Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-01
Gen. LOKam's Views.

Gen JOhu A Logan made spirited speech al
tee Soldiers Reunion,' held at Salem, H.,
on me Atm OF July. Speaking of the seceed-
Ell. States, ne sand:
= do not why the people should be in
any nurry 10 require them 10 be represented
Iney declined TO Dc represented for Jour years,
but the very moment they lay down their arms,
they say, ny,we want members IN Congress /;
We want part Of the foreign missions ; We want
our rights. They talk OF rights
Well, 50 might horse thief al the very time
he is being Tried get up before the judge, after
the proof had been given, showing that he had
stolen The horse, and say, Judge, want my
| rights The Judge would say, My dear
| friend, you will get them IN few minutes. l
think the jury Will send you TO the penitentiary
for twenty years"
! On, they want their rights, rights that they
| forfeited, rights that they not entitled to;
rlgh that they denied To themselves by their
own acts Of treason. Tney tried TO destroy
the Government, and denied It's authority by
tner acts, anu thus lost ali the right they had
Ia this .ana. And now, instead of marching
up With pardon ia one pocket and a certificate
. uf election Iu the other, demanding what they
call their rights. what ought they do? Tnsy
ought u be their hnves implorlng this great
sud glorious Government TO be magnanimous
honest ana faIt uiu. President Abraham Lincoln
offered to them so often, and which they so Oh
ten retus ed.
| do not want 10 be their executloner, but dc
want 10 do few tnIngs one OF the American
people, az one OF the loyal clIlzens OF this land
as man VINO has much right as anybody
else, and no more, to claim the exercise OF Ger
tain rights and plyil- ges In this country that
loyal men are entitled TO. | want to be recog-
-. l., rNct ha hi
| the United States, and not dlsgraced man.
l want TO be recognized at the same time
man who has done more tor his country than
a traitor. l want it TO be IN this land that
General Sherman may stand mere to-day before
the American people III p:ouder hgnt, higher
socially, morally, POLITICALLY and every way than
does Joe Johnston, the man who fought agains,
him 10 the armies OF treason.
That is what want 10 l want to see
treason made odious and loyalty made respec-
table,
HIS talk about jeff Davis was plain enough
as will be seen from the following specimen:
| Now that Davis, the head OF the rebellion
is 10 prison at Fortress Monroe for mis- otfenses
against this government, they begin TO speak o.
his Case. They grow sympathetic in reference
10 his punishment. They must examine him
every week TO see wheth. his health Is improv-
ing or declining. They must have a continual
report, and, ii ne is a little declining, they give
him the rlght to 90 where be pleases in and
around the Notifications.
Ii they keep him pretty close for day OF
two, a few gentlemen go there to see whether
or not the country is ripe Tor bailing him out.
When they put finger on the pulse of the ma
ton, the pulse begin to beat up to fevor heat
If they attempt to bail him out there will be
such howl through the land that these men
will tremble in their boots.''