, 1863-08-03
GEN. LOGAN AT pu QUorS, FERRY CO.
IFFcm Our Own Reportar.1

q tnns with the people there Was no reserve :
: stiffness. he talked to the people as an ol
q observing him for while. it was easy to m nr
i cerstand the immense influence be exerc;se
! among the people, and the causes whfc
make him the idol of his soldiers In the held
, When with the people be is one Of them
; when with the soldiers, be Is one Of them, an
) dier, be neyer shilks danger, but is plucky t
rashness. There is probably not d, an in hi
, army but that would willingly die f.
, him, SO great Is their affection 70
their lender. At twelve O'Clock he was en-
; tertained BY the citizens at o sumptuous din
ner at the Union House. = :: >'"'s
The announcement that Gen. Logan was t,
speak here to-day, although but PARTIAL,
spread outside Of the town, drew fogethe
IN immense number Of people from PER-,
menced arriving at an early honr, and III.
stream from every direction came pouring II
until the hour Of meeting-n1ed at / o'cfoci
?. N. At that hour there we're not less thaT
QUO people present-mOre than one haIf II
whom were ladies: plainly showing thai
the enemy. The meeting was held in pleas. s.
ant grove about half mile North Of The vii.
1age. N. ~
At / o'clock promptly the meeting WINS
called to order by Captain .Wetmora. who
acttd as Marshal, and Chaplain ". s. Post, Of
}
regin.ent) was appointed President, with q q
| long list Of vice presidents and secretaries,
The Divine Blessing Was invoked on the az
r mblage BY Rev. MI. Wood, and the Presi-
) Int then introduced Gen. Logan to the peo-
, PIE In some felicitous remarks.
| GEN. LouAN's SPEECH.
| As many Of the topics introduced in this
sFeech we're the same that he discussed the
previous day at Carbondale, our SYNOPSIS of
n1s speech on this occasion must be brief.
| rapidly. He said: '~A'
With pleasure, my fellow-cittzens, I greet
70 oo t6s dq gve my views in
propose to make political speech. IN Ism !
no. not cany'!asslng to promote the interest Of
patty politics. Since have been in ihe army
have esehewed politics, and intend to do 90
as long as there is an enemy In the field. And
e1s Retm't m. ne mere to 9ay that suppose We sol
isre OF our country as you at home do.
This war Is one OF great magnitude, and
While 1t IL going on 1t is the duty of every
man, whether soldier or civilian, to act IL
ests Of our beloved country. II he fails to do
that he is no patriot, but traitor It is pro.
per then 70 know what our interests de-;
hand; We hare Government which I
consider entirely calculated TO promote our
interests IN every respect; . Constitution
being 50, what duty do we owe to TINT Coy
ernnent which extends Its care over all, pro-
tects our rights, and gives us every guarantee
OF personal Eafety and happiness We owe
y our allegiance, our love, our filth, our life.
~ meowe ,o II 5a ~ thns, aboye al State, county
Should be swept away like chafE Every man
owes 1t TO his Government to see that the
Laws are faithfully executed, that It's flag ia
del. nded, that Its authority is not invaded or
When country like ours is engaged In war,
what is the duty Of ali Its citizenss it's t|s;rr
duty to suEtain that Government with MI the
power they poEscss. But our Peace men saw
that this is an unconstitutional. an unneces-
sa1y, and an unholy war, and that
III r1!hheg henga@gea @ IN T. 81 ave murderers, thieves,
yet they agree that 1t Is tile duty Of the eli,
zens to stand By the Government, bnt how.
and IN exactly what way, they do not make
very clear. would like to ask these men
some s. questions: The arst proposition is that
thirty-tlye states. Each came In under The
constitution with the same rights and priyil. |
Ives. What then? Instead Of acting in good
1atn, an1 standing BY the Government OF the |
whole, what did some Of them do? Why they |
o'gunlzt d ogalnst this benedcent Government,
tbe most CANNING conspiracy ever conceived |
md ibaugurated outside Of the internal king.
dom: What reason had they for this Y Had
the Government ever wronged thems Had it
then 9Nag their liberty, their rights? Not |
at a. had treated them precisely as it did al
right had ever been interfered with no wrong !
nad eveF oesn inflicted. Then why was this |
conspiracy organized? Did they expect to
get better Governments Ask any man. tie
most damnable conepirator Of the lot, and he |
WI ~an teu yon no no better Government was
eyer ne Work Of mortal man. But taey repu-
dlafe4 ~ this Government, and organized anoth-
er Who was the father Of this new Govern
ment! Why, jet Davis, one Of the most
aainnaole t..n and hideo9s traitors that the sun
ever khone upon. Now, what was their re,s-
too big for their boots. JET. Davis md
his pirate crew, had been repudiated bv the
peopie-been turned out OF office, ncck and
heels. aud they had made up their minds long T.
feo 20 th.9 rue % Or ruin the country: They pre-.
