Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-04

The monument erected at Getty sbsrz BY
the great state of Ses York in eonamem-
orafioa Of nearly 50g0 of her sons = 10 gave
ap their lives on the Getty sbafz battlefield.
vas tt;ingiy dedicated Sunday
At the dedication Of the national eeme-
tery on this Geld nov i3tl,, Isa.3. Abraham
Lincoln 10 has speech, which il recognized
~ an Engiish classic, says ar il for Us,
the living, rather. TO be dsdieAted here 10
the unfinished york which they who fought
here have thus far 80 nobis advanced -
The spirit of those words bresthsd forth
10 the speeches of Gsa. s.ekies AMI Bis
hop Potter. Sunday, AMI alt Who listened
to their words or read them IN print must
feel that on such occasions the American
people dedicate themselves anew TO the
principle. in the defense Of which were
filled the unknown graves the monuments
commemorate. In the course Of his iesli-
cstory address Bishop Potter said
Believe me. my eoantrymen, we need 70
remember this. Into this sacred and august
PRESENCE the presence both VI the dead
and Of the hying-aD.i amid these grael-
ons and Tender ceremonies / would not in
troduce one discor1aat note. Ii il vel
that, a. the years 90 by the rancors thai
once divided children Of the same Repub
lie should be forgiven and forgotten. But
there are other things that may not be for
gotten, and IL is 1T our peril that We forget
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struggle Of which these graves are the wit
ness was a struggle for the eternal right.
eousness We may never forget that the
cause which was substantially decided here
vss the cause of freedom and justice and
the everlasting equities a. against despo
tism which, however auiable It's ordinary
exhibitions had In ii, as Sumner said of
IL, the essence Of that crime that degrade.
men We may never forget that behind
the cause of the Union was the cause OF I'M
paid labor. of battered manhood, of II traffic
which dealt in human hearts. We may
never forget that the greatest victory in the
war of the rebellion was the triumph Of
great principles, And, above all, We
| may never forget that nation which has
won its freedom from disbonor with great
price can only maintain that freedom By
| struggles and sacrifices equally great
These haievon seas on which we tioat--',h,
my countrymeB, they are not always friend
iy 10 a nations best well being The lnstiti
tons which at such cost We have Rescued
from disintegration aad ruin will not long
survive unless you and are concerned as 10
those foundations on which they rest, and
unless, above all. we watch with jealous
eye whatever alien hand would abuse or
pervert them. 1t was the tragedy of that
struggle which we are here today to rem M
Der that 1t was aH interneelne struggle They
were of ourselves who lifted the flag of re-
volt and disow ned the authority of the gov
eminent, and it may be--aiss only lately
We have been reminded how easIIy---thal
those in high places shall even be the apol-
ogists of the red tag of anarchy and of the
red hands Of its ensanguinsd followers. This
day, this service. and, most Of all, these our
heroic dead stsnd--let us here swear never
to forget it-for the sanctiry of law. for the
enduring supremacy OF i"st and equitable
government, and so tof ,ac hbsr rites of a
law abiding people.