, 1865-07-07


&ETTYsBURG.
General 1Ioward,x 1th # july Ora.
aton at the aaonumcnt Ceremony.
Tho following conc&uding p7r Ion Of our rps.
ci.l dispatch concsrnfrg tho Gettysburg obse-
quie4 was crowded out Of our last 1.sue:-
Eps.l
A. stand bers 10 day before pesceful sud-,
hildren snd bsppY catxens, and think OF Iay last
f,Ile ses1ss . Which ": r Is e 6:.5 PIT.
chanyedi'' Il Ia The same rich landscape, broad
and ie;utlu', coseted vita every yat1ety Of
n,u.a oscts 70 pssss hs III rhe
neat little town c'inGang to the htsl'sldc;
the ea:ne tro,d aveou:s. Of app!o,eh;: tbs
:aunS ias'nes s1a e1sessIoa, e taaPk uoa sss
other in cea1Iy strife, |. wanting. Yoc1er heuhts
are no ior ger crowned with hostile caunon; the
yacJs DO not ts W.T. ne Inel1 tssfai Foas
1nd,fc1lrable peal Of the nueketrS dre. AND oh J
how like eresn to-day seem. that SD spectacle
= s1eand ] ttseWn viii our oTa wounded aud dsai
compatldns! Then follows, after ba'te. the
mirelue Of friends sna enemies, With tut3s1tse
hlur .; 1he p.fs ssces Of relatives sea,chlrg III
1e:s oner, the hury 3anit.fy and Chr'stsna work
Ras; s f1S'e ny
Alb day Of July, .1s6a that 'h,s sad work ls CON,
d.aree npon nj. On the 19th d.y Of Novelosf,
1885,, this Eauoral C.metesJ, ptous tsioute to
1nanlines. .na .aztne; wts conseessted. Thc
own 1ieb. clear, elegsDt style, which. having
been publithee, has long ago become historical
.nd sfo.ds ~ ecnp:e.s ald gsaphte aeeoqat Of
de.ply grateful 10 this unhle patriot FOR u.s1n9e
1nsab truuasEJ IN securing f,ets, and fur the
rlt II narrative he hss left % ot t6'4 battle, in
Is low proud to have bone part IL, joining
the ps1:otic bald Of tho.o that are hoaosed oy
HI. e1oquce nee, bss gone to his reward; and lit
on ~hcse eraTee be 70 eaIn; s,iy svoted 1our ben
erection. hr Eve1ett was followed bY the few
remsfi4ble words q President Lincoln.
to N, and The memory Of bis work md aact.Ieo
20 tresb dem It rot Inappropriate to repeat hla
own words: "fo9tseose and seTea 1e,t. a1o opr
new Datlpu, conceIEed.tn liberty, and dedicAted
10 The proposition that an men sre csraed egua.
Now We ar engaged In e1cst cru var. ieft,n:
snd 70 dcaiested can lone epdure. Ne azo met
On = Rlest b,tl. de14 of that w11. We arn ne:
p,es f wno here etVs sae,r vts IL ias
patton might live. Il Is nltoRetner athcg and
proper 'hat We :henld do this. Bati largsr
We cannot h7llozr this gttutd., Tbs hzIyo men.
living and desd, who struggled here, hare coo'c-
cfBfed It fsr above our power to add OF detfa:t
TIE world vii little note; nor log rsEnem.
what they d,d hero It IL for u., rhe living. "a
ther to be dtd,esTed hete to tho unfinished work
sse1 @ fos - ee here .ttd 10 1ao rest i.sf
! semainlr4 before us that fsom thesc houoted
wneh thsy ea1e he is.t ful measure of devotion,
th.t We here highly resolve that tha dead shsli
Tot hAre dltd ID r.1D, that the nat1on shall under
government Of me people, bY ihe people, md for
the people, ehsll not perrin tom the earth."
4be civil WIZ Is need The rest WIS complies,
eaton III ihs work VIA nol,ned. IIe did display
ssen !: creased devotion If It were poseib 9 This
dead did not dia in vain, and Tho natoa has ex:
rhieh ns spste. Oh Ia. II tbe II .iast taroet G Of
da1kneas and crime God had seen u good to haze
spared rs that gre,f heart out Of which proceeded
| How very much OF errts1ul recollection clusters
around the name Of Abr3htm Etnco As we oto.
nounce It hsre smo.g the dead who have dltd
thst our nat,yu Night not pkrish from the etftht
| IhcEe grounds bare sliehaJ been con:tcsaied,
| and arc do bly, sacred from ths memory Of our
no s nan on ee
lincoln, who RaVe tone TO The exercises Of consc.
erR'it Two 3ta1s ago. whote own bodies sse nov
fs.t,Ds e.5 ea.h hs ed but Thos sp,tt i I'll
American heart lhls day. We tave now ban
| called TO IsJ the cornerstone Of 4 monument
IN 1at u ns 70;
e1len tribute 10 Gtn'ns. II 10 raised to The soldier
II u 4 memorial IT bis llfe md his noble death.
+ emoraees pst1ioIic btotoeraood or heroes N \
lshcr. entering, unlop, liberty and sacrifice.
