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The Consecration At Gettysburg

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Day
27
Month
November
Year
1863
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Public Domain
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Geïtyseurc, Pa. , Nov. 10. The öeien.iuiies oí túo couscoration of tho battle-iield ol GaUyfibarg to duy wuro sigtmlly aiuscessful, in perf'ecuon of unangempota and ibeir execufton. President Lincoln, Secretary Seward, and other mem hors of the üabinet, wilh, five foreign Ambassadörs und n mtierous other disUngufahed gentlemen úti'ivfd at 5 P. il the p-revioua evening, ivüd wero esuoried to beadquarters, provided by corrnnittee. Afier tho Harnsbui-ff train arrived, Gov. Curtió, j srov. Tod, oí Ohio, and ftaff, and John ! Jiröugh, Governor elect of Ohio, ' Governor Dennison. of ühk, the Lieuteüaut Goveriiur of ühio, and aboat k-ti!i the iiitímbers eiect oí' tho Ohio islature ; Gov. ÊLot ton, of Indiana, attd i vario uá prominent gentlemen frotn tho West ; Gov, Seymour, ot New York, and Gov. Parker of New Jersey ; Gov. Pierponi tmd fl'affoi Virgiofa, and other áistingiiisbed men wcro ulso reportod in tho vil lage. Eeloro 9 o'oluck there was eome Bpmasvh tuttking. ïho crpwd called out Geward, who responded briefiv nnd manged lo say nulliinr about bis late Auburn ípeeub, but taking mofe decided au' i t-luvt-ry grouncta, inore bold than in any previous nüerance of bis ainee tho war comtnenceü, Tbere was a good deal oi speabiflg by persona, of lasser noto, atnong Uiers by D. C. Suanmu), who was vvurmly received by the cnv J. At early ihiwn today quiet was brükeo by a natjuDul sálate flred from a 12 pouuder in positron neftr the Kil!. Thu roads leading to thu place were crowded with people on foot, horsubaci; und ail inanaer of veiliiclos, vvho weru ecfrttered over the' eountrv to exiiniicü the battle ground. The processioi) i'oniied at niue o'olodü and isomrmjnced inoviog about ten, and au nearly as possiblo in order previonsly announceu, ti miiitary uuder oommand of General Coucli, Oinprising he Preident's guard, two or tlireo cotn panies of iooal militia and battery, four pieci-'s from Cm lir-le, proceeded out on Jïm-mefeburg road to thé soothwest ulopo of the cemetery ground, tlse l'i es ident and suite, official dignitaries, lalature and service body tollowing, and ontering the inclosuro in company. A plationn was reached wilh soino diffi culty. The pressure tlieti béoume trémendous and the struggle to reaeh the stand or hearing and sueing distancp was tüiriüc, During lbo ceremonies several ladius fuinted, bul no oaeiialty happened the platform at tbo moment when Marshal Lnmon announced prayers by Dr. Stoukton, Chaplain ut' tha last House of Representativos, was particularlv impressive :md brilliant. ín iront was the orator of the occasion, his white head conü-asting strongly with the dark hair and features of the President, at whose left sat Secretary Seward, and on his right Dr. Bayless, President of the Gettysburg College. In their rear Chairman Biair, Gov. Morton, Brough and other distinguisbed gentlemen, and to his left Goveriiors Ourtuin, tievmour and Tod, and behind them tbo loreigu Aml)as.sadors and their suites. Interspersed with these w;re the brilliant dressos of Governors' staff, Major and Brigadier Generulw, with their retinues, tho Ghiei Marshal and his aids, mouuting strmv-colored 6euifs, with mourniog rosettes on the shoulders and tricolored ones on the breast, such an inposing assemblage has rarely been seen on the eontinent. I shall not atten'pt a synopsis of the oration of E.Verett. It inuluded ti detail oí ovciits that brDught the assemblage there, the three days' battle, and au exarpiuhtion of the causes oi the lebelüon, with an elabórate reply to the arguirient that the war must end in hopelcss disunion, becauae 1)f hatreds and feuds begotten by it, in whioh he cited traditions ol civil waw in England, France, Italy, and the Germán Ötntes, a evideuee th:.t sueh pasdions are transiont and overeóme by the com niercial and polilioal interests of the people. A just tribute was paid to the dead, whose burial gronnd was thus consucrated. Tiie oration occupied over two hours in its delivery, and is regarded as one of thu finest of Mr. Everelt'w aiidresses. After the inauguraüon ai;d a song by the Uu ion Musical Aesociation of Marylaud, President Lineóla spoke as follovvs : " Four score and ten years ago our fiithers brought fortli upon this continent a nation conseerated to liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that men are croated eqiud. [Oheers.j jN'otv, we are engaged iu the greatest civil war, testing whether that nation so conseerated and 80 deuuuttu eau stand tor inany ycars. - We are met ou the great battio-iiuld to dedícate a. portioa of thai field as the final resting place of those who heve gave their lives that the natiën might live. It is altogether fitting that we should do this ; but in a large sense, we canuot dedicate, we canuot consécrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The bravo men, living and dead, who struggled hete, have consecrated it fat above our power to add or to dctract. The world will little heed or long reraember what we ttay heve, but t can never forgct what tiiey did liere. [Tremeudous applause.] It is for us rather, the living, to be dedieate'd to the important 'wbrk they have thus far so nobly carried fonvard. It is rather for us hero to bo dedicated to the great taskreinaiüing bef'ore us, that those who have died shali pot have died in vain, but that the nation liall endure, and. that government, the of the people, Bhall not pcrish from the earth. A dirge written for the occasion and 6ung by a cnoir of young ladics, the instrumental musió by Urigfold's celebrated band, and benedietion by Dr. iJaugher, concluded tbe ceremonies. At live the Ohio delegution was addressed by Lieutenant Governor Auderson in the Presbyterian Church. The President, Secretary Seward, the Governor of Uhio and its civil and military representativos, including Gen. Schenck and staff were among the auditors. The Bpeech was elabórate and very lengthy, constitutiug a complete defensc of the cause in whicli the héroes of Gettysburg liad given their lives. No synopsis would do it justice. There were some flag presentations at tiw time this waa going on by Governor Seyniour, of New York, and otlicrs. I ' dij not bcar their speeches. Seymour, I understand teok sti mg gïounds for the prosecution of tho war a,s the only road to_ permanent peacc. Tho speech surprised mnny of bis friends. Tho Prcsidontiitl train left for Washington about 8 o'clock, and the Governors' train for Hamsburg a little later. Owing to execrable management on the Northern Central and Gettysburg, we wcre over ten hours on the way, crowded into cars without light or fire.

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