THE PRESS, rrDlA.sii ED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) 111 r JOIIN FOIRNEY. ' rp, 111 LiOCTII FOURTII STREET, THE. DAILY PRESS. To City Subscribers. i.Cur iltilf,An.; PER ANNEX. in advance; or Firrern- CF.>: ro FEE \VELE. payable to the ('::trier.'Maile d to bah r•ermor. opt of t iu• cli). llot.t.ms PIER ANNUM; TIMEF. DOLL les ANtl ('EN you MONTHS; ONI: POLLAN AND SEVENTY-FITE CENTS FOR noon,: Mika 111 C, invariably in adValleo for the time ordered. AV - Advert i,emen I• in9 , orted at the useal ratog. TUE TRI-IVEEKLIC PRESS. Mailed to ;:nxib..eribers, Foutt DOLLARS PEE AN NUM, in advance. E r,t• • • THURSDAY, WIN 1776. HU FETUS. tiur Special account of the Great Cele bration at Gettysburg. A JOURNEY TOUGH THE CUM- BERLAND VALLEY. :flee Ileteption of „the Pkiinguishetf TrareNts by the Prusperons People. ale Old Battle-town Crowded with the Patriotic and Distinguished. TANNON-TI! I NRER, ENTHESTASIII,' , AND SERE- NA pEs f SHER Iti THE DAY. ne Procession to the Cemetery--- The Ceremonies. Letter from tlic President, an Oration by Cm Reward, and a Poem by U. G. lialidue (lines O'Reilly). :Description of the Cemetery, its Arrange- mut and Surroundings THE CELEBRATION IN THIS AND OTHER CITIES ttanSiaSin in our City during the poiy--A Carnival of Light and Music at Night. EMUS OF THOESANDS OF PEOPLE ON TRE STREET, ENJOYIAG THEMSELVES 'WITHOUT DISORDER, fAcccises at the Acadeiny of Music acid at the Seidiers , Home. BY Pr.!. E. W. HOTTER AND CBI - LES GIBBONS. TIM SOLENA IVY OF THE OCCASION. , The proecedhigs itt the Gettpantrg National onet Pry, on Tues:iay last, were unusually ,:onn and i mprefsive. The time, the %.ev, the SlFscr.lilaee, and the immediate romlh: were all of a character to in the :3e who were preca t with a realizing of the importanee of the oceagion. It cininentlyjusd and proper that the Fourth should luvre bcca,-(:!,,,Aed for die • • of the Comer,itone of the mounment, to wouory of the tilineueils of breve men o uttered tip their lives t, saerlilee tune t u the Ivhert.:• it now has t hallowea by ill ei 11'..10+1. The prese:;t, an s.erstLry of the liz.,:trat ion of A:Atoll eau i.ii:pentienee friar years, hat ha:3 •Iwneil upon 71:1 and happy ltepablic. is the only one Olaf ever :ushi:red in a 'ee and entiriAy at( pk-opie. THE 4 , 171."1..8URG. s=o we hall o.eu • !,le to rejoice, and the sC Wati 'CI/rated throughout h. country. Ilic darkest perioil in •• history of tr." ? , :hcllion, which hag fast so suddol) ly Iso Oh ciently brought to weTe the Cc w :lays preceding the ',ni?s.L cf Jul;, 16f1. A period which will IT forgotten ; bat w h ich ill, perhaps, i vitll v rernernhered by those re.. tait . ; in the lintnediate vicinity of Gettys. Some days prior .to that ever-to-be-re tendiered Yowl I. li if VMS known cur - military minioanders, and to the natio that the rebels had n up their 1n , e :47 march from a point. It Iredericksbery, and were determined,' haziires, io cbanden their devaStated his, ant with I hi . a,untlanthar ts alla endeavored snake forced ninichc,„ in the hope of Reessfelly invading the Keystone State. The :titcuient in Weshiogton, at thisjuneture, s, probably serer inore intense'—not CVOII at 1 time when the relicts were stationed at lington Pt!ights, or (luring the lest summer, rn they tdu•eutened io invade the National ,hal from the Southt! sh le. Whet rendered mop,: prcezirious at the time Of !Ceti ysharg battle, was the fact that it was cidcred necessary and expedient by the i_ant it ies to transfer the entire Army of the !came to anew cairn 11:11) er ; and while none oted his capacity, and all acknowledged a he had, when occasion offered, proved his :alelfal skill in dircaling military stove .., -. yet, many feared and questioned the .-prnuy of t change lt the moment when trt,op, were, cirav:3l. :U3 Li the, very tire mL 01 battle. he re,nit, however, was vntirely sati*facto :And the most import:, ii hattl a of the war, ~ :evertd days' 11:•.: , ,1 remittal in utter discomfiture of our enemies and in complete iriamlh or 001 arms. The pax rtar:3 of the Ceitysburg are too n known, and too 4meurely imbedded in the toouenroo: mot hundreds of thou- of citizens, to ile:!0 repetition at this For, while it was almost the turning c Of the terrible struggle in which we were ; while if it hall terminated ditrin.- 1 rule anci (IVSt rnCt ion would have been -10.11 upon this section, Which has mmitined during these four years of w:trilvre. thousands who fell at battle will be ever awl reVerentlyremem rr.l hmidrods of thoni,tandS, and Mil be the ,thierican Mecca, to pilgrims, for artily years, will rc- 1 : 0 :1 t..,t.1 feel. as they teenl the valorous the departed, :tilt the sanctity awl of the eridertattiog in which they • , :s.. , t.that they irateeft are treacliug tonsezrateil grown/. The ,1 1 orJuly 1i , t51 ivu not o,ltot,iti iii as t.lsonts :And inbilutinns, ilu• isual saluteS in our large eitie.9., and ';+ ,aeli•demonlitrations a,‘ are custom:try in 'Y city, village, town, and ltantlet in Penn- The citizens of this State felt that .!cAiny almost 14)em1et1 upon the result •hat single any : ami although extensive parations hail lc!;: 111...itie for celebrating iimitycrary in Philnilelphin, in ylew of the latoraltic condition of affairs, and the tact a helve battle was raging within the bor. : of our State, is was deemed proper .iisrense with the celebration, wilitill itt i: a lime would lie ',li mice and Bing, and so that unhappy Fourth wore. :,nd the air NVIISIIII,-il with direful rumors, at mid-day, the electric wire flashed ! , :ugh the entire land the most welcome thrilling intelligence of those two great cuiries—Vicksburg mill Gettysburg. The =cur had been Tw,!t , gcd. find stormea for l:, before, by the indomitable aunt deter hail Giant. Its surrenuer was only a ones of time; its full was Inevitable. At that fi.e the citizens of Site East, while they, of ocrse, felt deeply interested in the struggle ` , hip on it, the West, which, if successful, mild open the itri,;sissippi, we unques "lablY were touch more interested in JP effort which wus being made - to drive Lc rebel 'hordes from our doors. Never the ola lulatie I hat "The darkest hour yast before the tom of day," now rilcingly exempliiled than On that SAMO of Jury. In an, instant after the glad !dillga: were received, .61100 shouts of joy mid •nt•ral jubilation Avvre nntnifesteil as b.ave trely been Witnok•scd. But Gettysburg„ the ihe of the conflict prcsen tea a most piteous :vtacle. The neighborhood of Round Top, old cemetery, the broad. plains, and the shady valleys, 111101 bound it on the and west, - were eldelly Strewn with the "I, the dying ; and the wonnded of both an. , ics. The good Eturirihtn, the various sant ,ry and Christian fniiioendi.ollS, and hosts of danteer nurses were quickly on the ground, sl ere long the dead had been carefully and Tently interred, and all Dcw.sible was ; , ne to alleviate the sulTerings of the vhlg. Singular enough, the heaviest , 41iling, that occurred. ;tt the battle of Getty S , took place on a spot of growl(' IldjaeOnt to the old cenwt ery, situ:ilea in ==EMI rt.W weeks elapsed berore arrangements l‘ , •rn:cied to plirclinse some forty:toren of gmlnoi for the pitrpime of converting it ain ' t N:oh,n n t Cemetery, The plot is oblong, " 11* 1111 1 T lllanlred foot in ivldth, which, after itek' a short 4U3tanee, formi en Near its ent nince the bodlee of ‘ l,! seliiiershi tre been buried, in lots seen - part Or lbe different States, all radiating to a conk 3...--„.. - *lto ti- • . j oii, ....- \' , .iiill, ,' W , y ,;,'r; .. 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VOL. 8.-NO. 209. mon centrejhe whole facing within more than half a circle. 'The graves have been neatly nnd apnrepriately marked, and in the majority of eases tbe tunics have been obtained, though some are marked with that meaning li ord—'°ltfknown." DEDICATION OP TICE CEmv:TEin The nth of November 18M, was the day set apart for the tiediest ion of the ,-;tered ground and the a orator ofinassaelluseitA comme morn led 1.1•• cecasion by the greats st historical anis I fe. Those who were and oratorical eireid fortunate 10 hear Edward Everett deliver the eulogy he pronounced over the retrains Of our fallen Itinriyn 4 , mid the wonderful manner with whieli lie illustrated the thrilling scenes wliieii had been enacted upon the very spot from wide]] 110 addressed his thousands of eager listeners—and those, too, who heard the brief, pointed, and elegant passages that fell from the lips of the distinguished statesman who has since given up Ills life to the same great cause, Will never forget the solemnity of the selyue, and the love which both inspired. go minutely, So thonght fully, so accurately Nvas the battle de_ scribed,that 0110 Would almost have fancied it was hying re-enacted, The President's address was 0110 of the briefest, yet, at the same time, most e:xpresi4ve and effective of his lift. Both these great nom have passed away: both luiVe been gathered to their fathers, since the event ful day Ithen they formed such prominent elm meters in the dedication of 111_ cemetery. Their absence was most keenly felt on Toes day, and those who were present on the for mer, could not help contrasting it with the hitter occasion. The one lived long enough to know that our cause must eventually tri.