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ovents succeed each other politically, as well as otherwise, and it is the unexpected which always happens. No one can form an opinion with any expectation of seeing it realized as to the next presidential ticket. Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, was in the city to-day, eu route from New York city to his home. In •peaking of General Logan Mr. Halstead said: “While we in Ohio differed greatly from Senator Logan on important matters, we all had a great respect for him as a soldier, as one who had served bis country in many ways, as one who had fought bravely in two wars. His death will be universally regretted. General Logan had his faults, but, notwithstanding, he was a etrong man, and gave his strength to his country. He was the first of the vo'unteer soldiers, by which I mean he was foremost of those who were not educated at West Point. His place in history will be a riorums one.” Macon,. Ga., Dee. 27.—1n an interview to day Secretary Lamar said that he regarded the death of General Logan as a public calamity. “Intellectually,” said the Secretary, “Senator Logan was underestimated by his opponents, not fully appreciated by his near friends, and hardly overestimated by his warmest partisans and admirers. Though not an epigrammatic man, he possessed intellectual intrepidity, a supreme faith in the truth of any cause that he espoused, and he wa9 never crushed in a debate. The death of such a man is a loss to the government and to the people.” Telegrams of Condolence. ■Washington, Dec. 27.—The following telegrams have been received by Mrs. Logan this morning: Madison, Wis., Dee. 27. Tlie veterans of the G. A. R. are in deep sorrow, aud sincerely and lovingly mourn the loss of your bekved husband, their dear comrade and friend. I sorrowfully tender their services in any manner agreeable to you. Lucius Fairchild, Commander in Chief G. A. R. Nzw York, Dec. 27. We are inexpressibly shocked and grieved by the nev.s of your husband’s death. Mrs. Morton joins ■with mo in expressing nnr deepest sympathy in your great sorrow and irreparable loss. Levi P. Morton. Chicago, Dec. 27. The death of Comrade Logan brings great sorrow to the hearts of the members of the Chicago Union Veteran Club. Charles A. Dibble, Pres. Springfield, IIL. Dec. 27. The Nation, in common with yourself, has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of your great husband. You have lay profound sympathy. Bluford Wilson. Evanston, 111., Dec. 27. I am profoundly grieved to learn of the General’s fleath. Yon have iny most sincere sympathy in this great affliction. Andrew Shuman. Indianapolis, Dec. 27. Our whole family mourns with you. Mrs. Harrison and my daughter send their lovo and sympathy. May God’s grace holdyou up in this hour when friends can do so little. B. Harrison. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27. We unite in sympathy with you and yours in your great sorrow. * Mary Arthur MoElroy, Ellen Herndon Arthur. Chicago, Dec. 27. Trinity M. E. Church extends to you deepest sympathy, and offer of such assistance as may be necessary. May God bless aud sustain yon. John Alabaster, Pastor. I This is the church of which General Logan was a member, j Japanese Legation. Washington. Doc. 27. Dear Mrs. Logan—We have heard, with great sorrow, the sad intelligence of the decease of Senator Logan, and beg to assure you of our most sincere sorrow and heartfelt sympathy in tne sad aud irreparable loss of such an illustrious husband, as well as the deep regard which we feel at the loss of one for whom wo have entertained so high a respect and regard. In the meantime we remain yours, most sincerelv. B. Kuki, H. Kuki. Salina, Kan.. Dec. 27. At a called meeting of Salina Post, No. 127, G. A. R., Department of Kansas. the J following was unanimously adopted: “In great sorrow, with deep humility, we bow with becoming reverence to the dispensation ot our Supreme Commander by which the name of our late comrade, John A Logan, has been added to the roll of the Grand Army above. In the death of our late comrade we have lost a friend indeed. May the memory of his heroic services ever be enshrined in our hearts. Our tender sympathy goes out to the widow and fatherless in this their hour of greatest bereavement. May the Supreme Commander give them grace to bear their deep affliction. J. G. Mohlkr. ‘-R. H. Markland, “E. H. CriiP, Committee.” Chicago. Dec. 27.

