Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-23
NUMBER "A.
1 Correspondence.
WAsnIXoroy, D. c. SEPT. 10, 1868.

i - '0~S v . uo'AhS3 SAUDo " "HAhis'o
with whom patriot comes in contact,
now adays, are those sneakipg. cantiDg,
hypocritical. compromising Northern men
who go for Seymour and Blair. II. is
easy to see why Southern fighting rebel
supports these worthless, and to feel
certain so,t Of respect for him, The Sou
thern man who riskel his life in attempt
og to break up the Union can hardly be
expected to vote for the man who crushed
out rebellion, when Seymour and Blair
promise him. substantially. the realiza.
ton of all he fought for, if they are elect.
cd. But those Northern scoundrcls who
steal the livery of Patriotism to servo
Treason in arc double distilled traitors,
and deserve to be socially and in every
I other way Ostracised. Their treason
should be regarded as more odioys than
! any o'her form Of that crime. These men
have any amount Of assurance. Accord.
ling to them. they and their rebel friends
4 in the south-men who fought despcrate.
Ily four years to dissolve the Uniou--are
> the only Unionsmen in the country, while
no we'll Informed man can fail to sec
that 1T would be just as wise for honest
men to try to elect noted burglars to the
a.
office of Chief of Police in all our cities,
the most celebrated pick pocket to the
Bench, and the most ingenious aud fam.
ous forgers and swiudlers to be custodians
of Federal and State funds all over tho
' Union as for real patriot to elect to the
t Chief Magistracy of the Nation, to the
c command of its military and naval forc,s.
o aud indirectly, to the control of its fin.
anees' its patronage, and its foreign and
8 domestic policy, a man who is the life.
long friend, the pet, the chosen candidate
of the men who have rendered themselves
Infamous by their efforts to destroy tho
Nation, and who now openly boast that
they are unrcpentant, and will try the
thing ever again at the FIRST promising
opportunity, There is really only one
i question before the people at this election
> Are we to have country or are we not !?
. And this the people Of the North are be.
ginning to understand. All o.har uues-
tions--eyen that of our finances-sink
! into inslgnifcance before the great ques--
j tiou of our National Life. sa.s|
John A. Logan, of Illionis, who had
the honor Of nominating for the presi-
i dency, in the Chicago Convention, his
personal friend aud former commanding
10 officer, Gen. Grant, is see by the pa
pers, doing good service on the stump.
y The career Of this distinguished young
n statesman is watched with peculiar inter-
est from this point, where be is looked
y upon as possessing the elements Of success
: to greater degree than almost any other
\. member of the lower House of Cougrcsr.
II Mr.. Logan is still young man about
,r "A bcicve--and his whole life hae been
w hitherto series of successes. Born in
;s Illinois, where he obtained the rudiments
h OF an education, he subsequently entered :,
and in due time was graduated from tho
,c Louisville University. On the breaking
,s out of the Mexican war, he enlisted az a
Ie private in an Illinois regiment. But
ID be was not destined long to remain
in in the ranks, for the quick eyes OF
n his commanding officer sooD detected in
= the private soldier qualities which fit
I'd ted him for a higher sphere of action -
IA aud he was promoted to Quartermaster,
az serving honorably and satisfactorily till
j. the cl Sc of the war. Returning to his
~ native State he was elected clerk of the
il jackson County Court in lS49, and wai
\ soon after admitted to the bar He wal
elected to the State Legislature 10 the
,s years 1852, l953, 1856 and 1857, and
from 1868 to 1867 was the prosecuting
nd Attorney. IL 1856 he was a Presideu-
an tial elcctor, and was subsequently elected
"a to the Seth and 37th Congress- On thu
sb breaking out of the rebellion he resigned
in his seat In Congress and entered the Uniol
. as q Colonel served with distinction dur
ia ing the warand at its close held the ranl
of Major General. In S66 General To-
d. gan was appointed Minister to Mexico
o. but declined the position. and was elected
y" by the people at large of the State of H.
lot linois to the 30th Congress. receiving
as majority over his copperbead opponent o
w. 55.0S7 votes. uisap taa sfee 5W1
0fGsneral Logans military career dur
ing the late war is unnecessary to speak
"a "a His distinguish cd services, which wo,
ON for him the gratitude Of his countrymen
.he aud Interpretation, confidence and friend
os- ship Of Grant and Sherman. have mad
70 :, bis namo household word in. America
- In Congress he occupied, from the 6rst,
by leading position as statesman aud read.
- idebater, and hao particularly Distinguish