, 1864-10-25
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TU EsDAY. OCTOBER Is. lSs4
NHH&RAL LOGAN AND fs1s 4x.v
lelCREkkR

DARE8ks
The JEFF. Davis organ In this civ q >
Started the base caluuny that "ss the bezi
n1ng OF the War Mat. Gen John A. T,or,
"sofed TOE rebellion even to the eYtert
eansune illinois soldiers for the conc.i
efaeys The object In viev In concoct,n
u tn'amous slahder on brave, faithfaf an
popul'f ohcer, was to destroy bis great t.
<eaee Win The people Of Southern It11no}l
"sS link Of an internal system OF falls.
nooos ptaettced by rebel and copperhea
Ae@Qefa TO deceive and poison the minds Fl
the common people.
( When Gen Logan's attention WAS called I,
the slsnderous report by D. L. Phi1,lns h
pronounced 1t IN unmitsgsted fs1sehncd
without shadow offoundation tosun,o.t a.
as fo11ows:' '-'
D. L. Phillips, Esq: 1oos' oes' ~ 1854.
to,1aina @ - Tour pote Of the 18th ID received in
Hnn .nsn e o. certain sistemenes pnt i1 etrcuis
snatse o. conduct ut the hrei, uns OF III r1bx'
tfs,o1a ox our eou1try. charging NJ with h.vfns
oops IN Hon hen 111tr 11laaon sOd aided IL fsis,na
:oah 70 hcht aaainst the Government Of ths 11oi.a
1is1 Ihe atateuan's aEe false In every ogrt,c-
LOT tthe1 Of them. have never In any Wv
evef favorcd the caCse ol trea-on. or at atv time
e!tneF induced. assisted, adsiesd. OF encou.s sced
tny human oesns to Gu South and Grht arsin =, i6e
0osef1ment or TO afs'st this unhuly robe ijon IN
any "ny whsteser: those who make sgch s,,tn.
MeSse anow them r be false, and only caps BE
eanoet1nR tnoteATEo have, from eense nr NJ
tnotde duty stood BY sheEr country In thc boar Of
Houble II yon ssce1taiL the name OF apY Feonts.
f.,sl 1.1 le1son Tno % 9ss ENGAGED In such infamous
you would give me the 1uiormtt.on.
ionrs truly. JouN 4. LoaAS.
The rebel organ, finding Itself driven to the
wall, with the alternative OF rctractinp the
Nbalcus chargs or proving it true, induces
poor, little Dan Cameron to assume tho IA.
te1nity Of the libel. That individual is reD-
resented By the rebel organ US relating the
following story:
o, .on the 1sh Of Dseembes 1853 tho "a hsig.de
Cameron, was Dear b'aia's Cross Roads, Tam"
banging on The rear of Lons<tsee.'s fo1css. o.
that tny several prisoners belouPing to a Een-
lucky regime 1t were brought 1n and handed oFsr
to Lieut. Winchester. 24sh kentuckT, Provost Mar.
.hsl ci csms,oRx ,a11 611ade o. inh ex.@i1a
IllEois that tne1 had been induced to 3oin lie |
rebel fczVlce 1t the bestnI,nx Of the var b. John
own Slate to Join the rebe, camp below Coiumhns
ky.. mane eteecd to them, expressing hls re-.
Rrtttfat he could not es~with them. They we're
urquestioEably 1l1noisaas, ultimately scq aalutei
with Illinois. and much exs.pesatea sgsinst L..
gan for ht wing, 90 tbey etat&d induced them tn On
in,o tes 5eeei s1r1my, and afterwards entered tie
From this preclous statement It would ap.
pear that Ex.Cllonel Dan. Cameron is the
suthor Of the slsnder on Major-General Lo-
gap, azd the secession print, the medium
which he selects to pedd1e 1t for him.
The question naturally arises: Who were
these %'seveta prisoners from Illinois ~
What counties and precincts did they come
ftomf With how many of them did Gamer
On conversee Who Was present at the ex-
aminations At whit plsce Was 1t that Gen.
Logan made the "speech'' to them, and IN
what "night'' was lts How many persons
were preeent on that occasion md what ara
their 02mcse Cameron must have taken
down In writing and preserved their names
former residerces. together with full
statements of all they said, because the
charges are Of an exceeding grave character.
tmPltcatine, as they do, an officer Of h,ph
rank, q Corps Commander II Cameron
neglected to reduce to writing the State
meRts Of those mythical prisoners and 3s de-
pending upon his memors or imagination. he
is likely to get himself into serious trouble. |
What became Of the prisonerss Cameron
must know their names, eompapy and tez1- !
ment- If they have not been exchanged they
can easily be found, and their testimony pro- |
cured.
