Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-10-27

LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
tcswsspsstssss 81 Ne Indians AssrIsss.i
wAsHiHsros. u. O.. Oct. II. 1865.
~. Efifev. --Ansr s vsry brief fore
tssts 81 winter. oonsIstIne Of three or
four days TOO cold for eoniors without
Gre, We have warm and dry weather.,
The streets Of the city are dusty. the
yards are dasiy, The housss are dusty,
everything 10 dussy.g To-day the color.
I'd folks devoted ~ kicking up . duss
on their own account, and . better hu.
norsd Get Of people never saw. The
occasion Of their exubsrsnt joy and re-.
joicing Was the reception Of the IL. Col.
orsd Regiment Of the District Of Co.
lambda. which has just returned for the
purpose Of being mustered out Of the
ssrvies. This Regiment was among the
6rst coIorsd troops that were mustered
iAio the u. s. service. " vent out .
little over 1000 s,ropg, and has been in
active service all the timo, The Gag
that they carried out with them WA
borne along 10 the procession TO- day,
all tstisrsd and torn By the Casualties
OF war, until Il 10 now nero remnant
Of the enes emblem Of Liberty and
Power. AZ IL the FAX. sods tho Rsgi.
insnt. OF the 1000 who Mtnt tusy1n
def.sss of oar nationality. but about
400 return. Besides those 400 original
members VI the Regiment. there ars
other 400 hat have boen recruited NJ
different times. 40 that there arc nssr
soc now in the Regiment for mastering
oct. t f. rain
In anticipation Of tho arrival Of the
veterans. the colorsd people Of the city
had held meetings. and raised fund.-,
and made slI olher necessary srrsnge
ments for = public reception aud cola
ton. AT about 10 O'Clock this morning
the ceremonies began at Campbell Hos.
pital, whore the boys were CHARTERED.
They we're marched through the prin.
cipal streets OF tho city, escorted by q
vas, crowd Of loose darkies Of both sex.
&c, until they arrived at tho White
House. The President mado them .
neat, sensible speech, thanking them
for their service; telling them that Sla
very, which was the cause Of the war,
was forever dead, and that now IL was
for them 10 show 10 the world that they
we're capable Of tho snj ,yment of Lib.
srty. lie dwell, at somo length on tho
Importance Of fheir understanding their
duties in their new relations, and OF
their applying themselves to industry
% creditably to themselves as they had
exhibited their patriotism in the eleven
battles in which they had engaged.
After the ceremonies at the Prssi'
dents house. the Regiment Was con.
Quoted TO the Hospital Gronnds, where
the collation. was spresd. and where sol
dier and citizen mingled joyfully over
the good things prepared for the occa
sion. have sssn many Regiments on
parade and on reviews. but l have new.
or rcen ono march with . better sp.
pearancs than this 1t Cvlored Regi
ment Of the District Of Columbia made
on tho streets Of Washington City to.
day. They looked very much like
men, and if they and ell the other freed.
men Of the land take tho advice given
them by the Presidon, to day, tho day
10 not very distsnt in which they will
DO men enjoying rights in this country
which they have helped save from des
truction, if not equal with those of an.
other color, yet sufficient TO make them
selves felt As power in tho land.
If the men who now clamor for tho
right Of suffrage being At once extend.
ed to these men, will exert themselves
to extend other qualifying privileges to
,hsm, they may provo to DO rs good
philanshropists and better patriots. To
give liberated slave a ticket and lead
him up to the polls and lot him stick il
in box, would be giving him the right
Of srfrags, or IL would be giving him
Who gave him the ticket thus the right
TO duplicate his own roto through the
plant hand Of the freedman; but Il
would not either directly or indirectly
give that freedman q bite 10 eat or
thread to wear, nor would IL elevate
him in the scsls Of intelligence or NOR
els.