- - umpli 3, the other was called heeee at the very moment When the joyous shout , . "l 7 a restored Republic were minglingthrougiond, t he length and breadth of our -laud. I=l Gettysburg en Al on y evening %VI'S iill'Onged With sU•:o:<sere. The trains which arrived during the day were tilled to their utmo6t capacity. The hotels and private residences were greatly crowded, it being almost Wipes slide for those who arrived late in the eve ning of Monday to secure any ae9ooonoda -lions whatever. The citizens of Gettysburg threw open their (lOM'S to the onieers and civi lians, but to the poor private soldiers, to iNhom they should feel doubly grateful, no hospitality - was extended. General Iloward—who is a native of Maine— the orator of the day, arrived from Washing ton at two o'clock on the afternoon of the :kl. General inward, as it will - be remembered, lost his right arm at the battle of Fair Oaks. Ile is a true gentleman and Christian, and one more fitted for the occasion than this brave soldier, could scarcely have been select ed. At the time of the never-to-be-forgotten and bloody battle of Gettysburg he command ed the 11th Corps, and retrieved for it the irritation which had been somewhat dirmag,ed in the light at Unance - lioreyilie. Daring the engagement at Gettysburg a member of his staff was mortally wounded, and as soon as the General was :dile to leave his post in the fight, be hurried to the bedside of his friend and fellow-soldier, nail there offered up for kiln a fervent prayer. The wound of the young odieer proved, as was feared, mortal, and he, creltnig, "passed to that bourne front whence no traveller returns? , Shortly after the battle of Ci tysharg the, General this detached trout the Army of the Potomac, and assigned to ti command in the Army of the Southwest. Ile co-operated with General Sherman in one of the most brilliant and remarkable marches on record. The GOA - eminent, at the close of the late war, showed its appreciation of the great and noble services of General Howard, by placing him in charge of tile De partment of the Bureau of Freedmen and. Abandoned Lauds. His headquarters arc at present in Washington, but it is expected that he will shortly be stationed in Forth Carolina, forOhe purpose of arranging matters and things in that vicinity. Governor Curtin arrived about seven in the evening, having ridden overland a distance of thirty-five miles from Itarrislim•g. He left larrisburir at half -past ten in the morning. Quartermaster General Reynolds of his staff, Adjutant General lites* . ell, Inspector General Tod, Colonel Greer, burgeon General Philips, :Major Clegg, _Master of Transportation, and his Private Secretary, Colonel McCoy, for merly of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves accfanpanied him. The guests were as follows: Major General Meade and son Major Meade ; General S. Crawford and, brother, Captain Crawford, General Sykes, Ad jutant A. Loring, General Thomas and Son ; Captain Thomas ; Major Emery, of General Mcaile , s shot', hail Colonel Riddle. The ride throngh the einte try was one that will never fotgctlen by any One who accompanieo. On every 5140 were the rich and fertile dells of Pennsylvania, and every Pennsylvanian present had jnirt came to feel a pride in his State, and feel truly thankful that two. years ago the rebel horde had been driven from its borders, a defeated and scattered army. riTEIN'H fYF GOVI OJ CURTIN AT DiLI:3131111G At Pillsburg, York county, the party halted to water the horses and refresh themselves. After partaking of a luncheon, and resting for a short time, time prepared to continue our journey; lint at this moment an entirely im promptu though exceedingly interesting and pleasing incident took place. The ladies of Dill.trarlq entered the room, in which - the Governor aanti General Meade were, and Pre- Seilted to each a bouquet. The Cieneral thanked them kindly, but said he must call upon the Governor to appropriately address them. The Governor replied that ho fully appreciated the compliment they- lied conferred upon a gallant :301dier, who had done so much to pro teet them in their firesides and homes. He felt that the compliment was intended more for the General than himself, as his sphere of duty lay in an entirely different direction from that of the soldier. we had all cause to rejoice on the hap py termination of the war, and. the return of our loved ones from the scenes of conflict and of danger, there were many who wonhineVer again n chrome home the loved ones of their own households. It should be a consolation; however, to understand they died that liberty live, and he hoped that their memories might remain as fresh in the heartg of their countrymen as the beautiful flowers they had been pleased to present. As 111 c Governor's party rode into 'Gettys burg, the streets were lined Nrith the impatient innit i t They eh eercd the Geo. - 01110r and tiettetal ilit e nni, it the bnlletinarked walls of Gettysburg resminded with deafening noiSe. A saint e of thirteen gnus eras - fired by the 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ist Con neetieui Voturnicers, and artillery composed o,l:Tallies C, and E,41.11 U. S. Artillery; Co. 31, IT. S. Artillery, :mtl Companies B and L of the ‘2il Pe»nsylvawia Artillery. 111 TN ATE 311 ST .-VlO. General Gbrry had started Out to meet the Governor told Gen. Meade with the military, 117711 (5( 1t them in regal style io the town, bot, 11] , AP:tined ely, they inistOOk the road, :we! Nen(le enterwl the town, which Iwo yo;i3 s agn he had savea from capture and itn.st certain a etitructio», without the intefuled g nay' I of honer. I=! lht Monday night, at about half-past cloven the tab Veteran Deserve from 11 ;e-lilt r glum, serenaded Cartin, GMI. Meade, I tin BOV.II -I ,:altt the lion. ilorece Alaynard, of Tennessee, at the hense of David :11"111s,17lso., With whom they wiire stopping. Apprepriat e rot narks were :nude by each one of the above gentlemen. At a late hour the proeeeded to the residence of Mr. Hat , per, and there loud calls were made for Gene ral .felia W. Geary. Tho General stepped for weed end returned his thanks lee the lute r peeled honor, and hoped that they would oN.- on:A! h !111 from inalcing e long speech. After ijdlie few rcinarks, - the General Litt them gOOtl night, and thelaind retired to their garters. Miring the seremelesi fireworks, of every de seription, Wore, being displayed. The utmost order, itONVCV( . l',prpVlLiteti. The sale, of liquors Imtl keen prohibited, and but few disturbances took place. About two years ago, a correspondent of a certain New York daily, in his report of the battle of Gettysburg, said a feW things with Nchich the hood people of Gettysburg wore not pleased. Tins same correspondent having ite, turned to Gettysburg for this occasion, It moot • lug of Citizens was held to discuss the proprie ty of turning him out of town. It was unani mously decided that Mr. - should leave. This be refused to do, whereupon force was about to be used, when General Geary inter posed, and addressed the• people, and they, after Inuelt parleying, consented that aieUld remain, and remain he d The Soldier's National Cemetery, as before stated, is love - Led immediately adjacent to the local camel cry, and consists of eleven acres, which were purchased under the din:ellen of Coy. Curtin, from different land owners, at prices not averaging $2OO per acre. It occu pies the ground upon which the centre of the Union linos of battle rested July 2d and tld, Mill, and was One of the most prominent Lou! important positions en the battle-ground. The Oiffercat Fta es appPopriated more money than was necessary for the purchase of the ground, and the surplus therefrom obtained; ow:* t 0 u arils the payment for the monument, the money for which, by the by, is now ready. The following is a list of the soldiers in each si al clot in the National Cemetery at Gettys. 1•11vg: , ,3:t We 10:401tio 131 Nov, I ionipsll irc.... 401111dial111 ' 'it! 1 t•I Llo; , 1 001111toiit 0 7•l;l:4seJ huset is . 35P•I'llit'lligall . 100 11.1“...,1;• Islam! - 1-21Wiseote-in 71 lontret lent . ...... .. 2. Minn esoto 51; Net, 01.1; 81;0 ; 17. S.VA:gu:tow 111 t r 77 Unknout—No rift .. 411 Pennsylvetnia ...... 501! D 0 south .. 49.5 Delewnre 15 1 Do..lnner circle 118 M:111 lit,1(1 'Ate grouliki tiwvoliriatocl to CACII, Slatc, i 4 part, as it were, of a common centre ; the po sition of each lot, is relatively of equal im portance, the only difference being that of extent, as determined by the number of inter ments belonging to each Slate. Tho coffins are deposited side by side, in parallel trenches. A space of twelve feet is allowed to each parallel, about five feet of which fortasi a grass path between each row of interments. The configuration of the ground surface is singularly appropritrV at the point stdeeted, falling away in a gradual and rogalar slope in every direction, from the centre to the eir elinifercnce, a feature alike pleasing and tle sirable. In order to secure regularity, the head-stones are precisely alike throughout the entire tires of lots, and are constructed so lts not to detract from the effect and promi nence of the monument. The head-stones form a continuous line of granite bloelcs, rising nine inches above the ground, and showing, a thee or wi did of len inches on their upper surface. The mune, company and regi ment being carved in the granite, opposite each interment, thus securing a simple and expressive arrangement, combined with, great permanence and dnrabliity. The disposi tion of trees and shrubs is such as will ulti mately produce a considerable degree of landscape effect. The centre of the semi-circle has been re- served for the monument. An angularly shaped belting of dwarf shrubbery borders partially separate it from the lots. According to tai old custom of Gettysburg, bells rang at three o'clock on the morning of the 4th, rousing many from their slumbers, and conveying to the mind of the stranger that the ceremonie , : were already about to be gin. A salute of one hundred guns was - Breit at sunrise. Preeisely twenty luhmteA past eleven to day, the 'procession entered the Cemetery in the following order Aids. criiefmktshal. Aids. Major General John W. Geary. Cavalry. Artillery. .Infantry. Major General Meade foul Stall'. Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Po tomac. • Ex-Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the ME= 'Officers and Soldiers of the other Armies of flatIM=ME Ex-Officers and Soldiers of the other Armies of the United States. °Dicers and Ex-OlSeers of the Navy and Ma rine Corps of the United States. Soldiers of the War of 181.2. The Diplomatic Corps. The Orator, Chaplains, - and Poet. The Committee of Arra .. g ~,,,,,,,,, The Legislatures of the several States and Territories. The "Board of 3ianagbrs of the Soldiers' Na- =ICOMM Committee of Arrangements of the Borough of Gettysburg. The Press. Fnnitary and Christian Commissions. Masonic Fraternity. Knights Templar. Independent - Order of Odd Fellows. Other-.Bcncroicnt Nszq)ciat ions. Corporate Authorities of Cities. Society of the-Cincinnati, The National lniiun is. , soeiation Of Thilthrtore. The Clerg;, Religious, Literary, Scientific, and Industrial Associations. Loyul Leagues. . Fire Companies. Citizens. .list as the procession reached the stand ninth had been erected in the centre of the Cemetery, the I,realcing of several Of the boards eac. , ed great excitement, bat forin irately did but little damage. As General Meade rode up towards the stand the excite ment because intense. The cheers were deaf ening as he walked, with uncovered head, to his place upon the Illation - 9. Order having been restored, General Geary said that until the laying of the corner stone, the present for mation - would be observed, but that the people would be allowed to come forwaro, clot;e up to the stand, so as to be able to hear every word of the oration. Ile then called upon the baud for music. After which tnelyv. Di. Tyng advanced and spoke es fellows FRIEWPS Axo BirsTTIMEN: We have assem bled on an occasion ofgroat solemnity, to invite the presenee and the blessing of the Almighty God. We acknowledge. Him as the Gun of our fathers and of their children. We COnftiSS Rim as the Gott of our nation and of its posterity. Inc limier and His Wisdom, ills mercy and His providence, have been dis played in the whole Government of our land. lie has defended US in danger; He