Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-08-20
Gen. John A. Logan on the Cause
of the Country.

cit makes no difference whether you
call me Democrat, Republican, or Abo-
litionist-as some have of late named
me. 1t does not change my feelings-
does not alter my action. I am for my
country every time--for my country
first, last and always am fighting
for the right of that country to be num-
bered among the honored nations of the
earth. Until that is brought about, and
this rebellion crushed out, | am but an
American citizen. When that right
! shall have been asserted, then, should
we find that there is 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 aceursed rebellion
to root out. 1t must be rooted out. I
am for using every means, and ALI
means for putting it to an end. If the
people of 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 compels ev-
cry man to act as though he sanctioned
the rebellion whether he feels inclined
or not-this war would be successfully
terminated in less than six months.
Every mothers son who is opposed
to the war should be compelled either
to take up arms against or for US.
Then there would be no talk of peace
here in the North, no talk of resistance,
no such men as Vallandigham, no such
towards as those who support all such
men, and say these things
Vallandigham says he has travelled
over the Comfederacy-using the term
"Confederacy" = not the phrase $50
called -Confederacy," (for I do not ac-
knowledge the existence of any author
ity or Government in America aside
from the United States)-and has not
met man, woman or child who does not
sustain the war, and who is not deter
mined to fight it to the death or bitter
end. ValIandighana here simply lies.
He tells what is not true, he knows
it. Vallandigham, aside from the lead
ing men-Jef. Davis, Toombs and Ste-
phens-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 comprising the rank and
file Of the rebellion tenths Of
them do not know what they are fight
ing against. A majority of them do
not know anything-an 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 and ignor-
ant as they are, let them express their
own free minds, and they, almost to a
man, demand speedy termination of
this war-would submit to almost any.
thing rather than fight one day longer
as they have been fighting. It is only
by force of bayonets that their army is
kept together. Even that cannot pre-
vent their deserters from focking into
Jackson by hundreds, to take the oath
Of allegiance or to join the Union ranks,
And | tell you what I know when / say
that it will not be many days ere the
entire states Of Mississippi and Ten
nessee will be knocking loudly for re-
admission to a Union which not long
since they thought their puny efforts
could quickly dissolve. They are talk
ing of it even now.
Speaking of being united, I tell you,
by the Eternal God, there was never
more truthful sentence than that Of Doug
las: "Those who are not qoith us are,
ogainst US, and | reiterate It, and add
that those who are not with us should
be hang, or should be aoith their: Soyth-
ern brethren, tghtiny soith them.
Let them either aid the govern.
ment, or GO where they can bolster up
the tottering fortunes of rebeldom.-
Better have dozen foes in, the field
than one fighting us behind our backs,
To all copperheads, peace men, sgita.
tors, anti-war men-be they Republi,
cans or Democrats-for we have them
here pretending to be both-I have
word to say on the behalf of our brave
soldiers. You have undoubtedly been
told that the war has its opposers in the
ranks Of the Union army. It is an ac-
cursed and foul aspersion upon the fair
fame of men who are willing to spill
their blood and give their lives for the
country. They are for our Union
They fight for the people and their
country-for the suppression of the re-
bellion. Let me say to all opposers of
the war: The time ,oiH come when men
composing this great army will come to
their homes. They have watched the
progress of events with interest. They
have their eyes upon these unmitigated
towards, these opponents of the coun-
try and the Administration-(and the
Administration, | contend, is the coun-
try)-and when they return, II will do