Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-09-28
The Campaign in Illinois.
GREAT srErcu OF GEN. LOGAN

GREAT SPEECH OF GEN. LOGAN.
The canvass wakes hot in Illinois, and
the brave Gen. Logan, who is candidate
for Congress- is on the stump making
powerful appeals to the people, and we
copy one Of his speeches recently made at
a great meeting IN Chicago as follows:
81 thank you for your generous recep-
ton, rendered not to me, but to the princi-
pies Of the platform upon which | have
the honor to stand. know that treason
has no place in this audience. 1t is only
necessary to ascertain our duty-duty
known is duty that must be done. The
question to be decided at the polls in No
vember is no other than the same ques-
ton which we thought we had settled by
the conquest of traitors in arms. For
some reason unknown to me, and I sup
pose unknown to you, the same question
reappears. For five years it was discuss
ed on the battlefield new it seems we
must discuss it at the polls. The main
tenance of this discussion on the battle
field by Rebels and traitors, forfeited all
their rights as citizens; nothing remains
10 them but the sovereign clemency of the
loyal and victorious majority of the peo-
pie a clemency which no traitor may
dare claim, and which none may with i'm
punity scorn. We have an accidental
President. A wrelched aposta:e, never
chosen by the people, but elected by the
dagger of the assassin. A Judas, who
has kissed the cheek of loyalty, that he
might betray j, 10 the arms Of treason he
has presented us, at the close of the war,
the only question over which we fought
and if he wants another decision he shall
have it next November. Tremendous
applause. He once talked Of impartial
justice, Of the punishment of treason, and
the complete acknowledgements Of the lately
enslaved. He set on, as Moses, but l
take it he has missed bis road, and is
heading for Egypt again. Abraham Lin
coin had faith in loyalty, in Liberty, in the
people, and in God. This apostate sue
cessor has faith in Rebels only when he
entered upon his office he said treason
must be made odious what he meant by
this | have never been able to find out
he said traitors must be punished the
penalty of treas on is death. What has he
done to make treason odious? Where is
the traitor be has hanged? He has de-
voted himself solely to the oppression OF
loyalists and the encouragement Of Rebels,
A. II. Stephens instead of being in Foit
Lafayette, where he ought TO be, was but
few days ago parading himself at Wash
ington, with a pardon 10 one pocket, and
certificate of election in the other, demand
ing seat in the United States Senate.
Every leading Rebel, who could be elected
to office in the Southern States, was i'm
mediately pardoned that he might enter
enter upon official duties. Not loyal man
could be elected to office, under such an
Administration. When Johnston surren-
dered to Sherman, the President and his
Cabinet published their disavowsl of the
agreement from one end of the land TO the
other, declaring that it was difficult to learn
from this agreement whether Johnston had
surrendered to Sherman, or Sherman had
surrendered to Johnston Yet but six
weeks later, we find the virtuous, loyal
President appointing to the highest provis-
ional Offices the very Rebels whom he just
ly rebuked Gen. Sherman for even SEEM
ing to recognize; and, directly after, he
solemnly announces that the citizens of
the Rebel States have all the rights Of the
loyal citizens, and here comes the issue
Take issue with him and with Copperbead
and Rebel allies Great applause We
say to Andrew johnson, you are the Pres
dent, though by no choice of ours but we
will teach you, Sir, that you are not both
Judge and jury in these premises. These
Rebels have forfeited all other rights
when they went out it was without our
consent; now they will stay out until we,
the sovereign people, consent to their re-
turn; and if you, Sir, and your Rebel con-
ederates, NEEDLE with our handling of this
question, we viii teach you a lesson you
will not forget while the Lord lets you live.
Long continued applause. These Reb-
els talk about right on representation in
Congress. Why, they have not Only for
feited all their rights, but their lives as
well. and only live by our grace. The
queer gathering at Philadelphia reminds
me OF the Happy Family in circus, where
there is possuD, monkey, cat, some
rats, and chickens, and puppies, and so on,
and when We wonder why they don't eat
each other up, the ring-master tells US he
arranges all that. Gov. Orr, the Govern
or of the great State of South Carolina
where there were, before the war, 200. 600
people, of whom 100000 were negroes
now wonders with yirfuous enrnr;so a..