Let US then. "a ls proper on 1ch IN o,caston a.
th1e, give few thoughts 10 the American eoi.
| tier. VIC hrve low embraced under this generic
usne Of soldier, ,he cutifn1 officer, thB vonn'eer
soldier, the regular. 'he coioEea. and the Goa
" q he
tu!d1cr. ID the early p1rt Of 1851, the 'tna clu.
zen heard that lraitors At Va. .hlnEton Ind formed
soon alter that the sIaTa abd strpeB hsd been fred
| upcn snd hAd been hauled down at tns bidding Of
% armed enemy in South Carol ihas tho CAP.
rev President bad cslled fur help.
Alnott l1k- magic be sprauc forth soldier.
| His tarm or his bench, his dstk or bis c1uatsr,
was. left behind, sna you hod him N lr:n1ng
thr9ush the then gloomy, a.fless. defiant STREETS
tertd rot; with tnap'ack, cartridge box mu.ket
ard bs3cnet. his orldt w.s al that H,s required.
w a1e ht A. %asa
10 nu.tc, For alws1s lock step with bis eonpin.
Ions. Re had scarcely ever tired muaket. hat
he bad become = soloteI, PIT On he soldts,, nss
| Wiling. he pnrpoaed never to turn back till the
soldiers work was done. .,,
pe1hops D dtscsplIne dfll seize upon MN, re-.
| strain his liberty, and mould hi, body. Colouels,
captains, lfeu1enants. and serRcants, bis former
Oh. What ds1sI AZ and o.. whst s niga'si Where Is
home and af1ecdonf Wheto Is tho eois bad and
1psded liable! Chan9e Of Climate. change ofIooi,
au II 1nr OF III totts Of new ,hIses, uaks n
:lck-yef, really ttck IN body and eoul: Bat "a
tp.te Ct few doses Of quislne and wholesome
n ne enters ,hem,) hs vigorous const'tution and
1ndumltatle heart prevail 60 that he ls soon
allie TO cro.s me Long Bridge ana invade
panion. il arms. Iet, perhsp:, :hoaid you nos
b.erye him very c,o1e'y Jou will perceive hia
enthusiasm incftassng faster even than BIZ
now for the str1ci guard duty now for the looely
p:ckeE amid the thlckcu wnsro men a1e killed oy
aubu.hee foes; How the eye nd tas ear: ard
lev md trying 7iels. Before loue, however
the toldier is INJURED 10 ts.se t,ines; b. becomes
f:n'l'ar with every stu7 p, tree md pathway o
f!ettn'lJ you fnd him on tho road to battle
the hot weather Of Juiy, the usual toaa, the gu
thrre Days rssicps. strung T. his neck, and tn
long w:sry march quite e1hsust hls .sre'asu 's:e
the rank. sna 1s.t, but Ioi no: DC aid Mt 'ea1.
, t home foE rheiEnomtntons name OF .atraTslar
! The AestDk, the cub Inn, tae ne1er 70 bs e.
l Et4ltA tAA. AA0A1 nv F&se1As AASAes Ia -
1 Et1nqe and terrible sooIds strikes upon bis e1'
= ard besr down upon his heart; the hnomsag {
shot1ed cannon the ecreechine Of eursted ehe
through The heated ar, and The zip, rsp, Kp :
t smaller balls; everything produces stpgnla
!. effect upon hlun. Aghln, all At onca he is throw
]. quite unpiepned upon rev and tsyin9 etper
= epce for be noW eets the gIoa1trg amhu!anc
, and the bloccy siretcheE: He ueets iimpl1!
armlees, 1eeleet, dtttEufed, wounded men. !
:, the rtebt Of him and to the left Of him are II
lielees forms OF the elntn. Suddenly large tro
nlssile Of death strikes c'oee beside him. And {!
~ plodge, seub,ng ont wenty or more Jagged ia
. nents, Which rernoteeess!y m.tu or xiii fire
! 81 Of hle uttes bel re they haTa had tha oppo
/. tun!ty TO strike one blow for their country.
!. faer il row verJ ptlc; sud will not The Aner1c
e folditr dinch md tntn backl There Il = stol
- wall: there Is building; there Is rtack Of n
y ii Is SO EASY 10 hide. But mol He will not be
coward! .Oa 8od, support and st1encshen n.
rT1s al bis prayer Soon he - At work 7 Nd
L. il The foe :. Iold and drs;" toad and dra
T. But the CRY comss, "0ar fsnk Il turaed 80
s, mn reueatl" with tears poussue down b
check, he slowlY y1elds, md JOINS tue fa!lri.
,h1onc. Without my more nerTo and ILL
b. strength, be stru2glts back from Lost ne!1
I'd Now be drink the cfega ol suffering: Mitno
BLANKET for tbs night, without looS, Wltnont mop
III is no wonter th4t "a p4utc setsea h!n, and
u rms demozal1zec aNsy. This d5slcFn.ae
j corrse. however, Is only temporsry. Ina sohal
before long forReta his defeat Aud hf9 enA 'taoe
g hr!ebtens up Dis 1tmof, and resumes Ms pace
to The deFeuaiTe ltue. &c suoanu for WeerJ atys
II di.e1ptne, d1ill md hard tsso; he Waa>a taSoa