has been our shield in the day of battle ; Ho has given us the victory; is our strength; lle has been our Salvation, We meet this dayun der Ms protection, and wish Ms gaidanco to erect a monument of gratitude for His good ness, and to the honor of the faithful men whom He has been pleased to make the glori ous agents of our Security and success. By this fidelity unto death He has; restored power to our nation, given stability to our Government, establislicemissionaries among our people,. lints secured the prosperity unit happiness of Our homes and our honsChOldS. TO God we owe the gift of such.noble children of our com mon country. To it we owe the tribute, under Him, of the highest earthly honor and the most abiding and revered recognition. We are gathered - here this day to proclaim, with himmie but glad hearts, a common obligation to Him whose inspiration gave the fidelity, and to Mein whose deeds we would hold in everlasting reinenibrieliCO. We eOllieSS Hint, this day, as the gracious giver—as a divine volition to us in the holy scriptures, which we acknowledge to have been given by inspira tion of God. That sacred book we revere as tlw foundation and rule of all reli gions truth. The glorious powers which it proclaims. the immortal hopes which it im ports. the holy rules which it impre,3seS; the sanctifying power which it exercises us the In i;lllihiC teacart of tlal living God, we llanl lil gratefully confess, We honor the Mighty Savior whom it announeeS, We ask the teaching and wilt - y(llmi of a holy spirit to whom it was pronounced. Let me call you first to 21 few appropriate utterances to the holy word of God. The. Doctor then quoted. from Deuteronomy, xxxii, 7-9, after which lie delivered a long prayer, closing with the Lord's Prayer. French's hymn was then sung by the Union Musical A* - sociation. Judge Gooding, 'United States :Marshal of the District Of Colnuibia, wag introduced by General Geary, who stated that ho was a special messenger from the Pre sident. The Judge read the following letter PREgIDENT JOIIENSON , S LETTER. To Drtria 11711 s, Chairman, dce., Gektpinerg, Pa.: Tittit - Silt: I had promised myself the plea sure of participating in person in the proceed ings at Gettysburg to-morrow. `That pleasure, owing to my hulk , poatiall, I am reluctantly compelled to.forego. I should have been pleased, standing on that twice consecrated spot, lo share with you your joy at the return of peace; to greet with you the surviving heroes of the war, who came back with tight hearts, thbugh heavy iaden with honors, anti with you to drop a grateful tear to the nunnery of those that will never return. - Unable to do so in person, I can only send you my greetings, and assnre you of my full sympathy With the purpose and spirit of your exercises to-morrow. Of all the anniversaries of the Declaration of Independence, 310110 has been more important and significant than that upon which you assemble. Four year, of s t rugg l e f or our iOn';'s life have been crowned with BaCeeSS, and treason is swept front the land. Our ports are reopened—our mint ions Wit it other nations are of the most satisfactory character—Our internal commerce is free—our soldiers and sailors resume the peaceful pursuits of civil life—our flag floats in every breeze—and the only barrier to our national progress, human. Aavern is forever at an end. Let us trust that each retnrning Fonett. of diflz, - sit:011111d our nation stronger in numbers, stronger in wealth, stronger hi the harmony of its eitizens : stronger in its devotion. to na tionality and freedom. As I have often. said, I believe that God sent this people on a mission among the nations of the earth ; and that when lie founded our na thin he founded it in perpetuity. That faith sustained mein file si niggle that is past. It sus tained me now that new unties ftre devolved 'M on me and new dangers threaten us.' I feel that whatever the ineata. iIC •m4c,s, the Almighty is lietermined to preserve us as a people. And since I have F.:eell tile love our fellow-citizens have borne t heir country, and the sacrifices they have male for it, my abiding faith haS been stronger than ever, that a " Govern ment of the people" is the strongest as well as the hest of govern - DIMAS. In your :my to-morow I hope you will not forget the thousands of whites as well as biao,:s s'bom the war has , emaneipated-who will hail the Fourth of July with a delight which nu previous anniversary of the Declara tion of Independence had ever gave them. Controlled so lOng by ambitious, selfish leaders, who used them for their own Un worthy ends, they are now free to serve and cherish the Government against. whose life they, in their blindness, struck. 1 inn greatly mistaken if the Status lately in rebellion ao not henceforward have an exhibi tiOn Of Stith loyalty and patriOtisla as never was seen or felt there before. When you have consecrated anational ceme tery you are to lay the corner-Moue of a na tional monument, which, In all human proba: bility, will rise to the full height and propor tion you design. Noble as the monument of stones may be, it will be but a faint symbol of the grand monu ment which, if we do our clay, we shall raise among, the nations of the earth, upon the foun dation laid nint-and-eighty years ago in Phila.: delphia. Tinto shall wear away and crumble this monument, but that cannot perish, as it rests upon the consent, virtue, patriotism, and intelligence of the people, who each year shall wake it firmer and more imposing. Your friend and fellow-citizen, ANDREW JOHNSON Then followed Hayward's ode by the Union Musieid. ASSUeintion, of - which the following is copy: This la - ittle-fleld—our nation's glory— Where sweetly sleep our fallen brims, Proclaims aloud the tragic story The story of their luillow'a graves! Yes! here, on Gettysbnws sod_ plain, • This monument the tale will tell, That thousands for their flag were slain— Whilst fighting for ate iinloll-141t PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1865. Ifere red artillery's deadly fire Alownl squadrons down in dread array; "lyre Meade compelPd Lee to retire, And Howard held his ground that day. Then let those tntter'd banners Ware— rOreVer sacred be this ground! Sing palms to those warriors brave, And be their deeds with glory eVOwll4ll Wives, mothers. sisters, orphans dear, Shall gather !round each clay-cold And mourn their loved ones buried here— Their htQlaouls, fathers, brothers dead. Icow on this consecrated ground, baptized with patriots' sacred blood; 11 e dedicate earl glorious mound To the Gawp . mid God! The COnlel , stollC waft tbCl) IWO by the Grand Lodge of 1 e»Dsy]cnnia, iu thp following man ner: Being, cm the platform, the 11. W. G. Master directs the Grand Marshal to proclaim sitExCE, SILENCE! The E. W. Grand Master then arises and says :IZ.W. S Els; 10 GRAND - IV An DEN : The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has been invited by the President, of the Soldiers , National Ceme tery to inn in duo mut ancient Masonic form, the foundation-stone of a MOnnin Out, here to be erect ed, to commemorate the deeds of valor Mal the patriot 7 s death of those wlio, at the call of their country, came forth to defend its Constitution and its laws, and secure the perpetuntion of the Union. This invitation having been accepted, 1 am now here, with my grand officers, to perform thiS duty. Masonry demands that its members "shall not be concerned in plots awl conspiracies against Government, patiently to submit to to tits decisions the supreme Legislature, and per proper respect to the civil magis trate.” This injunction enables us as free ma sons, with one heart and one mind, to testify by our preseneti, and the performance of our solemn and ancient ceremonies, our love and devotion to our country, and admiration for the deeds of patriotism and glory Arhich this occasion makes memorable. Let us here, on the birthday of the nation, pay merited honor to the memories of those citi zens who have given up their lives in defence of these principles? which test trite patriotism. I now order that the grand Officers assist inc in the performance of the: work. It is, there fore, my will and pleasure that you proclaim it to the E. W. Junior Grand Warden, and lie to the brethren and others present, that all having due notice, may govern themselves ac cordingly. It. W. Senior 'Grand Warden then says: 11. W. JrNion GitAIND WARDEN : It is the order. of the It. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania that this corner-stone be now laid with 111asonie honors. This you u-ill pro claim to all present, that the occasion may be observed WWI due order and solemnity. It. W. Ji nior Grand Warden their says: Brethren, and all who are present, take notice that the t. W. Grand Nester will now cause to be tested and tried this foundation-stone, that be may lay it in due masonic form. You will therefore observe that order and decorum be coming this solemn occasion. Invocation by Grand Chaplain. Music. The Grant. Master then addresses the It. W. Grand Treasurer: You will sec that the list of articles and coins arc ready to be deposited under-the fouralaticm-stonc. (Which the It. W. Grand Treasurer reads and describes.] The 31. W. Grand Secretary then reads the inscription on the stone. The Grand Master then directs the Grand- Treasurer, there. being no objection, to de posit the articles in the place prepared for their reception. (Music during this proceeding.] The B. W. Grand Master then addresses the E. W. Deputy Grand Master: Brother It. W. Deputy Grand Master vou will see that the craftsmen have well and-truly prepared the corner-stone to be now laid by me. Ilepnty Grand Master then takes his square and lays it on the stone, tests it, ant• says: It. W. Grand Master, I find the steno square, and the craftsmen have well and truly done their work. _ :Deputy Grand Master then says: S. Grand Warden, you see that the craftsmen have pre pared the Stone, and that it is }rile and trusty. The SeniorCrand Warden takes his level and places it on the stone, tests it. and says— R. W. Deputy Grand Master, I rind the stone level, and that the craftsmen have prepared the stone true and trusty. Deputy Grand Master says to the R. W. .Turdor Grand Warden—you will examine if the craftsmen have worked well. The Junior Grand Warden takes the plumb, tests the stone, and says—R. W. Depu ty Grand Master, I find the stone to be plumb, and the craftsmen have worked well. Grand Master then says: It. W. Gra/111i Master, your grand OflieerS hare exam ined, tested, and tried the work of the crafts men, and renort that this foundation-stone is well and truly prepared, and Is now ready to be laid by von as 8.. W. Grand Master of Ma sons in 11(1 for the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania. neeorilino• to the usages and ceremo nies of our ancient and honorable Order. The B. W. Grand Master then goes down to the stone. The - Cram]. Master then hands him the trowel. The stone is lowered on the cement. The Grand Marshal then hands him the gavel, and the R. it. Grand Master then strifes it three times, inulthusproelaims amid the acclamation of the brethren ; I, as Grand Master of Free and Accepted Ma sons, hereby declare this corner-stone to be duly laid, square, level, and plumb, and may the Grand Architect of iinaven and earth bless the Work here begun and mats it 'memo. ral de to the latest posterity. The - Deputy Grand Master then receives from the Grand Marshal the cornucopia eon tanning corn, anti drops the corn upon the atone, saying— May the health of the workmen employed in tins undertaking be preserved to them, and may the Supi:eme Architect bless and prosper their labor:s.