New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
NO PARADE AT GETTHSBOh''
PAIN PREVENTS A SPECTACLE WHICH WAS
PREDESrNED TO FAILURE
GOVERNOR BEAVER ACCEPTS THE MoNO"NN 10
AND TRANSFERS THEM TO THE BATTLE
FIELD Assoo1ATIoN-EDwARo
McpHERsoN's ADDRESS
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Gu, 10 Pennsylvania Day at
.Sn, ,ras \ rreat success as far SS 'no hummer
. attendance goes The town has 0' P'
.rerubeImed Its capacity ior ~ -.
b.en oysraxed: never before III 10 "s'' nv" 49,.
many usople been within us H",''s iol 'n1 SOM
length of time Up to iate Hou d@'' e'e .lo W
- leading here had landed lo'oVV PASSENGERS "N
f""'s "No''e :, ,her being veterans. The demon
s''s Az attracted 10000 slghtseerS from this
stratum =. ,S.,.r counties. The railroads found it
Suu Ho' SandIe such crowds promptly. Passengers
-. soccu hours travelling from Harrisburg TO
hS'o distance Of only fifty miles but the vet
49, a,e willing TO undergo many Inconvenience and
sororts 10 be here and to take part in the celebra
,lop For many Of them 1t VIII be their last reunion
tn. rarade was not success. as it had to be
abandoned on account Of the rain which began to fall
=, about the time named for the start There was
ey,s,cm. nor was there a controlling head. Every
regiment managed its affairs and, had the
Aay been fair, not more than 5000
men would have been in line, instead Of
the 10 900 announced q few days ago Maryland,
with only few regiments represented here, made
a much finer display last year than Pennsylvania,
on its own soil and in honor OF battle in which
rs troops bore a conspicuous part would have made
today The survivors here, but no effective
means were taken to gather them together. The
parade was have passed in review before Governor
Beaver and then to the National Cemetery. There
we're 10 have been ten divisions and the marshal
was TO have been General David Mem Gregg, who
took prominent part in the cavalry fight here
which of much importance to the Union FORCE
Pennsylvania had eighty-sx regiments in the Dsht'
and the monuments of all these were dedicated ano
handed over 10 the Battlefield Memorial Association
She had $4,000 men in the battle, Of whom there
were lost nearly 5000. OF the survivors who were
borne on the rolls at the time of the battle nearly
10000 were here participate in the exercises III
honor of the services performed here by them and their
dead comrades
On account of the rain the exercises
-, rIoos IN rink and the
attendance was ANYTHING but fattering TO the great
s,ata ~ pennsylvania The veterans themselves
sboved great lack of interest in the formal exercises
Colonel George Meade was seriously i'll, and conse-
auently unable preside. In his absence, Colonel
John r. Nicholson. of the Pennsylvania Monument
Commission, introduced the speakers After medley
Of patriotic airs and singing of The Star Sparged
Banner by the Aron Society, the Rev. DR.. John r.
