, 1863-08-03
GEN LOGAN AMONG THE
PEOPLE,
BE SPEAKS TO 5000 At CAR
BONDdIE.
Also to More than 5000 at Du
Quoin.
Great Enthusiasm Wherever He
appears.

. Democrats, gathered here upon very brief i
:tlce, to hear the gallant Gen. John A, Log
give his views upon the present Nation
"situation-" Hts speech was full three hon
in length, and,-was listened to with tnten
and untlaggipg. interest to the close. inf,
rupted frequently by ,vociferous applaul
He stormed, with matchless eloquence al
Sarcasm, the strongho1ds and defences of Il
traitors and Copperheads Of the North. vii
Inc same crushing effect as he did the @
trenchments Of. a more honorable and M.
unanimous enemy inside the defenses Of Wick
burg, by force Of arms. The speech nj
haye wonderful effect among the people {
this locality, who now, as In times past, ar
wont to listen, with undying faith, to i
words Of John A. Logan. ~. :.
| Ihe meeting Was called to order at o'c1oct
aud Ten. Ha5nie made the presiding Office,
He thanked the meeting for tne honor. 1
eloquent terms. The remarks Of Gen. Haz
ME we're received with great enthusiasm
Major Ward and Major Fulton we're chose,
Vice Presidents; and William Standing an
Cyrus Thomas, Secretaries. 4 committees o,
resolutions Was also named.
Gen. Haynie then introduced Gen. Lopa,
to the meeting, and he was received with
noble burst of qualification, In which the en-
tire audience, ladies and children, hearth,
Joined.
GEN. 1oGAN's sPEEcu.
I'm the brief synopsis, We cen but exnect =
give but 4 feint impression Of the character - -
th1s noble effort. As re have said. the Gen
eral spoke full three hours. and a fnlj ranor
OF hss remarks would fill at least niue or fer
columns Of the TRBuEE.1 '~N
zen; Logan said he supposed that the peo
pit before him wantt d to hear his riews m III
troubles which 60 now beset our beloved conn
11y, and what remedy, under the circumstan
ces, he would apply to them. He did not bro.
pose to discuss political matters Us such. b
had cot beyond and above that He was moi
politician to day, and lie thanked God for it.
He only wanted to consider and discuss the
true interests OF our country us seen from a
patriotic stand point. He wanted to speak his
true heartfelt sentiments. It is hardly neceg-
cary at this late day, for as to understand all
Inc causes which have aided to produce this
rebellion, but We must address ourselves to
pte.ent TIL iaets: Our country is engaged in a
our duties. and how shall we discharge them!
bow bring about desired zcsu1tse When The
hoQee fs IN flames, We must 70 to Work-aye.
every man Ct us-and put the fire out When
We have done that thoroughly, then we can
DISCUSS Inc olaein--Who was the villain that set
Aehouse on lire: He had his ideas about the or
IGN Of theee difficulties; but the question Is
now, what Is the duty ofJno. A. Lopan and rou
too, my friends? Shall he be for his country
or against IT, It is easy for me to decide that
question. he well knew who fired the first
shot at one Of the forts Of his country. Ha
well knew who insulted The old aae' and d.. do
fed the Federal Government It makes no
difference why they did it. Who were these
men. these traitors, that did its Men resting
oT oafh under every obligation to6upport aud
I.rotect this Goyelnment,-the Government
that had fostered and protected them,
What was the duty Of the President, of
congress, and OF the people, under these cir
cunIstances? Il Was the duty OF the President
70 reach out his strong arm, put down the re-
billion, and re establish the power Of the
government over every foot Of our soil.
South Carolina was the first to secede and es-
tnblikh a new Government, or more truly. a
nEW ktngdom; and for what: Because her
people had been taught BY Ier aristocrats- br
her Calhonns, her McDufIies, her Buffers. that
The people Of The North we're crazy fanatics,
muds1lls, unworthy associates Of Southern
unlike ordlna y beings. Nov these were the
men, and thus the way, In which they started
this rebellion. Now 1t was the duty Of the
President to put down these rebels, to put
down this rebellion, and the duty of The peo-
PIE to "a mnitsdiy ute help him To DO this, he
cordemned. abused, and called a tyrant. q
E1o1ator Of the Constitution. Why. nv God.
yet me ask you, what did Gen. jackson do ID
1855, and tho denounced him; who would
sennce 1e naeo % P3+ 20 ~ Ihe vsty men that now
JACKSON hero-the countly's Saviour,
NV what was the cause Of this present op-
position to our Government and the war? It
vas a ~ .s;iamp1y polities-this ard nothing more.
said or did He had always been u-asDemocrat.
and democracy with him meant patriotism.
love Of country, and for the United States
always, one and inEeparable.
