The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-08-07
SppllticaI SAatter.
A FIGHTING DEMOCRAT ON THE
WAR AND THE ccPPERHHAps

WAR AND THE CcPPERHHADs
What Gen. John A. Logan Thinks of
Matters and Things The Lie Di-
rect to vallandigham--His Views
of the People Of the South.
Gen. John A. Logan, wel.known H.
linois Democrat connected with the army
Of Gen. Grant, is home on visit to his
friends. In passing through CAIRO the
people gathered around, and he made a
few impromptu remarks, which we give
below. Gen. Logan, it will be remem-
bered, was strongly opposed to coercion.
After the attack upon Sumpter, and when
there was hope that the difficulties might
be settled by compromise, he went. to
Richmond to talk to the leading polti-
clans there on the subject. He was told
that if the Administration would give
them sheet of white paper, and allow
them to make their own terms, they
would not accept the offer short of a dis.
olution of the Union. Logan then made
up his mind that the Union could only be
saved by war; he abandoned his anti.co-
ercion ideas, came home aud girded on
the sword He has since been serving
his country in the army. This is the
man who speaks as follows:
ltmakes no difference whether you call
me Democrat, Republican, or Abolition.
ist-as some have of late named me. 1t
does not change my feeings-does not
alter my action. | am for my country
every l'me--for my country first, last
and always; and am fighting for the
right of that country to be numbered
among the honorcd nations Of the earth
Until that is brought about, and this re-
belion crushed out, | am but an Amer.
can citizen. When that right shall have
been asserted, then, should we find that
thereis something wrong in the fabric that
our fathers reared, something We desire
to change, it will be time enough to come
up and demand the change. Now we
have this accursed rebellion to root out
| am for using every means and all means
for putting it to an end. Ii the people
in the North w uuld use the same force
jeff. Davis and his miniuns use-and
were as unanimous rs they are-for in
the South force of arms compcls every
man to act as though he sanctioned the
rebellion, whether bo feels inc.ned or
not-this war would be successfully ter
minated in less than six months.
Every mothers son who is opposed to
this war should be compelled either to
take up arms against US or for lis.
Then there would be no talk Of peace here
in the North, no talk Of resistance, no
such men as VaHandiyhom, no sach can
ards as those vhc support all sucA en,and
say these things.
ValIandigham says he has travelled
ever the Confederacy-useing the term
"Confederacy"- not the phrase SO cal
led Confederacy, (for I don't acknowl'
edge the existence of any authority or
government in America aside from that
of the United States, land has not met
man, woman or child, who does not sus-
tain the war, and who is not determined
to fight it out to death, or to the bitter
end. Vallandgham here simply lies.-
He tells. what is not true. and he knows
it. Vallandighem, aside from the lead
ing men-Jetf. Davis, Toombs and Ste,
phens-did not, | venture to say, speak
with dozen persons while taking his in
voluntary trip throgh Dixie. Had he
done SO, his report would have been Of a
different color. The people who are fight
ing against this Government, the poor
whites comprising the rank and file OF
the rebellion--nine tenths Of them do not
know what they are fighting for; do not
know what they are fighting against
A majority of them do not know any.
thing, and hundreds Of them never saw
the American flag in their lives until
they saw it march into Vicksburg in
triumph. They do not know the Fourth
of July. or anything else that is good
But poor ignorant as they are, let them
express their own free minds. and they
will, almost to man, demand speedy
.r,,,,,t;,p Of thie war-uould c,,hn,it to