Paxton. of NewYorb, who private in the 140th
Pennsy lvana Regiment, made touching and eloquent
prayer. The hymn Praise the Lord was sung by
the society and General j. p 5. Goblin, Of the Com
mission. transferred the monuments to Governor
Beaver who accepted them in behalf Of the Common
wealth. Isaac r. Pennypacker then read poem
entitled Gettysburg and Captain Joseph @. Rosen
.aren described the movements of Pennsylvania troops
IA the first days fight General and Congressman
Henry II. Bingham performed similar duty for those
in the second and third days fight Music followed,
and then Governor transferred the monuments
to the Gettysburg Battlefield Association, in whose
behalf they were received by the Hon. Edward Nc
Ihcrson, WAC said, in part:
In order TO comprehend Gettysburg as greas his
torc name and special place in the World IL Is
necessary know exactly what each side represented
IN this death struggle For this the Official data are
tvaabiedata which cannot be confused or denied and
must not he forgotten. Ihc differences between the
wO we're radical ami uHmistakabe, were written
down al the time in Justification FOR action taken. and
were put in issue when appeal was made 10 the COD
hat date, fought for the theory that our common
and had not formed Union OF the people of the
d9ey 1E anglia f9F e % o zach Ss TO e
.cdc from il every preteX. deemed good by each
state, and against the right Of the Union 10 prevent
The withdrawal from Il OF the people OF any STATE on
any prctcXt They fought for the right OF two gov
cnments and two peoples 20 divide between them the
Government and people to preserve as is per-
Ictual home the magnificent empire won
iSthcrs And they fought that human slavery,
instead OF remaining system local 10 ana controlled
by siac', and with only qualified but denned rights
m the ou should be made the universal dominating
interest IN the Confcdcracy-a everywhere as 10
rights. il, Characteristic institution, the very corner
tOne7 lis fabric. The dictator Of It's policies, ana
Thcse fundamental differences were brought by
,ayonct and the mouth of the cannon to be settled
after gigantic combat, by those grim judges from |
older who fought I'm either army therefore fought |
willingly or nwillinyly. consciously or I'M |
consciously for or against 'he ideas involved IN theSe
differences And Gettysburg has thencefollh stood,
md Will stand while history endurcs as syn0nymc
or an indvisible Government under the CONSTITUTION,
With freedom and equal rights for all as me pelNaune
purpose Of the former aud as the perpetual Inspiration
by series Of military events not specifically
planned By either side this battle Of the giants came
10 ue within Tie lines of Penn, but few miles rom
me Ines OF CaNer-ihc line between the two having
Cas been mo separation between the Stae7 OF the
rec and The states OF the Slave. The distinction
'e 10 It as a crown throughout the ages found it
leitber uIWepared nor unworthy. No region in the
Which We are. 1t was soleinnIy dedicated over
20 years ago by It's wise, unselfsh and humane
Trough forms Of government Intended TO give freedom
hat me coioHiI,tS might be happy. As Colony and
: NolhlhonWealih, the record Of PennSy lValia is
aaidnt win acts of mercy and justice and virtue.
.Sty IN tue struggle for independence. patiioiie
5Not uiONe u 10 the hOnt, and troops from this
eighb0rhOOd were among the first 10 hurry I'm J77j
ier Bunker nm, TO the help Of the Colons> of New
,iS am whose cause they made tleir own. When
ndependence was proclaimed IL the soil Of
S ehi n tat us language was first heard
he me country was IN the throes OF the Revolution.
4 l7sO, IL was Pennsylvania name already dear
iI r ne world as symbol Of freedom" whih
Ia VI 'ie uiieen led the way toward introducing
Iicp pm Tor al, by passing the act Of Emancipation
y lines rsored and established within IT the rights
- ca S nature giving as reasons thankulness for
ePo ifoh Danger and desire 10 give a substantial
Eooi VI gratitude the duty Of proving the sincerity
PiolcSaiohs IN favor Of freedom and the peculiar
atOu.7 0 S'0P !" u"NcISdI CIVIL |
, wen ! independence was won. and the Convention
~ % produced within its chief CITY, the ConsttI
y gn OF .ng UIea States the most wonderful work
,ri,o 20 o,l a. given time by the brain and
pr nationality was one Of the FIRST two States. and
1 1 H us. VI inc large States 10 greet and ratify
!; aug rom that august moment 10 ms II baSs q
nont default or stint given TO the safety Of that
o't ana 10 the growth Of that Union the
service OF It's strong hands and
cath Of It's rich heart ' INV '0as0ieiesS
,ac,, must therefore, be regarded supreme historic
neoS, mat upon territory so dedfcated am0nT
O d;stios 80 moulded and trained and in a Sfate
al bee1 s , IN which eighty years before i
rcedom wa LUX TX the hrst ringing blow for human q
ulnesS Of here struck the decisive blow. in The
aviation ~ onS ahd IN Titanic struggle for tLe d
nion "a our Constitution the maintenance ~ o,, I
ma1 1at,res e rescue Of the imperlled rights Of I
NJ these peaoeSl mat in this mighty contest from