The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-27

Is no bitterness or the part Of the masses.
L6e people c, she South are DOT going 20
Wage On eternal wsr, fer the Tretched
PTsiszts BY which this rebellion is sousht
= De Justified The bonds that unite Us
Is one people, . substantial community
Oh origin, lsnPuagC, B lief and Law (the
I~0r great ties tlat hold the societies Of
Iaea together), common history com
non national aud political interests;
common pride 10 a glorious ancestry; 4
cotaulon interest IN this great heritage of
hiessi- gs; the very geOgrsp heal features
oI aAo eounTy the mighty rivers that
csoss he lines Of climate and thus facili-
tate the interchange OF nEturAl and in
dustrial prOdEcts; while ths wonder
working arm Of the engineer has leveled
the mountain walls which separate the
Last and West, compelling your own
Alleshanies, my Maryland and Pennsyl-
Y2nls friends, 70 open wide their ever
lasting doors 20 tie chariot wheels Of
traffic and travel; these bonds of union
are Of perennial force and energy, while
TIE causes Of alienation are imaginary
Fictitious and Transient. The heart Of
the people Mi and South ia for the
Union. Indications too plain 70 be mis-
tAker, announce the fact. 10th In the east
aad vest of the States in rebellion. In
North Carolina and Arkansas the fatal
charm at length is broken. At Raleigh
AID Little Rock the lips OF honest and
brave men are unsealed, and an indepen-
dent press is Unlimbering its artillery.
The weary masses Of the people IRE
yearning to see the dear old flag floating
sgsin upon the capitols, and they sigh
for the return Of peace, prosperity, and
happiness, which they enjoyed under =
Government whose power was felt in its
blessings.
THE PERORATIOS.
and now, friends, felIow-citixens of
Gettysburg and Pennsylvania, and YOU
from remoter States, lei me again invoke
your benediction, ~ we part, on these
honOred graves You feel, though the
occasion is mcurnful, that il is good 70
be here. You feel that It wss greatly
auspiciOus for the cause Of the country
that the men Of the East and the
West the meu IT nineteen sister States,
stood side hy side on the peFilous ridges
q the battle. You now feel it a new
bond of uaion, that they shall lie side by
side, till clarion lOnder that that which
narshalsd them 70 the combat, shall
awake their slumbers. God bless The
Union 1t is iesrer 10 as for the blood
those brave men shed "a its defense.
The spots on which they stood sud fell; ]
these pleasant heights; the fertile plain |
beneath them; the thriving village whose
streets 30 lately rang with the strange |
din Ct war; the fields beyond the ridge,
whe.s the noble Reynolds held the I'D
yaRoing foe at bay, and while he gave
up bis Own life, assured by his fore
thought and sclfslcrihco, ths triumph !
OF the two succeeding days; the little /
streams which wind through the hills, on |
whose bSaks in after times the wonder |
ing piOwmsu viii turn up with the rude |
weapons of savage warfare, the fearful |
missiles Of modern artillery; the Ssmln- |
arg Ridge, the peach orchard, Cemetery,
Culp and Wolf Hills, ROund top, Little |
Round t0p, humble names, heucef, rRard
dear and famous; no lapse Of time, no |
distance of space, shall cause you TO be |
forgotten. "Ihe whole earth" said Pc |
riclss, as be stood over the remains Of
his fellOW-citizsns, who had fallen in the /
first year of the PelOponnesiau war, "ths /
whole earth is s sepulchre Of illuslriou5 |
men," All time, he might have added, is
the millennium of their glory. Sursly I |
would do no irj ustice to the other noble |
OF the war, which have re-
flsctsd such honor on both arms Of the 4
service, anfhave entitled the armies and /
the navy cf the United States, their off, /
c lrs and men, 70 the WarInest thanks and /
the richest re wards which grateful peo-
pie can pay. But they, I an SCR will
join us IN saying, as We bid farewell 10
the dust Of these martyT-herOs, that
Where5OeYer throug hout the civilized /
world the accounts OF this great warfare
are read, and down 20 the latest period /
Of recorded tune, in the glorious annals
Of our common country, there viii be no
brighter page than that which relates
Tar BATTLE o. GEgTY5BUBG.