Marshall County Republican., 1867-08-08
"0n isme's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
while glory guards with solemn sound
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while glory guards with solemn sound
The bivouac of fhe dead
And how others feel cannot tell; but [
am free to confess that feel that it is the
memory Of those who fought and fell under
our flag, who charged rebel batteries, car
ried rebel nights, vanquished rebel legiOns,
and firally crashed the rebellion, that has
a CLAIM. tpOn our respect, care and vencr-
alton far above Office seekers and political
partisans.
The gentleman from New York says
that he and his friendssre bound to have
the next President. and that we are bound
him. We have not yetimpeach
ed any President, and IL in the past we
would not it is hardly presumablo that in
the future We will.
A member.
Mr. Logan. l shall not say what |
would do, but 'antil the Whistles OF the reo-
pie command here a proper respect L do
not think the gentleman necdto feel very
serious alarm about what we will do.
The gentleman has nominated General
Grant for the Presidency, and if General
GranthaS any enemies dare say the gen
tleman's nomination must have made them
profoundly happy. General Grant. rarely
has anything TO say, anG when he Goes speak
ii is generally directly to the point, and from
that fact the inference is fairthat he will be
found more thar equal to take care of the
true interests of his fame and fortTnc
whenever and wherever they may be di-
rcctly or indirectly threatened. But were
| General Grant and really aspiring to the
Presidency | would give the gentleman
notice tl.at if he wanted an office from me,
his claims to consideration would not de-
pend upon how much hut how little he
had to say in my behalf Laughter.
Presidents really owe their success to
their enemies General Grant may learn
a wholesome lesson from the South about
the consequences of falling into bad COM
pany hunting for friends.
General Grant is certainly q great and
good man. lie deserves and enjoys the
and confidence of this nation.
His personal popularity is universal His
military fame has spread
From earth's romotest bound to oceans lonelicst
shore
1t rests upon the adamantine pedestal of
success and rises above mortaa criticism,
and if it can survive the admiration and
friendship of home-bOund SympathiZers
with the precious Southern .hIothern, at
whose ignominious expense he won his
laurels, then indeed may his true and real
friends rejoice in the conclusion that it is
beyond lingering shadow of doubt more
than indestructable. Paraloxes do not
amount to phenomenSs, but nevertheless
they rarely pass away Unncticed, and the
pGradoxcal proposition of finding IN the
self same member OF this House friend
alike of General Grant and JEFF. Davis,
cannot &c so. 1t IS al aeast worth pass
Ing comment. There is not single pass
ing shadow of resemblance between the
histories, achievements. principles, scnti-
mcnts, or purposes of the arch-traitor and
the loyal general. The one is small in all
things; the other is great in virtues and
talents that rank greatest. The name OF
the one will go down 10 posterlty a by
word of scorn and reprOach, while thename
of the other will live 10 be given at the
baptismal fount to thousands of infant
patriots vet to be born ard to me it is
riddle utterly incomprehensiblc that one
and the same man can he at one and the
same time, alike the friend of Jclf. the
traitor and Grant the patriot.
Mr. Robinson. How abont Horace Gree
ley?
Mr.. Logan. Greeley, indeed, That he
is Jeirs friend, you may prove; but where
is the evidence that he is Grants:
trust .Lat the apparent egotism Of an
ailusion now that is somewhat necessary
to myself will be pardOned lam branded
by political and sectional rsrtisans with
such epitbe,s as "bloodthirsty, ''unfor-
giving ''unrelenting," &c. &c. How this
has been ascertaincd is incXplical,lc to ire.
Who has sought my forgiveness that have
ever refused to forgive? Forgiveness is
taught in the Lords prayer, but we are not
therein instructed to thrust forgiveness up
ON the unrepentant and the defiant. For
givcncss is not so cheap a virtue that it
may he prodigally wasted unssked upon
,he idle and Indifferent The forgiveness
that anticipates repentance will multiply
crimes EIster than it will reform Criminals.
When The rebels of South begin proper
ly TO repent, and find moral courage enough
to make before The world manly acknOwl-
edgment of it, then, and not until
then. will | take into consideration the
question of their forgiveness at all. have
no premium to offer in the shape offorgive-
ness 10 the insolence ofan obstinancy that de-
signs not to ask for that forgiveness.
would open gulf between treason and
loyalty wide enough TO make the dwellers
on It's opposite shores strangers, and deep
enough TO swollow leglons in arms. |
would fill it with waves Of fire, through
which no unrepentant living thing could
swim, and over which no soaring philan
thropist could fly and survive. Sickly
sentimentaliSm is a great crime breeder.
Immunity for one crime provokes the per-
pctraton Of many. Men are but grown
up children, and when you spare the rod
you spoil the child, whether the child be
young or an old child. l am not one
of those who would hesitate to try, convict,
condemn, and execute a traitor for trea-
son. r,..
Mr.. Niblack. VIII the gentleman allow
me to ask him question?
Mr. Logan. Yes, if ii is not a very long
one.
Mr. Nihlack. would ask the gentle
man whether in the summer of 1861. after
the war broke out, lac did not vote as n
member ofthis House against the expulsion
of General John Clarke, of Missouri, who
had joined the rebellion?
Mr. Logan. The Journals of this House
show all my votes, and the gentleman might
have found all the information can give
him there. | am not in the habit of voting
in this House to make unsupported rumors
history. A charge may have been filed
here against Gen. Clarke, and when the
testimony to sustain it was adduced it
may have utterly failed, as in his case, ac-
cording to my recollection, !: did. The
disposition, however, to make verdict
thus conscientiously rendered because in
defense OF absent and unconnccted member
oftheir own party, rebound now to my
prejudice furnishes another beautiful illus
traiion OF Democratic magnanimity and
Justice. When cast ihat vote l voted
with the Democratic party; now it thrown
into my teeth by Il member of that party
as reproach. 1t may have been a reck.
less thing in me then TO doubt the natural
strong probability that Democrat was a
rebel, and FOR it perhaps deserve TO be pub
licly twitted and sharply rebuked; but l
will endeaver to see to it for the future that
I shall never merit another such a repri-