Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-25

N uuAhs, Dut VIII no doubt be placed in Ii
= reach of every family in the land la
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Everett's az
= dress the following elegy was sung
20 - "a ,1rs. ksIs s.~s.1.d
= This spot, where, in their graves, -. 2
, We place our Oountry's braves
l. Who fell in Freedoms holy cause
. fighting for Liberties and Laws
% Let tears abound
Here let them rest gii gi t4,r
and Summers heat and Winters cold. 3
8 snail glow and freeze above this mould
thousand years shall pass AWAY
:, Nation shall m ourn this clay, 4f.7
q Which now. is blest.
Here, where they fell Ai-r 81
= Oft shall the widows tear be shed 6- 81
OFT shall fond parents mourn their dead
D The orphan here shall kneel and weep,
And maidens, where their lovers sleep
Their woes shall tell. ~
Great God in Heayenl go
Shall all this sacred blood be shed
Sb sbs %H thus n. .DS mourn m our slOrous dead.
The knell Of freedom overthrow.
Country riveni
1t will not be 4
, We trust, Oh God Thy Gracious Power -,
TO aid us IN our darkest hour
rms De our prayer-'0h, Father save
people Freedom from its grave = sla i1l
All praise to Theer'
The President was then introduced,
who made the dedicatory address of
about FIVE minutes as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this continent
new nation, conceived in liberty. and
dedicated to the proposition that ali men
are created equal CGood, good and ap
plause. Now we are engaged in great
civil war, testing whether that nation or
any nation SO conceived and so dedica-
ted can long endure. We are met on a
great battlefield of that war. We are
met to dedicate portion of it as the
hnai resting-place of those who here gave
their lives that that nation might live
1t is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this But in larger
sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men living and
dead who struggled here have consecrat-
ed 1t far above our power to add to or
detract. GApplausel ] The world, will
little note or long remember what we
say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. GGood, good, and an
plause. Itis for US, the living, rather
to be dedicated here to the Unfinished
work that they have thus far so nobly
r carried l. on APaRaaaSa i i lie il rak s4ss
task remaining' before US, that from
these honored dead we take increas.
erfry ircrv 6at0 tho IuIl measure
of their devotion; that we here high
ly resolve that the dead shall not have
died in vain (applause); that the nation
shall, under God, have new birth of
freedom; and that Government of the |
people by the people, and for the people,
shall not perish from the earth. Long
continued applause.
That this was the right thing in the |
right place, and a perfect thing in every
respect, was the universal encomium.
The President read in a modest, unpre-
tending style. e
A Gettysburg choir of ladies, assisted
by the Philadelphia band, then sang the
following dirge, written by J. g. Percival,
the music by A. Delany, and the whole
arranged by NJ Berg6eld: =
Oh it is great for our country to die
Whose ranks are eontending,
Bright is the wreath of our fame,
Glory awaits us for ayel
Glory that never is dim ~@
1 Shining on with light never ending!
! Glory that never shall fade,
Never, OH never away.
i 8 oohtit is sweet for our country to die,
How softly reposes s
The warrior youth on his bier;
! Wet by the tears of his love
= Wet by mothers warm tear,
~t~ They crown him with garlands OF roses,
Weep and then joyously turn
Bright where he tRiumphs above;
- Not in Elysian fields
By illoblivion's river;
Not in the isle Of the blest 20
Over the blue rolling sea;
But on 0Iympian nights
Shall dwell the devoted forever.
There shall assemble the good
There the wise, valiant and free.
Oh then. how great for our country to die;
In the front rank to perish, ff-t5 Z. s...
Firm with our statutes shall crown, 't
In songs our memory cherish: 7-
: We shall look from our heaved -
Pleased the sweet music to hear.
On the Wednesday evening proceeding
the dedicating exercises, the President
: and attendants were serenaded. The
! President excused himself from making
t a speech, but other people responded
g little speech, which We copy. Mr.. Sew
= ard said: r. l.s ,.. .s
! FELLow-CIr1zENs am now sixty
e wears old and upward. l have been IL
5. nublic life, practically, forty years of tha
: time. and vet this is the first time tha
ever any people or community so near t
y the border Of Maryland was found wi
av ling to listen to my voice. And the rea'
e. ON was that saw, forty years ago. oper
as ING before the people, graveyard tht
I'M was to be filled with brothers falling
10 mutual political combat. ..5 - !.
nd knew that the cause that was hurr
"a ;ng the Union into that dreadful stri
vas Slavery, and when / elevated N
The voice. it was to warn the people of tn
Of cause while they could by constitution
,cb means, and so avert the catastrophy
,er civil war which has fallen upon the
en- ton. A voice, That's true.
he, q I am thankful that you are willing
,res hear me at last l thank my God tina
the believe this strife is going to end in
the removal of that evil, which ought to hs
der. been removed by peaceful means and
for deliberate counsels Applause.
thank my God for the hope that THU
an the last fraternal war which will
.ver upon the country which is vouchsafed
ahle ms by Heayen-the richest, broadest,
roe most beautiful, the most magnificent,
usic. the most capable Of a great destiny
Chief has ever been given to any part Q,
rable human race. lCneers-1 anu VI
i Thy Him for the nope tnat wnen tna. = =
S, oh, is removed, simply ny !ne oPelas'o'
ether aboiishlng 1t as tne origin ei sse
IS ali all without parallel, we shall be thencei
army united, snsil % only one Coau', S IL
lis re- destiny. LSnee1S1 .oEg5-f