Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-03
THE GETTYSDU00 REUNION.
A Great Crowd PrsSeas YssssrAav-
sPecches By Gems. GSrasa, ssskSss
and Beaver.

1t was estimated at 0ettysburv yesterday that
as many a. $1,000 strsngen were IN town %
attend the military reunion. which has proved A
great success In the morning dedicstory services
were held az the ronuments OF the Excelsior
Brigade and the Irish Brigade At the former
Rev. Mr. Buckley. OF Howard University opened
the services with prayer. Gen. siokles and others
made addresses In the afternooa Bishop n A.
Dewoln Howe. OF the Central Episcopal diocese q
Pennsylvania laid the conversations OF the new
Memorial church, at corner Of High ana Balti
more streets. called the Church Of the ..PT1noe u
Peace"
GEN. srcKLEs' sKSrNrxrN
The grand reunion OF the blue and the gray O.
CURED nc q 30 In the afternoon &C the rostrum.
speeches were made BY Gems sickies Longstreet
and Gordon, ana Gov. Beaver. Gen sickles sad,
To-day there are no yictors, no vanQuisncd- AZ
the glories OF this battle-n held memorable for 81
many brilliant feats OF arms No stain rests on
contended here for victory. Gallant Buford via
began the battle, and brave Pickett who closed
the struggle, ntly represent the intrepid hosts
that for three days uvalcd each other In titles 20
martial renown. Among the hundreds OF me-
mortal structures on this neld there Is not one
bearing an Inscription that wounds the susccptl-
blllues OF an honorable ana gallant foe. fhis
meeting IL an historical event We dedicate on
this battlefield to-day an altar sacred % peace
and tranquility and union. We SOW the seeds q
friendship between communities and states ana
| populations once hostile and now reconciled."
GOV. 0okDoSs fRArkRsAL Address
| in bis address GOV. Gordon said: .Mr. President
AMI Fellow-soldiers: greet you tonight with tar
less trepidation and Infinitely more pleasure than
! In the early DAYS OF July, ls6Sl when last met
| you at Gettysburg. came then, as now 20 meet
the soldiers OF the Union army. II would be USE
less TO attempt utterance OF the thoughts which
now thrill my spirit OF all the martial virtues
the one which Is perhaps more Characteristic az
the truly brave Is the virtue OF magnanimiIy. M
fellow-counIrymen OF the Norta, IL I may be per.
| United 10 speak for those whom represent let
me assure you that IN the profoundest depths OF
their nature they reciprocate that generosity with
all the manllness and sincerity OF which brave
men are capable In token OF that sincerity they
| Join In consecrating Tor annual patriotic pu-
grimage these historic heights which drank ssch
freely In discharge OF duty, as each conceived &c
| it, Mecca Tor the south, which bravery and
perslstently stormed it: We join you In setting
apart this spot as an enduring monument Of peace
brotherhood and perpetual union"
GOV. BEAVER TO THE wKAREss or THE GRAY
Gov. Beaver BEGAN his speech by referring 20 the
| formation OF the Constitution. Continuing he
said, addressing his remarks 10 the Southern men:
''There came a time when, in your Judgment, the
administration OF the Affairs OF the Government
! orCanZed under that agreement would not De con-
Quoted In accordance with hat you considered fair
| and just Interpretation. could you dissolve tho
partnership aud keep a share OF the property
| This was the question. Ordinary tribunals could
| not decide IL You yourselves. as we think, and
| as You VIII doubtless admit determined the tribu-
| Dal which should try IT, IL Was a dread tribunal
| the last resort among civilized communities. You
| offered the wager OF battle; the orer was ac-
| cepIed-the Issue joined. You donned the gray ;
| We put on the blue-and the place upon which We
stand to-day Is the one upon which the great argu-
ment IN the long contest was made. There was
more or less OF Intense feeling involved, ana yet
| think speak the words OF truth ana sOberness
| when l say that 50 far as We were concerned,
there was nothing OF personal amnesty OF bit
| tcrneSs or hate Involved In the contest.
! ON our SIDE the war was one OF principles; OF alb
stract ideas largely. ON your side We admit with
your views OF what was 10 be expected In the
future, your property nights and private Interest.
were directly inNOlved: and hence the more in-
tense feeling and ardor which you displayed You.
| as honorable men, have stood by and are bound 10
| stand by, the decision. We, as honorable men,
are bound 10 SEE 20 II that that decision Is re-
spected, and hat you shah not be called upon 10
admit more OF 10 promise more than is involved
In the decIsion. Upon this platform we meet here
to-day. Upon this platform we stand As citizens
OF a common country. la standing upon a. We
claim no superiority over you; you admit no In
feTiOrlty 20 US III such a ieeling struggled for
place IN our hearts the issues OF this held should
determine that question. You are equals IN
courage our equals In perseverance and our equals
la intelligence; our equals In ali that constitutes
and dignlues and adorns the American character.
! You are Americans and 80 We"
Gen. Gordon then read a telegram from MrS
Pickett widow OF Gen. Pickett, who made lhe
| famous a AZ Of ffla