Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-23
Gen. Logan at Chicago.
oceiai Dispa.eh to the Cincinnati Gazette.

General Logan had magnificent
reception tonight. The Opera
House WAS hlled to overtlowing, and
thousands were unable to obtain
admission. The audience were very
enthusiastic. Cheer upon cheer
greeted the General as he appeared
before the audience. General Lo-
gan spoke for three hours. The fol-
lowing are the leading points in his
speech:
General Logan briefly and modest
ly acknowledged the compliment
paid to him, attributingit to the love
of the people for the principles which
he represented. There never has
been u time when the questions be-
fore the people could be more easily
understood. The question is now
the same that we have been battling
over for five years. II is the ques-
tion of the rights of loyal men, and
of the forfeiture of the rights OF trail
tors. These issues have heretofore
teen presented by men in arms, who
sought to destroy the Union. They
are row again presented for decision
at the polls. We have fought TO
show that the majesty of the Law and
the will OF the Republic must be re-
spected. The. men who fought
against us have forfeited all their
rights as people, and are entitled
to none but such as may be granted
them by the msgnanimity of the
Government. Tremendous sp-
iplause The men who have planted
the flag on every foot of our soil have
the right, and they only have the
right to decide who shall participate
in administering the affairs of the
Government. Loud cheers.
BY the hand of treason and the
bullet of the assassin an accidental
President, an apestate, has been
/ placed in the Presidential chair. He
has again presented this issue for us
to settle, and by the same power and
the same will which settled it before
we will settle it now
Gen. Logan then paid an eloquent
tribute to the memory ef President
Lincoln, which awakened great ap-
plause. When Andrew johnson
took the oath of office, he said trea-
son must be made odious. We can
not tell what he meaat. We would
make it odious by making traitors
for the condemnation Of alfmankind,
we would punish traitors by inflict-
ing the penalty OF the law--death.
| Applause He has punished trail
tors by raising them mp higher, and
by pushing loyal men down lower
than we have put traitors. He has
punished treason by pardoning c. c.
Clay, Alex. H. Stephens, and other
leading traitors. Mr.. Johnson's con-
duct has been such that treason was
at a premium, and loyalty at dis
count. When Lee and johnson sur
rendered, and the rebellion was
crushed, Gen. Sherman's agreement
with johnson was sent 70 the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet, and they re-
jected it because it seemed to make
traitors respectable. A few weeks
later Mr.. johnson permits the same
traitors to be elected to Office. We
find him going on in the same line
until he presents to the people of the
United States the proposition that
the Southern rebels are entitled to
the same rights that We are, and they
must be represented in Congress,
yet they send no representatives who
have not been in full sympathy with
the rebellion. We take direct issue
with Mr.. johnson on this question.
The loyal people have something to
Say in its settlement, and they will
do it in their own way. Applause.
Those people withdrew their Repre-
sentatives without our consent, and
when they come back it shall be with
our consent, and not till then. Loud
and long continued applause. They
have forfeited their rights and they
will remain forfeited till the people
see fit to restore them. They are
net entitled to restoration at all till
we give them permission A Curl
Gus mixture is now gotten together
in Philadelphia similar to the happy
family in the museum. When we ask
why they don't fight among them
selves the ring master says he ar
ranges that. Governor Orr and such
loyal men say they have gone to the
Philadelphis Convention to sid the
loyal men Of the North to make laws
for the benefit of the whole people.
They come from the rebel Congress
or the rebel army and attempt to en-
ter the Congress ofthe United States.
We got along without Mr. Orr's help
for tour years. and when we want it
] we will give him due notice