The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-15
JOHN LOGAN,s SPEECH.

Mai. Gen. John A. Logan, of this state,
was recently called out for q speech in New
York city, and be advocated the same old.
sound democratic doctrines he has ever
done. Among other things. he said:
What the subject of discussion is here might,
I cannot say. have neither asked any one who
knew, nor have / read the papers to LEARN
Whether it was a meeting for the purpose ofmak-
ng a circus out of the officers here laughter
some other purpose, l must confess do not
know; but matter for what II was called, am
glad to you all. My friend Gen. Blair, sug-
gested an idea to me, and that was that IT was
called for the purpose OF approval, believe, of
the administration of President Johnson. [Ap-
plause. So far as his administration has devel-
oped itself, certainly have NO fault to ind with
it. TApplause What there may be in the fu-
ture, do not know. If there 10 that which Is
obecticnab BILE IN the future, then as matter of
course, the questions arise, the country have
a right to decide for themselves as to whether he
ia right or wrong. [Cres of ssgood.'' Cheers
The great questions that have been before the
people for the last four years are now settled
The rebellion is suppressed. Cheersl Slavery
is forever dead. [Cheers. The power OF this
great government has been felt and is well under
stood not only at home but abroad. Renewed
cheers. The supremacy OF the laws OF this
country, with the constitution, has been main
tanned by the prowess OF Americans. Loud
Cheers.
lie mVst cApuo@LCoAy Hrpuuioecu INC
Sumner doctrine that the states must be re-
duced to territories and readmitted into the
Union. He said: l
Some men, who wise men, too, and consid
cred 10 by the country, contend that these states
are now in a territorial condition, and that the
same power must be exercised over these states
as is exercised over territories prior to their ad
mission into the Union This idea is advocated
by some; the opposite il, however, advocated by,
Think, more. l myself disagree with those who
think these states are but territories. | under
stood, when this rebellion was organized against
the government, and wnen the executive called
into requisiton the power of the general govern
ment, it was to suppress rebellion against the
outor laws OF the land, not for purpose of wiping
obliterstiag states. (Cheersl Then it under
stood that the states could not secede; secess
was unlawful and unwarranted; secession could
not be submitted to by the people dlsintegration
of this government would not be submitted to by
the people. We then fought battles upon the
theory that a state could not secede-that the
states were in the Union and could not 60 out of
the Onion. lCheers.1 Hence, we said when
JEFF. Davis assumed to be president of a portion
ofthis country, he had no right to SO act, because
they were then states as they ever had been OF
this union of states. We have maintained that
proposition. Secession has been defeated and
the question forever settled in favor of these
states. fCheers.l 1fthen we advocated the doc
trine that states could not secede, and they could
not, you then cannot advocate the doctrine to-day
that state becomes territory.
In relation to the radical clamor that
President johnson should declare in favor of
negro suffrage, Gen. Logan said:
The constitution declares that each state shall
regulate the qualifications of its own voters. III
President johnson has a right to declare that all
the negroes in the south are voters, he has right
upon the principle, to declare that the white
men are not. If the states that have been SUBJ
dued, the people of them, are not in a terrtor-
ial condition, but states, maintain they were,
in rebellion, then President Johnson has right
to make any such declaration. If he does it, he
does il the teeth of the constitution ofthe
try that we have attempted to support and main
tain. TApplause and Kisses from part of the
house.l So far as the discussion in reference to
the question ofsuffrage is concerned, it is of no
concern to me- 1 have nothing to do with it,
do not care whether the people of Virginia, or
North Carolina, or Kentucky, or of any other
state, allow negroes to vote. 1t il not my busi-
ness, but theirs. lCheersl In Illinois, where
live, whenever they decide that the negroes shall
vote, it 10 their decision. The constitutions says
they have right to decide, and when they do SO,
i say amen to it. Three cheers for Illinois. l.
But until they make such decision, in their |
sovereign capacity as state, no president has |
We have settled these questions, az I remarked. |
that we're before the Countrywide question of
secession and siavery-forever. Let the other ques
tons be settled BY the people as they properly |
arise, and they certainly will arise, and let NJ
not olstrast ourselves get up an ill feeling or
oso blood again but rather see il cannot live