TJ. S. Grant Post, No. 28. O. A. R., desire the earliest possible notice of the arrangements for the funeral of your father. We ask as a particular favor and right the post of honor. A. F. WALCOTT, Commander. [This is the post to which Logan belonged.] St. Paul. Dec. 27. The unexpected death of your husband and our general has shocked us ail. How the events of the past and his glorious achievements come leaping back! We mourn tne death of the old soldier’s best friend. Accept our deepest sympathy. John 6. Sanborn. Shawneetown, 111., Dec. 27. Shawneetown mourns for General Logan. Hore are the friends who knew him earliest and who feel his death with deepest sorrow The home of ~our bridal days sends its sincorost sympathy in this ..cur of your great sorrow. The loss to State and Nation is irreparable. The country mourns his death. Thomas S. Ridgway. Fbfmont, 0., Dec. 27. Mrs. Haves unites with me in extending to you our heartfelt sympathy in your great bereavement' R. B. Hayes. New York. Dec. 27. In the unexpected stroke I can realize nothing except that your loss is the loss of the whole people, and they so truly recognize this that in your great sorrow you have the Nation’s sympathy. William Walter Phelps. Washington, Dec. 27. The high position which Senator Logan occupied in the army and his distinguished services in tho ast war, and his interest in both land and naval services, exhibited ia so many ways £ud on so many occasions, has given him a place in the hearts of those attached to tho raval service second, perhaps, to no one in the country. I therefore bei£ to assnre you of the profound regret with which ms death is received by the whole naval service, and to ask that it mav be allowed to bear such share [n the testimonials of respect and honor which may attend his burial as shall seem to you appropriate. The bearer of this note, Commodore W. S. Schley, is requested to oenfer with such persons as may have the arrangements in charge. Assuring you of ray great, personal regret and sympathy, I am most truly yours, William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy. To Mrs. Senator Logan. Chicago, Dec. 27. To Hon. S M Cnllom—The City Council will meet to night and adopt resolutions inviting burial of Gen. Logan hero. Will you communicate this to the family? M. E. Stone.' Chicago, Dec. 27. The Grand Army of tho Republic of Illinois tender to the family of our comrade our deepest sympathy in this their great bereavement and our great loss. H. P. Thompson Assistant Adjutant-general. J. A Sexton, A. D. C. Springfield, HI., Dec. 27. To Hob. S. M. Cullom—Your telegram announcing death of General Logan fills every heart with Borrow. Can I, or any State official, render any service there or here in connection with funeral ceremonies at R. J. Oglesby. Philadelphia, Doc. 27. Mr. John A. Loean, jr.—l beg to tender to your family, on behalf of the Union League of Philadelphia, the profound regret and sympathy which are sincerely felt and universally expressed by our members ou hearing of tho death of your distinguished father. J:.DWIN Benson, President Union League. Chicago. Dec. 27. Peorla. 111., Dec. 27. .Irs. John A. Logan—Whereas, the Peoria Board of Trade has learned, with profound sorrow, of the sudden death of the distinguished soldier and statesman. Joan A. Ixean; therefore, Resolved, That, in the death of General Logan, our country haa met with the loss of one no less renowned in peace than in war. whose unflinching courage and Sterling Integrity entitle him to the highest place in the hearts of his countrymen. Resolved, hat this State end community, who fcavs so long known and esteeaaed him, are especially *AIUfJ open u luun the Ims of a faithful friend

whose constant aim was to serve his State and country, and promote their best interests. Resolved, That the members of this Board extend to Mrs. Logan their heartfelt sympathy in this her hour of and ep and irreparable loss. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be telegraphed to Mrs. Logan. By order of the Board. W. H. Bartlett, President To Mrs. General Logan—Please accept rav sincere sympathy. Marshall Field. Chicago, Dec. 27. Hon. S. M. Cnllom—The sentiment of Illinois people is that General Logan should be buried in Illinois. D. T. Littler. Chicago. Dec. 27. Mrs John A. Logan—Mrs. Drake and all your oil neighbors on Calumet avenue join me in deepest sympathy and sorrow in your bereavement John B. Drake. Indianapolis, Dec. 27. To Mrs. John A. Logan—Mrs. Bruce and I learn with deepest sorrow of the demise of General Logan, and tender you onr heartfelt sympathy. B. K. Bruce. Atlanta, G&., Dec. 27. Mr*. John A. Logan—l have not words to express how sincerely I sympathize with vnu in your heartrending affliction. May God, in His mercy, sustuin and console you. A. H. COLQUITT. La Crosse. Wis., Dec. 27. Our city sends words of sympathy to the widow of one of America's greatest men. D. P. Powell, Mayor. Minneapolis, Dec. 27. The members of the Union League of Minneapolis tender their heartfelt sympathy. Your great affliction is a Nation's loss. R. G. Evans, President. