Report of the Committee of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware; Together with the Journal of the Committee, and the Testimony Taken Before ... the General Election Held in the State on - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1863 Excerpt: ... Answer. No, sir; I was in another wagon. I was in a wagon some three or four wagons behind. It was said, in an outcry by the men, who were along, "One of our flags is torn down." Question. Had you more than one flag? Answer. We had nearly a flag in each wagon. Question. Do you know what the persons who were in the wagon, from which the flag was torn down, were doing with it? Answer. I do not know; I never heard anybody say, except what, I have heard up here from the witnesses. Question. Do you say that you never heard anybody say. either before, at the time of, or after the occurrence, what was being done with the flag in that wagon? Answer. I never did, to my knowledge. Question. What were those wagons doing at the time it was said the flag was torn down? Answer. We were going around the square. Question. How often did. you go around? Answer. I think we went around two or three times. Question. If that flag had been held in an erect, dignified position, as the flag of the Union ought to be carried, would it have been possible for anybody standing on the ground to have torn it down? Answer. It was a very large flag, and, as it had a short staff, it might have been caught from the ground, even when standing erect. Question. Did you tell the Major that the persons you pointed out to him for arrest, were the persons who tore that flag down? Answer. I did not. Question. Were you not all on a kind of a " spree " that night, driving fast around the square, and one party meaning to tantalize the other? Answer. I do not know; we came in to the meeting. Question. Was it not a kind of a boast, as much as to say "Look at us! here we go?" Answer. We wanted to go around to show the meeting. Question. Have you not heard, over and over again, that the persons in the wago...
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