Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-21
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
General I4ogan-The Fen1an Picnic
Local Politics.

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General Logan-The FenIan Picnic
Local Politics
Especial Correspondents Cleveland LEABTE
CHICAGO, August 20.
GENERAL LOGAN
Arrived from Springfield on Tuesda,
evening, accompanied by Governor og
lesby. A special train, personally con
Quoted by the General Superintendent o
the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad
carrying select committee of fifty of on
first citizens, went out as far as Joliet t,
receive the General and the Governor
snd escort them to the city as welcome
guests. On the arrival of the train Ma
jor Generals salute was fired by section
of an artillery company which had long
formed part of the Generals command
and the procession, headed by Deans
Light Guard Band, proceeded to th'
Opera House, which was already crowded
to overfowing by an expectant audience
The presence of Speaker CUlfax, Senator
Trumbull, Hon. s. w. Moulton and other
distinguished gentlemen added to the bril-
lance of the platform, and gave great
weight to the emphatic utterances that
followed. General Logan spoke for an
hour and half and from first to last in
the plainest terms. After disposing of
" the renegade accidental President" he
proceeded TO full and candid discussion
of the several sections of the Constitutional
Amendment explaining the purpose and
defending the justice of each in most
lucid and convincing manner. He sum-
med up by saying that he was fully au-
by the managers of the Republic
can party, whose programme had been
shaped to the demands of the whole loyal
people, to give Andrew johnson, and his
copperhead and rebel allies full and fair
warming of two facts-prophetic as yet,
but by no means contingent:
"First The. proposed Constitutional
Amendment so heartily approved by
more than the constitutional two-thirds of
the members of each House Of Congress,
shall become the Supreme Latr of the land.
If the requisite number of Legislatures do
not approve it this winter, it shall be
again brought to their notice next winter;
and if there are still some lacking it shall
be again and again presented for forty
successive 1cinters, if need he, until the
number is fulfilled 1t will be a great
folly of Andrew johnson and his friends
if they shall Aatter themselves that we
have only tried this thing on by way of
experiment. We know what the PEOPLE
want; and it only remains our duty to
see that the will of the people finds just
in adequate forms of law.
' 'S0cond Until this amendment does
become the supreme law of the land, the |
States, SO called BY author-
ity ofthe modest Government of the Uni
ted States in the person of Andrew John |
son, will NOT find themselves restored to |
any Of their practical relations of the Fed |
anal Government except the relations of /
az paysrs to tax gstherers- There need
be no mistake on this point. The case of /
Tennessee is the one pattern for the whole i
group. When any other lately rebellious
state adopts this amendment in legal and
binding form, and sends loyal representa-
ives to Washington, it will be received
gain into practical relations And as |
he Northern legislatures will all adopt
he amendment within q year, the South
IN States will not be able to return with
'ut completing the work Of ratification
Through this gateway only, however
Iumbling the remittance may seem, can
hese gentlemen who were so esger to get
ut, now get back The people have de-
iced it the loyal majority can
ford to let Mr. johnson play at being
he Government if it amuses him any, +
/ asked Mr.. Colfax next day if the Gen.
raj had oyerstated the peremptoriness of
be decision, and he replied very eagerly:
oh no, MOI He only says what / say in
very speech make, and what was unaa-
agreed TO at Washington the !
meadment SHALL be carried, and the F,
outh shall be compelled to give the cast
ag votes. Those are two DEGREES 10 /
rhich even. the Philadelphis Convention
arty must bow.
OF course the General was vehemently I
pplauded Nothing is so popular in In
forth western politics as simple, palpable /,
ommon sense, demanding even handed
lstice. fe
THE GREAT FENIAN PICNIC
Came of next day, Wednesday, st
Iasse's Park, a fine pleasure-ground ten
niles west Of the city. The resources of
he Northwestern Railway were taxed TO
he utmost during the entire day, not less
han ten thousand persons demanding
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even in the morning until two in the af-
g noon, trains Of from Is to 80 cars each
we're run hourly, carrying the outward
,ound, and from four until late hour in
he evening the tide was returning.
A large number of private carriages
we're driven from the city, and the attend
nee from the country adjacent and west
Yard was so considerable as to swell the
ggregate to from $4,000 to 10000 per-
ons.
About two o'clock the speaking began.
ieneral ]. A. Beyeridge introduced Gov
rnor 0glesby, who made the principal
ddress. The Governor is very shrewd,
ble and effective speaker, measuring his
udience and sighting his guns so as to
skin 'em" from first to last For con-
inuous efectiveness he has few rivals and
ever superiors. he told the Irishmen
rankly that he was no Fenian, that he
lad never sanctioned Fenianism, that he
sd no more enthusiasm for Irish liberty
han he had for African liberty; that be
Iad risen from the humblest walk in life
o the Governorship of the third State in
he Union only because he had had the
,atronsge Of citizens who believed in Civ
ng euery R.an fair chance and that the
My result of the war worth preserving,
he only part of the Declaration of Amer
can Independence worth fighting fer,
vas the declaration from which it results
hat ALI men, swhite red, brown or
lack green, purple blue or yellow"
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