The New York herald., 1863-11-20
20 10 drvca from Che ocean. eud millions OF
America. property 70 be sacrificed, before 'ne
qY;bene could DO brought to admit the inoe-
pacity 20 patont 20 the rest Of the world
Consecratlsa or the National sepu'ehre
at Gettysbures

Consecrattsa or the National sepu'ehre
al GettYsbures
Yesterday A pertlon OF the battle field OF
Gettysburg was eonsecceted as national
cemetery for tbe interm mont Of the gallant men
who fcu in battle theEo. and who bad been
buried, es "a usual IN such cases nearly whefe
they fell, ovor the whole extended scene OF the
frht Disinterred and gathered into TIE con
epcratod place their bones will, 10 themselves,
be 6 monument Of the consideration ID wfach
brave men are bold 10y free people, and VIII
IN future constitute ono OF Che grand pilgrim
shriscs Of our history
Many distinguished men were present al toe
colsecra.ioa. Including Tue President ana
Secretary Seward, aud Che euiogy over the
fallen heroes was spoken by Edward everett
Not only is thia Tho irs. time that auch an event
h-s taEll fface q oSf history, but ceFernones o.
tbi3 character over The bones OF the'fSl'eh nave
not, We believe. ltifcn p,see s.nee they were oD0
Of the Institutions Of the republics Of Greece
| for tbc monument on tba battle 6eld Of "ster-
| loo ia in no sense analogous TO the naonumen's
| taat were erected at Marathon ard Thermopyi@,
| nor Co tbe one Chat will be placed over the
bon1s or our own heroes This revival, there
fore, in tlo United States Of one Of tho insti-
tutions Of That great race Ct re1 that origi-
mated free government was in itself sohcieDt 70
give tho oco ,s,on remarkable interest
M Frcletr5 oralion was on Che classical
model aed was a worthy one. ITS recital OF
the cyents Of tho campaign, and especially OF
tbe battle correct Ia the main "a liable to
so,ne executions One CT them is en- important
malie- of fscf &" It was not" saye The orator
O. ucG sedzwicl,'. arrival that the Union army
attained an equality OF numbers with that Of
tbe rebe}sp And in another place be repeats
tbet 'tLe two armies after the liIst day were
numerically csual" lie gives the numbers OF
t,arobe, army one hundred and five thousand
of all arms, OF. 70 exclude cavalry ana aTthiery'
ninety thousand infantry These numbers for
tho rebel force are the common estimate,
and are perhaps. very nearly correct But TO
eslirnete tho Army Of the Potomac es equal TO
tbis in numbers ia great error. For two or
three weeks after the battle was fought 1t was
not safe 10 tell tho real strength Of the Army
of the Potomac and, had it been safe TO paoilciy
J., tell t. that victory, sufficiently great as 1t was
, would have seemed doubly wonderful IN the
, disnority of numbers between the hostile ar
, mics since the real strength Of the Army oi
the Potomac was of least thirty thousand iess
, than M. Eyerett's estimate. ChsnceliOrsviile
, had reduced that army to considerably les
, | than ninety thousand men. Not less, Ger
y taiuly. than ten thousand-perhaps nesrer III
tesn--had gone home between Chanceliorsviiif
: and Gettysburg, by the expiration oil their tw'
, years time; and thousands fell out OF the hn'
b. ou the terrible marches undcr Hooker an'
y Meade. But the numbers are settled more den
O ! nitely than this. Returns from corps com
r manders on the night OF the second day hxo
y our force then at ffty-eight thousand mer
, Add for killed and wounded on the second da
H~p thousand: f uIy " va' and pTl' yo
have the rea1 numbers of the Army of the Pc
toma0 "0e any one of the battles wa
: ious~sal 6venty thousand men. Oppose thes
% the numbers given for the rebel army, AM
the two armies will be very far from "numeri
s cally equal"
! Mr.. Everett dwells upon the Prevdentia
inacton Of the rebel army in the early part O
{ the second day. Good authority has made th
9 discrimination between Providence and artil
Q lery, and IL Mr. Everett had been more familia
l with the necessities OF battle he would bav
y been better able to make IL, and would NOR
: correctly, have attributed that inaction to th
! hard blow that General Reynolds gave th
{ enemy on the first day.
l Bunker Hill Monument has until now stoo,
alone as great national memento erected oil
] the spot to commemorate a struggle for Amcri
I can freedom. But now there is another, diff
ferent in character and with a deeper inieres
for us all. Bunker Hill reminds US how hart
t it is for people TO win their freedom and Get
tysburg how much harder il may be 10 keep il
t But the two monuments are sisters; aud, while
Bunker Hill tells the proud story of New Eng
lands struggle, Gettysburg speaks for the
whole Nortl-and for Maryland, Delaware and
even Virginia-for all had sons there. Those
with nearly every one OF the free States, have q
representation Of heroic mould in the grand
national tgmulus, and our own Empire State
J =. she gave more Of her sons on those days
I than any other State did, has the mos, room
and the greatest honor.