- The Grunt Marshal then takes the wine froze f like table and presents it to the Senior Grand Warden, who pcmrs it upon the stone, saying—may plenty be showered down upon the people of this ancient Commonwealth, and may the blessings of the bounteous Giver of all things attend all their philanthropic under takings. Tue Grand Tilarshal then presents the oil to the Junior Grand Warden, who pours it upon the stone, sari»g— Blay the Supreme Ruler of the world pre serve this people in peace, and vouchsafe to them the enjoyment of every blessing. The R. W. Grand Master then says—may corn, wine, and oil, and all the necessaries of life, abound IL7llOllg men throughout the world, and may the bless - ingot' Almighty God be upon this undertaking, and may the monument here to be erected to commemorate the noble end brave who have Sacrineen their rtv6s upon the altar of thcirtountry be preserved to the latest posterity. Prayer—Grand Chaplain. Music. The procession may then remain or dis perse without formality, The Grand Officers remain and return in enter. The following members of the Masonic fra ternity participated: Bro. Lucius H. Scott, Right Worshipful Grand Master. Bro. John L. Go('idard, Bight Worshipful De puty Grand Master. Bro. Richard Valls, Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden. Bro. "Robert A.Lamberion, Right Worshipful Jl.llllol' Grand Warden. Bro. rotor Williamson, Right Worshipful Grand T3Tramrer. Bro. William IL Adams, Right Worshipful Sioeri,lfirr. Bro. James L. Taylor, MSistant Grand Secre tary. • Bro. Jos. T. Thomas, Senior Grand Deacon. Iho. Francis H. Jackson, Junior Grand D mom. Bro. Henry J. White, Grand Marshal. Bro. J wines Simpson, Grand Sword Bearer. Bros. Adam Magg ,acid James Ferguson, Grand Stewards. Bro. William B. Se Grand Tyler Rev. Dr. Stalilitrik;. The following is but n partial list of the ar ticles deposited in the corner-stone i The Declaration of Indypentlenee. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United State. , asb iagton's Farewell Address. N01114,P. of the Presidents and Vice Presi dents of the United States. Names of the officers and members of the Senate and House of llepresentativeS of the tidied States. Names of the members of the Cabinet of the United Slates. Names of the ministers of the United States at Foreign Courts. 3lessages of President Lincoln. Reports of the Secretary of War and Lieu tenant General Grant, :Major General George G. Meade's report of the battle of Gettysburg. Coins of the Umteo Slates. Copies of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation aid last - Inaugural Address. Copies of charter Drat:ceilings of the Board of Mani. e airs a the Soldiers' National Cemetery of Gettysburg. List of the manes of the soldiers buried in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, with a tabu lar list of the corps and regimental organiza tion of the Army of the Potoniae in the battle of Oct ysleirg. Thitchelder's drawing of the battle-held of Gettysburg. Copies of the Constituion of the States of Maine and New Ilampshire, Vermont, Ma_ssa chusel Is, Jthotle Island, Conneetient, New York, New ,Terser, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,with valuable State archives. The papers of the different States are put in respective boxes, and then sealed. Our own State deposits the more important messages of• the Governor, and other papers of value. During the hurry and confusion of the ocea sienit'vu 5111pO4gibie to obtain a complete list, and I am compelled to send yon the above just as T obtained them. The following oration was then delivered by General G. G. Howard : GY,NERAI. HOWARD'S ORATION. As I Stand here to-ddy before a peaceful au dience, composed as it is of beautiful ladies, joyous children, and happy citizens, and think of my last visit to This place two years ago, and of the terrible scenes in which it wits my lot to bear a part, I cannot help exclaiming, "now changed ! how changed!" • It is the same rich landscape, broad and beautiful, covered with every variety of natu ral objects to please the eye. The Manic wooded ridges and cultivated fields; the same neat little town clinging to the ; the stone broad avenues of ap proach; the Sante 111 AIMS and ereelts—nut, thank God, the awful maguiliccnee of hots arrayed against each other in deadly strife is wanting. Yonder heights are no longer crowned with hostile cannon ;the valleys do not reverberate with their fearful roar; the groves and the houses do not give back the indescribable peel of the musketry And oh! how like a dream to lit seems, that sad spectacle of broken tombstones : prostrate fences, anti the ground strewn with our own N y 01111 (103 and dead companions! Then follows, after battle, the mingling of irktifis and enemies with suffering depleted in all possible modes of portraiture. The surgeons, with resolute hearts, and tioo-ak hands; the pale faces of relatives sutrehing for dear ones ; the busy Sanitary and Christian workers—all pass before my mind group after group. friends, my companions, my country men suffer rue to congratulate von anew to dai:this 4th day of July, 1805, that this sail WOO: is completely done, and that sweet peace has: really dawned upon us. On the nth of November, 1845, this National •Ceinetery, a pious tribute to manliness and vitt - no, was consecrated. %Ile lion. Edward Everett delivered an ad drd.s in his own rich clear, elegant style, whip, having been published, has long ago become historical, and affords us a complete nuffgraphie account of the campaign and bat tle of Gettysburg. lam deeply grateful to this noble patriot for hie indetatiald.o indus try in securing fuels, and for the clear narra tive he has left ns of this battle, in which every living Joyabsoldier who fought hero is 'Tow proud to have borne a part. lie, joining the patriotic band of those that are 'honored by eloquence, has gone to his reward : and let his memory ever be mingled with 111 - 01:e bell., upon whose graves he soear nestlyitleolted your benedict ion. Everett was folloWed by the few remark able words of President Lincoln. While Mr. Lincoln's mime is so neat and dear to us, null the memory of his work and saeri. flees so fresh, r deem it not icinpuropriate to repeat is is own words eFouriicore anti seven years ago nor fathers Drought forth upon this continent a new na tion, emiceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 'flow Vie are enenged in a great civil war, testing whether tutu nation, or any other na tion so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. ' "We are met on g. great battle-field of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the Mutt rest ing-place of those who hero ruvo their lip es that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting z.qat proper teat we should dotbis. "But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, wo cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add. or detract. "The world will little note,.norlong remem ber what 1; e say here, but it can never forget what they OM here. "It is for us, the living, rather 'to be dedi cated here to the untinhited work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to I.lle great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we lake increased devo tion to the cause for which they here gave the fast full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that the dead Shall not have died iii van, that the nation shall, under God, have u new birth of freedom, and that the go vernment a the people, bythe people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth," The civil ' war is ended; the test was com plete. Re, Abraham Lincoln, never forgot his own dedication till the work was finished. lie ilk/ display even increased devotion if it were possible. The (lead did not die in vain, and the nation has experienced already the new birth of free dom 01 which he spoke. Oh I that, in the last throes of darkness and evince., God had seen it good to have spared us that great heart out of winch proceeded such welcome words of truth and encouragement How yen - my - Jell of grateful recollection clus ters around the name of Abraham Lincoln as we pronounce it here among the dead who have died that our nation neigh not perish from the earth These grounds hare already been conse crated, and are doubly sacred from the memory of our brethren who lie here, and from the association with those remarkable men, Mr. Everett and Mr. Lin coln,who gave tone to the eXerciSes Of consecration two years ago whose OWD bodice are now resting beneath the sell, but whose spirit is still living, and unmistaka bly animating every true American heart this day. We hare now been called to lay the corner stone of a monument. This monument is not a mere family rceord, not the simple memorial of individual fame, nor the silent tribute to genius. It is raised to the soldier. It is a memorial of his life awl his noble death. It embraces a . patriotic brotherhood of herOesWC:l'4 In Its _/130ns, nneftti.Sing herald of labor, suffering, union; liberty, aura Lft us then, as is proper on such an occasion as this, give a few thoughts to the Ani;:rielui soldier. . We have now embraced under this generic name of soldier, the dutiful officer; the voiiiu teer soldier, the regular, the colored, and the conscript; but in in remarks i will pres;alt you the private volunteer as the representative .nierieitu soldier. lu the early part. of IS:A., the true citizen heard that traitors at Wltsithiton. had formed a conspiracy to overthrow the tiOrernment, and sews after, that the Stars and stripes had been fired upon, and had been hauled (town at the bidding of an armed en.L my in South Caro lina; that the capital of the nation was threa tencd, and that our new President had called for help. low quickly the citizen answered .the call! Almost likemagic he sprang forth a soldier. His farm or his bench, his desk or his corm ter, was left behind, and you find him march ing through the* then gloomy, thigiess. defiant streets of Itattimore, fully equipped 'for ser vice, with uniform gray, blue, red, or green— it then mattered not; With knapsack - , cart ridge-boa, musket, and bayonet, 1116 outfit was all that was required. Ile was_a littla awkward, his accoutrements much awry, his will unsubdued. Ile did not keep step to music nor always ep with his companions. Ile had SCUA rca ly ever Area a musket, but he lord bec•nuti soldier, put On his lace towards the enemy, and taroiT wituntro,— posed never to turn back t ill the soldier's work was done. You meet him at 'Washington (on illeridan Mil-perhaps); discipline and drill seize upon him, restrain ins liberty, and mould his body. Colonels, captains, lieutenants, and sergeants, his fernier equals, order him about, and he must obey them. Oh - what days I and. oh what nights! Where is home and affection ! Where is the soft bed and the loaded table ! Change of climate, VII nn ge of food, want or rest, want of all kinds of ofd things, and an influx of all sorts of new things, make hint sick—yes, real ly sick in body and soul. But in spite of a few doses of quinine and a wholesome hospital bed and diet, (as the sol dier of remembers them,) his vigorous con stitution and indomitable heart prevail,. so that lie is soon able to cross the Lung Bridge u nd invade the sacred red clay of Virginia, with his companions hi arms. 