The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-01

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Lincoln At Geftysburgh and johnson a.
Anfetam.
Near four years sgo President LIN,
coin made bis world-famoas speech Al
| the dedication o. the National Geometry
at Gettysburgh. In grandeur u thought
and beauty Ct expression, in its origin
atty and perfect appropriateness % It's
noble occasion, il has seldom, ii ever.
been equalled The Westminster Re
view but echoed the opinion Of many
thousands when it pronounced it "the
finest speech that ever fell from human
lips" 1t is among our proud and
pleasant memories that we heard Il as
it fell from the lips Of Mr. lincoln, on
Cemetery Hill, and We never tire Of
re-reading and recalling It. 1t ought
to be copied yearly by every newspaper
in the land. 80 SEW
Nm. LNcoLE's SPEECH.
-Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this CONT
nent new nation, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition. that
all men are created equal Now weare
engaged in q great civil war, testing
whether that nation, or any nation so
conceived or dedicated can longendure
We are met on a great battlefield of
that war, We are met to dedicate q
PORTION OF it as the final resting, place
of those who here gave their lives that
the nation might live. 1t is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do
this. Bnt in a larger sense We cannot
!. fconsecrate we cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here have consecra-
ted it far above our power 10 add or
! detnact, The world will little note nor
long remember what we say here. It
is for us, The living rather to be dedi-
Gated to the unfinished work they have
. thus far nobly carried on 1t is rather
for us TO be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before ust--that from
these honored dead we take increased
| devotion to the cause for which they
, here gave the last full measure Of de-
votion--that we here highly resolve that
! the dead shall not have died in vain,
! that the nation shall, under God, have
, q new birth of freedom, and that gov
eminent of the people, by the people,
mud for the people, shall not perish
from the earth" ,a qQ ,aot
President johnson has also made a
dedicatory speech. Hwasat Antietam
/, on Tuesday last, and asking pardon of
} Mr. Lincoln's shade for putting it in
to the same column with his immortal
utterance. we copy it also:
4 MIR. JoHSsoN's SPEECH
Mr. Fellow CoUSTRYMHN. In appear
! ing before you, it not for the purpose
! of making any lengthy remarks but
! SIMPLY to express my appreciation OF
! the cerimonies which take place to-day.
: My appearance on this occasion will be
! the speech that Twill make. My reHecl
tions and my meditations viii be silent
3 III communion with the dead whose
deeds we are here to commemorate !
shall not attempt to give utterance to
. the feelings and emotions inspired by
{ the addresses and prayers which have
q been made and the hymns which have
4 been sung. l shall attempt no such
> thing / am here merely to give
! my countenance and aid to the cerimo-
. MES on this occacion, but must be
permitted to express my hope that we
0 may follow the example, which has been
. so eloquently alluded to this afternoon,
. and which has been 50 clearly set forth
) by the illustrions dead When we look
> ON yonder battlefield and think Of the
. brave men ON both sides who fell in the
. fierce struggle of battle, and who sleep
. silent in their graves; yes, who sleep
> in silence and peace after the earnest
( conflict has ceased, would to God we
8 of the living could initiate their exam.
pie as they lay sleeping in their tombs,
q and live together in fellowship and love
. You, my fellow-citizens, have my earn.
. est wishes as you have had my efforts
. in times gone by, in the earliest and
4 most trying perilsto preserve the Union
: of these States, to restore peace and
harmony to our distracted and divided
4 country, and you shall have my last eff
: fort in yindication Of tire Constitution
j, of our Fathers.YA W kB q
4 How can contrast be stronger thar
IL that between these two speeches p be
y tween the utter absence ofall Thought
: of self in the one, and the fourteen rs
q 2 and "my's" in the seven sentences o
< the other l--betwean 90 noble devotion
S to the cause OF the people, speaking
o through the one. and the cheap senti
y ment, as appropriate for the dedicatior
y y Of rebel grave yard, as Of the resting
o place Of patriots Of the otherl M
3 need, however. to continue the com,