The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-18
Gen. Logan \ Is. the chicago Times.

Gen. John A. Logan delivered a length,
speech to an immense crowd in Chi
cago on the evening of the 10Th inst
in which he paid his respects to the Ed
itor of the Chicago Times as follows:
"sToREY AND THE, TINES.
In this connection, felIoY=citizens. al
low me TO call your attention to a mat
ter somewhat personal to myself IL il
we'll known fact that wherever / have
been | have only addressed the people al
their own solicitation, / did mt come tc
make a political canvass, but only to try
to obtain rest after the arduous duties
of long and severe campaign This is
the only visit have made d to my home
and family for two years, with the excep
ton of eight days soon after the battle
of Donelson While at home, / thought,
as they desired it, might at least tell
my friends what was the condition of my
country without being accused of any
thing wrong for doing so. | told them |
was advocating no man or party, that in
this wal. / knew no party, that although
i had always been Democrat, and
cherish the doctrines of that old and
honored party, yet in this contest was
for any man, let him belong to whatev-
rparty he might, who was for his coun-
try, and who supported the Government,
and against every man who did not do
so, let him be of what party he might
For these acts have been yilely abused
and slandered 7a'
/ propose to read you from a paper
published here in your midst, and claim
ing to be Democratic paper, (but this
claim is as false as hi, called, l be-
liever the Chicago Times, edited once
by a gentleman (Sheehan), but great has
been its fall since then. In this paper
of date of Sth August inst, l find the
following article: -.d e. erios
"As showing how entirely Major-Gen-
eral John A. Logan has gone over to Alb
olitionism, it may be mentioned that, in
his harangues, he adopts the cant so
common for twenty years past to all alb
olition orators. He talks about the
"meanness of the Southern people in
compelling slaves to work for them with
out pay"
'ss y E : zlEfnrned A6oIitionists. Speak
"They have had their eyes upon these
unmitigated towards, these opponents
of the country, and the Administration
(aud the Administration, l contend, is
the country When they return it will do
the soul of every man good to see the
summary manner in which they Will
cause these sneaks and peace agitators
to seek their holes" ..s .---.e -fi
lol bo
"If you let these people gain their de-
signs for a Southern lConfederacy, we
shall have Northwestern Contederaey'
There was a plan for this before the
breaking out Of the rebellion. 1t was
talked over by men who are stepped to
the lips in treason, and if we fail to put
down the rebellion, our beautiful pralrleS
of the Northwest will be drenched IL
blood. ....
Among those who, before the war
talked over the question of a North
western Confederacy was John A. Lo
gam then Representative IN Congress
from Southern Illinois, now Major Gen
eral John A Logan. He said turthe
at Carbondale:
"tIf was President L would have n
mobs. The first man that raised HI
hand to resist the law, would hang t
the first tree or lamp-post l don't blam
the President for being more lenient;
only say what | would do.
/ ';The reader will understand thl
frantic violence of new convert wbe
We tell him that this same John A. Lt
gan, at the beginning of the war, openi
encouraged recruiting in Southern LII
nois for the rebel army; that two
three of his own relatives entered tt
rebel service on his advice; that b
grossly insulted Stephen A. Douglas
the streets of Springfield for the stan
that patriot had taken concerning Il
war. and that he openly instigated Il
people of Southern Illinois to resist Il
passage South of Federal troops oV
their soil
l "The case is simply that of wet
and ambitious man going from one
. treme to another. He is ambitious of
Major Generals commission in the re
: ular army"
made no such speech at Cairo
that time; / have made none since
have been IN the army. was there VI
a few friends at dinner party, and II
L desultory conversation we discussed m
A tiers connected with the capture OF Vic
ID ID burg. All that l said then | do rot n
recollect, but one thing do know, tt
RS what | said was all right That pa
however, attributed to me, in which |
= said to have stated that the =" Admir-
tration was the Government, did
= sav, nor have l uttered such sentim'
at any other time. have never been
insane as to admit or affirm that any
: ministration was the Government.
o. this was misreported, doubtless W
out intention on the reporter part, ft
have no reason to think him other Il
a gentleman. -
x. As to what l am reported to have
at Carbondale, avow it now. ref
it here to you tonight 1t is true, e'
word of it.
e But it is charged by the editor tn
.,v have "gone over to the Abolitionis
ress that adopt in my "harrangues, as
calls them, the cant so common to q
lition orators twenty years ago; and