The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-02-10
nshsd In the New York Times Of Nov.
Fl. 1858. The following Il an extract
from the letter:

from tho letter:
The ceremonies of tho dedication today.
Of which you have already had full 40
count BY telegraph. passed OF without ac-
cident and nearly in accordance with the
program previously published There was
not. however. 20 large = military display
a. was anticipated, and the PROCESSION
was unexpectedly slim for the reason that
| most Of the guests who were expected to
join IT were either on viewing the battle
field or had hurried up to tho cemetery
before the procession started. Tho OPEN
Ing prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Stockton was
/ touching and beautiful and produced quite
40 much effect upon the audience a. the
classic sentences Of the orator Of the day.
President Lincoin's brief address was de-
livered in q clear, loud tone OF voice.
which could be distinctly heard at the ex-
treme limits OF tho large assembiage. It
was delivered. or, rather, read from q
sheet OF paper which the speaker held In
his hand, in o very deliberate manner,
with strong emphasis and with . most
businesslike air. Tho dedication ceremo-
MES were apparently minor considers
ton, for even while Mr.. Everett was de-
many people wandering about the fields
made memorable by the fierce struggles
Of July as stood around the stand listen
ing to his eloquent periods. They seem to
have considered with President Lincoln
that It was not what was said here, but
what was done here that deserved their
attention
When Lincoln Spoke.
The speech Of Mr.. Lincoln as pub
lished tho morning after its delivery
was as follows, including the applause
with which 1t was received by the au-
dience:
Fourscore and seven years ago our ia
theirs brought forth upon this continent q
new nation. conceived in liberty and dedi-
Gated to the proposition that all mon are
created equal. [Applausel Now We are
engaged in q great civil war, testing
whether that nation or any nation 90 con-
ceived and so dedicated can long endure.
We are met on a great battlefield Of that
war. We have come to dedicate portion
of that field as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that the
nation might live. 1t is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this. but In
a large sense we cannot dedicate, We can
not consecrate, We cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled hero have consecrated II far
above our power to add or detract Zap
plause.l The world win little note nor long
remember what we say here. but It can
never forget what they did here Zap
plause.l 1t Is for us. the living. rather to
be dedicated hero to tho unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus
far so nobly carried on. [Applausal II
Is rather for US to DO hero dedicated to
the great task remaining before ~: that
from these honored dead We take In
creased devotion to that cause to which
they here gave the last full measure Of
devotion; that We here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died IN vain
[applausel; that this nation under God
shall have q new birth Of freedom. and
that government Of the people By the
people and for the people shall not perish
from the earth. uong and continued ap-
plause1 ~
It may be well 10 state that the only
speakers at the dedication ceremonies
were the Rev. Mr.. Stockton, VINO made
the opening prayer; Edward Everett,
the orator Of the day. and President
Lincoln.