The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-08-01
Gen Logan's Speech,
CONCLUSION I

CONCLUSION.
sword nv full share of their party who fell fighf-
ing In front of my command under the spotted
flag Of treason, to sunport their sentiments and
principles Loud applause from the floor Of the
House.
WHAT uE woutp DO WITH JEFF
NV attention having been specially called to
Horace Greeley. am free to say totally disap
prove Of his sympathy for JET. and his peculiar
manner@ of manilcsting that sympathy Had 1
captured jefferson Davis. and his disposal been
committed TO NV hands. Iwould have organized
an able Court Martial and have given him fair
trial. Just sentence aud prompt execution
Some people are mOrtidlv sensitive about JEFF
Davis They seem to think that when the name
Of CasSiuS hunors corruption. claSHsemcnt ought
therefore TO ,hde Its head They belong to that
sieklv class Of tcmpOfizers who would make the
enormity of the crime and the rank of the crimi-
nal good pleas in bar against their conviction, If
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet are criminals, as
they are they ought to be tried. it tried convict
cd II convicted executed, like all other frlons
convicted Of capit1l crimes II they were tried
ard convicted as ley ought TO be- aud were
Chief Magistrate Of this Republic, no appeal TOT
cemencv in their cases could ever reach me,
would let him and them swing till they wonld
pass the point of plotting treason, and smaller
traitors might profit bythe example of their iTnO-
minious fate Until traitor or two is tried con-
vcted and executed the people Of the United
States may confidently expect an annual crop OF
armed traitors TO spring from the tenderness
with which traitors are treated IL this land.
JEFF. DAVIS JOHN BRowS AND MAMMALIAN.
But what has he to fear in a Government where
rebels are rardOned before they are tried. and
where no traitor has ever graced the gnllows? (?
John Brown was tried. convicted and executed .
bat that was for rcGsOn not against our Naii0nal
Government but the State OF Virginia When a
Northern man tIespasses upon Southern soil and
commits treason, he has the crime to expiat, on
the scaffOld hut when thousands of Southern
men attempt To destroy our National Govern
ment Notwithstanding the diabolca rattempt
dTenchcs orr whole land with blood. and fila it
with the piercing wall 0 widows and orphans,
snd costs Thousands Of m llions Of treasure. new
ertheless nobody can he tried for it, John Brown
did not dip deep enough into treason b. make it
respectable. Had he managed TO kill fifty thou
sand men before they captured him according to
the new theOTy lie would have stood on too lofty
pedestal 10 have been taken down a criminal.
But for the life of nc cannot see how the same
Government that assisted Virginia % cou,i
John Brown can refuse to try JelL Davis If
John Brown was held responsible TO the ontrQoad
law. why is II not likewise Jefferson Davis?
John Browns surviving kindred can take to
their souls one lattering unction at least. TO wit
that he did not die in vain. have hpain aud
again seen thousands Of Union soldiers marching
into battle Singing
John Browns body lies Wondering in the grave,
While his soul goes marching on"
And they never failed to win the fight
There Is one man on this continent at'thc head
of q Government. that has exhibited nerve
enough to rule. When usurpers and traitors are
captured and convicted in Mexico, we hear at
one and the same time Of their stern sentence
and prompt execution. President Juarez, how
ever, Is saluted for his signal exhibition Of dvc-
sion and frmness. with hOwls Of horror from the
same mercy-begging lips that are eternally whin-
Ing about the mercy due TO JEFF Why do men,
protesting to love liberty, manifest an Interest 50
deep and strange In the fate Of the vaulting am
bitiOn Of ROYALTY when II presumes 10 invade this
republican Contipent and Oereaps itself Has
mOnarchlal Governments friends here, whose
eympalhics nrG too keen to be restrained when
trlbuation oVertates topping throne, and do
they presumptuOusly propose to educate the pop
ular mind Of men born free on American soil to
catch read lily at excuses 70 denOunce republican
ism, aud cond0le with mourning nobility over
executed Emperors2
PERORATioN.
trust, Mr. Speaker that wo will pass such a
bill as win be understood properly construed
and energetiCaly executed, and that when IL is
that II viii leave the Southern State Governments
In the hands of men loyal aud true, and forever
prevent disloyal men from enjoying power and
place TO foment treason II Is not when they
come, but how they come, that is the NIL import
ant query with me. | would be glad 10 welcome
them back tomorrow II / were satisfied they
we're recognized right, but ii "a my intention to
vote as longa as lave a vote here TO keep them
out until they can como IN on tho broad basis Of
loyalty to the Government aud when they can
do that am willing 10 receive their representa-
tives 10 the halls Of our national Legislature and
will assist 10 protect them against anything any
wise prejudical to any Of their legal rights or In
terests as States have seen quite enough Of
carnage aud private and national distress and
long to see the day come ngain when we shall
be as peaceful, prosperous, and happy os we were
before that crawling serpent secession, sought 10
Etrnngle US IN our national cradle.
That day NAV soon come again, If the South
will rise up stemIy resolved that they will follow
Naaman through the Jordnn Of repentance until
the leprosy Of treason and Democracy shall he
washed ont Of their political systems, How
much they have been benefited by the sylnpnthies
Of the Democracy they ought by this time TO be
able TO estimate and appreciate. The hour they
discover they possess the good sense and courage
TO repudiRte openly and emphatcally treason,
and embrace warmly and sincerely loyalty, they
viii see dawn upon them the bright morning Of
their regeneration and deliYeFancc.