Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-07
GREAT SPEECH OF GEN. LOGAN
BugIs Notes from the Battle Field
DUTY OF THE AMERICAN pEoPLR.

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On Saturday last Gen. John A. Logan,
the friend Of Stephen A. Douglas, the most
popular man In soathern Illinois. all his
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Of the war soldier n the he!d and par
ticipant in All1tbeh great bAttleg of Grant
and SberuSa4in tbA Bo3tR Stnnds SSsneeeh
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OF mis- fellow sltiaens Wnolhad gathered to
welcome him home. FROM his speech we
ent the folIovfne; sxtrank And alf for IL n
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Speaking Of the men who had composed
the Chicago Conyenfio he said.s
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They nouSiasted Georee d. .HfcCfeIIan for
President- and foI=I6st puTooae9 was IL
for tbe nnrnose M advocafi6g-the nrinei.
nI.. ot that nistform' Es o. az AL o.hsr
nsn Tho evsr d. = svo,d In hiS oonn.
try's cause, who would consent to take any
position on Q platform OF that kind, is un-
worthy TO be called an American soldier.
Whenever become 90 greedy for Office;
whenever have such An itching desire to
obtain little power for q short time as to
stultify myself In such q mRnnery And To-
80 siauder The past het5 Of my fife, hope
God in His infinite mercy will take me from
;his earth. Nov as to General Mcclellan,
1 have nAught against him personality As
soldier l respect him, as a gentlemen
respect him: bat upon that platform az q
politician L hare no respect for him. II
Gen. Mcclellan had been aciyfllian when
nomiuated-if he had been taken from the
walks of private Iife-I could have excua.
ed him, could have said thAt IS vas sim.
ply mistake6, deceived PERHAPS. but hay-
inr been a soldier, having fought upder
The tiag of the American UnIon, having
heard the soul stirring SQUADS of battle in
the Union cause, there Is no excuse on
earth for him-none whatever on the top
of Gods earth, except thar heis 50 ctaTing
and so anxious for little power that he
is .WillIng, to accept i even from traitora
and towards. The men who nominated
him were not IN favor OF the Union, and
bad no respect for soldiers who had fought
for the Union. '' ~ % ' "'f '
didn't like the soldiers, we're rather in ia
vor Of getting their votes, SO they said we
will put Mcclellan on the ticket, and
make the head Of it for the war; they
would put him on aud start him like q rail-.
\ road train, running down the track with
steam up and everything all right. But
they pot the brakes on The car before 1t
Had gone far by putting at the tall OF the
ticket George n. PeudIeton, whom they
knew to be an infamous traitor. They
concluded 70 run o mixed ticket-neither
fish, flesh nor fowl. They put Union at
one end and Treason ct the other. There
is such thing, you know, as President
dying. II the Union end Of this ticket
should die, the treason end would take its
place. II they shqpld elect Mcclellan, aud
his election shoHid Surprise him 30 much
as TO ADJ him, which is not unlikely, then
Pendleton would take bis place, and run
the concern on his own ideas.
They sst & me to VOTE for George :SG. B; Mo.