Remarks of the President.
Frederick. Md., Oct. 4.
President Lincoln,Gen. McClellan and others left Gen. McClellan’s head quarters at ten o’clock to-day and visited the battlefield of South Mountain. Gen. McClellan and staff then took leave of the President, who arrived here at five P. M. He was enthusiastically welcomed and spoke a few word to the assembled multitude. He merely made a call upon the wounded Gen. Hartsuff, who is receiving attention at the residence of Mrs. Ramsey and son, and soon afterwards left for Washington amid the cheering of the throng of citizens and soldiers, to whom he returned thanks briefly, saying:
“Fellow citizens: I see myself surrounded by soldiers, and a little further off I note the citizens of this good city of Frederick, anxious to hear something from me. I can only say as I did five minutes ago, it is not proper for me to make speeches in my present position. I return thanks to our soldiers for the good service they have rendered, for the energy they have shown, the hardships they have endured, and the blood they have shed for this dear Union of ours. I also return thanks not only to the soldiers but to the good citizens of Maryland, and to all the good men and women in this land, for their devotion to our glorious cause. I say this without any malice in my heart to those who may have done otherwise. May our children and our children’s children to a thousand generations continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers. Now my friends, soldiers and citizens, I can only say once more farewell.”
Portland Daily Press, Portland, ME