Gen. Logan spoke of our non-success at the
commencement Of the war--of the disaster at
tes crs ated for more troops. These troops
were raised, not as politicians, but as soldiers,
AID defenders Of our common country, from
an unnatural and God defying rebellion. They
weFs r re- e3lled ont By the President according
tie fag. Of Washington in one hand. and a
= m4sket 10 the Other, to the inspiring notes Of
" Yankee Doodle" and thus eou5f3ned fhev
made war on the black flag Of secession, Yet
some say that this was ali unconstitutional.
~ Mae It nnconstitutional to follow the Tag Of |
Washington and see it carried victorious over
the ra1nparts Of almost every Mexican for. |
tEess! Did re fight Mexicans because they !
were Me1icanss No. We fought them be.
cause they we're our enemies, enemys ct our
'1ag, an were against our urGoyernment. The
aeoc,s ess eaIIy IN enemy's flag, they haye robbed
= ar on our Government. We npplauded
FOLK Tor making war upon the Mexican enc
niles OF our Government, why not applaud
and sustain Lincoln as We did PolkS
,AgaiD, some say 1t fs unconstitutional to
III our brethren-onr "misguided Southern
bIethren"-who are In arms against us.
"hlle these same men Heaer say thai it Is un-
constitutional for JEFF. Davis to make war
npon me best Government on the face Of the
patton for men who are trying to break down |
oHr GOyernment-fAaGi Il all cpnst{luttonuE 4cith |
htsn-blt they deuoupce in unmeasured
serme, at all times and in all places, rs uncou-
;ututsonai, the efforts Of the President to put
1own this rebellion. am no apoloeist tor
be President, hut will stand BIZ him in Ills
forts to crush tAis rebellion until the last
my.
The General 1idiculcd, with .scorchinp cf-
ect, the various objections urged against the |
sar on ACCOUNT Of it's nnconstit1tionality.
he war Was not unconstitutional, because
vlitten down In the Constitution. Ali Of the
11genc1es 0f the war could not be provided
Or in the Constitution. The thing was i'm.
'oss1ble, and consequently, power was given
Ae President to mise and put armies Ia the
eld for certain esigencies, and he must DO 1t.
- "0a ~ A+Aso4 ~ LIS lousIlulous 01I Il
1en make war upon the good cid flag, they
aust be pnt down. The Constitution ia the
reat bolwa1k Of our liberties, and IL must
s 10 protection.
Gen. Logan then argued the relation of the
eyeral States to the General Government,
But how had the rebels violated the Consti-
ltion! ~ seeding, by raising m army and
:tisfif the laws, by electing a President
!. men We already had one; by seizing upon
!or1da, which cost us a seven years' war and |
'1lions Of money; by taking nolent bosses ,
on Of Louisiana, which the Federal Govern :
ent bt9ght from France by detaching Tex =
!. for which ne, the people, paid ten MIL
ons OF dollars, and ten thousand lives, Here. | :
'eEe rebels seize on all this plunder, say ;
GOOD mo,ning," and are off before breakfast, :
at n II 5ou resist them while they are doing +
Us, It 1s unconstitutional. / don't know Z
bat the people up here think, but down in !
e army they had vivid impression that ali =
n Davis acts we're unconstitutional; and =
we are 1cting In opposition to him wethink
; are acting according to the Constitution. g
ue some OF their lien had deserted from | ::
en-, and he didn't know exactly why, He q
ought they we're poor devils, and Little ef. -
{ would be made to get them back. They :,
re generany towards, or traitors who didn't ii
ut the Union restored. - :,
There we're objections to the conscr'ntion +
account of Its being unconstitutional: bnt =,
did not believe one In ten Of the objectors r.
ever read the Constitution. If they Ind, ~
y would not take such position. Did h,
y not know TINT every government In HE h.
rid had conscripti0n law7 But. them | j.,
Y did not like the idea Of compelling men n
1ght when they didn't want to. He then Re
re X ol Ihe New York rioters, and the fruits M
hos $Jt1rA |