'Yet - , perhaps, should you now observe him very closely you will. perceive his enthusiasm increasing taster even than his strength. lie is On the enemy's side of the river; now for strict guard duty; Bow for the lonely picket, antis the thickets where men are killed by ambushed foes. 'flow the eye and the ear, and, may I say it, the heart, are quickened in these new and try ing vigils! - Before long, however, the soldier is inured to these things; he becomes familiar with every stump, tree, and pathway of approach, and his trusty gun and stouter heart defy any secret foe. Presently you find him on the road to battle ; the hot weather of July, tile usual load, the superadded twenty extra rounds Of Cartridges anl three days' rations, strung to his neck, and the long weary march quite exhaust his strength during the very first (lay. sic aches to leave the ranks and rest; but, no, no! He did not leave home for the ignominious Hanle of "straggler" and skulker." Cost what it may, lie Tails on. 'TM; Acoli»k, the Cub Run, the never-to-be forgotten Bull Run, are passed. Here, of a sud den, strange and terrible sounds strike upon ills ear, and beer down upon his heart; - the booming of spotted eannott ; the Sereeellingof bursted shell through the heated air, and the zip, zip, zip of smaller balls ; everything pro duces a singular effect upon him. Again, all at once he is thrown unite unprepared upon a new and trying experienee; for now he meets the groaning* ambulunce and the bloody stretcher. Ile meets hoping, armless, legless,' disfigured, wounded men. To the right 01' him, and to the left of hint, are the lifeless forms of the slain. kauldenly elarg,e iron missile of death strikes close beside him . , and explotleS, Sending out twenty or more jagged fraghlentS, which re morSelessly maim or kill - nye or six of his mates before they havelnul the opportunity to strike one blow for their country. Ills face is now very pale ' • and will not the Ameriean soldier flinch and turn backt There is a stone wall ; there is a building; there is a stack of hay; it is so easy to hide. But no! He will not be a coward! "Oh, God, support anti strengthen use C' 'Tis all his Prayer. Soon he is at work. YonderiS the foe, "Lead and fire;" "load and lire." hut the cry comes, " Our flank is turned. a "Our men retreat!" With tears pouring down his cheek he slowly yields and joins the ro t iring throng. Without any more nerve, and little strength, he struggles back from a lost Now he drinks the dregs of suffering. With out bineket for the night, without food, with out hope, it is no wonder that a panic seizes ana he runs demoralized away. This disreputable course, however, is only temper:try. The soldier before long forgets his defeat and his sufferhigs, brightens up his arriart;and resumes his place on the defensive - Ile submits for weary days to d iscipl no, drill, and hard fare. lie wades through thesnows of winter and the deep mud of a Virginia spring. Tie sleeps upon the ground, upon the deck Of transport steamer, and upon the floor of the platform ear. He helps I otukin d unload stores;" he makes faseines and gabions•, be_ corduroys quicksands, and bridges creeks and bogs. Night and day he digs or watches in the trench es. What a world of new experience! What pe culiar labor and sulibring lie passes through, the soldier alone cam tell you. ' Be now marches hurriedly to his second bat tle ; soon after he is in series of theme. Fight and fall back! Fight and fall back! Oh, those days of hopelessness, sorrow, toil, and emaci ation How vividly the living soldier remem bers them—those days when he cried front the bottom of his heart, "Oh; God, how long! how long !" Would you have patience to follow him through the commingling of disasters from the battle of Cedar Mountain to the same old Dill Than, you would emerge with him from the chaos, and behold his glistening bayonet again on the successful debt of Antietam Where glimmer of hope lighted up his heart.' Would you go with him to the bloody fieldS of Fredericksburg, staunch his wounds in the wilderness of Chancellorsville, and journey On with him afterwards to this hallowed ground of Getre'sburg ; and could you be en abled to read and record his toils, his sutler ings, and all his thoughts, you might be able to appreciate the true American soldier. you might then recite the first chapter Of the Cost of the preservation of the .American t r don. In September, 18415, after the battle of Gettysburg, the Government sends two army corps to reinforce our brethren in the West. The soldier 'is already far from home and friends,i but he is suddenly apprised that he must g 9 two thousand miles farther. He can not visit his family to take leave of them. lie has scarcely the opportunity of writing a line Of farewell. , The chances of death tire multitudinous as they appear before his imagination, and the hope of returning is very slender. let again the soldier does not falter. With forty others he crowds into the close, unventi lated freight car and speeds away, night and day, without even the luxury of a decent seat. With all the peculiar discomforts of this jouree37, the btwkings and the wettings at the railroad junctions, the transfers from car to ear, and from train to train; being confined for days without the solace and strength de riYed from his coffee, there is yet something compensative in the exhilarating int:Menet , of change. And there is added to it, in passing through Ohio and Indiana, a renewed inspire- Mon as the people turn nut in masses to wel come him and to bid him God-speeds—a littlo kirlS throw wreaths of flowers round his neck, iss his bronzed check, and strew his ear with own offerings of love and 4evotien. $ Such impressions as were hero received were Dever effaced. They touched the rough heart anew with tenderness, and, being a reminder of all the old home affectioff3, only scrred to deepen his resolution sooner m later, by the blessing of God, to reach the gOrd of ambi tion ; that is to say, with his compatriots, to secure to his children and to other children ldUril,fi peace With libertz,' trait andividedi country. lie passes on through .tickittneky, through the tattle-fields of Tennessee, - already historical. The names, Nashville, ::Itone river, Mnrfrees boro, ant: Tullahoma, remindea hint of I struggles aud portended future conflicts. Ile is deposited at Bridgeport; Alabama, a b &useless, cheerless, chi llyytnee, on the lianks or lily Tennessee; n possoßying no interest fur ther tha that furnished by the railroad bridge (lest royed, mug the yet remaining - rub -1 Mil and 111th of an enemy's ezu»p. ilecore many clays the moldier theelulg 1104 way np the, tialley of the great river which winds and t wists timid the rug7.:ed . monitifithis i . ill he 'ands him , :elfluntenth Ili,: rock-crowned steeps of Lookout. Flash after flash, volume after volatile, of light-colored smoke, :ant peal on peal of cannon, the crashing sound of shot, tout the !47reanting of shell, arc the ominous sign:; of nufriendly welcome sent forth to meet bun him this rocky height. Yet on he marches, in spite of threatening danger, in spite of the aleilmAt along-Ilk route, Intl it he has joined hands with lilt Western brother, who had come from Chattanooga, to meet and to greet, him. This is Inhere the valley of Lookout joins that of the Tennessee. At this place the stories of ' Eastern and Western hardship; suffering; battling, and din Igor, arc recapitulated, and made to blend into. the common history and the COII3IOOII saerilice of the American soldier. • Were there Cone, I would gladly take you, stop by Mop, with the soldier, as he I>ridges mid crosses the broad and rapid river; as be ascends and storms the Leigh; of 'Mission Ridge; or as he plants his victorious Met, naves 111mb:toner, and file!lieS hit gun on the top of Lockout. Mountain. \ ould carry you with him across the d eath bearing streams; of Chickamauga. I would have you follow him in his woo re. barefooted, wintry march to the teller of Vaioxvine, mid hack t.o Chattanooga. l runt his point of view T would open up the splieg campaign, where the great general MI -I'loo his rein: rhabk work Of genius and dar ing. - - I could point you to the soldier pursuing his (army bit 0 the St roludiolds of Dalton, behind the stern, impassable fentureg of Rocky Face; Restive.; Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Chmall, Dickett , s Mill, Dilie-top, Lost Mcnntain, Renesaw, Chilps 7 Farm. CHT"Pi4froma.l, leach-tree (;reek,Atlanta;from so mem,- ponds Of view, and Jonesboro, arc . aaates of battle-liehls upon cacti of which a soldier-s memory dwells. For Inywanis of a hundred days lie scarcely rested flour the ecmflic•t. - . . lie skirmished over rocks, bills, aria moult tainS ; through mud, streams, and forests. For hundreds of mile , he gave his aid to dig that endless chain of en trenelvmMts which compassed every one of the enemy's fortified positions. He compaolisd with those WhO Com batted the obstinate foe on the fronton(' on the Banks of those mountain fastnesses which the ellelny had deemed impregnable, and he had right at last to telio the sentiment; of his inde fatigable leader, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." Could you now have -patience to turn back with him and light these battles over again, behold his communications cut, his railioad destroyed for miles and miles; enter the bloody fight of Allatootta, follow him through the forced marches, via Rome, Ga., away hack to Resttea, and through the obstructed gaps of the mountains into Alabama, you would thank Clod for giving him n stout heart and an un flinching faith in a just mid 1101)10 enlist. Weary and worn, he reposed at Atlanta, on hjs return, but one single night, when he cont inence(' the memorable march toward &1.