The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-20
From the Madison Courier.
Morton at Gettysburg.

The Grafton of the distinguished In
Llama statesman, Senator Morton, is
,ery sharply and, we think. unfairly
criticised by a portion of the press OF
the country. It is admitted that the
Grafton is above the average, but, as
compared with other speeches of
Senator Morton in the Senate and else
where, it is alleged that it does not
come up to the full measure of the Sem
ator's large ability. Senator Morton
has little fancy-he must have facts to
elaborate and errors to refute. His
speeches arc terse and logical; his
points are always we'll taken and argued
closely and conclusively. The effort
ut Gettysburg was in an untried field,
and, as we have said, it is very unfair
to compare Morton with Morton. Tried
by the standard of Edward Everett, who
made an address at the same place in
1864, Morton's Grafton will prove far
above the average; and, be it remem-
bered, it was no new, untried field IN
Mr.. Everett's case Vice President Col
fax would have made more brilliant
oratioa, but the man is yet to come who
can equal the grandeur of the brief but
pregnant address Of the lamented Lin
coin, delivered upon the same spot, No
vember 10Th, 1863 The following com
prises Mr. Lincoln's entire address
'Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this conti-
nent new nation, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal. Now we are
engaged in q great civil war, testing
whether that nation or any nation SO
conceived or so dedicated, can long en-.
dure We are met on great battle
field of that war. We have come to
dedicate portion Of that field as rest
ing place for those who here gave their
lives that the nation might live. It is
altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this. But in larger sense
we cannot dedicate, we cannot conse-
crate, we cannot hallow this ground
The brave men living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated it far
above our power to add or detract. The
world will little note nor long remem
Der what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for US,
the living, rather to be dedicated he re
TO the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly ad
vanced. It is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before us-that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to the
cause for which they here gave the last
full measure of devotion-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 free
dom, and that the government of the
people, by the people. and for the peo-
pie, shall not perish from the earth
When the late James T. Brady was in
active practice in the higher criminal
trials, he was on one occasion called
upon by modest, neatly-dressed young
girl, who timidly approached his desk
and said: MIR. Brady, they are going
to hang my brother, and you can save
him! I've brought you this money +;
please don't let my brother die! and
she burst into tears. It was roll of
$3.50 which the poor girl had begged in
sums of five and ten dollars. The kind
hearted man heard her story. They
shan't hang your brother. my child !!
said he; and putting the roll of bills in
an envelope, told her to take it to her
! mother, and he would ask for it when
he wanted it, The boy was cleared
In Mr.. Brady's parlor hangs an exquis-
ite picture, by Durant, asking him to
accept it as mark Of appreciation for
his kindness to the poor. Mr.. Brady
priced that picture.
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