, 1863-08-13
GEN. L0GAN'S SPEECH.


1hto MarylaTd and beyond the HappatarooGk.
. rtttutiorai. al the eauc t:mc, koscceans pushed
his victorious columns bcy9nd ihe rebel Lines at
peI}inc ysHeg and his rebeNious legtous, to geek
eafety in fight. On the Eame day. Prentiss at
Hc]cna, put 10 rout I'rlce and his attacking col
troops Of the army Of the Tennessee. tLond ap-
p!auee.1 This top, was unconstitutional, and
ought not to have been donc. On the same day,
dence, as II to eignIE His appreciation
Of our cause and renders The birthday Of on. Glos
Lind. Witnessed the triuuphnl entry OF our irwin
cible legione into tue rebel stronghold Of vtcks-
burg. P1olonged and iond applause and cheers
eg Ana y % too md ae ro
: Hudson, the last rebel stronghold in the A,asis
eippi Valley, Acknowledged The pawefs o. o. 3ne 4ha
one Goss q 1anSs
opening the Miesiss!npi from It's s9nfce 70 s lts
and enabling ,hs thcZ 4ee Q, n5rcsa naa
thTonc1, thcir old accustomed channel to the
fnaskcts OF the world; and this too Is uneonstitu.
DO not belicre Gen. Macarthur, addressing
Tint o1ccr) th1t when you and I, with onr gallant
divisions, marched down the streets OF VIck4burg,
to the music Of fsnsee Doodle With the Old stafa
fhe Conktilntion Of our country. dond app.ausc
do not believe t1st In gaining victory after VIC
tory. in ginning stronghold after stronghold, and
dispcTtfnE m army equal IN numbers to onr own,
ar1nyed against orr Government, and defyins its
laws. We were t.ampling the Constitution Of our
But according to these Resolutions VIC should
hhye stopped Oh the 17th os June. All our Aets
since thst limo have been outra.es upon our coan-
ty, and yon aud I. aud all Of our Comrades, ought
to be tiled Tor treason.
THIS is he condition in which these men hare
plactdux. but With to notice this resolution
h!ile further Tbey eay TINT hey are IN iavo. Of
Trntion IN which Moth Carolina, South Carolina,
Texas, Flo.5da and all those States now IN rebel
lion should be represented; Il 70: want thc thc
men who favored 1t to tell me how long 1t would
take to get South Carollrn to se,,d delegates to
any conssutionY How would yon notify them OF
1entsfIvcs, Would member Of Congress elected
IN one Of these States intend any such
10 sna thing and and t3hsy knsE
for the purpose Of nisgutdfng and misleading the
people AID lastly my iel'oW.eitizcns desire to
call yuur Atteltou TO the lazr cIause Of this re-
piece Of composition 1t il. am told that In this
part Of the country you find great many men who
esythey ptefc, the tnio6 as It was and the tonst-
Scntion which s6l decide npon TIC terms of peace
and settlc upon the Constitution with such amsnd-
xrc1ae as ,suEtice demands. At one moment they
want It with amendments. all the time however
proclafm5ng that they are for the Constitution as II
is. In my opinion, the men wlo a-e p.osecrtin.
this wa: arr for the Constitution aR It is and tue
Union us It IVES. Gaze not to what party they
have belonged, ] ll1ye ncrcr y1t found man who
vas supao,tins this war: who was not lover Of
for II as it wos. Sol aope you ali ore. I'M fol
having South CaroliEa and every other State
brought hack into the Ia.on, but II these gentle.
men asS soE tis as! Vnton az # yas with ye E Davis
traitors restored to high places Of pablic trust and
honor. then an not for it as II was. (Applause.)
1woul4 IKE for these mcr who pheeed this reso
1ution md talk Of the Consttutioa 1t s aud the
Uttton as II vae, to inform us what they mean
For my part have 10 op!rion desire to co2ceal
Democrats. nspublltans. all ought to be for rs
a. 1t srasbl fore traitors dcepolcd It. Applnuse.
