Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-03-30
FLAG PRESENTATION.
President LincoIn's Views on Aiming
slaves.

At w ashington, on Friday, rebel nag, cap
tured at Anderson by the 10Th Indiana, was pre-
scented to Governor Morton in front of the Ma
tional Hotel. A large crowd was in Attendance
Governor Morton nude brief speech, in which he
congratulated his auditors the speedy end of
the rebellion, and concluded by introducing Presi
dent Lincoln, whose purity and patriotism were
confessed. he said by all even the most violent
agitators. Applause
His administration would be recognized as the
mostimportant epoch of history. II had struck the
blow to slavery, [applauss.l and built up the Re
public with power it Fever before possessed. If
he had done nothing more than put his name to
the Emancipation Proclamation, that alone would
have made his name immortal. Applause.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
The President. addressed the assembly substsn-
TALLY as follows;
FrLLow CITIZENS: II will be but very few words
that shall undertake to say. l was born in Ken.
lucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois.
Laughter And now am here, where it is my
business to equally for tho good people OF all
the States. l am glad to sec IN Indiana reg iment
on this day able to present the captured flag to the
Governor of Indiana. Applause.
There are but few views or aspects of this great
war upon which have not said or written some
thing whereby my own opinion might be known.
But there is one--the recent attempt of our er-
ring brethren. as they are sometimes called, laugh
ter to employ the negro to SIGHT for them. |
have neither written nor made speech on that
subject, because that their busin ess not mine
and if had wish upon the subject, had not the
power to introduce il or make it effective.
The great question with them whether the
negro, being put in the army, will fight for
them. do not know, and therefore cannot de-
eide, laughter They ought to know better than
VIC. have in nv lifetime heard many arguments
why the negroes ought to be slaves; but if they
will fight for those who would keep them in slave.
~, is will be better arg ument than any l have
yet heard. Laughter and applausc.l He who will
fight for that ought to be a slave. tApplausel
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 the four who will fshtto keep the
others in slavery, ought to be slave himself.
less he is killad in fight. fApplauseI While /
would allow those colored persons to be slaves
who want to be; and next to them who argue in
favor OF making other people slaves. Applause
am in favor Of giving an opportunity to such
white men to try it on for themselves. [Appanse. J
will say one thing in regard to the negro being
employed to fight for them. DO know he cannot
fight and stay at home and make bread too
Laughter and applause. And as one is abou. as
important as the other, then do not care which
they do. Renewed applause
I am rather i'm favor Of allowing them to try
them as soldiers. IApplause.l They lack one vote
Of doing tina {. and wish could send nv vote
over the river, 80 might cast it in favor of allow
ing the negro to fight. lApplause.I But they can
not fight and work both. We must see the bot OH
of the encmy's resources. They will stand out as
long as they cam and if the negro will fight for
them. they mus. allow them to fight.
They have drawn upon their last branch Of re
sources iarplausel and We can now see ii bottom.
Applause. am glad to see the end so near at
hand Applause have said now more than i'll
tended, and will therefore bid you goodbye.
The President then retired. while the crowd be-
low saluted him with loud and hearty cheers and
the band played lively tune.
Governor Morton then stepped forward and re-
marked that they had now seen rebel rag and he
proposed that each one in favor of the perpetuity
of this great Union take off his hat and give
three cheers for the Union fig. The request was
responded to with hearty good will. Three hearty
cheers were then given for President Lincoln,
and three more for Governor Morton, after which
the band struck up Yankee Doodle.