The Ottawa free trader., 1866-10-06
Dickey &. Logan mt Carsonaale;

Our readers are advised that after persis.
tent efforts, Col. Dickey succeeded in shanint
John A. Logan into coEsenting to two joint
discussions during the pending campaign.
The frst Of these discussions took place at
Carbondale on the 2sth ult The meeting
was attended by 10000 people, Of all shades
of political opinion. John A. Logan, ac>
cording to the arrangement, occupied one
hour in opening the debate-Dickey had an
hour and half to reply-and Logan had
half an hour to close.
No one, having the slightest knowledge Of
the two men as public debaters, need be told
the result of such an encounter. Logan spent
his hour and half in raving and ranting-
Dickey his in calm, close, logical argument
correspondent who was present and heard
both to the end says:
"Logun began by saying he would confne
himself to the issues before the country; in.
stead, however, of discussing these issues, he
launched into a violent and vehement abuse
of the democracy, calling all sorts of bard
names. He told Of q man, now on the bench IN
this district, who had said soldiers would
have to march over his dead body ere they
could go out of the state to fight the south.
Fifty voices at once yelled from various parts
Of the crowd, Logan did the same thing"
Logan did the same thing."] Logan then
proceeded to defend himself from the charge
Of being disloyal at the beginning of the re-
bellion. and substantially ackn ow.edged that
he was rather shaky then. One-ihrd Of his
first hsu: was exclusively devoted to the
abuse of his opponents, at the end of which
time he took up the amendments proposed by
congress TO the constitution, and lxbored
through a dreary and weary argument on
that head
OfCol. Dickey's reply, the same write,
says: .rL u t.t. .
His dignifed msnner and winning address
at once gained him the earnest attention of
the audience. In reply to statement of
Logans that he would be elected by a large
majority, Col. Dickey told him be never
toasted of a victory till 1t was won. He
claimed TO be standing on a platform that
recognized SO stars on the fag,-a state for
every star, aud star for every state. Logan
had said that he was fighting the same fight
he that he fought during the war. Dickey said
was 100, but that Logan ha1 changed front, be-
ing now opposed states 10 being represented in
congress, Wnle he was In lavOr oil that thing
Recently, Logan having said that republicans
were always for the war, at all times, Col
Dickey replied that such men as Gov. AM
drews, and such journals as the Tribune,
would not engage in the war till the object
was declared 10 be the abolition of slave
On the subject of rebels having ijrfelted
their rights, Col. ID. asked Logan when they
forfeited them? He then quoted from the
records Of leading republicans in congress,
from Lincoln's prociamaticns, and from
other sources. to show that up to 1865 the
new radical party were not opposed to rebel
states being represented in congress. This
part Of Col. DIS argument was extremely.
well made, and carried convic,iol with il.
Col. ID. did not neglect the subject of rax>
| alton, but told some pointed facts relative to
the infamous and grinding system of tariff
devised by the radical congress. Col. u ;
speech, taken all in all, was a mastery effort
and produced wonderful effects. He was so
gentemanly in all he said that his very man
ner won hosts of friends. Logan mistakes
vituperation for argument, and Infamm aiory
deca nation for earnestness, Such meu as
Col. ID. always take him at a disadvantage.
What sort of rejoinder Logan would make
to such speech is easily imagined. He
made no sttemptsto answer Col. D.s argus
ments, but attempted ridicule and abuse.
:" He was corned, bafiied. beaten at every
point and did nothing bu, below with all
the power of his lungs. He retired from III.
unequal contest under the consciousness O: a
staggering and overwhelming defeat"