1eyil be cause Abraham Lincoln was elected
President. My friends, was not Abraham
Lincoln fairly elected: VIII any one OF them
zay no vas not? did not vote for him-he I;
md determind to stand by hin to ths iast
Why did not these Southern traitors. and
Northern place men with them, rebel aeaIust
Jaekeon, when he told them In 1888, that |,
I they did not keep quiet and behave them
selsss nc Moulo hang them as high rs HI.
'ell prepared to resist then-0ld Buchanan +
lad not then allowed them to steal Ill the !:
rms and ammunition of the Government
!. no d they found it very difficult thing to get
Now they charge Abraham Ltcoln with vlo.
atfDg the constitution. They would no: hare j
Jared to charge old Hickory With vIolatInc /
he constitution, when he proposed to deal ii
more summary manner with the traitors Of !
hat day. They knew the man too well.
Hey N would see stars 'fthey encountered him.
hra I fs,n1 t,al =
'ght to cou out an army to pnt down this re-
silioh-that VIC, the army, have no right to
ut It down, that it Is Unconstitutional to do t
.. o. INIT l1esc rebels are onr owu people,
hey must not be restrained in their mad i
1nIee By any coerclye means. What rieht /
a az these rebels to set up new government q
'Den one already existed, to elect i
new ftes1aeat, seize on orr forts, cities,
constitutional for these men to do thtse In :
WORD, was It constitutional to estab1ish a o
outhe!n Confedcracy?, Was II constitution Il
to 70 1ost1ty ne Mississippi river, to pre- u
sodtsern senaag on5 wdss saa + eowa eoUsts to
onal to = seize on Florida, Louisiana 4
id Texas. which had cost this Eoyernmcnt il
J, mueh noney and blood. Was al this con- e,
.ana ~, of course your traitors and
lm Lincoln done? what have VIC doney We ! u
.se taltcd m army-we have made q con- y
riptfon Law; many have, It is true. been Il
'mpelled to fight when they didn't want to d!
to put down this rebellion, and thus we n
ne bee1 violating the constitution. What III
Gn1o Aofaham Lincoln have done! Should N
Eafe set quietly down, and said, we can't se
any thing With these curses; they will 70 n
J way We had better let them go; there Is b.
} power In the constitution to Stop themf Q,
lou1d he hare done this? No. Did old Jackson Il,
J 80 In 1883? No. He told them If they did 70
Il destst from their damuab1e treason he VOID CT
ng eVe1y nun Of them higher than Haaman. Ii
,body found fault with lin: eyerrbofv mn it
auded him. Now I say that if Jelf. Devils th
is acting in violation Of the Constitution: &c
'raham Lincoln in opposing, and defeatfnr v,
measures was obeyiug the Constitution as VI
converse proposition. There Is no instance =
med N history, whero government Of hu. an
N power has not had the right to nut down | 3
ebellion against It's authority and far its m
struction. This rebellion was Organized to +
;ak down this Government, and It Is the fIt
ht and duty of the Government. aided ~ In,
people. to put 1t down. And as conse. VI
ence all true patriots have come Forward to on
this rebellion down. 70
Ell Davis Says that the Federal Govern ed
mt Is guilty. of usnrpation-that Il exer- do
Go powers that are not delegated to it, Nv th,
q! Jenerson Davis talk about usurpation. Of
en- e eTeEy act OF his Life, since the war com. are
need 6as been an usuEpation. But then. ca
NCrtherners ore IN unholy, God d-foreaken tht
'ple, and JET belongs to tie church. has sIe
NJ Prayers and fastings, and Is altogether The
hen our conecription law don't suit MANY. &c
!at is consumption Law? Simply to raise IN,
ops to defend our Government. Jeff d. 1
consG7lpt1on law, suppose, suits them ren
Ter. Inc way ne puts It in practice, Is lie1
a. tnA l vrf>