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 27. Mrs. Cameron and I are greatly distressed by the General’s death. Aocept assurances of profound sympathy. Angus Cameron. Chicago, Dec. 27. The army telegraphers of the late war, lamenting with the millions the sad bereavement to yourself and family, unite in voicing their heartfelt sympathy. Senator Logan was our devoted friend and sincere ana able champion. Wm. R. Plum, President. New Orleans, Dec. 27. The Department of the Gulf G. A. R., tenders its heartfelt sympathy in this hour of bereavement, and mourns the loss of its illustrious cammander-in-chief and faithful comrade. A. S. Badger, Department Commander. Chicago, Dec. 27. The Congregational Ministers’ Union, of Chicago, hereby express to yon their profound sympathy in your bereavement, and assure you of their earnest prayers. H. L. Hammond, President. Bloomington, 111., Dec. 27. Bloomington G. A. R. Post, No. 146, met at, 10 o’clock this morning and adopted the name of John A. Logan Post, and unanimously passed the following. “To Mr*. John A. Logan. Washington. D. C.—The officers and members of John A. Logan Post, No. 146, G. A. R., of this city. tender their heartfelt sympathy to yourself and family in this sad hour of bereavement, and recognize the fact that an all-wise Providence has taken from you a loving companion, a tender father, and front the Nation the veteran’s warmest and most faithful friend and advocate. Post 146. G. A. R.. of this city, met in special session at 10 o'clock to-day. and adopted the name of John A. Logan as the name of the post. “A. C. Swketzer, Commander.” Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 27. To Mrs. John A. Logan—On behalf of the Irish National League of America, I respectfully tender you my heartfelt condolence in your sad bereavement. You will have the deep sympathy of the entire raeo from, which your lamented husband sprung, and their prayers will go forth that God may give you strength to bear the great blow which He lias been pleased to inflict on you. John Fitzgerald, President Irish National League of America. New York, Dec. 26. Mrs. General Logan—A friend just telegraphs the awful news, too sudden and dreadful to be named. I wrote you this morning. May God sustain you all in this sail calamity. W. T. Sherman. Nfw York. Dec. 26. To John A. Logan, jr.—We hear with profound sorrow of the departure of your noble father, lie is gone to the belter world mid is a gainer: but the loss to your mother, your sister ar.d yourself is irreparable. Mrs. Stanford joins in deeyiest sympathy with your mother, and a whole Nation suffers in his loss. Leland Stanford. Brooklyn, Dec. 26. Mrs. J. A. Logan—Deepest sympathy of Mrs. Talraage and myself for the loss of your great aud noble husband, and the prayers of my congregation to-night that you may be comforted. T. DkWitt Talmage.

Chicago, Dec, 20. We are deeply grieved by this morning's reports, but hope we may have news of the General’s improvement. Robert T. Lincoln. New York, Dec. 26. Accept my sincere sympathy and expression of sorrow. Alex. Gregor. Secretary Russian Legation. Philadelphia, Dec. 26. Please accept our condolence in vour bereavement. The Nation weeps with you in this hour of trouble. Your loss is that of the whole people. Wm. R. Leeds. President Union Republican Club. Indianapolis, Dec. 26. Mrs. Now unites with me in heartfelt sympathy in your affliction, so sudden, so uexpected, ami so untimely. John C. New. New York, Dec. 26. Little did I think when telegraphing you this morning that so great a sorrow was n*>ar. Accept my deep sympathy in your great bereavement. Roscok CONKLING. Philadelphia Dec. 26. The people of Philadelthia tender their sympathy in the sad bereavement which has befallen you in the death of your honored husband. Their hearts are warm in affection and esteem for his many manly virtues. William B. Smith, Mayor. Columbus. 0., Dec. 26. The death of General Logan causes me profound sorrow. It is a national calamity. His comrades of the great events in which he inscribed his name upon the imperishable records of his country’s great men and won the people's love are weeping today. In this, the saddest hour of your life, I assure you of my sincere sympathy. C. H. GROSVENOB. Philadelphia, Dec. 26. It is with sorrow the Samuel J. Randall Association, of Philadelphia, has learned of the death of your husband. Senator from Illinois. Wo tender to you our heartfelt sympathy and condolence. Wm. McMullen, President, George 11. Hoffman, Secretary. San Francisco, Dec. 26. Accept our sincere sympathy and condolence for j-our sudden bereavement. Mr., and Mrs. M. H. De Young. Detroit, Dec. 26. We are all crushed with grief on account of the General's d<-ath. Tc.e anticipated pleasures of the week have changed to a burden I cannot escape from. Please advise me of the funeral arrangements as early as possible. Mrs. Alger and myself wish to attend if possible to do so after the Soldiers' Home dedication Thursday. R. A. Alger. New York, Dec. 26. Mrs. J. A. Logan—Wo are distressed at the terrible news and all join in regrets for the loss aud sympathy with the living. F. D. GRANT. Telegrams expressing deep sympathy were algo received from E. B. Wasbburne, Stephen A. Douglas, S. J. Schofield, D. M. Dodee, S. B. Elking, Senator Dawes, Frank Hatton, Judge Walter Q. Gresham, Wm. J. Allen, Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, Senators Hawley, Sabin and Hale, Philetus Sawyer, P. B. Plumb, Alex. Ramsey, Whitelaw Reid, W. D. Washburneand R. E. Jackson. Resolutions of James U. Enunett Post, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. W abash. Ind., Dec. 27.—At a called meeting of James H. Emmett Post, G. A. R., to-night, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, It has pleased the Ruler of the universe to call Gen. John A. Logan from his labor on earth, therefore be it Reaolved. That in his death we mourn the loss of a comrade, the greatest of volunteer soldiers. Just verging on manhood, with his sword he won distinction on tho plains of Mexico; prompt to respond to the call of his country at the beginning of the Rebellion, by his ability, energy, patriotism and courage he illustrated and in his person epitomized the glory and grandeur of the American citizen in war. Living, we honored him; dead, we revere his memory. In the death of General Loean the soldiers of the late war have lost one of their ablest champions in the hails of