TO aeoom1l1eh A!e, If necessary: am II favor Q
human Eosc, and making bridges or human car
cnHscs, II the Government eau II no Other way b
ftEtotcd aud any tnnn who IL not for all that Fl
Hot f. rs Sooa 20 Onion % MIN a. II am, Or as e oash
Logan We're again tA1cd for, and agn.u euthusiAs
ticaliy given4 Now. there is one easy way II
feT every MN IL tbe loyal States to BE- loyal, ant
then act according to his professions. Let each
Man love TIE Government cid 1t, fight for 1t, exer
n IN # asaf the Go
ton In furnishing men ard means and fighting tn,
battles Of the countEJ-iu this why VIC csn restor
the country. Agalr. VIC can aid in restoring til
to the ofHcc1s ofthe law In our own State. II au
measure is 4lnpted for the p4ftpse OF raisID
t se o1 s. II I'm n9se snd faaa e
trust end every citizen faithful in lending assis
ancc, By this means you will raise an army, an
With thai amy you can put sais rebellion down !
cuce. cloud applanse.)
CONTRIBUTION.
There is another matter that great deal
Iolte is made about, aud OF which desire I
speak briefly. It IL with reference to what
EIown as the CorhscatIcn question, o., in othe
rain IN
I aeE any man Whether OF not tneae rebels di
not so,tsit ths,E sis1t o. property T. tasl. aets
20 the coIhseatiou OF Etbe! property. Why: Har
they been injured by it,: HIVE they lost any G
their lropel15: Certainly not. nor viii they. Ut
Ices they nrc guilty OF the same acts that Lar
caused tho connscatioa Of zebol property. Hou
ever, thcee gentlemen wuat the act Of treason DE-
eadsd asa'nst their southern friends. by ja.y; .
arc mad because we do not try JET. Davis and hi
: eo.eonEpiratort. by jury down IN Ricbmont
VIII these men tell me- that when You and bod
Of men, armed, bearing e flag different from outt
claiming they are acting under a separate Coz
crnment, fighting TIE armies Of the United State
want any more: Whit Kind Of y Jury do the
want to t1y four or five hundred thousand men i
arms, With treason tnscrieta upou their bsuncr
dtfying the power of the Government aud tram
ling tte laRs ard Constitution under foot (Aj
plauee) The right way to try such me.i Is to II
Ihcm at tae point Of The bAyonet-c1rat applaas'
And Ept by jEfles or coEsts. II they do net Ha3
their properly conascatcd, let them Lay down the
arms aud return to Their alegiance. If they e,
sT soa o aGy ~ aAfr says ss 9Sssd % 1as m
country nge 20 sensitive about the property Of rel
ela. Just let then go down to rcbe
don don, pna advise tss denda Rs to L.
that II these rebels had not broken the law
violated the Constitution and d=fed the Govern
1nent their properly Tonls haze been soaaas.te
It is tie result OF their own conduct, and We At
not responsible for it, but they are. {Appl8us.
Thcn the1e ts another matter that Is source (
Erent annoyance to may. It Is the President
Proclamation. Nbcn it was issued. I said, a.,
saS 70 yet. that, without either defending. Jusiif
Ing or setting up opposition 10 it /; as soldte
Wus In dnfy bound to obey 1t, and did OBEY i
{Thrre cheers for Gen. Logan This is an acl
= however, charged to be uuconstitutlonal and of
preselse- Nhtn the P.ocla nation was issued, or
thei: AIMS. II they did lot At the end Of that tim
nued IN good !aitb to the Gore-nment tist ha
scribed resnrned to their allegiance. their slave
Won1d not have been made free by the Pro:lama
4ion; but they did Lot; ask Tou then. wss
Il WAS Lot our fault. They freed tcit negroes. aa
not rs. They chose between r=maiulns In tn
Entou with their slavea, or IN rebellion withou
Il this country. that they should have gone t
4.Dixie" aud sa.d to theie brothers, tJu6t Ia
down your arrns. and keep yonf negroes; Qni
Achtixg and all VIII be we'll" {Checre and laugh
ter.} But ! cannot see why men shorl
be excited over this matter 90 muct
The 11oclamstion did not effect the negzoe
Or thcsr 1aastcrs in the part Of the country waer
onE army vas. ior Tue Eeaton tat the negroes ha
All tretu themselves befure 1t YVES issaed- The
had mostly run away before It was !saned: aa
were sttll running up to the time LETT. tApplhua
and RuEhtes)
u men tn ms eouftEy, VINO afe 1ntesesst 81
Y getfanG ne negroes r. restored TO traitors. W,
se aHs eonine - We e. can soon hast t 1ne & ~
sr TaT f.cie .rss c.s us .,ar ,nd cstn ,,rore
4i3nnniern,,r fsnnstitufinn 1ie ,tse,r netfton =
. tha I'nYted States rouTt nrettntt.,r cass for Il
Tnn1t n decide he consftuttonalii5 ofth" Pn,e
fton. And then lei nj, .R15e; come M and u1o