, 1863-08-19
gl)iea9o Qribn1re.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1868.
MA JOB GENERAL LOGAN AND THE
ARMY

AKmY.
We publish this morning anotner aa'
dress Of Major General Logan, which he
delivered yesterday at Cairo. Like ali the
other speeches wlicl, have made this brave
soldier and noble patriot, famous, it Is re-
-,sa-,.sh1o - for its simplicity aud force Of
,,,terancc, its freedom from the pollti-
cal cant and clap trap Of The day, its down
right earnestness Of purpose, and its pow
crful and persuasive eloquence. There is
no attempt in it at fine speaking; he does
not stop to round and polish his sentences,
but he let's the fact tell its own tale, and
the thought ring its own music, for the
sanctions alike of the ear and the judg-
ment.
As specimen Of Western oratory it is
unique; and We know Of nothing like it
in tic records Of political agitation. It is
unconscious eloquenee springing directly
from the activities Of the intellect and the
heart, without effort and without preten-
sion. He talks to the people, in big,
manly, lomely speech, which is both lido
matic and genuine, No one can hear him
without being overwhelmed by the con
viction Of his sincerity and carncstness,
his patriotism and loyalty. He
wins, too, by the magnetism Of
his presence, rs well as by the power
OF his words, and We feel that here.
is man who is afrnid Of nothing, who be-
leyes in bis country and its Government,
who loves the Republic and revereuces the
Law, and who dares to call JEFF Davis and
the crew who swear by his name, traitors
and scoundrels, for whom hanging would
be rosewatcr death, and no punishment
could be adequate to their crimes.
Gen. Logan's mission, however, is i'm
portant and significant in another sense
besides this-as the enemies Of the Repub-
lie will discover before long to their utter
discontinue and ruin. Veal remember
how the lying Copperheads have boosted
that the army was opposed to the war,
and how they urged this opposition as
pretext for disgraceful peace We'll, here
is Gen. Logan, who confessedly rep
1esents the army, and what does he say
to this Coppcrheadlie lie ? That the army are
to man not only favorable to the war, but
enthusiastic in the pursuit and conduct ot it,
and that they mean to sustain it to the
last man. He says, and his words will
rcac1 the army, who can and will contra
dict lin if he speaks what is untrue-that
they will submit to no disgracclul patch
iugs, no compromise in this war-that they
will hear Of no peace which is not dictated
by the Federa1 sword. They know what
they arc fighting for, and against whom
and what they are fighting. They know
that but for them the republic would long
ago have been handed over with all its
dear bought rights and liberties, to JEFF
Davis and his nyrmidons, to convert itinto
q Black Slavery Dcspotism; they know
too, seAo arc the traitors> and villains who
would have done this great wrong to free
peop1e-and who, hut for them, would do
it at this moment, and thus destroy in an
hour oil the glorious institutions, and the
happy ltcemen's homes winch it has taken
nearly q century to build up, and estab.
llsh.
The importance Of these statements can
not be over estimated; and the Copper
head traitors Will find that the 11rc-1n-the-
rear Will be remembered against them,
when pcace-not far offs concluded, and