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AT GETTVS GETTYSBURG BURG ( From a cont contemporary emporar y drawmg drawing ) . erty and dedicated to the thepropositIOn theproposition Iproposition propositIOn that all men are arecreated arecreated arecreated created equal ' the shrill shrillvOice shrillvoice shrillvoice vOice proclaImedPeople proclaimedPeople proclaimed proclaimedPeople People leaned fOT\\ fOT forward fOTard \ \ ard to lis us listen usten listen ten for it was difficult dlfficuit for some of ofthem ofthem ofthem them them to hear A minute mmute passedtwo passed passedtwo passedtwo two minutes mmutes thenThat thenThat then thenThat That this nation nahon under undershaH underGod underGod ' God shall shaH have a new birth of offreedom offreedom offreedom freedom and that government of ofI ofithe ofthe I ithe the people by the people for the thepeople thepeople thepeople people shall not perish per1sh from the theearth theearth theearth theearthWith earth earthi i earthWith With those words the speaker speakeri speakersat speakersat i . sat down His audience looked lookedat lookedat at each other in m amazement Why Whyhe Whyhe Whyhe he had stopped just lust when they theythought theythought theythought thought he was beginning begmnmg ' ' Who Whoever Whoever Whoever ever heard of a man making makmg such sucha suchI a short speech ' I They " , were ere right nght For there therewere therewere therewere were exactly 272 words in ill that thatspeech thatspeech thatspeech thatspeechAs speech speechAs As he sat down there was but butvery butvery butvery very little applause and that was wasapparently wasapparently wasapparently apparently for the speaker be because because because cause he was the President ofthe of ofthe ofthe the United Umted States and not for the thewords thewords thewords words he had uttered But in m that thatthey thatthey thatthey they were srong w \ . rong For the speech speechto speechto to toihlch \ which \ihlch ihlch they had just listened listenedwas listenedwas listenedwas was Abraham Lincoln Lmcoln s Gettys Getlys Getlysburg Gettysburg Gettysburg burg Address that has been beencalled beencalled beencalled called a classic which will endure en endure endure dure so long as the English Engl1sh Ian Ianguage Ianguage language guage is spoken spokenA A Disappointed DlSappomted AudienceIn Audience AudienceIn In the light hght of that statementwith statementwith statement statementwith -with with - with which few it If any will dls dis dlssentIt dissentit dissent sent-It sent It - it seems strange mdeed indeed mdeedthat indeedthat indeedthat that the people who heard it uttered tittend ut tit tered tend 75 years ago were so httle little httleImpressed littleimpressed littleimpressed Impressed by it Yet such was wasthe wasthe wasthe the case Dr William Wilham E Bartonin Bartonm Barton m In his book booh Lincoln LmcoIn at Gettys burg Gettysburg ( a 2 254-page 254 page - - page book about a a272 272 word speech ! ) ! ) saysPeople saysPeople says People . were .ere ere sere disappointed dlsappomted dlsappomtedAfter disappointedAfter After : Everett Cverett s ora oration bon the Pres PresIdent President President Ident s speech seemed almost nospeech nospeech no speech at all That night mght theytold theytold they told of hearing hearmg Everett and of ofeemg ofseeing $ eemg the President Inclden Inciden Incldentally Incidentally Incidentally tally some of them men mentioned honed the thePres1dent thePresident President Pres1dent had uttered a few re remarks remarks marks yei yes > > they had heard thePresIdent thePresident the President But while they were wereglad wereglad glad to have heard him not many of them at the tune bme time said very verymuch verymuch verymuch much about the President s sspeech sspeech sspeechA speech speechA A few remarks indeed mdeedl ! Yet Yetthe Yetthe Yetthe the people who heard him lum were werenot werenot werenot not the only ones who felt that thatway thatway thatway way about it Another of Lm LmcoIn Lmcoin Lincoin coIn s biographers Ward H Lamon La Lamon Lamon mon has recorded Lincoln Lmcoln sown sowndlssahsfachon s own owndissatisfaction owndissatisfaction dlssahsfachon dissatisfaction with his speech speechhow speechhow speechhow how he himself called cal1ed it a flat flatfaIlure flatfailure flatfailure faIlure and added after he re returned returned returned turned to Washington Washmgton I tell you youthat youthat youthat that speech fell on the audience