- 's-et-web; . . 7llc soldier has become a veteran ; he- can merch ;di day v. ith his musket, his knapsack, his cartridge-box, his haversack, and canteen upon his pcyson ; his muscles have become ]arse and rigid, so that what was once ex - - truiely difficult he new we omplishes with :All i•ciul(!ll Se. This rat must be borne hint.? ail When study ing he sohl ors , marches through Georgia tout thr carulhato. The enemy burned every briilge across stream after stream ; the rivers, bordered with S:Nt tonps--mr exantple, the Ocimilgee, tin; 00°- 11 ( .0 , ntla the Otteelice—were defended every crossmg. That they were passed at ad by one forcer tine to the cheerful, fearless, iattOmis la tll (3 private soldier. Oh, that you had seen him, as I have done, wading creeks ft hail amity in width and water waist deep, under lire ' pressing on through -adec swampg, without one faltering step, charging in Idle M i dat the most formidable works, which were well defended l YOU could fIUM appreciate b;nl, amt what he has Itecont pllshed, as 1 do. Yon could then feel the poignant sorrow thfd 3 always did feel when 1 saw hint fall bleeding to the earth. 3. mast now leave the soldier to tell his ov: it tale amongst the lweltC; . of his bold, cot']: at McAllister aomst the torpe does, itl,e Lis, art ili&ry. told m;:sketry ; of his Pri% atioas at Savannah ; of his struggles through the swanipsolnickse ads, and over the broad rivers of the Cal'aill:1:•1• 3 Of the fights, tires, c_N•plitgloll.B; all(1 triumphs 611K csted I,y Rivers' cod ltinutt her's. hi if gee, OrrmgelYarg, Congareeereek, Cohma.hl, Cheraw, Fayette - alit', Averysboro, itnet llcht omit le. I will leave him to tell how his hopes bright-, lied , at tlie - Fel:llkm at. Goldsboro! How his heart throbbcd with gratitude and joy as the es cen.firmed the rumored news of Lee's r or the enPrey , s eu ntat nod Of his entire arnty 1 will leave him to 1 el I.to yourselves and your children hew he hit and acted; how proud was his bearing ; snow elastic his step as he marched in rexiew before the president of the United. States, at I,),:aAtington ! I would do the Soldier injustice not to say that there was one. thing wanting to make his satisfaction com plete, and that as the sight of the tall form Abralmn Lincoln, and the absence of pat bitter recollection which he could not alto gether exclude from his heart—that lie had died by the band of a traitor assassin. 1. have given :you only glimpses of the Ameri can soldier asi have seen him. To feel the full force of what he has done and saff.med, you should. have accompanied him for the last tour years. You should have stood upon the battle lields.during and after the struggle ; and you should have completed your iihservation in the. army hospitals, and upon the countless grounds peopled with the dead. The maimed bodies, the multitude of graves, the historic itelds, the monumental stones like this we are laying to-day, after all, are only meagre memo riids of the soldier's work. God grant that what he planted, nourished, and has now preserved by hiS MOOd—I mean American Liberty—nifty be a plant (Wart° us as the apple of the eve, and that its growth may not be hindered till its roots are firmly sot in every State of this truion, and till the full frui tion of its blessed fruit is realized by. Men of every name, color, and description in this b oad land. . Now as 1 raise my eyes and behold the place where my friend and trusteed commander, Ge neral Reynolds, fell, let me add my own testi monial to that of others, that we lost in him a true patriot, a trite am, a complete general, and a thorough soldier. Lyon him and the others who tiled here for - their country; let there never cease to descend the Most earnest benediction of every Ameri can heart. Let me - congratulate this noble Keystone State that it was able to furnish seep tried and able men as Reynolds who fell, and Meade - who lived :to guide us successfully through this wonderful and hotly-contested battle. in the midst of all conflicts, of all sorrows and triumphs, let us never for am ;instant forget that there is a Gott in Heaven whose anal Is strong to help—whose balM is sweet to aSSange every pain—and whose love embraces all joy. . To him, then, set us look in gratitude and pinise that it has been ills will so greatly to bless our nation; and may this monument ever remind us and our posterity, in view of the fact that We - prevailed again:it , our enemies, " that righteousness eNaltetil a Nation, but sin is ax.proach to any people." Col. C. G. 11 - alpine (Miles O'Reilly) then read the following poem, Composed by himself for the occasion. The poem wasto have been read by Mr. James Murdoch, the celebrated actor and elocutionist, but indisposition prevented his being present. This was Colonel Ifalpine's Rest appearance in public. I understood the poem was the longest he hail ever written. TIIOI7GIITS OF THE MACE AND TIME. As men beneath some pang of grief Or sudden joy will dumbly stand, Finding no words to give relief— Cl ea r, passion-warm, complete, and brief— To thoughts with which theirsoulsexpand to here to-day—these trophies nigh— Our lips no titling words can reach ; The bills around, the graves, the sky— The silent poem of the. eye Surpasses all the art. of speech ! To-day, a nation sleets to build A nation's trophy to the dead Who, living, formed her sword and shield— The arms she sadly learned to wield When other hope of Peace bad fled. And not alone for those who lie In honored graves before us blent, Shall our proud column, broad and high, Climb upward to the blessing skyi But be for all a monument. An emblem of our grief, as well For others as for these, we raise; For these beneath our feet who dwell, And all 'who in the good Cause fell On other fields, in other frays. To all the self-saine love we bear Which here for marbled memory strives 'No soldier for a wreath could care Wide)l all true comrades might not share— Brothers in death as in their lives! On Southern hill-sides, parched and brown, In tangled swamp, on verdant ridge, Where pines andbroadening oakslooltdown, And jasmine waves its yellow crown, And trumpet-creepers clothe the hedge; Along the shores of endless Sand, Beneath the palms of Southern plains, Sleep everywhere, band locked in hand, The brothers of the gallant. band Who here poured life through throbbing Veins. Around the closing eyes of all The same red glories glared and flew— The hurrying flags, the bugle call, The whistle of the angry ball, The elbow-touch of comrades true! The skirmish-fire—a spattering spray; The long, shards growl of fire by Me, The thickening fury of the fray When openingbatteries get in play, And the lines form o'er many a mile. The foenlan's yell, our answering cheer, Red flashes through the gathering smoke s Swift orders, resonant and clear Blithe cries from comrades triedtmd dear t The shell-scream and the sabre-stroke;. The rolling fire from left to right, From right to left we hear it swell; The headlong charges, swift and bright,. The thickening tumult of the fight And bursting thunders of the shell. Now closer, denser, grows the strife, .And here we yield, and there we gain; The air with burtthig missiles rife, Volley for vollep, life for life— No time to heed the cries of pain! Panting as up the hills we charge, Or down them as we broken. roll, Life never felt so high, so large, Anti never [Per so wide a naarge Lt tritiMpli Swept the kindling soul! New raptures waken In the breast Amid this hell of scene and sound;. The barking batteries never rest, And broken foot, by horseman pressed, Ottlibernly Mitedi their gi:91114, THREE CENTS. Fresh waves of l!atile To take the place of shal tered waves; Torn lines that grow more bent and thin— A blinding eloto:, a maddening din— 'TWas ihto• Were filled these very gravest Night falls :it length with pitying veil— A moonlit silenve deep and fresh : Thette tlptiiimed Lwcs. firnhied amipale, Vainly the (11111 nif 4 ht For colder than t he dews their flesh I And iliehuring far thrtmgh brush and proodi Go searching purl toreh io hand— "seirc if vom eon softie rest and food, At dthVil else fight will he renewed, Sleep do 3 - 0.11; arms 1" the hashed ccummtnth They tall: in whispers as they lie in line—these rough mai weary men ; "Delnl or lint wounded?" then a sigh "ice eoirce either!" " ttites well try To get those t gflas hake "We live dugs to their one! ohol" "That bridge— 't wos hot there, as we . ras:sot colonel dead ! It can't. so; I,:aily- , -that I ]snow; But he lzept saddle to the last." "11c f-ure penil it if J r.nu—n " ikpy toi4teto7 Bin, have yon -r , " A brown-haired.blue-eyed,laughiagdoll—" boys, :_11)4/ God Reel) you: 11I'' " ..... asler:ll.? Gtvlsslllsleep too." "Aye,,itis:i about thin hqpr they pray :l76r f , 1 4 1/33, MIR Dig puss the WC. 14(1 And icon 11.!, quiet as the Clay tutu) lbonsan,is hut:be riexttlay The long-drawn sighs: of sleep arahoard. * * Oh, men ! to Ivhoiwthh, sl;eteli though ruile, Calls hnel: some senue•of path. and pride j Oh, widow ! . hitgginic.elose your brood, Oh. Wile! with lulppiness renewed;. Since he again 38 at your side ; This trophy that t n , lay mice .1191111,[ bo tt mounment for all •, And on. it: side!:t no iggord phrase - Confine a generous Notion> nruise To those who here have chanced tceilak But let us nll toglay conthine till other monuments to raise; Here for the Dead we band a shrine ; And now to those who. crippled, pine, Let us givo hope of liappier days! 7.c. ltemes ibt• these sad y.Teeks Of War rThrough all the Imul with Fjpecti arise -; Touguym cry from every galum; *car, "lAA not our .brother's hers tomb debar The wounded Living from your eyes."' A noble day, a deed :0 good, A noble scene in ? OS done, The Birthday of our Nationhood; And here again the Nat ion stood On this same day - -its lire re-won! A bloom of banners in the A double calm of stir and non] ; Triumphal ehant and inigle blare, And green fields, spreading bright and fair, - while heavenward oar 71(x , 5annas roll. TTOF , annaS for a land redeemed, The bayonet sheathed, the cannon dumb; Passed, as some horror we have dreamed, The fiery - meteors that have streamed, Threatening within our homes to come. Again our banner floats abroad, Gone the one stain that on it fon— And, bettered by Itig chastenig, rod, With streaming eyes uplift to God We Pay, "HE DOETH ALL TIIL - NUS w.ELL." DEP.iLDIVTION—DY REV. D. T. CARIVARAN. mrsic—Mixn. After the 'benediction, the procession was dismissed, and the Marshals and Chief Mar shales aids formed and returned to the Court house. Salutes were fired at sunset and during the movements of the procession. nut wAspaixoTos DELEGATION, The following distinguished party