbors handling the
v same. line of goods. , ... ....
The amount of business done by a
store of a given size depends directly.
upon the effectiveness of the methods
. employed to draw trade, ; , . . .. .
One of the most effective methods
is the use of good Hght-r-plenty of light
. , electric light. '.
Lijght up your store wifb Oazda
Lamps and wat c h you r b u sines s
grow. -1 ;
Our Lamp Man will advise you .
how to use them as profitably as thou- -sands
of others are 1 using them
throughout the country. -;;""-?I:':''"";":7
The
United Illuminating Co.
Making
Monday a Day
of Exfra Inter es
Many merchants bend
their energies in the di
rection of making Mc-'-
l rk -rr sTrt ' ill f liMf ?
days of the week, if not .
the busiest.
Interest focuses on
this day. and intensifies
because of ' the special
importance and general
character of the sales
prepared and advertis
ed, either .Saturday or
Monday.
Monday is one of the
big days of the week in
! the large cities, and the
examples set by the
metropolitan merchants
have been generally fol
lowed by the merchanis ,
in smaller places. !
Aiming ' to . exa.nd
business , heahf'illy
and briskljit is-cais tern
ary for the stores tp "of
fer items of unusuial in
terest and prices that
.are attractive. -?-;;Beaders
of. The Far
fer ,who follow these
Monday sales "announce
ments . have learned
from ..pleasant ; experi
ence that it pays to read i
'attend the sales promnt-i
'Jy.
If you have -not miade
it a point of heedinsr-the
offerings of merchants
on jvionday do so.
You will profit mafpr- I
ially.
AGED 1VIAN DBOWITED
IN THE HOUSATOITI0
Derby, July 8 5earg W. Hulme,
aged 61, of this cityj, was drowned in
Iake Housatonlc, last night, while re
turning in a motor -boat from" a pic
nic. . -I - ' - " ' ;
He fell overboard from the stern
during a fit of nausea Induced, It h
believed, sby heart . trouble and waa
not missed for several minutes. Later
his body was discovered floating fetes
downwards and was taken to 'shore
where every effort wato made to.- revive
him but without effect. The medical
examiner said death was due to drown.
ing.
His widow and-two - Children survive!
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