The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-06
Gen. JohR A. Logan on ahe Cause ofthe
N0uMaFy,

| On his unexpected ARRIVAL at cairo, the OH
err day, from Vicksburg, Major Genera! Logan
addressed circle of welcoming friends In sub
stance as follows:
at makes no difference whether you cal
me a Democrat, Republican or, Abobit6o'1St-
as some haze of late named me. 1t does no
change my feelings-does not alter my &C
ton. | ami for my country eUery time-fo
my country first, last and always-and an
| fighting for the right of that country to b
numbered among the honored nations of tn
earth. Until this is brought about and thu
rebellion crushed out, am but an American
citizen When that right shall have been as
serted. then, should we find that there l
something wrong in the fabric that our faith
ers reared, something we desire to change,
will be time enough to come up and deman'
the change. Noqo we have this accursed re
beIlion to root out 1t must be rooted out
| | am for using eUefy means, and ALL mean
for putting it to an end. If the people of tn
| North would use the same force jeff Davi
| and his minions use-and were as unanimou
as they are-for in the South force of arm
compeLS every man to act as though he sane
toned the rebelli on whether he feels inclined
or not-this war qcoald be successfully teTnaaa
ated IN less than sic months.
Every mothers son who is opposed to thu
war should be compelled either to take VI
arms against or for us. Then there woult
be no talk of peace here in the North, no tall
of resistance, no Such men as TGltandjgham
no such cowards as those 'oho support all s,tcl
| men, and sag these things.
VaIlandigham says he has travelled over tn,
Confederacg-usi the term 'Confederacy'
h. H. oaJJ al OR
do not acknowledge the existence of any au
thority or Government in America aside from
that of the United States)-and has not me
man, woman or child who does not sustain
the war, and who is not determined to tigh
it out to the death or the bitter end. ValIam
diqhGm here simply lies. He tells what il
not true. and he knows it. Vallandigham
aside from the leading men-Jetf Davis, Ioomb
and Stephens-did not, | venture to say, speal
with a dozen persons while taking his invol
untary trip through Dixie. Had he done so
his report would have been of a different col
or The people who are fighting against thi
Government-the poor whites comprising thu
rank and file Of the rebellion -nine-tenths o
them do not know what they are fighting for
do not know what they are lighting against
A majority of them do not know anything
and hundreds of them never saw the Ameri
can flag in their lives, until they saw it marcl
into Vicksburg intriumph. They do not know
the Fourth of July, or anything else that il
good. But poor and ignorant as they are le
them express their own free minds, and they
will almost to man, demand speedy term
ination of this war-would submit to almost
anything rather then fight one day longer
as they have been fighting. IL is onty by The
force of b0y0netS that their army is kept to-
gether Even that cannot prevent their de
serters from hocking into jackson by humid
reds, to take the oath of allegiance or to join
the Union ranks. And | tell you what know
when say that it will not be many days err
the entire States of Mississippi and Tennessee
will be knocking loudly for a re -admission tc
a Union which not long since they thought
their puny efforts could quickly dissolve
They are talking of it even now.
Speaking of being united, tell you, by the
Eternal God, there was never more truth
full sentence than that of Douglas: 'Those
who are not aoitb us are against u.s." and
reterate it. and add that those who are moi
with us should be hung or shossld bewith their
Southern brethren fighting aoith them.
Let them either aid the Government, or GO
where they can bolster up the tottering for
tunes of rebeldom. Better have dozen foes
in the field than one fighting us behind our
backs
To all copperheads, peace men, agitatoas,
anti-war men-be they Republicans or Dem
ocrats-for we have them, here, pretending
to be BOTH have word to say ON behalf
of our brave soldiers. You have undoubted-
ly been told that the war has its opposers in
the ranks of the Union army. It is an &C
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 the
country-for the suppression of the rebellion.
Let me say to all opposers Of the war; The
time aciU come when men composing this great
army will come to their homes. They have
watched the progress of events with interest.
They have had their eyes upon these unmiti-
gated towards, thse opponents of the country
and the Adninistration-(and the Admins
tration, | contend, is the country -and when
they return it will do the soul of every truly
loyal man good to see the summary manner
in which they a0W cause these SReakS and peace
agitdt0rs to seek their holes
You will excuse me, gentlemen, if in say
ing what / have said, have been rather pro
fuse and heavy in the way of emphasis. Two
years away from civilization, with my men,
has made me rather emphatic in all my
and words in regard to certain things
| speak emphatically, because | emphatically
feel that which my tongue finds to say. d.