from Washington were present; and participated in the ceremonies : Louis Moline), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Costa Rica, Ni caragua, and ]lonfl urns. S.F. Asta Barron and:son, Charge d'Affaires, N. S. Skein, of the State Department, and Koh, 1.1 enty ,T. Raymond. Just before the benediction, Goverinn. Cur-, who had not intended or expected to address the assembly, in response to the loud calls of the people, stepped forward and spoke a few but telling words, THE DAY IN EIRILADELPJJIA. The Celebration by the union League, at the Academy of Dluiste. According to announcement, the members of the Union League and the holders of tickets of admission assembled iu the Academy of Music at 110011 en the Fourth of July. The Academy was well ailed, :t large portion of the audience being Indies. The decorations of the house were, in the best of taste. The fronts of the balcony, fan lily circle, mid amphitheatre were covered h beating gracefully festooned, and the points of festooning covered by shields containing the coat-of-arms of each Stale. The stage, which was set with a new scene, representing the: old liberty bell, with the motto: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land," was occupied by the menthols of the Let;gue and invited guests. Ileneath the centre of :he archway over the stage was a portrait of biugton wul on each side a portrait of The proscenium boxes were beautirany de. coveted with flags. One of them was occupied by General McCook, who was present by iul•i. tatlon. The ceremonies were opened with prayer by Rey. Cie.O. Dana Boardman. A Glee club, coin poKal of several members of the League, then sang the " Star Spangled Banner,” and "Rally Mound the flag." The Declaration ofludepcn deuce was then read by Daniel Dougherty, Esq. Ile prefaced the reading of the Declaration by readi»g the names of its signers. The cele brated names were recelyed with applause. The Glee club then sang a »amber Of airs, and among others the following hymn, written for the occasion by Mr, Boker: • . HYMN FOP. THE UNION LEAGUE-Br-GEORGE H BOXER, JULY 4, 18.5. Air—" Old Hundred." Thank Gal! the bloody ditys are past s Our patient hopes are crowned at last; And sounds of bugle, drum, awl fife ? But lead our heroes, home from. strife! Tbard: God, there beams o'er land and Mil, Our blazing star of victory ; And everywhere, from main to main, The old flag flies, and rules again ! • Thank God, 0 dark mid trodden race, Your Lord no longer veils Ms face; But through the olonds and woes of fight shines on your soul a. better light ! Thank God, we see on every liana 'Breast-high the ripening grain-crops stand; The em lm ba - is bend, the herds increase; But oh, .thank God, thank God, for Peace I The oration was delivered by Charles Gib bons, Esq . . Oration of Charles Gibbons, Esq. GENTLEMEN or sn UNION LEAGUE, LAMM, AND FELLOW-CITIZENS OF TEE UNITED STATES: America conies front her battle-lields to-day, pale with the loss of blood, with all the stars on her I'RlOllOllB flag, colamanding peace ! In her brief career of eighty-nine years she hat given to history its most remarkable Croats / to science its most useful discoveries, to the niecluntic arts their most important improve ments, to labor its highest rewards ; and she now exhibits, to mankind the triumphant suc cess of her popular gOVOTIIIIICIIt. When, hag gard. and weary under the yoke of her op pressor, she ventured to deny the divinity of despotisln, and to assert the inalienable rights of all men to liberty and the pursuit of happi ness, the darkness upon the dice of the earth was too thick to be penetrated by the light which she hung out to the world. She stood. alone. Without army or navy, without purse or scrip, with no friend among the nations in whom she would trust, appealing to the sin- Drente Judge of the world for the rectitude of her intentions, she opposed her sublime, un faltering fttitli to the brutal force of Englund. "I ant surprised," said Joins Adams in Me, "at the suddenness Its well aS•greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, America with wisdom. It is the will of Ileaven that the two countries should he snit. tiered forever; it may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities; still more wasting, and distresses yet mere dreadful. If Ibis be the ease, the furnace of affliction pro duces refinement in States, as well as i 11,111.- victuals; but I submit all nit' hopes and fears to an overruling Providence, in which I firmly believe." "The day will be celebrated by succeeding g,enerations as the great anniversary - festi val, commemorated as the day of deliver :thee by solemn nets of devotion to Att mighty God, from ono end of the country to the other, front this time forward forevermore. You may think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. 1 ant well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure it will cost to maintain this de cl arat ion, and support and defend these States ; vet through all the gloom I can see the r:ivs of light and glory, and that posterity will tri umph in tins clay's transaction," So spoke the patriot prophet, who, is few days before, bad risen on the door of Congress and reverently asked that the blessings of ellVell might rest on tlw new-born and inabe it the most glorious of all that ever lived. tie may - not have foreseen the dreadful carnage through which the Republic has re cently passed. From a deeper gloom titan his eyes beheld, front a hotterlurnace than blazed upon his vision, America comes forth into the light of peace, liberty, multi glory, to keep her ninetieth anniversary lest ival, and COIIIIIICIIIO - the day of her deliverance. We may properly illOtthe on this occasion bow it carne that itunian slavery, the cause of all our troubles and alliiettang, and atIVAVA nt war with the principles of the Revelation, was so strangely domesticated with them 415 to bailie the ettorts of the ablest statesmen, and defy the power of Christianity itself to cast it out. Suffer me, therefore, to refer to parts of the history of bthe revolutionary struggle which may solve this question; and pardon ate if, in so doing, I vexyour ears "with a thrice told tale." It is due to the me mory of the Fathers of the Republic that they shotild not be iimpliented in IL Crillle of which they were not Only innocent, bat emstoittly . ColltielliMed. and that the responsibility should rest where it Justly belongs. For a period of more than one lkondrod and fifty years anterior to the llechkration, and nearly a quarter of a century after, England was engaged lathe slave trade. Simian - I st olcu from Africa upwards of threem„lilionS of MOO, IMMO ,ant' children, of whom nail' IL Milli/WI died upon her hands from Sittilltaoll, Cetlel treatment, luta disease; tb,e remainder she condemned to" perpetual slavery. She had about' three hundred thoy,isaud in her Amori s t eon colonies when they oeelared their hide bendenee. In order to secure to J.:vigil/Armen a monopoly Of the wean" , to be derived froin the business, ton hingliSh judgeS had given their opinion that negrom ?erre tilereha 11(tae, and that therefore t tie litiVlgmtion acts eX eluded aliens from the trade. The crown, the Church, the aristocracy, and the merchants of E ng l an d want , all imp] jeatea tn this horrible and infamous t reale r and ail united in their hos tility t °free tabor in Amente, l'ite people of tho Colonies attempted in vain to relieve them selves said their country from the terrible curse or litvery. .They passed lawn restrain ingtloll et nm'oe ich, were the o • • not :Wowed to Mkt: effect, in 1770 the tang tssue,' instructions to the Governor of View, nisi In . which lie was - commanded, on Plan of tat, biw P best disl,llolllure, to assent to no law WIDER WAR PRR 6 4E4. (11A3LIVIED WEEKLy.) Trul wAp I.;;Esz: itv hront (0 'hablerlberg br m a i; (per :wit= lit :0% allet.,) at $2 59w 10 00 Lur k 20 00 I.Drpor thn it Ten WO/ by charged at the ssuats rite, 14.00 per coy* efumlyß veroinprvny the order, ana in Th , Nol be deviated from, or 11 " 7 ' ?"!, ?Hi I , tilag erk? &fat of liaim Aks - y- POM)nnstprg are requested to act as affeLlll fOr TIIP. NVAit PuEss. geT" To ;setter - ull) of I. l lr illYof fen or tvrelitr, .Nlll extra eopy or Oe jllllll , l. will be given, VP,Vgir vaiir 7 - - - 79 , :; 3111 . 4.7 .f.-cpr. 742-44-77 t. vbeirebY the 117))/Ori;till.it rtr in any respect 1" ,01,11,10 :ii or 01 , ,Entei The 77104 PlU'llit”4 vellums; raite..... ? th e tri t d• IVCIT si.klresacd if, the j, score 0 1 ` its 1111111111ilnity visa corm:Ming tone tiostructi Influences; hut t h e most veremptoty oricni to 113 , 1 officers In. the colonie,4 to protect anti nutintcla-it. Tito thought cinl reasoning 01 England on the loth. j vet IVIIS I hat °negro inhor will k e ep out Uri. I bit cono,i., ;;:t vine stubserviency to ho ince, rcsls Moil , nAtilet eOl. 17111))1.1)14 , itg liV]:11Y11(1 Ott))` on p1a331131 , /, 91e.a firr,r,., ()or colomeri enn never prove to 111,11 isli manufactures, never bcconir indc iten(!eot or their kingdornt , ! This argotnent sal the cont•cievices of Englislonan• raid just Hied the policy of their Oovertnnent. 7311 , 0)0313(1110 CtlllgTeSK or 1774 lumri'! I.lcliwly declared "iVt3 Will neither import. nor lntrelttwe :toy slave intiunted art or the tirt tiny of tiss,olol , cco4'st ; :titer which time we kill x hell iikeonilnue Finye thaw, and will 11111 Intl, ennen nun! in it. nipTiveii-i • nor will we hire our Nose!.: or sell our corn-, modifies or nialmfactures to those who aro concerned in it." In the same year, •Tetivriitm wrote to the Pro vincial Convention of V I rginili (lint . " the algal r ifre of dfeldC.Stie th , Verg /stay ye, doh* in Those colonies agies, WO lophappUllivipodume In their Olitint Mae. But previous to the en franciii<ctncnl of the slaves we Irtve, il, is no cessary to eNcluile all further lea awtationn front Africa; yet our repeated attempts to tdtist this by probibilionsond by buposing thilieg which ttirtottnt to probibitiow-,, bwytt hithort 0 boom defeated ny Idaiesty , s nega tive, thus preferring thotii n mediate advantage. of a few British corsairs to the lasting inte rests of the A3110'1(.1111 States, and to the rightg of. Lanus nature, deeply wounded by this In holants practiee.! , The Con Velli 1011 exhausted its lam' over the subjoin by a dilpt tag a 1050. 111.1011, 'llL'esentect by Peyton Randolph, Mat "11 - c Will neither ourselves import, uor par. chase any slaVe or slaves imported by any other person, either 11'0in Afeletl, IV` Wi`st In dies, or any of Iler placit.'i A afterwards', Ilk. EU VI Of ll'l'l/1/11111 1), referring to the etfort,i4 - of the e(110111 , .. 1. 