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Congress, and at all times and under all circnmstnnces a devoted friend, and their loss in his death is irreparable. We sincerely condole with the family of the illustrious dead in the dispensation with which it has pleased divine Providence to afflict them, aud commend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best. M H. Kidd, B. F. Williams, Alex. Hess, N. G. Hunter, John Lyre, Committee. LOGAN AND THE PAYNE CASE. Hie Action Might Have Been Reconsidered Had His Motives Not ISeen Attacked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 27.—1n the mass of comment made to-day upon the death of Senator Logan, not a little reference has been made by Senators to the part he took in the Payne case, which was argued in committee and in the chamber last summer. It is stated that the attacks upon General Logan by the press and Republicans of Ohio and elsewhere worried him a great deal, and he was frequently heard to state, in private conversation, that he and Senators Evarts and Teller, who voted with the Democrats for Senator Payne, would have preferred to go with their own party had there been any evidence to justify such action. One of Senator Logan’s most intimate Republican senatorial friends says of this: “I believe, and always shall believe, that Logan would have reconsidered his vote in that case had cot Ohio papet'B Ditched into him so savagely. I had carefully read all the testimony, and when I learned how be voted in committee I was surprised. I went to him in the Senate chamber, and after broaching the subject, remarked that every intelligent man in Ohio, regardless of political sentiment or affiliation, believed there was bribery; that money was used in the election. ‘Oh, yes.’ said Logan, ‘but the trouble is there is no evidence of it Then I replied that there was evidence, and inquired of Loean if he had read the testimony. He admitted that he had not, saying he judged the testimony by the presentation made of it in the committee-room. I mentioned several strong points in the testimony, and told him that I was not endeavoring to persuade him against his judgment, but that I was satisfied the case would create more of a stir than was then anticipated. After impressing upon his mind the features of the testimony which I regarded as showing proof of bribery. I told him I would be glad to have him review the case, to read the testimony himself. He would have carefully read that testimony, and, perhaps, in consequence of that careful reading, have changed his vote; but just then Republican pacers opened upon him, some of them in an abusive and malignant manner, and I knew Logan well enough to feel assured that he would not change then.” Senator Logan, though a diligent and earnest public servant, paid but little attention to the details of parliamentary methods. He was not familiar with the rules, and rarely ever knew the status of his own bills on the calendar. His time, perhaps, was so engrossed with tke many important matters intrusted to him, and with his correspondence, that he had no opportunities of familiar zing himself with parliamentary details. When he wished to pass a pending measure he would ask that it be token np, and it irritated him to have the point raised that any rule conflicted. The measure to which he last gave special attention in the Senate was the bill to donate certain land in Chicago for governmental military purposes. At the last session he endeavored to get the bill through, and when opposition was offered he re torted that he had waited patiently for an opportunity to pass his bill; that he had frequently yielded to other measures, and he thought it was hieh time that some spirit of accommodation was shown toward him. Early in the present session he gave notice that at an early day he would ask for consideration of that biil. That was the last time he ever addressed the presiding officer of the Senate in his official capacity.

The Senator’s Last Public Speech. Cleveland, Dec. 27. —General Loean’s last public speech was delivered at a G. A. R. campfire in Youngstown, 0., on Nov. 18, a little more than five weeks ago. In the course of his remarks he said: “I am often accused of saving things that policy would dictate sh not be said, but I don’t care as long as I am right I believe in pensioning every soldier now living that went into the service, either for a long or short service who was wounded in the service or contracted disease, or has since, through no fault of his own, bpcome disabled. I believe in pensioning every soldier that has strived at the age of sixtv-two. Pass that kind of a law. and justice would be done. Some may say it is too much. No, it is not. This country can never nay the debt, it owes the gallant, men who went out in her defense at a time when the very life of the Nation was assailed.”

