The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-25

It 10 thought one thousand killed, wound
cd and missing will cover his casualties
Several of these were owing to accidental
explosions at Columbia and Cheraw.
The enemy's loss must be, in killed
wounded and missing, about twelve hun.
dred, while Sherman has captured and has
on hand over three thousand prisoners
The army 10 just resting a few days at Fay.
etteville, and viii then march to 6oldsbo.
70 or Kinston, to join Schofelds gallant
army. The army il in the best of spirits
flush with victory, self.reliant and defiant.
With such an army and such Generals il
needs no prophet to Gee the result of the
next campaign.
Presentation 60 Gov. Merton.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT LINcoLN AND RE.
PLY OF THE GOVERNOR.
WAsHIN0ToN, March IL.
A rebel flag, captured at Fort Anderson
by the one-hundred and For:ieth Indiana
volunteers, was to-day presented to Gov
ornor Morton Of that State in fQDnt ofthe
National Hotel. A large crowd Of people
were in attendance.
Governor Morton made brief speech,
in which he congratulated his auditors on
the speedy end Of the rebellion, and
con cluded by introducing President Linz
coin, whose purity and patriotism. he said,
were confessed by all, even among the
"His ADMINISTRATOR viii f IS recceanized
as the most important epoch of history. It
struck the death-blow to slavery, Zap
plause] and built up the Republic with a
power it had never before possessed. If he
had done nothing more than to put his
name to the Emancipation Proclamation,
that act alone would have made his name
immortal. LApplause.]
The President addressed the semblage
substantially as follows:
Fellow citizens, it will be bu: afew words
shall undertake to say. ] was born in
Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in
Illinois Ilaughter] and am now here,
where il 10 my duty to be, to care equally
fox the good people of all the States. I am
glad to SEQ an Indiana regiment on this
day able to present this captured Tag to
[Applause.] am not disposed, in saying
this, to make distinction between States,
for all have done equally well. [Applause.j
There are but few views or aspects Of
this great war upon which I have not said
or written. something, whereby my own
views might be made known. There is
one, the recent attempt Of our .'errtng
brethren" as they are sometimes called
[laughter,] TO employ the negro to fight
for them. I have neither written or made
speech upon tina; subject, because that
was their business, and not mine, and If
had q wish upon the subject, I had not the
power to introdu ce it or make it effective.
The great question with them hwas.
whether the negro being put in the army
will fight for them !? do not know. and
therefore cannot decide. (Laughter.) They
ought to know better than we, ana they do
know. have in my lifetime heard many
arguments why the negro ought to be q
slave, but II they fight for those who would
keep them in slavery it will DO better ar
gument than any have yet heard. (Ap-
plause and laughter.) He who will fight
for that ought TO be slave. cloud APP
p!ause.)
They have concluded at last to take one
out OF four Of the slaves and put them in
the army, and that one out OF four who
will tight to keep the others in slavery,
ought to be slave himself unless he is
killed in . fight. Applause.
While have often said thst all men
ought to be free, yet ] would allow those
colored persons to be slaves who wan. to
who argue in favor Of making other peo.
pie slaves. (Applause.) I am in favor Of
giving an opportunity to such white men
to try Il on themselves. prolonged ap-
plause.)
will'say one thing with regard 70 the
negro eeiqg employed 70 fight for them
h, sy :: ho mnew .nd ina, make ae
too. tIaughter.) And - one is about @
important to them ~ the other, ! d0n't
care which they do. (Renewed applauoal
am rather In favor Of having them try
them a. soldiers. (Applause.) They lack
one vote Of doing that, and I wish could
send my vote over the river, 90 that I
might cast It in favor Of allowing the ne
work both. (Applause.)
We must now sec the bottom Of the enc
my's resources. They viii stand out ~
long % they can, ond If the negro will
light for them, they must allow him to
dght. They have drawn upon their last
branch Of resources (Applsuse.) and Ve
can now 80 the bottom. (Applause,l /
am glad to see the end % near at hand
(Applause.)
1have safd now moro than I intended 70
and will therefore bid you goodbye.
The President then retired, while the
crowd below saluted him with loud and
hearty cheers, tho hand at the same time
playing lively tune. "a
Governor Morton then stepped forward
and remarked that they had now seen tho
favor of the q Of 1as an
shall take OF his hat and give three cheers
for the Union dag. The request was coon
responded to with q hearty good will
Three rousing cheers were then given for
President Lincoln, and three moro for
Governor Morton, after which the band
struck up Yankee Doodle"
The Piatteville lWis.) Wisness notes the
return home of Miss 0eorgiana Petermau.
who had been for Two years q drum mer in
the 1th Wisconsin regiment. She lives in|
Ellenboro, e about twenty years old, wears
soldiers clothes. and II quiet and reserved.
Mn Geo.~;sr~ ->-o .r,eA