audiencehke audiencelike audiencelike hke like a wet blanket I am distressed dls dis dlstressed distressed tressed about it I ought to have haveprepared haveprepared haveprepared prepared it with more careBut care careBut But he was wrong about that thatJust thatjust thatjust Just as he was wrong when m in mthe inthe inthe the speech itself he said the theworld theworld theworld world will little httle note nor long re remember remember remember member w u \ hat we say here Perhaps Per Perhaps Perhaps haps the world little httle notedat noted at atthe atthe atthe the time tune what he said there But Butcertamly Butcertainly Butcertainly certamly certainly it seems destined destmed tolong tolong to tolong long rememberHowever remember rememberHowever However , , Lincoln Lmcoln wasn t the theworld theworld theworld world s worst prophet in m thIs thIsrespect thisrespect thisrespect respect That title btle must go to theeditor the theedItor theeditor edItor of the Harnsburg Harrisburg ( Pa ) Patriot Patnot and Union Umon who wrote an anedltonal aneditorial aneditorial edltonal editorial in m which he said The ThePresIdent ThePresident ThePresident PresIdent succeeded on this occa occaslOn occaSion occasion slOn Sion because he acted wIthout wIthoutsense withoutsense withoutsense sense and without constraint constramt in m a apanorama apanorama apanorama panorama that was gotten UEmore uP upmore more partythan for the benefit of his party than for the glory of the nat on onand onand onand and the honor of the dead We Wepass Wepass Wepass pass over the silly remarksof remarks of ofthe ofthe olthe the President for the credit of ofthe ofthe othe ) the nation nabon we are w willing .lmg lmg . that the theveIl theveil theveil veIl of oblivion shall be dropped droppedover droppedover droppedover over them and that they shall no nomore nomore ncmore more be repeated or thought ofOf of ofOf Of course that was the fuiml fulmi fuimlnahan fulmination fulmination nahan nation of a bitterly partisan news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper But the Harnsburg Harrisburg edItor edItorwasn editorwasn editoiwasn wasn t alone in m his attitude atbtude For Foras Foras Foras ChicagoTimes as Barton records The ChIcago TImes and the Register in Lm Lin LmcoIn Lincoin Lincoin coIn Springfeld Sprmgfeld s own home town of Sprmg Spring feld and other partisan newspa newspapers newspapers newspapers pers were equally caustic caushc and andequally ancequally , cqually equally unjust unjustLincoln unjustLincoln Lincoln Lmcoln Overlooked OverlookedOne OverlookedOne One of the most interesting mterestmg eatampler examples e'C eC eat e'Cam ' am ampler pIes of failure fallure of the editor edItors edItorsto ; to appreciate the speech specch was that thatof thatof thaof of the New York Times The Th < following followmg day it carried carned an edl ads edltonal adstonal editonal tonal under the head Two Great GreatOrahons GreatOrations GreatOrations Orahons Orations which said We de devote devote devote vote a broadside broads1de of this morn mornmg morning morning mg ing s Tunes to the publication pubhcatlOn of oftwo oftwo oftwo two orations orahons which we are sure surewill surewill surewill will command the attention attenhon of ofthe ofthe ofthe the day It then went on to discuss dls dis dlscuss discuss cuss the beauty of language and andthe andthe andthe the eloquent voices of two mas masters masters masters ters of oratory One of these thesewas thesewas thesewas was Edward Everett who had hadspoken hadspoken hadspoken spoken at the dedication of the theNahonal theNational theNational Nahonal National GettysburgThe cemetery at Gettysburg The other was NOT AbrahamLincoln Abraham AbrahamLmcoIn AbrahamLincoln LmcoIn Lincoln at the same ceremony ceremonyIt It was Rev Henry Ward Beech Beecher Beecher er who had just returned from fromEngland fromEngland fromEngland England Englandand and on the evening evenmg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the day before had addressed a agreat agreat agreat great crowd at the Academy of ofMusIc ofMusic ofMusic MusIc m ill in his home city of Brooklyn BrooklynTo Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn lynTo To the credit cred1t of Edward Cver Ever Cverett Everett : Everett ett however let it be said that he hewas hewas hewas was one of the few-possIbly few possIbly few - possibly the theonly theonly theonly only one-who one who one - who recognized recogmzed the thegreatness |