LOGAN IN 1861. The General Among tlie First in the Field —Mrs. Logan’s Heroism. Chicago News. In 1860 General Loean wm re-elected to Congress, and Mrs. Logan spent that memorable winter at tho capital with him. Scarcely had ♦hey returned when the news came of the fall of team ter. and in response to President Lincoln’s proclamation convening the new Congress in extra session, the General was forced to hurry back to Washington. Mrs. Logan remained at home at Marion, whither the family had removed from Benton, and her position now became one of difficulty. The General’s constituents were largely Southerners or persons of Southern descent who had settled in that part of Illinois, and were thoroughly in sympathy with the South, and they were all impatient to know what the General’s course would be. Hi 6 speeches in Congress had already revealed his determination to adhere to the Union, and, at the battle of Bull Run, instead of remaining at Washington, he had joined Colonel Richardson’s Michigan regiment and fonght with it that day. He was in citizen’s dress, and Mrs. Logan still has the suit he wore on that day. When it became known after the battle that the General was about to return to his district and pablieh' announce the course he intended to pursue there was the greatest excitement amone his constituents. People even forgot to attend to their ordinary vocations: business was suspended. and the farmers neglected their crops and came pouring into Marion, then a little town of 1,000 inhabitants, to await their Representative’s return and hear what he had to sav. Mrs. Logan foresaw th.,t everything would depend upon the circumstances under which her husband made the announcement of his intentions. She could not venture out of doors without a crowd collecting about her and questioning her concerning her husband, and she felt that it was of the utmost consequence that he should be able to secure a fair audience and be able to exert, his personal influence to stay the threatening stampede of the secessionists. Many who were afterwards supporters of the Unior were then undecided in opinion, and she knew that the slightest untoward event might turn the scales. It was essential, indeed, for him to retain their confidence and convince them that his was the only patriotic course to pursue. Already resolutions of secession had been introduced at the meetings iD his district, and Mrs. Logan’s and her husband’s friends, in endeavoring to restrain public opinion until their Representative could personally appear and declare his views had a most delicate and dangerous role to play. On the day set for his arrival she drove in a buggy all the way to Carbondale, the nearest station, twenty two miles away, to meet him. but, learning there that the train by which he was to arrive had misred connection, she immediately turned about and drove back to Marion. It was evening when she arrived there, and the streets were still full of people. They crowded in a mass around her bugey and demanded to know why her husband had not accompanied her. Colonel White, then clerk of the court, and her father. Captain Cunningham, exerted themselves to pacify the mob. but it was not until the sheriff. Mr. Swindell, stood up in his buggy and urged the crowd to disperse, assuring it that Logan would surely be there in the morning and address them, that the clamor could be quSoed. Once released from her nr>:*asant, if not perilous position, Mrs. %,>Mn yimed the horse around, and in the cLrkutw&Vuckily net ouf agaiu on that long ride

to Carbondale. It was 2 o’clock in the morning when the train which bore her husband rolled into the depot, but without waiting to refresh themselves they secured a fresh horse and by daylight they were again at Marion. The town was still full of people pacing the streets, but on perceiving that General Logan had really arrived and on receiving his promise to address them at 11 o’clock, they made no demonstration. That was a morning the people of southern Illinois will never forget. At the hour appointed a wagon was drawn up in the public square, from which the General addressed the vast audience. There were those present who had sworn to take his life if he declared for the Union, but at the conclusion of the speech he quietly got down from the wagon and was not disturbed. In reference to the often published stories of his position at the outbreak of the war, General Logan, in 1876, published a card two columns or more long, containing affidavits from people who were familiar with the facts and were his associates at the time. A Chicago paper published a story that the General attempted to raise a regiment for the Confederacy, and presented an affidavit made in 1866 by one John Wheatley, who claimed that Loean endeavored to persuade him and others to join the Confederacy, and claimed to be raising a regiment for its support. Among other affidavits procured by General Logan at that time was one Tnorndvke Brooks, the only man in Illinois who recruited a company of troops for service on the confederate side. Brooks wrote Logan as follows: Tho Hoo. John A. Logan: Dear Sir—Your letter of this date is received, and, in renly to your request for a vindication at my hands, I will state that |I have read the statement published in the New York World and other paners, purporting to be an affidavit made by one John Wheatley, in substance a3 follows: “John G. Wheatley deposes that he was one of the seventy men recruited for the confederate army by John A. Logan: that said Logan conducted tho recruits from Wiliiamson county. Illinois, under cover of night, to a place on the Ohio river where they crossed into Kentucky to join the confederate army; that Logan chose this crossing-place in order to avoid the Union troor-s stationed at Cairo; that Logan left the recruits at the river for the purpose of going back for more, promising faithfully to join the first in a few days and then command the regiment in the confederate service." I wish to say that said affidavit is a lie throughout. The only body ©f men ever taken from Williamson county, Illinois, to the confederate army, that I know of were those that went with me. With the recruiting of these, or sending them off, you certainly had nothing to do. Said “Wheatley” was never in Illinois, that I know of, before the war. I joined the Southern cause, believing it to be the right one, and have never changed my opinion on that point. However, not believing any good can be accomplised by propagating lies or withholding truth, I have written you this letter as requested. Respectfully yours. Thorndyke Brooks, Late Lieutenant-colonel, C. S. A. Baltimore, Md., March 27.

THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. A Recent Talk with General Logan About Douglas and Sherman. Washington Letter in St. Loui6 Globe-Democrat. Some chance question brought up recollections of Stephen A Douglas, and there is nobody living now who could speak of the Little Giant from such an intimate acquaintance as Senator Logan enjoyed. “If Douglas had lived he would have been in Lincoln's Cabinet, wouldn’t he General?” the question was. “No,” said General Logan, “I don’t think he would. I believe he would have taken the field, and if he had he would have been the greatest general of the war. There was no question about where Douglass stood when the war was coming on. He differed from most of the men in the North in his estimate of what a war it was going to be. He had been through the South in his campaign; he knew the extent of the prepa ration, and he measured the feeling down there better than we did. I talked with him in Washington, was with him in Springfield when he made that great speech, and rode in the same seat with him going up to Chicago, just before he died. I say I think he would have taken the field, for in his conversation with me his mind was on the war that must be fought through, and he outlined the two great campaigns that must be carried out, just as we afterward adopted them —the movement in the West against Vicksburg, and so on, and the movement in the East, with Richmond as the objective point.” “Did Douglas expect to be elected President?” “No, 1 don’t think he did,” the General answered. “1 was in the convention that nominated him, and I have always thought Douglas looked forward to defeat. In that joint debate which Lincoln and Douglas made for the Illinois senatorship Douglas won, but at the same time destroyed his chances for the presidency.” “Lincoln said, after the debate was over, that Douglas would be Senator, but he could never be President.” suggested an Illinois man. “He spoke the truth,” said General Logan. “In that debate Lincoln forced the issue of slavery, and obliged Douglas to commit himself to such a position on the question of slave ownership in the Territories that a split in the Democratic party was inevitable The slave States couldn’t accept. Douglas after that, and, in my opinion, Douglas went through the campaign without expecting success.” “They rotten-egged him in the South, didn't they?” “Yes; and that trip gave him the opportunity to form the correct estimate of what was coming. “Douglas and General Sherman,” continued General Logan, “were about the only two men on our side who appreciated the magnitude of the war in anticipation. I know I didn’t. I knew there were only about 230,000 slaveholders, and I argued that the fighting on the part of the South would be limited to that element. It didn’t seem in reason then that other hundreds of thousands would take up the cause of these slaveholders, who thought their property was in dancer and would help them fight their battles.” “We called Sherman crazy because he said the North might as well try to put out a big fire with a squirtgun as to put down the Rebellion with 75.000 men,” someone suggested. “Yes,” said General Logan, "they called Sherman crazy. But he had been South. He had charge of a military school in Louisiana before the war commenced and knew what they were doing down there. I have talked with him re centlv about those times. He saw that they were making preparations for a great war. Some of them used to come to him wearing their uniforms. I don’t know that they ever approached him with a point blank proposition to go in with them, but they tried once to get him to recognize the Confederate States of America in a receipt for some arms. He refused. If he had done it the North wouldn’t have had much use for him afterward. He left the Southerners wearing uniforms and drilling, and came North. Men in Ohio were plowing in their fields He told them there was going to be a great war, and that Ohio might be invaded; that they ought to be getting ready. They laughed at him. He came on to Washington and told his brother John and others. Nobody would believe there was any such struggle ahead as he predicted. He could hardly get people here to listen to his warnings.”

