The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-03
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN
His Views of the War and opinion
of the Uopperheads.

marks were reported for the Chicago
Tribune, as follows:
1t makes no difference whether you
call me Democrat, Republican, or 400,
Itionist-as some hare of late named
me. 1t does not change my feelings
does no, alter my action. | am for my
country erely time-for my country hrst'
last, and always-and am fighting tor
the right of that country to be numbered
among the honored nations of the earth.
Until that is brought about, and this re-
bellion crushed out, | am but an Amerl-
can citizen. When that right shall have
been asserted, then, should we lind that
something is wrong in the fabric that our
fathers reared, something that we desire
to change. it will be time enough to
come up and demand the change. No0
we have this accused rebellion 10 root
out. 1t must be rooted out. l am Ior
putting 1t to an end. Ii the people at
the North would use the same force JEFF.
Davis and his minions use-and were as
unanimous as they are-for in the South
force of arms compets every man to act
as though he sanctioned the rebellion,
whether he feels inclined or not-this
aoar ,could be successfully terminated an
less than sic months.
Every mothers son who is opposed to
the war should be compelled either to
take up arms against US o: for us. Then
there would be no talk OF peace here In
the North, no talk of resistance, no such
men as Vallandigham. 40 such cOacd7ds
as those Dho support all such men, and
say these things.
Vallandigh says he has travelled
over the Confederacy-using the term
Confederacy not the phrase so
called Confederacy, (for l do not ac-
knowledge the existence of any author
ity or Government in America aside
from that of the United States land has
not met man, woman or child who does
not sustain the war, and who is not de-
termined TO fight it out to the death or
the bitter end ydll0ndighans here
SIM " lies. He tells what is not true,
and he knows it. Vallandigham, aside
from the leading men-Jeff. Davis,
looms and Stephens-did not, | venture
to say, speak with dozen persons while
taking his involuntary trip through
Dixie Had he done so, his report would
have been of different color. The
people WHO are fighting against this
Government-the poor whites comprls
ing the rank and file of the rebellion
nine-tenths of them do not know wha
they are lighting for, do not know wha
they are fighting against. A majority
of them do not know anything and hun
dreds of them never saw the American
. flag in their lives until they saw tmarcl
into Vicksburg in triumph. They DE-
not know the fourth of July, or anything
else that is good. But poor and igno
own free minds, and they will, almost tt
man, demand speedy termination O
this war-would submit to almost any
thing rather than fight one day longer a
they have been fighting. 1t is only b
the force Of bayonets that their army 1
kept together. Even that cannot pre-
vent their deserters from focking int
Jackson by hundreds, to take the oath o
allegiance or to join the Union ranks
And tell you what | know when | sa
that it will not be many days ere the en-
tire States of Mississippi and Tennessee
will be knocking loudly for re-admissio
to Union which not long since the
: thought their puny efforts could quickl
dissolve. They are talking of it eve
now.
Speaking of being united, tell you
! by the Eternal God, there never was
more truthful sentence than that c
Douglas, "Those who are not Nth u
are against u.s." and reiterate it, an
r add that those who are not with u
S should be hung, or should be NTH thei
Southern brethren, fighting with then
Let them either aid the government {
go where they can bolster up the totte
ing fortunes of rebeldom Better hav
dozen foes in the field than one figh
Il ing us behind our backs
: To all Copperheads, peace men, agiti
= tors, anti-war men-be they Republican
or Democrats-for we have them her
pretending to be both-Ihag word
say on the behalfof our brave soldier
And you have undoubtedly heard that ii
e war has its opposers in the ranks of ii
:, Union army. 1t is an accursed and for
e aspersion upon the fair fame of me
IS who are willing to spill their blood, Civ
their lives for the country. They are fl
k the Union. They fight for the poop
Il and their country, and for the suppre
ntng[e 8s ~ saw 70 "A 2
y have watched the progress of events vii
e interest. They have had their ewes n
~ on these unmitigated towards, these O
ponents of the country and the admin
# tratlen-(and the administration, | co,
} tend, as the country)-and when the
d return, 1t will do the soul of everv Low;
man good to see The summary name
IN which they 'oiU cause these snsaks an
: peace dgitators hunttheir holes.
: For few moments the crowd tba
o had gathered around, was deeply al
= sorbed in what their fighting General
as many call him, said, and his r,
marks, although given upon the spur c
I the moment, struck home to the heart
s OF all who listened. Could Logan max
the leaders of our people feel as he feel,
and hence be enabled to speak as h
speaks, this war could not last tbre
3 months. 1t would be crushed ont h
force of numbers alone. After exnress
ing himself somewhat warmly agains
copperheads and sneaks, General foga,
/ concluded with the following character
istic apology:
"You will excuse me, gentlemen, if, il
saying what l have said, l have beer
rather profuse and heavy in the way O
emphasis. Two years away from civil