, 1863-11-24
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER "A, 1858.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER "A, 1858.
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DELIVERED AT GETTYSBURG
OK THH
NINETEENTH OF NOVEMBER,
1T TEE
C0nsecrati0n Of the Cemetery
PREPARED foR TEE
ETERMENT OF TIE REMAINS
OF THOSE
Who Fell On the 1st, I'd and Sd Of July,
IN TIE BATTLES At THAT PLACE,
By EDWA ARD EVERETT.

IN TIE BATTLES AT THAT PLACE,
By EDWARD EVERETT.
It mas appointed by law at Athens, that
the oheequieB of the citizens who fell In bht~
Tie should be performed 1t the public e1pense,
and III the most honorable manner. Thels
bones we're carefully gathered up from the
funeral pyre, where their bodies were con-
sumed, and brought home to the city. There,
for three dsys before the fnt6rnent, they lay
III htate, beneath ttnts OF honor, to receive
TIC votiye Offering Of friends and ralauTes-
flowers, Neapons, precious ornaments, paint.
ed vases, (Nonders OF art, which after two
tAoutand Jears adorn the museums Of modern
Epropeethe last tributes Of surviving atItc-
ton. Ten cof11ns Of funereRl cypress received
the honorable deposit,. one for each Of the
tribes Of the city, and an eleventh In memory
Of the 1n1ecognfzed, but not therefore
ubhonoreA dead, aud of those whose remains
could not DO recovered. On the fourth day
the mcurnfu1 procession was formed mothers,
w1yes, sisters, daughters, led the way, and to
them It was permitted by the simplicity OF
ancient manners to utter nlond their lsmen-
tatlons for the beloved and helost; the male
relatives Of the deceased followed; citizens
and straogers closed tie train. Thus mar
shaled, they moved to the place Of interment'
in that famous ceramfcuB, the mont beautiful
suburb Of Athens, which had been adorned
BY Cimon. the son Of Miluades, with walks
and fountains, and columns; whose groves
we're filed with altars, shfines and temples
who're gardens Were eyer green with streams
from the neighboring hills, and shaded with
the trees sacred to Minerva, and coeva1 with
the foundation OF tho city; whose circuit en-
closed
1.-THE olive grove of Academs
TITLED his thick-Warb1ed note the simmer longs;
whose pathways cleaned with the monu.
mtnts Of the Must1ioua dead, the work of
the most consummate 1nasters that cycr gave
Life to marble. There, beEeath the orer1rch:
Ing plsne trees. upon lofty atage erected for
funeral oration should be pronounced by
some citizen Of Athens In the presence Of the
assembled multitude.
Such were the tokens of respect required
by Law to be paid at Athens to the memory
OF those Who had fallen In the canse of their
country. To those alone Who fell at Mara.
thnn peculiar honor Was.reserTed.. As the
battle fought upon that immortal. field was
distinguished from al Others In GreciAn bis.
tory for Its influence over tho fortunes OF
Hell2s-as It depended upon the event Of that
| day whether Greece should live, glory and
q light to all coming time, or should expire,
| Ike the meteor Of moment: 90 the honora
| Awarded to its martyr.heroes wete eucb Al
| we're bestowed BY Athens on no other ocea
| zion. They alone Of all her Sons were en-.
| tombed upon the spot, which they had for.
| ever rendered famous, Their names wera
inscribed upon ten pillars erected upon tic
monumental tumulns which covered thei1
| aehca {where, after eix hundred Years, they
were read by the Traveller Pausaulas,) and
| although the columns, beneath the hand o1
| ba1bar5c violerce and time, haye long sfdcs
| di1appearcd, the venerable mound still marks
the spot where they fought and fall
..That battle field, where PersIa's victim horde,
Ftrst bowed bcreath the b1Eut Of nel1sa' sword =
And shall ], fe1)ow citizens, who, after an
interval Of twenty three centuries, = youthful
pilgrim from a World unknown to ancient
Greece, have wandered ever that NlustrIous
pIaIn, ready to put the shoes from of my
feet, as one that stands on holy ground; hare
gszed with respectful emotion On the mound,
which etil1 protects the remains Of those who
rolled back tho tide Of Persian invasion, and
secused the land Of popular liberty, Of let
ters, and arts from the ruthless foe, stand un-
moved oTer the graves Of our dear brethren,
who but yesterday-ou three Of those 2lt.im.
portantdays which decide natlon's history
cays on ThoEe iasue It depended, whether
this august republican Union, founded b.
some Of the wiaest statesmen that ever uEed,
cemeuted with the blood Of some of the pur.