GENERAL GRANT ON LOGAN. What the Old Commander Wrote of Hi* Trusted Lieutenant. In the “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant” numerous references are made to General Logan. The following extracts are made from Genoral Grant’s book: “When I [Grant] was appointed colonel the Twenty-first Regiment was still in the State service. About the time they were to be mustered into the United States service, such of them as would go, two members of Congress from the State, McClernand and Logan, appeared at the capital, and 1 was introduced to them. I had never seen either of them before, but I had read a great deal about them, and particularly about Logan, m the newspapers. Both were Democratic members of Congress, and Logan had been elected from the Southern district of the State, where he had a majority of 18,000 over his Republican competitor. His district had been settled originally by people from the Southern States, and at the time of the breaking out of secession they sympathized with the South. At the first outbreak of war some of them joined the Southern army, many others were preparing to do so, others rode over the country at night denouncing the Union, and made it as necessary to guard railroad bridges over which national troops had to pans in southern Illinois as it was in Kentucky or any of the border slave States. Logan's popularity in this district was unbounded. He knew almost enough of the people m it

by their Christian names to form an ordinary congressional district As he went in politics so his district was sure to go. The Republican papers had been demanding to know where he stood on the questions which at that time engrossed the whole of public thought Some were very bitter in denunciation of his silence. Logan was not a man to be coerced into an utterance by threats. He did, however, come out in a speech before the adjournment of the special eetsion of Congress which was convened by the President, soon after his inauguration, and announced tiis undying loyalty and devotion to the Union. But I had not happened to see that Bpeech, so that when I first met Logan my impressions were those formed from reading denunciations of him. McClernand, on the other hand, bad early taken strong grounds for the maintenance of the Union, and had been praised accordingly by the Republican papers. The gentleman who presented these two members of Congress asked me if I would have any objection to their addressing my regiment. I hesitated a little before answering. It was but a few days before the time set for mustering into the United States service such of the men as were willing to volunteer for three years of the war. I had some doubt as to the effect a speech from Logan might have; but as he was with McClernand, whose sentiments on the all-absorbing questions of the day were well known, I gave my consent. McClernand spoke first, and Logan followed in a speech which he has hardly equaled since for force and eloquence. It breathed a loyalty and devotion to the Union which inspired my men to such a point that they would have volunteered to remain in the army as long as an enemy of the country continued to bear arms against it. They entered the United States service almost to a man. “General Logan went to his part of the State and gave his attention to raising troops. The very men who at first made it necessary to guard the roads in southern Illinois became defenders of the Union. Logan entered the service himself as colonel of a regiment, and rapidly rose to the rank of major-general. His district, which had promised at first to give much trouble to the government, filled every call made upon it for troops without resorting to the draft There was no call made when there were not more volunteers than were called for. That congressional district stands credited at the War Department to-day with furnishing more men for the army than it was called on to supply.” In another part of the Memoirs Grant pays the following compliment to Logan’s military qualifications; “I regard Logan and Crocker as being as competent division commanders as could be found in or out of the army, and both equal to a much higher command." Logan was present at the fall of Vicksbnrg, and Grant speaks of his division thus: “Logan’s division, which had approached nearest the rebel works, was the first to march in; and the flag of one of his regiments was soon floating over the court-house. Our soldiers were no sooner inside than the two armies began to fraternize. Our men had full rations from the time the siege commenced to the close. The enemy had been suffering, particularly towards the last. I myself saw our men taking bread from their haversacks and giving it to tho enemy they had so recently been engaged in starving out. It was accepted with avidity and with thanks.” One other remark, wherein the names of Logan and Crocker were coupled again, is especially worthy of mention. It occurs in the closing references to the siege of Vicksburg: “Logan and Crocker ended the campaign fitted to command independent armies.” Speaking of General Sherman’s selection of General Howard in preference to Logan to command the Army of the Tennessee, General Grant wrote: “Logan felt very much aggrieved at the transfer of General Howord from that portion of the Army of the Potomac which was then with the Western army, to the command of the Arrrv of the Tennessee, with which army General Logan had served from the battle of Belmont to the fall of Atlanta, having passed successively through all grades from colonel commanding a regiment to general commanding a brigade, division, and array corns, until, upon the death of McPherson, the commaud of the entire Army of the Tennessee devolved upon him in the midst of a hotly-contested battle. He conceived that he had done his full duty in that engagement, and I can bear testimony from personal observation, that he had proved himself fully equal to all the lower positions which he had occupied as a soldier. 1 will not question the motive which actuated Sherman in taking an officer from another army to supersede General Logan. I have no doubt whatever that he did this tor what he considered would be to the good of the service, though I doubt whether he had an officer with him who could have filled the place a3 Logan would have done. Differences of opinion must exist between the best of friends as to policies in war, and of judgment as to moil’s fitness. The officer who has the command, hovrever. should be allowed to judge of the fitneßS of the officers under him, unless he is very manifestly wrong.” Referring to his purpose to supersede Thomas. General Grant wrote: “General Logan happening to visit City Point about that time, and knowing him an a prompt, gallant and efficient officer, I gave him an order to proceed to Nashville to relieve Thomas. I directed him, however. not to deliver the order or publish it until he reached there, and if Thomas had moved, then not to deliver it at all, but communicate with me by telegraph. After Logan startod, in thinking over the situation, I became restless, and concluded to go myself. I went as far as Washington City, when a dispatch was received from General Thomas announcing his readiness at last to move, and designating the time of his movement I concluded to wait until that time. He did move, and was successful from the start. This was the 15th of December. General Logan was at Louisville at the time this movement was made, and telegraphed the fact to Washington, and proceeded no further himself.”