But we have another question to ask Mr. |
Dan cameron-Copperhead candidate for the |
Legialature. Did you at the time Of making
the pretended Examination" notify your
superior officer, your division Ior corps kom-
mander Of what you beard?- Did you YER
bal1y in writing inform Gen. sncrman Of |
t1 sind It 80, what anBwer did he makes
You served e31 months in the army OF Gen
Logan sfter the date Of the alleged st tement
ofthe prisoners. Did you ever tell him what |
they said? II not, Why did you neglect it >
Why did you conceal this story until Oct s3.
664. and then produce 1t in the vague and
sneakipg shape Of an extract of estate
ment" without date OF signature, In the col |
umre OF a Sheet notorious tor untruth, and |
dislosa1t
We fully agree with the Journal, ssthat the !
word Of Gen. Logan We consider much bet
ter than even the a1adau1 of = man who, }ust
prior to 7aafsxg regiment TO fight Northern bat
hes, offered to ba kaat The South zcoazd ss4ecoed,
The officer who could thus stain his honor.
and prove himself unworthy to bear the
sword with which he was entrusted, avery
poor witness against General whose record
Is written at Donelson, Corlnth, Vlcksburg
md Atlanta"
But We need pursue this dirty libel no fur.
ther at this time. AL the circumstances
stamp 1t as untrue. Josh Allen the Copper-
bead candidate for CoDgress in Logan's old
district is the individual who favored the
:ause Of treason and sought to carry the
Southern half OF Illinois into the Southern
confe1eracy. This traitor Allen and Dan
Cameron, the 1ibeller OF Logan, belong to
he same rotton accession party, and are
:andidates for Office on Its ticket, Lastsat-
friday Gen. Logan addressed 1000 people OF
Union county at Jonesboro. What he said
about Josh Allen and his reasonable propo.
sition is thus told by our r. porter: I
There IL only one portion OF General Loesn@s |
peech which need be dwtlt upon. 1t was that IN
shich he Incidentally mettloaed the renegade
[o*h Allen, the candidate for CONGRESS- in the 18Th
district. In this conhectihn the fpeake. ep,d |
And now let me cay 4 few words about |
tlas man Allen I knos him we'll, and gre,,tr {
embug and traitor vs'ks mot uabuue. When the
ixr 6rtt broke out, Ard at about the time that E
etu1ned from CoceErss to this very district. in
Yder 10 ratee n :lment and to enter the ne1d |
nd service Of Ioy country, I net josh Allen stalk
ug about the Southern psst Of the 6sate trying to
Urn 1t dver 10 the Febe1t: and he made ufppo;.
Ion 10 me- ID e.op t1e otslf1c1 3ot the Conftdef-
CT, 10 Il duce the southern half Of Illinois to se
ede, with nc yoor speaker+ at the head of her |
ecftt,on torcts, aud told him I'd zee him In | 6
Ell fr-t.4' Thts celebration wns received wt.h
tmen-e epp!7pfe, zrd Logan concluded, easine |
, tubetn, G.. he saw beinre him thousands OF
pore who knew h1u, snd every one Of them | =
ttbtn oupd Of his voice. be called upon to TESTIFY
tsotc Of she friends Of Josh Allen, that he had s
lid Whist be had said IL regard to his tscasonab1e
ropoaItton to divide his nat;Ye State and aid ofa
nueptrscy to destroy the couutry. He said hehad
ot made this declaration In any Of his rarl,r, a
ocechee. ~ be was saving 1t up to husl It upon q
,e fellow IN hie o I'll district.
wAENCE SHALL PEACE GOMEZ Fl
We have steadily pointed out the Copper p
4 50 tellacY Rnd snare Of looking for peace =,
broueh the rebel. elayeholdipg leaders, all y
I whose pledges, interests and prospects are a
ommitted to the rebel cause They hare
r more at etake in the rebellion than they E.
7er had in slavery, or than they could posi- T
' have in reunion with the Democratic II
rsy Of the North. -
1t this slavet olding class numbers 5ut 800 R
0 ont Of the 8,000, 600 Of the Southern poo &C
e. Is there any hope Of reconstruction pr
rough Unlonism In the latter class-the 10
eat oppressed msjoHty, too many Of whom r. r.
es the feet OF their oppressor. Slavery. c,
rough the very ignorance to which Slavery pr
8 condemned them, mad curse with bor- -
wed poison the Union, which is their only -
pc Of Light and liberty. II