1 111)(11 1511 the Hysl urn, WrOte to 11 Cololllltl "11 c cannot allow the colo nies to cheek or discourage in 1111, degree tt. trattie so lame - Octal to the »a Lion." Three months prior tetthe oemarto ion, Con gress solemnly resolved "that no slaves should 1:c Imported 11,11) any of the thirteen colonies." The resolution was approved and retl - ioeted by all of them ; it expressed the feeling Of the An/00011n heart, and the 1111.1, thy( d l uUualcnt Of A 1 ) ,(2001114 statesmen. The MlOlllll 4lrttft. of the the lithi thin eon. Wiled, among others, this charge tigaitist the EMI; : ‘‘lle bus waged cruel war against lin num nature itself, violating Its most sacred rights (nitre and liberty, in the persons of it distant people who never offended Min, capti vating and carrying them into shivery in an other hemisphere, or CO 111011 r 21118er/011e death in their transport ation thither," " pi rat& etil Warfare, the opprobrium of Infidel PoWero l is the warfare of the Ciftrldlein Xing of Great Brittlin. Det ermined 10 keep open a market '511(10 num should be bonght and sold, he has prostituted his negative forsimpressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restraint this e nice:able cilmmeree.e inr. Jefferson says Hutt this (dense was disapproved by WlllO &Willem gentlemen. whose reflect 10116 were not yet matured I o the full ablitirrenee of the. trunk, and it was, therefore, stricken out, Two other clauses remain, and have hem reael to-day, having relation to the same sub. ject (1 Flo has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome aml necessary fortilepnblle good." "Ife has endeavored 10 prevent the poptila -1 ion of these States, for that purpose obstrnet big the laws for the rad unitization of foreign ers, refusing to pass others encouraging their nogrsit ion hither, and Vaiolll9' the conditions of goo , appropp:atirms of loud." These clauses of the indictment have di rect reference to the laws by which the colonists hoped .to abolish shivery, and to the slave pulley of Enginno, to exclude free Minn' from Cite country—show that: the spirit of shivery was not an American. spirit, and had but little influence here ut the time of the Declaration. Tito 111011 or the Ilse, yowl 101 l were the friends of universal liberty. Through the Jung 3010's of fl'lll tless effort to obtain from England a peaceful recognition Of their rights, they had Investigated and (W• plored the ithindutions 0f human government, unit sati,firal themselves of the end which It was intended to secure. Looking to the SOltree or au power, and to the ap p ltcttti(ni of the Divine hitt 11) 1110 1111111101 family, th e y cou ld . tied nu precedent or nothoritv justifV op. pression 111 any form. Consulting thelrlllbles„ they lOnnil many instances whore the wrath of Mod had fallen hl terrible judgments upon: the oy,pressor. Whet her they read hit' history of Jernsalem and despotic kings, mid sur- Veyed the ruins of the city, or followed the centuries hack till they saw the waters rolling over the hosts of Phil malt—whether they heard. Ihe them - ler front Sinai or the grew% from the Cross of Calvitry, they saw the twin of the GM. 11410101 u falling on the oppressor, and heard the Vince of admonition to the mit ions, unit of incroy_to inenkinii—".llllmpnarrtoTalott 011 ibis principle, :incepted as It seiluivident tilith, and tbere.fore unlimited in its [(Millen,- Hen and immutable 1111 the throne of the Eter• nal, they laid th e foundations of the milt nu. 100'410. Eat, while men may perfectly agree upon reat funda meld 1 t rut its, it often linment; Thad the proper nail general applicat i on of them is necessurily deterred by etmlingenclee not foreseen or provided for. The Duelers. 11111 WaS isi.tied by It Congress of Independent 1111(1 i-ot•creign 6.lliter, If was not the act of ono (... ( rnitriliteti governinFilt, but it solenin Pre. claindlioh of certain rights which no syStela of ~ a vernment could lairfillly take front tt, pyopie. The States wore united, not by it eon. it Didion or comp:let, for none at that time cu ed, but by the Declaration itself; by the iiiikie;4i.calai.4iiihlltlsUA...e,( l orlon _ gel's 3111111 .1 assailed those things. The Union, thus feinted was strengthened and hallowed 1%) the mewl of the people which had already been shed h 1 the eononon cause; but there was no one, government whieh could make laws to act upon or bind the people, Congress, being at mere convention of States, was /10t illNeked 301111 such authority, and therefore had no potter nil prosecute to their legitimate results t lin principles 'width it asserted in the Declaration. That duty was necessarily left 10 the people of the several States; anll before the close of the century, or very soon after wards, a majority of States had made provi sion for the emancipation of their slaves, The Federal lltrieriillient under the silkiest of confederation, weak and insuilletent its it was has len some pleasnnt memories, It was during the 100100 tratiOn that congress passed the ordinance for the government of the ter ritory of the United ...itates, - northwest of the Ohio river, which had been ceded by \'l embracing au area of about one hundred and eighty-live thousand so Imre 11131031. It was the first legislat ton in ant icipation of the formation of new States, and their Ramis. slim into the lCnion. It NraS the first opportn- - nit)' offered to Congress to inustrate by its works,. ille 11 of the It evolut ion Oa the stub. Rel. 01 lilitYeryi And urcordingly, in the tWelfth year of the Inacnrmience of America, while England. was yet eagerly pursuing her nefarious trade in human flesh, and Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson anti Granville Sharp Were tlenintneed and persecuted by her slave spirit for their efforts to expose Its infant)", the Congress of the United States, and every State in the _American Ca 10n, 014111111011 that slavery should be forever exel ailed from the great territory of the Northwest, We thank the COnfetlerttilOtt lii' that glorious and irre vmeable decree that gave freedom and (dense .tier' to to the great States of Ohio, Illinois and Michigan; mid we th ank those great S lat t' !Or tile axe they have laid at the root of 'human slavery in Amet,st. While America was thus einplyvell in ex tendi»g the empire of fr eedom, the spirit or slavery WAS IlldlieiOnSlY at work in its mitiVe land of Englund, tearing to pieces those 111011. ments which marked the presence of liberty In I . ollller it rosei-se(l, 401114 of 1110 Icing and the exist oerney, end tiOntrolled the action of Par liament. it boldly assailer. 1 110 freedom of the preSe, the freedom of speech, and the right of the people to assemble ill meetings foe the pur. pose of public discussion. lion who opposed. he slave-trade were constantly insulted, denounced as Jacobins, and shunned in so. Welty as V.ll3llieS of the en,, Men whose humanity was shocked by the in him Ong Milliner in )111101 England treated her. French prisoners of war, and ventured to re. umustrate against it, were ranked. With the eeendig; of their country. Persons were tined, i 11[1111r:oiled, and transported, for expre , ,, , :ing; their °plutons merely, on public questions. A. law' was enacted by which even; public meeting was forbidden, unless notice of 11 ere published in It newspaper live days be. forehand,, containieg a full statement of its oldeets slotted by householders, 1 his lilt 11a s applied to all meetings held for ccasidering or preparing ally petition, cove , plaint, or address to the king, or either branch. of rarlianed, or for the ait oration of any' matter established in eitureb or state, .4.4 mireo it applied to meetings called remon, st rale against the slave trade. Any justice of the peace had authority to (-calif:el a meeting to disperse although field. in pursuance of lawful notice, if, in his, : <Tint on, the language of I la, speakers was ins. respeetful to the king or to the Government. if twelve persons or 010143 rentalned together !Or one hoar after the order to disperse, the act provided that "it shall he adjudged felony benefit of clergy' the oirenderd. therein shall be tutintike ; al felons, and shall sunci death as in ease of felony, without bone. tit of clergy." This Wooly act was IHISFACti ill IX, Poor year,. Int er allot law act was passed, for. .adding auy field or place to be used. for lee. luring or debating;, without a special license Trout a magistrate. Ali circulating-libraries and readiug-rooms were placed under the same restriction. No person could lend or hire, in his own house, a book, pmaphiet, or news. raver, under a pelialty of one hundred poundS a .lay. If a man allowed lectures or debates, eVViI under his own roof, it wits a crime for which lie was liable to be punished for keep. ing a disorderly house, 'This statute WM passe d in the thirty-ninth year of George M. The story is not half told; but this Is enouglt to show what the spirit of slavery accom plished in kingland, within the recollection of men NI hq mallow %her ministry, runt in acerb sympathy with its efforts to abolish the worir of the An/Olean Revolution. Meauwhpe, the people of America had.. adopted CdnatitatiOn. It Ordained and. tablblied d National Government founded the prineiptes of the Reyointion. - Maisel:l bad sot dessfally opposed the use of tt word tuts Partor it that would recognize 1t 404 property in human beings. In his survey o the Van.% 'Government which it proposed 149 wro e thus in. The Ferleralist: "The Urst ques. tion that ptosents itself is 'Whether the gee.. eral int ni and aspect of ulto Government be stele/71j republican?' It is evident that no other 1?e , reconeilable with the genius of .1 111 1 141 ., 11 o p te ot America and wi th thefrationtentaL iriPes Of th e Beretuiton ; or with that liettOr. note o.okerillin/Atio/1 which. ahlitiateg eVory vo tary et freedom, to rest all Oar political expert. , wents on The capacity of mankind for tell went." 31x the same paper he defines it republiCAO be a government which derives all its powers dit'ectly or indirectly from the groat body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their ofitees during pleasure, for it limited period, or during good behavior, lie adds, "It is cssentitt/ to sitCh ill s GoVern* meat that it be derived front the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable pro portier or et larorea dulls it; otVerwila a. handful' of tyrannical nobles, eNoreising their , oppressions by a delegation of their powers„, might aspire to the rank of republicans, mut chum for their Government the honorable title of Republic," (See .Fectoralist NO. tifh) The first article of the Coustitntion provides, among ot her th lugs, that "the Ilouseof Heme l . sentatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several Mates; fold electors en each State 'bon hore the finalifleolinnsrepasite for electors of (Jle 9/108171Mliermcstarryien tylhe Slate LegiaintUite.' , lt 6 marrifegt that under this provision sttuulht alone, any ghac ill the 17111001.110ng Legivtature wytdd have right to semi
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