New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02

OF our remembrance and r altitude We are surrounded
Today ~ many OF tne Se hayod
and by many thousands Of our people who rejoice In the
preservation peace and prosperity or our country Iat
have united country that We have national govern
ment that have peace In all our borders that there IS
liberty and protection for all thatw have bright and
growth and power we owe TO the brave men who fell
upon this and other fields. The glorious circumstance
chased by their blood We IL the full enjoyment OK
the for which she'd Let us increase the graf
iude OF our hearts by considering, for moment what
would be condition. II the Rebellion had trumphed
We wonld have no solemn but sweet occasions IKE TINS
We would have no common country no common name,
no national flag glorious prospects for the future
Had the bond OF union been broken the various parts
would have crumbled TO pieces We should have slave
holding confederacy In the South. republic on the
Pacific another in the North West and another In the
East With the example OF one successful secession,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the balance would have speedily fol-
lowed aud our country, once the hope OF the world he
pTde OF our hearts broken INTO nose d
among the nations Let us thank Almighty Goa To-Day
SnSt we nave escapes s Sraa and oces that he
is alive. We feel as did the Children OF lsrae Wheh
standing upon the shores OF the Red sea- tney oSAe1
back upon the destruction from winch they had Deen
delivered. ..-t NJ
Mr. Lincoln standing in this place few months after
the battle and while yet the conflict was raging dedl
Gated himself to his country and to the cause OF liberty
and union. The demon OF rebellion afterwnrd eHactea
his fe inspiration OF the words he spoke Is rest
ing upon to-day The great prophesy he uttered whe
he said the nation shall under God nave new D'n
Freedom" and that tho Government OF the people, ny
the people and for the people shall not perish from to
earth Is being fulfilled He sealed his devotion MIN Win
his blood and sacred be bis memory The eloquent EVe
ret who spoke here the same occasion ana VINO mas
since passed from earth said God bless tne SI has
been shed In its defense As stood by them and Us
tened to their inspired words my Gn was ~ sTech
forward to this ausplcous day. The mareh OF events
has been faster than our thoughts and the fruits OF
tory have already exceeded our most sanguhe e1Pec
While we pay this tribute of love and gratitude to the
dead let forget the surviving heroes OF the Dae
They too offered their lives but the sachoe was not re-
CURED. The admiration love, and gratitude OF the ma
tou will attend them they pass down the decNy OF
time TO honored graves In the evening OF their lives
S viii viii listen ss did we when our erandfat6ers OF
Bunker HILL SaratOga, and YORKTOWN many Oh tnenh
to-day TO the scene OF their struggle ana
triumph How powerful the contrast between now ana
then The dark cloud which oyerspread the horizon OF
nation gone and all brightness The sulphurous
ooud of battle too Is gone and there is nothing 10 OBJ
vision OF the ned The dead nave returned 10
dust The fields numbered with bodies aud slippery
with blood clothed with verdure aud harvest ana To-
day all is peace, beauty, and repose,
We seek not TO commemorate triumph over our mis-
triumph theirs and their chidren's children unto the
been removed. Vicious political hereses have been ex.
tpated The trial by wager OF battle mas Deen decleu
In favor OF liberty aud union. aud all Will submit Inc
people Of the North and South have met each other
faeo TO face many field have tried, each Others
courage, have found that they are much alike IN most
things have increased their mutual respect and are now
preparing 10 live together more traternay than before
The Southern States rapidly recovering from the
prostraton Of the war and with their from the
Incubus Of Slavery with free labor with free schools
attain aprospery and power Of which they scarcely
N former DAYS. Their advancing prosperity
i- -olid ,as, enduring We rejoice In 1t, and shall
participate It, The bonds OF Union made ndissOlu
Bic by The community OF political principles by the
plee Identity OF domestic and commercial Interests ana
BY uniform systems OF labor OF education and OF habits
OF thought and action. HENCEFORTH DlSUNION Is
IMPOSSIBLE.
The choir then sang "How sleep tho brave who sink
TO rest" with the addition OF two stanzas composed
by w. w. Carter OF Baltimore for the occasion. Then
followed poem written for the occasion by Bayard Tay
lor The choir sang the hymn Rest hero rest and
the Rev Dr. schumacher then pronounced the henedic
ton