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Catholic Citizens and Their Rights, so the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Many German citizens and good Catholics have certainly read the article in last Saturday’s issue of the Journal, The Catholics and the Labor Signal, translated from the German Catholic weekly, the Glocko. It is indeed time that every good Catholic or Christian should stand up and rebuke with indignation these repeated slanderous attacks and malicious denunciations of our clergy and people. We are thankful to the editor of the Indianapolis Journal, who made the first step in that direction, and we earnestly hope that the good example will be followed by the respectable press in this State and county. The Catholic people and Christ ian laborers have not and never had anything to do with anarchism and anarchistic tendencies. They respect and love the government, and also the officers of state and church. They respect their Christian neighbors and friends, no matter what tbeir religious or political belief may be, and the laws of our church instruct us and tell us to do so. The editor of the so-called Labor Signal must be, indeed, a great worker, and an adept in malicious falsehoods and misrepresentations. He is certainly one of those reformers whose “reform” means destruction; whose religion is malice and alander, and whose politics is anarchism. How can he say that the Catholic clergy is disfranchised by order of their superiors and bishops, prevented from exercising their right as citizens, and from casting their votes for whom and whenever they pleasel How does he know what the duties of Catholic priests, or of the Catholic people, are? Such reformers are chronic soreheads and pessimist*. They remind us of the Chicago Anarchists, those misled men who wanted to “reform” sixty million inhabitants of the United States; who had the impertinence to tell us that our government, for which thousands have given their lives, and other thousands fought nobly twenty years ago, shonid be overturned and rebelled against. Some of these “anarchietical reformers” couldn’t speak even our language, and were obliged to have interpreters during the court proceedings. They were unable to study and to make themselves acquainted with our laws and constitutions. Now how can such newly-immigrated “cranks” talk about reforming us and our government? Allow me, Mr. Editor, to refer your readers to the Cardinal Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, and to the words he spoke lately while addressing a Bohemian congregation on the occasion of dedicating anew church. He said: You have not only a duty of religion to disoharge to your God. but al->o of loyalty to your adopted country and to this city in which you have cast your lot. Strive to be law abiding citizens; stud}' and obey the laws of the country; be always in harmony with the spirit of its institutions; ret your face against those per melons schools of Anarchy, Nihilism and Social-

ism, and other dangerous organizations, whose apostles are striving to destroy, but make no effort to build up and strengthen the glorious edifice of constitutional freedom in which all alike, both native and foreiguer, find a home and a shelter. Now this is plain language and in good American English, and to the editor of the Labor Signal and his associates we say: That we have voted the Republican ticket years and years age without asking or being obliged to ask permission of our church superiors and ministers, and we will do so again, even without the consent of the editor of the Labor Signal. A German Republican Catholic. Who Is the Oldest Settler? To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: We ate dinner with Aunt Jane Hervey, who is in her ninety-fifth year of age. She came to the Whitewater settlement near Brookville, Franklin county, in 1807. Ohio had just become a State, Indiana just become a Territory and General Harrison had just been named as its first Governor. Thomas Jefferson was then President of the United Stales. She was born in South Carolina under the administration of General Washington. She, therefore, has lived under every administration our government ever had. Her grandfather was a soldier in the war for independence. Her husband, William Harvery, "/as in the war of 1812, by resson of which she draws a pension. She knew all the first Governors of the State personally. General Harrison and many distinguished men have eaten bread under her roof. She was familiar with many who became distinguished in after years, among others Captain Eaas, the great engineer; Hiram Powers, the great sculptor, before he went to learn a trade in Cincinnati; the Smiths, the Logans, the Nobles, Tests, Wallaces, Templetons, and the Browns and Hannes. General Burnside and Gen. Tom Browne are distant relatives of hers. She has two brothers and two sisters living. The aggregate age of the five is 415 years. From these old folks much interesting unwritten history can De obtained, some of which will he given to the readers of the Journal at some other time. J. w. H. Mount Comfort, lad. They Act Simply as Lawyers. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Republicans in this part of the State are somewhat surprised to see the names of Messrs. Harris and Calkins among those who appear in the list of apologists and defenders of one intimately connected with the recent forgery of election returns in Marion county, if not himself one of the guilty persons. That they have thus arrayed themselves, even professionally, is regarded hereabouts as a declaration of the fact that they have no aspiration to preferment at the hands of the Republican party. Major Calkins having failed in his race for Governor two years ago, and Mr. Harris having just been defeated in the Congressional contest in the capital district, it is supposed they have concluded to abandon politics and devote themselves in the future exclusively to the practice of their profession. No other explanation can be suggested for their course. Surmise, Westfield, Doc. 24.

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