Year: 1863




titude of people


The Marshal took up position the left of
the stand. Numerous flags and banners, suitably
draped. were exhibited on the stand and among
the audience. The entire scene was one of gran
deur due TO the Importance of the occasion. So
quiet were the people that every word uttered by
the orator of the day must have been heard by
them all. notwithstanding the immensity of the
conc0uise.


Among the distinguished persons on the plat.
form were the following Governors Bradford of
Maryland, Curtin of Pennsylvania. Morton of In
diana, Seymour of New York. Parker of New
jersey, and Tod of Ohio; ex Governor Dennison,
of Ohio; Charles Anderson. Lieutenant Governor
Of Ohio; Major Generals Schenck. Stahel, Double
day and Couch; Brigadier General Gibbon and
Provost Marshal General Fry.


DEDIcAToRY SPEECH BIZ THE PRESIDENT.


The President then delivered the following
dedicatory speech:


-Four score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth this continent nation con
ceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal. Applause.l Now
we are engaged in great civil war, testing
whether that nation. or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated, can long endure
We are met on great battlefield of that war.
We are met to dedicate portion of it the
final resting place of those who here gave their
lives that that nation might've Ii is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this But in
a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot con-
secrate, we cannot hallow this ground The
brave men, living and dead, who struggled here
have consecrated it far above our power TO add or
detract. Applause The world will little note
nor long remember what we saw here, but it can
never forge, what they did here TAppause 1t
is for US. the living. rather to be dedicated here
to the re6nished work that they have thus so far
nobly carried on. Applause 1t is rather for
Us to be here dedicated 10 the great task remain
ing before US, that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which
they here gave the last full measure of devotion;
that here highly resolve that the dead shall
not have died in vain (applauseI; /; that the nation
shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom,
and that governments Of the people, by the peo
pie. and for the people, shall not perish from the
earth. Long continued applause


Three cheers were here given for the President
aud the Governors of the States


After the delivery of this address, the drge
and the benedcton closed the exercises, and
the immense assemblage separaaed at about two
o'clock


REvIEw BY GOVERNOR SEYMOUR


About three O'Clock in the afternoon the 9th
New York regiment of heavy artillery, Colonel
Murray. were marched To the temporary residence
of Governor Seymour, where they passed in re-
view before the Governor. presenting handsome
spectacle. Upon the conclusion of this ceremony,
which attracted quite crowd of sight seers,
Governor Seymour presented handsome silk
reGimeDtal standard to the regiment. accompany
ing the gift with tine following speech:


GOVERNOR sEYMoUR's SPEECH.


Soldiers Of Netc York: We love our whole
country. without reservation, but, while we do
ff fc s4l.
generous loyalty to love and to be proud of our
own State. This day, when took part in the
celebration that was to consecrate yonder battle
held-whlle | felt, as an American citizen, proud
ut my own country and proud of the gallant serv
ices OF her citizens in every State, nevertheless
my eye did invOluntary wander to that field
where lie the glorious dead of our good and
great State; and when | returned to see march
ing before one your manly and sturdy columns,
not knowing you belonged to New York my
heart did quicken aud my pulses tingle to learn
that you were actng under commissions issued by
myself; and | am most proud and most happy
that | have this opportunity on behalf of the
merchants OF the great commercial city of New
York. to present to you this glorious banner,
which has been sent a token of their confidence
In your loyalty and your courae e,and your fdel
ity in the hour of danger Sergeant, ! place
these colors in your hands, IN the firm confidence
that they will be borne through every field of
triumph, of toll, and of danger, in a way that
will do honor to yourselves. To the great State
which you represent, and the still greater country
to which we all belong. MAY God bless YOU as
you serve your country in the distant field OF
danger We find in those glorious fields you
lett behind you are not Indifferent to this con-
fict. not indifferent TO the welfare of the
whole Union. Do not doubt therefore, that
when you shall return from your dangerous fields
Of duty you shall bring back this standard to
place among the archives of our State with hon
Orable mention Of the services her sons have
performed l do not doubt that though il may,
perhaps, be returned torn aud stained, yet il will
be still more glorious, and with glorious recollec
tons clustering around it, In concluding these
remarks, ask in return of the men of New
York. to give three cheers for the Union of
country, aud three cheers for the flag OF our
land


CONCLUSION.


subscription of two nanil ed and eighty dol
lars made by the Marshals attending these
ceremonies, to be devoted 90 the RELIEF of the
Richmond prisoners


In the afternoon the Lieut. enant Governor elect
of Ohio, Col. Anderson, delivered an Grafton at
the Presbyterian Church


The President and party returned to Washing
ton at SIX O'Clock this evening, followed by the
Governors trains Thousands OF persons were
gathered at the depot anxiously awaiting trans
portation to their homes, but they will probably
he c0nhned to the meager accommodations OF
Gettysburg till to morrow.


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