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The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
New York papers of the 14th instant are received. There is nothing of interest contained in them. The Herald reports Early as massing his forces on Sheridan's left, and in the same paragraph announces that "the enemy seems to be retiring, with Averill close upon his rear." They had some oratory in Washington, Tuesday, on the occasion of a flag-raising by the Lincoln and Johnson Association. Lincoln was serenaded, but in a brief response said he had "made up his mind not to do much talking, as he had observed that some persons had lately injured themselves very much by plain speaking." Seward also made a speech, in which, the following related to his Auburn promise about the draft: Fellow-citizens: In a speech I made at Auburn, I said there should be no draft, because the army is being reinforced by five to ten thousand volunteers per day. The people of Auburn understood me, and cleared the district of their draft by volunteering. Patriotic men in Philadelphia writ