Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-12

which President Lincoln arose. and,
standing erect, with Il manuscript in his
hand, but without looking ut it, delivered
his address as follows:
''FOurscOre and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this CONT
nent new nation, conceived in Liberty.
and dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal. Now we are en-
gagged in n great civil war. testing
whether that nation. or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated can long en-
dure. We are met on Il great battlefield
of that war. We are met to dedicate Il
portion of it as the final resting place of
those who here gave their lives that
that nation might live. 1t is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this.
But III Il larger sense we cannot dedl-
cate. we cannot cOnSecrate. we cannot
Inflow this ground. The brave men, liv-
ing and dead, who struggled here, have
cOnsecrated it far above ouI power to
ada or detract. Tie world will little
note nor long remember wEat we say
here, but it can never forget what they
did here. 1t is for us, the living. rather
to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work that they have thus far so nobly
carried on. 1t is rather for us to be
here dedicated to the great task remain
ing before us-that from these hOnored
dead we take increased devotion to the
cause for which they here gave the last
full measure of devotion-that we were
hight! resolve that the dead shall not
have died in vain; that the nation shall
unn er God, have Il new birth OF freedom
ana that the government of the people
by the people, and for the people, shall
not perish from the EARTH
1t has been repeatedly published that
the address was received by the assem-
bled multitude with loud demonstrations
of approval. Such was not the case.
The immense throng which had stood for
two hours in the chilly atmosphere did
not seem to comprehend the fullness,
force and logic of President Lincoln $
address; and the same may be truly
said of those who were on the stand.
1t was not until afterwards. when the
address had been read and re-read. that
it was appreciated by those who heard
it and the public at large.
After President Lincoln's address a
dirge was sung by Il choir selected for
pronounced by the Rev. II. L. Baugher
of Gettysburg.
Immediately after the ceremonies Il
battery of artillery stationed on the high
ridge in the cemetery fired a national
salute, during which the President and
those who accompanied him mounted
their horses, and a procession was
ItIlutu Which, RETURNED 10 tTeICNS0urg.
escorted by the marshal-in-chief and his
aides.
Shortly after Gin the afternoon the
clouds cleared away and the sun shone
bright and warm. The remainder of
the day was pleasant. At about > O'Clock
the President. in company with Mr..
Wills. went to where Secretary Seward
was stopping. and shortly thereafter
John Burns. 1.-The hero of Gettysburg. =
was brought in and introduced to them.
4 few minutes later the President.
Secretary Seward and others issued
from the residence. and Mr. Lincoln.
taking Mr.. Burns right arm while Mr..
Seward took his left, followed by an
impromptu procession, moved out on the
Baltimore pike to the Presbyterian
church. little over a square distant. to
listen to an address by the lieutenant
governor of Ohio.
At the close of the address the Presi-
dent returned to Mr.. Wills house. and
before dark left Gettysburg by train. ac-
companied by the party which had at
tended him from Washington and the