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which tthis re.nsydo. u ao1eht TO be justified.
The bonds thst unite Us Is aas people, sub
stant5al community Of origin, Language, 6e-
lief snd law, {the four great ties that hold the
societies OF men together, common national
and political interests; : common history; \
eommop prideiH slortous ancestry; com
ings; the Iery geographical fastarea Of tho
country; the mighty rivers that Cross tha
1tnea Of climate and thus facilitate the inter-
change Of natural and industrial products;
while the e"ondet'woskiag arm OF the e1gi-
separate the East and West, ea1npelliss your
Psnns,l7aoia Psn aiesas, " to e}tne' op.s Nd ID
Their everlasting doors t. the chariot
Hheels Of traffic aud travel; these
ergJ, Wills tho causes Of alienation aro lnsg.
fraTy, fictitious, and transient. The heart Of
the Eeop1e North and South Is for the Union.
Indications, too plain to be mistaken IN
Lounge the fact, both In the Esst md the
West of the States in rebellion Il North
Carolina and Arkansas the fatal charm At
the lips ofhoneat and hraTe men are unse3led,
and an Independent press Is nnlimberirg Its
artillery. The weary masses OF the people
are 5easniEg to SEQ the dear old fA5 Hosting
again upon the capitots, and they sigh for the
return Of the peace, prosperity aud happiness
whose power was felt Only in its blessings. i
oCR DEAD.
And now, friends, fellow.cltizens Of Gettys-
burg and Pennsylvania, and you from romo-
ter States, let ne again invoke your bonedio-
tton, as Wo part, on these honored graves.
You feel, though the occasion is mournful,
that 1t is good to be here. You feel that It
country, that the men Of the East and the
West, Tie men Of nineteen sister States, stood
side BIZ side Oh the peEilou3 ridges Of the bat
tie. You now feel It new bond Of union,
that they shall lie sido BY side til . clarion
louder than that which marBha1cd them to
bless the Unlon-it Is dearer to rs Tor tbs
blood of those brave men shed In 1ts defense.
The spots on which they stood and fell; these
pleasant heights; the fartile plain beneath
fhGnn;the thriving village whose streets 20 late-
II rang with tho strange din Of war the fields
held the advancing foe at bay, and. while he
gate up his own life, asaured BY. his fore
Thought and selfsacritlce the triumph of the
tWo succeeding days; the little streams
which wind through the hills, on whose
banks. III iH eiter ti@ss, IL tt wondering ploT :
savage warfare, the fearful missile: Of mod
ern artillery the Seminary ridge, the peach
orchard, Cemetery, Cnlp, and Wolf uill,
Round Top, little Round Top, humble names,
henceforwara aear and famous. No @ 1apss o. o.
you to be forgotten. I" The whole earth,''
saId Perfc1es, ID he stood over tho re-
mains Of his fellow .citizens who had fallan
in the first year Of the PelopoDessian war,
s'the whole earth L the epulehre.of illustrious
men-''. All time, he might have added, u TIE
60 no Injustice to tho other noble achleve.
ments Of the war, which have reflected such
honor on both arIns Of the service. and have
entitled the armies aud na7y Of tho United
Stateg-theF officers and men-to tho warm.
I est thanks and the richest reHnrda which
grateful people can pay. But they, I am sure,
will join us in saying, as We bid farewell ito
| the dust OF these martyT-herses, that wher.
ever throughout the civilized world the a:.
csunts are read, and down to the latest period
Of recorded time, In the glorloua annals Of
er page than that which relates to. the battle
of Cettyaburgr-