Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-12

RECEPTION frsrxRpkY-A reception wal
gwen yesterday TO the Ninety Third, Ooe Hun
dfed and Forty Fourth. One Huodred and Forty
Seventh, One Hundred and Fitch. and Oas
Hundred andPiIty- Fifth regiments. PRAYER wa'
got OF ia a singular vsy by Rev. Mr.. New. oil
this city.
The regiments resolved are the ones most re-
Gently organized. and number all but their max
mum. Nearly four thousand uen were present.
sho st0od patiently 10 the August sun 10 receive
the gratitude Of the State conveyed through the
channel of it, chief officers.
Joha Hogarth Lorier. the " Chaplain on Nor
tos's Staff" after prayer sung bis welcome song
entitled GLORY HallelDJah.
Lieutenant Governor Baker said: That il had
been the custom OF Governor Morton TO extend
to the returning reg ments public welcome. but
IN the Providence of God bIs health has been
much impaired and uDder the advice of his phy-
sicians, he has taken trip for bis health | AN
left in nv poor way TO do what wosld have Oeen
the pleasure Of the Governor TO do if be were
here You vent forth TO battle for the CoDsti
tuition and the sAnctity OF the Law. and have
returned IN triumph 10 your State. he referred
70 the dead OF their comrades, and said, while
se are thankful tor your return. We never can
forget those Who have fallen by the way But he
vas not present 10 make speech. He wished
only to read skeleton history OF the regiments
present, aud would leave the speech making
business TO others The Governor, after reading
the history, again thanked the men IN behalf oil
the people Of the State, and Introduced General
Ben. Harrison, who spoke OF bis regret that Gov.
Morton was not present. and his own reluctance
TO appearing before the men 10 the capacity OF q
speaker He had recently laid aside the gsrb OF
blue. and was happy TO see so many present
wearing the livery of their country" He spoke
OF the associations formed in The service. and the
II in nn inu nd md nut he ehar
acteristics OF each other he referred 10 the
change OF life they were about entering on. aud
earnestly enjDned the men 10 conduct themselves
90 a. 70 NEE, the APPRECIATION OF all. He said
that they did not expect TO monopohze all the
Offices and they asked when all other things
we're eaual, the palm should be yielded to the
SOLDIER could they expect TO live upon the
gratitude OF the people. Gratitude was then
drink and meat The General got off a
a rather strong simile between the rebels and the
fallen angels. and advised the men lot to be-
lieve the congratulations of the men who be
longed TO the party in the North opposed 10 the
var Those men had rather have seen each sol
der buried beHeath four feet of Southern soil
than TO see them again back in the State. You
want TO brand Ihose men. Ii should be branded
upon them enduring mark There are
some Union people very forgiging. He didn't be
Iieve in forgiving a sinner who persisted in sin
ming. The people South, and their allies here
don't believe they have been guilty of any
wrong Keep them out of the control of the
Government, or else they will again bring trouble
Oh the country.
He referred to the inevitable negro, aud their
fighting qualities. he had seen them fight, and
preferred TO extend the right of suffrage to such
men IN preference TO a man who had been in
the rebel service He was not in favor at pres
ent of extending the right OF suffrage TO the
gro but il the rebels IN the South did rot DE
have, he was IN favor of allowing the black
men to reconstruct the States. No man who
has ever been in the rebel army has right 10
vote. aid he should always oppose allow ing
them to exercise that right De warned the men
TO avoid the places in the city where they would
lose their money and their discharges The dis
charge was an inestimable paper. and they
should preserve il With sacred regard He
thanked the men, after further admonishnR
them. for their attention. and closed.
At the conclusion Of Harrison's remarks Lo-
zier again entertained the men with one OF his
songs, entitled. Nv hen Sherman Marched Down
to the Sea"
Col Peden of the One Hundred and Forty
seventh. briefly thanked the Governor for the
hittering welcome they had received
Col. Dick Ryan being on the stand was called
for, and made one OF his characteristic speeches
He didn't altogether approve OF the moral lectures
delivered from the stand He thought the sol
diers were competent 10 take care Of them
selves a. he was Ii the soldiers wanted drink.
he said to them, go and get one. Men ought
not TO be put under the spron strings of their
wives and mothers. He thought the negro suf
irage question had been sprung rather pre- nature
but be did believe that = negro who bad fought
along side with white man was more entitled to
vote than a Copperhead. He thought this ques
ton should be determined by the States, and 10
that he stood by President johnson The Gov
eminent had not the right to saw one word in
this matter The people OF the States must DC
that. While you have been 10 the field, men 81
home have put their means into Government
bonds and escaped taxation. while your farm and
all you own ground down By IA system oil
taxation. Is this right? He wss opposed 10 the
introduction OF politics into these receptions, bul
others had done and in il be found his apology
The Colonel referred TO the present debt of the
Government and the Onerous system OF taxa
ton that permitted the rich man who had inves
ted bis means in Government bonds to 60 ex
empt, while you, poor man, must pay taxes
on. not only the coffn of your wife. but the
very screws that hold down the lid He did not
believe rich man entitled 10 more conside
ration than a man who calamity defended hi.
country The Colonel avowed he w.s as patriotic
ss any man and he only uttered sentiments that
were loyal, anu referred To these matters because
he knew the soldiers did not kOw ANYTHING oil
them He continued some time in the same
strain
Before dismissing the men, Governor Baker
diSclaimed having ever referred to the subject oil
politics at receptions. and joined issue wrh Col
Ryan on the subject OF taxation The MATES
had been decided twenty five years since. and =
war could not be carried on without the right oil
taxation.
Lozer felt called upon TO putin his di.approva
OF Rysns remarks, AMI extended into a lengthy
lecture the temperance cause He might
have reserved himself for a Sunday afternoon al
the Tabernacle.
After smother song and numerous cheers the
reception of Yesterday came to a close.
sE 4 stranger 10y the name of Graham, on
his way TO 0hiJ With bis family, VAS made the
victim of a coat fence game last evening, which