The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-13
General Logan on General Grant.

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General Logan on General Grant.
There was grand meeting of the
Republicans of 10 Dayiess county on
the LIST inst, at Galena, the old home
and stamping ground" of General
Grant. The gallant and eloquent
Logan. on the occasion, received a
magnificent ovation Upwards of five
thousand people were present, and the
most unbounded enthusiasm pre-
vailed. Hon. EoB. Washburne called
the vast assemblage to order, and after
a due organization, Gen. Logan was
introduced with loud and prolonged
applause, and proceeded to make a.
most telling speech. We give from
the report the following reference to
General Grant, certain that it will at
tract the attention of our readers, and
awaken their hveliest interest. Gen.
Logan said 49, = -
He'was gratifed in meeting so many
of the true and loyal men Of Galena
and 10 Daviess County. He remem-
| bered that it was Galena that had
given to the country that distinguish
ed soldier and patriot, General U. s.
Grant, and that. this was his home, and
it was to his friends and neighbors he
now spoke He had fought under his
banner in the field; he expected to
fight under it in civil life. He could
say he knew General Grant and
Intimately, and he knew all his hopes
aud sympathies were with the great
loyal masses of the nation, who by
| their valor and blood had saved the
country 4 Loud continued applause. /
| Whatever efforts might be made to
have it appear that he was In sympa-
| thy with Copperheads and rebels in
their efforts to turn the Government
over to traitors North and South, he
wished to say to the people here and
everywhere that General Grant was
entitled to the fullest confidence of
the Union men of the country. EGreat
applause. h s,s1s go. e - "a
General Grant was no politician, and
it was not his province to mingle in
the political discussions of the day;
but every military act of his, all his
military orders had received the en-
thusiastie applause of all the loyal
men of the country Immense cheer
ing9 His acts had shown unmistak-.
ably that he was right. "A voice,
We all know it. " 1rHe, would say
this to relieve the country-that he
knew others in this presence know,
and all who know General Grants
opinions, know that he was openly
for the constitutional Amendment
presented by Congress. Prolonged
applause. j. Not only that, 4obut he
knew of his own knowledge that he
was earnestly for the Civil Rights
bill, and had used all his influence to
induce the President to sign it. Great
cheering He would say further, that
as far as General Grant was concerned,
the army would be used to every pro
| per extent to protect the Union men
of the South against the oppression of
rebels. Cheers Eel} "a ssI}0N .4eg
ia All the signs Of the times indicate
that johnson was to be the candidate
in. 1868 of the great Copperhead and
rebel party. In that view it was i'm
| portant to destroy the confidence
which the Union party had in Grant.
That great soldier is the idol of the
Union party and the loyal men of the
country, and he was the man they de-
| lighted to honor. The plan of the
Copperheads and johnson men was
to destroy General Grants chances
for the Presidency by attempting to
compromise him in the johnson poll
cy of turning the Government over to
| traitors The game will not win.
| lCries of " Never,H never. ~ No
word of Grant is heard to uphold
rebels in the Government or oat of
the Government He will maintain
such a position by his conduct and
official acts as will enable all loyal
1 and Union men to gather around him
In 1853, and to place him In that po-
sltion where he will save the country
in peace as he had done in war.
Cheer after cheer for Grant and the
Union ~ gef
General Logan spoke these 0 lis
to the friends and neighbors of the
great Chieftain, who fully understand
the positionyin which A. johnson is
endeayOring to place him, but they
are full of reinsurance nevertheless to
all who take an interest in. General
Grant, and who would be reluctant to
doubt his firm adherence to the loyal
party of the nation. There ia no
doubt that the unworthy advantage
the President has taken of his mill
tary power to compel the General to
accompany him in an excursion which