! est patriots that ever died, should perish OF
endure, rolled back tho tide OF an Invasion,
not less unprbToked. not less ruthless, than
that which came to plant the dark banner oi
Asiatic dtspotlsm and slavery On the fire sol
| Of Greece? Heaven forbid! And could ]
prove 80 ineensible to every prompting oI
| patriotic duty and affection, not only would
| you, fellow citizens, gathered, many OF you
from distant States, who have come to take
part IN these pious offices Of gratstude-yon
respected fathers, brethren, mat1ons, sisters
/! who surround me, cry out for ahame, bat ths
forms Of brave and patriotic men who I'll
| these honored graves would heaye With Indig
nation beneath The sod.
THE GA1LASTRT OF THE DEAD.
| We have assembled, friends, ,fellow.cltizens
at the invitation Ct the Executive Of theg7ea
Ceptral State Of PENNSYLVANIA, seconded b.
the Governors Of eighteen other loyal State!
Of the Urton, to pay the last tribute of.res
pect to the brave men who In the hard tough
battles Of the fret, second and third days o
| July last, laid down their lives for their cou1
try On these hiN sldes and the plains spreat
ont before us, and whose remains hare heel
gathered into the cemetery which We conse
crate this day. As my eye ranges over th'
fields whose soda were 50 lately molstened b,
the blood OF gallant and loyal men, feel, =
never before, how tru1y 1t was said Of old tha
trE. ] feel, rs never before, how Justly, hon
the dawn Of history to the present time, mel
have paid the homage Of their gratitude an
sdntratton to the memory Of thoee who nc
bly, sacrifice their lives that their fellow me
nay live in safety. And If this tribute wer
l
justly paid than to those whose List restin
place we commend to the blessing Of HeaYe
and Of men.
4 For conaider,my ffiend d, what would hav
+ been the corsequetees to the country, t
yourselves, and a1l you hold dear, il thos
/ who sleep benesth our feet, and their g&l1an
comrades Who survive to terre their couRtr
on other fields of danger, had failed In thei
duty On those memorable days. Conside
what, ct this moment. would be the condl
ton Ct the United States, If that noble Arm
Of the Potomac, instead Of gallantly and 10
| kion from Maryland and PennsTlyanis, ha
bsen itself driven from theee We1l-conteste
heights, thrown back Ia confusion On Bait
mere, or trampled down, discounted, scat
tered to the four winds. What, under th
circumstances, would not hsye been the fat
Philadelphia, of Waehington-tne Capital {
the Uniou-cach aud every one Of whic
| would hare lain ut the mercy OF the enemy
accordingly - It might have have pleased haU
epp1red only BY passion; flushed With victory
and confident Of continued success, to diree
{ his cbuEbes
For this We must bear In mind, 1t IL one {
the great lessons Of the war, indeed Of ever
war, that 1t is i1npoEslble for 9 people Will
ont military organization, fnhabitlng th
cidee, towns aud villages Of an open conntr,
Including Of course tho nstural proportion (
ase. to Withstand the inrosd Of vetera
army. What defense can be made by the II
habitsnts Of villages mostly built Of woot
Of cities unprotected BY walls, nay By POI
ulation Of men, however high-toned and re
olute, whose aged parents demand their car
whose wives and children are claaterln
: about them, against the charge Of the Wa
Eo1te whose neck Is clothed with thunde
, against ayiug artillery and battezies Of rlas
cannon planted on every commanding en-
nence, agninst the onset Of trained vetera,
, led BY tkilfnl chiefs. No, my friends, aru
must be met by army; battery by batter.
equadron by equadron, and the shock
!. organized thousands must be encountered