The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-10
SPEECH OF GENERAL LOGAN.
He DenOunces the President as Demas
gORue, UPnOIds the Radical Congress-
and Pitches into the south.

and PIIches into the south.
CHICAGO, August 9.--On the occasion of the
nomination OF fGeneral John A. LCgan for Con-
gressman at large by the State Republican
Convention at tSpriogfeld, yesterday, the General
accepted the nomination in speech OF great
length. He commenced his speech with a
defense of Congress and its acts, and n severe
attack upon the President, saying that johnson
became President by the hand OF an assassin,
whose heart was black and brain was diseased
with the desire to perform some great act for
the benefit OF traitors and treason.
He became President IN that way by the act
of this man Booth and most faithfully has he
performed his duty by that only constituent
who made him President. After appealing to
the Convention to stand by Congress, he passed
to the platform. The issue on which the contest
is to be fought is the Constitutional amendment.
All men Dorn here shall be citizens, and those
who come here should be made citizens if they
can take the cath of allegiance. He was
heartily in favor OF making negroes citizens.
He was in favor of equalizing representation in
Congress. The South must have no more Tor
its votes than the North. Representation must
be based on the actual voting population.
In relation to disfraL chlsement OF Rebel
officials, civil and military, the only fault he mad
to find with the amendment was that it does
not go far enough. He was opposed to the
repeal OF the ironclad oath, and would sit and
starve in Congress before he would give his con-
sent to Its repeal. The South should be CRATE
ful for our proposition in relation to the national
debt. We propose to protect them from paying
their debts to England, who assisted them TO go
into the Rebellion, and gave them encourage
ment, and trusted them for her pay.
We propose to protect them by saying to these
English holders OF Rebel bonds:--"Gentlemen
you can't collect any such debts as those" We
propose to protect the South, and in return the
South will have to help US pay our debts. When
you do all these things you may be represented
in Congress, but until you consent to do them
you cannot be. 1t may be i've years, it may be
more, and if it was lett to me would say:-
Until you adopt the Constitutional amendment,
if it is forty years, you snail not come M
The speaker ielt alarm at what was going on
in reference to the future. He believed that
Andrew Johnson, when he was inaugurated
Vice-President, by his own conduct lost the
confidence OF his party. Believing that, and
looking at all that had happened since, he
General Logan) came to this conclusion.
When all things were created, in the Creation
it was necessary 10 have animals for all kinds
of work, and when the Almighty looked around
Tor demagogue he found Andrew Johnson and
made him. Thereupon Andrew Johnson began
to look around to see what he could DO to make
his calling and election sure. He said to him
self:-"l cannot be nominated again by the
people who nominated me before. Imust figure
up plan tor denomination by the other party"
Hence he got up policy to create breach
between himself and Congress. BY this m cans
he would get the sympathy of the Democracy
and construct new party, GO before the people,
and be reelected. When nominated the Demo
cracy will organize in the North and the South
ana hoid the election and II we TAIL TO elect q
President by the votes of the North, and he tail
10 carry a majority OF the United states, he will
declare himself The constltutlonally elected Pre-
sident. Be assured that is what they are aiming
at, and when they do that it will inaugura,e
another revolution and more bIoodshed. The
South understands this plan, and we must defea
it by carrying every Northern State as a unit
He was opposed to temporizlng with the South
There was but one way to treat with Rebels.
Take the torch in one hand and the sword in
the other and march to the music of the Union
with the flag Unfured, and sweep over theil
territory. He had no sympathy tor the leadina
traitors, no commiseration for them. HI
could forget no man who had lost his life anC
who had been manned in this war for tht
Union, and he could forgive no man who haC
fought against 1t. Ii elected to Congress HI
would carry out what he had said. He coul(
not forgive the South. There was no use il
asking him to do it. If he changed his primer
pies he would give his constituents due TIM
and notice to elect another man in his place.
After an appeal to the Convention to go hom
and go to work. the General concluded. Man
of Mr.. Trumbulls friends think that Logan
nomination for Congressman at large withdra W
him iIom the Senatorial track. This is By II
means certain Senator Trumbull was appolnte
Senator while holding a similar position T.
Loean's, and, therefore, precedents are agaius
him