The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

open spring. when the budding trees aud tssmins
earth give romise OF ruition psriy and pie nty
10 thu and and thai the seed planted shall increase
and bear fruit IN most abundant harvest 80 shall
the seeds OF reverence Tor tho laws devotion To cuy
blood Of those We honor, bring iorth their
the people ana shs just rights Of all men,
rendering our country the missionary republic
mourn the departed with soiiened grief, because
oil the great work which they have wrought, we may
not forget the wrongs which filed 20 many OF their
graves, which have now become the very affairs Of
liberty. While we swear our children upon them TO
eternal ieaity 10 ree institutions, equal rights equal
powers and equal laws Tor all men, we may not, AS
did the Cartnas inan his infant 10 eternal
hatred OF Rome, yet we may and DO remember that
government whose ready aid and perldous alliance
10 rebellion IN behalf Of slavery US
SO IN uch ana so many who lie buried here We VIII
teach our children here by these green mounds which
cover their alneis ashes ana ca. the spirits oil the
gallant dead which hover around TO bear witness
AM impress the lesson the story now when slavery
her legacy as nation, hud caused treason and
rebellion to raise their parricldal bands against the
nations lie anu by its Gendsh spirit 10 arm brother
in rivalry OF her colIerciai greatness ana in hatred
OF freedom, when she could do with safety
TO herself when she hoped We were In death grapp!e
with each other, loose her pirate steamers to de-
slroy ships she had sent barbarous Indians
IN Revo uti0nary times 10 burn the dwellings OF
mo theirs ana scalp them and their little oues.
DESTRUCTION COMMERCE..
Hereafter, when the sailor 10Y snail say TO his
father Where are the vessels that you once haa as
the dependence OF your old agey" The old man shall
answer, Boy, your fathers vessel was burned by
pirates sent out ircm British by British build
ers, who cheered Tor dolLg by the Brush
Parliament The boy will say, 'What shall be de-
manded tor so great wrong Pr aud the old shalt
write the single word preparation '-and so shall
membrance OF the injuries be kept alive the hearts
OF the people.
Aud that reparaiion shall be TO give back flag
that portion the carrying trade oil the world
which she ravished from our merchants by the de-
struction oil our ships Aud the opportunity tor II
may come in the time whom England shall hight, as
She must DO 10 have either weight or cousdera
na Pau M IN aprfn
And that time the United States OF America, tor
the unity OF which soldiers died, VIII thus nold
their rghiu place upon the sea as ON land, welding
our great Tor the benefit OF all people and all
lands, uphodmg justice IN righteousness.
But more ana more 10 these Sins Oh England be-
come a part Of this OCCASION because there s not
chIld whose basket Is heavy with blossoms 10 place
with pious care upon tho green turf OF his fathers
grave does not know that his aud his contracts
their lives Ia war encouraged, aided aud
prolonged by hatred oil England 10 the institutions OF
his country ana hor endeavor TO destroy the Repub-
lie. Another OF tue duties Uequcatned by me
dead whom We honor is that We must not Jorge, tho
living, scarcely more fortunate conrades. Their SER
vices anu their SACRIFICES must aud wil be held by
every PARROT IN on., faithful. active remembrance
o. InE YAyQUIszED.
In commemoVal,on OF our dead or In honoring
lvtAg soldiers wc are mskng neither rcpsoach nor
criticism on thosc VINO fought against US. We apprc-
cfate their devotion to the cause tor which they
Wsrreds We honor their'.rraveEy, admire their oIt-
tude and'cIaim no srhall part OF tho glory they
CURED battle field by all these sodcrly qIaties
because they are American ''bone oil our bone" But
not forget that they were COCA soldiers IN u
bad cause, SO decided ny the grea. aro"srm
while We now cherish no animosiiy because
they were wrong II they are now rgas
must mako the dist incton that our comrades
right. No man Ought 10 feel that We act IN
justly unkindly toward any other Class OF eth
zens prefer loyalty 10 treason. We freely
pardon the last, but must honor the former
AS we do not criticise the living men OF the South
Tor preferring those who fought side by side with
them Tor the wrong, they must object TO pref
for those who fought side by side with Us tor
the country IN tho right Thus hereafter those VINO
a Nara lhn An "A
Will treat all questions OF tho past by the pro-
phctic rule made immortal by The martyr Lincoln -
tWith malice toward none, with charity tor all
Ex-Governor Curtin, OF Pennsylvania, was next
presented ana spoke eloqucntiy Tor a low minutes.
eiciting much applause
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT HAYES.
As Edward Mcpnerson introduced the President OF
the United States ringing cheers arose and President
Fx1Low CIrizgSs-rns battle OF Gettysburg will
probably always DO regarded AS the battle which did
more than any other determine the result OF the
great civil the United States. The bonored
dead who fought and persisted nero will therefore be
forever held in special and grateful remembrance.
The great martyr OF the conflict was Abraham Lin-
coin. He by his immortal words spoken here
has indissolubly linked hrs namo, famo aud memory
with the battle OF Gcttysburg Lincoln gave his iiic
and the bravo men who responded 10 HIS call gave
their lives Tor the Uaion. isr liberty and Tor stable
Institutions we're equal to any emergency and tua
they ought to be maintained at tho cost oil properly
homer tho men wo now wish remem borso with graft
tudc " will be because, behoidng these scenes and
contemplating the example of the heroes WHO made
Gettysburg IIluslrious, We shall DO abe 10 estimate
wisely the value OF our country aud OF her In
sutions AID DO better prepare Tor the duties which
under Providence, nave devoived upon US Lot Ia
here give heed to tue words of Abraham Lincoln; lei
bere highly resolve that these dead shall not
diod In vain that tue nation under Cd shall have
birth OF freedom, and that govern ment oI the
people and by the people shalt not perish IRON the
earth. tEntnusiastc applause from The crowd stand
ing in tho rain)
ADDITIONAL SPEECHES.
Attorney General Devens spoke iorcoly and eio
Queny the subject oil Inc battle OF Gettysuurg foI
u lew minutes, ana secretary McCrary also made q
brief address,. The ceremonies were CONCLUDED Will
tho beuediction.
Eight thousand strangers crowded the town, abou
thousand beng present In tho cemetery during the
exercises.
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT.
AT SIX p NJ. the Presidential party left Gettysburg
by special train Tor Washington amid eutbusiastit
farewell The other cxcursl soon followed anc
In an hour the town nearly free IRON strangers