Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-08
Ooilp ARGUS.
GOV. JOHN N. PALMER PAINTS DIRTY
WORK LOGAN IN HIS TRUE CoIoRs

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attack on Gov. Palmer. The next day, the
Liberals had an immense meeting, reported
at 10000 to $4,000, addressed by Don Nor
rison, W. W. 0'Brien, VIM. 81. derndon,
Gov. Palmer and others. 10 Gov. Pslmsr's
| speech, he excOriaied Johuny Logan as
! follows:
! ~ am not the personal enemy of General
Grant, and | feel bouad to say that if he
had, at the beginning of his Administration,
called into his c .blnet Statesmen instead Of
the small incapable men who we're pro-
badly thrust upon him by his serviie follow
ere, his term of service might have illustra-
ted our history But bis education va,
exclusively military. In the old army be
vas subordinate whose personal habits
wers not of g character TO compel respect.
Applause. He failed 10 civil life after he
Jeff the army, and when called again into
the profession of arms, his success was so
complete that be cane to regard himself as
prodigy. That his head should be turned;
that aAtterers should be able to persuade
hin that he was superior to others; that be
was above Law, and should not be fettered |
by constitutional rules that bound his pre-
decessors was not unnatural. 1t is too early |
TO speak the truth in explaining his sudden /
rise; but all history demonstrates that the |
real enemies of the suddenly successful ale |
those who halter them. The Hstterers OF |
General Ant-W ashburne, Jones, Logan,
Porter, Leet, Stocking, Berry, and many
others who need not be nsmed-are respon
sible for his failure. Eager TO appropriate
him to themselves, they excluded every
great man from his councils, aud they cursed
the nation with what will be known heresf
ter as the lack-Iearning Cabinet. In this
list of fAtIerers have mentioned one, Sen
ator General John A. Logan. No maa in
+ the republic has won so much renown on so
small scale. Applause When
r Democrat be introduced into
the Legislature of the State,
q and procured to be passed, a law more cruel
than the slave system itself. Applause
In the slave States the rule only extended so
it far as to declare that the child of a slave
T. mother followed her condition. [ nder Lo-
;, gan's law the son of the free mother might
q be made a slave. Under this act Infamous
t amongst the cruel laws demanded by sls-
/, yery-for free man or woman TO come into
this State was made a crime 10 be punished
y BY fine and by slavery, and if the person
NJ guilty of black skin only remained IN the
Il. State ten days after the slavery created By
ID the conviction the fine was increased. and
another conviction and another sale follow
ie5 ed, and kept following Until the victims
- fled, OF nature, more merciful than the sPir-
1e it thAt dictated the terocious law, released
ie the sufferer BY death. Logsn's law did not
r. deny the poor bruised body of it's victim a
% resting place on our soil He only hated
&c living men and living women To h,m 1t
D., was of no oonseq uence that the colored man
ia, and eolored woman, prosecuted by the terri
. bic laws of the slave States, had gathered
. heir little brood around them and fled to
thu prairies that were blessed by God and
dedicated to freedom BY the ordinance OF
l7s7, and by the people Of the State by tive
Constitutions. Applause They Were
egroes, and were feeble, aud that was rea
Z son enough for Logan 10 hate them. II,
: forbade them to breathe the pure ar of Tbs
5 State, TO earn their bread and nurture thel
: Young here. He would drive Them forth, O
. would sell them again into bondage. Int
husband and father was forbidden to toll fo
- his wife aud his children. The victims 0
this law were colored, and were despised b
N those whose votes he desired to win, an
@s General Logan was the eager Instrument c
,beir ejudices. Applause. Not onl
did this Law announce slavery as the door
Of the coiorrd emIgrsnt, but IL provide
zines and i'm PRISON. ent for any who shoui
aid him. The mast5r, penIlent TO III
z wrongs done MA bond people, was forbade
v to make them free The acts of the Legl
Q lAtures Of all the States may be examined
and nothing more Atrooous or more cru
can he found anywhere. App ause. Ar
in 1860, when 10 The eye aud judgement
all impartial men, slavery had become me
wicked and more infamous from It's dIsloyl
II, reasonable demands, General Logan d
lnguished himself in Congress
us most serFils tool. Applause
10 1860 slsve-hunung was Infamous ev
~ the eyes of slave holders, and Democrs
~ denounced the hateful tool as Dirty Wo
~, Logan. He confessed the intamy Of t
en- ploymeDt, but loudly prOfessed his vi
tnRue,s TO do it. AppaGss Oh
Id. party leaders placed tina democratic pal
10 a false position upon the slavery gu
ion. Logan disgraced it. Applsus
!, u ne1 There is not s Democrat but ms face
q d. TN eled with mortifcatron and shame WI
ats in thev have bsen tainted with the humtf
cot on tng, Indecent servility Of one who sspIret
be a leader. Applause In 1866, wi
lartef driven into the army to avoid the con
wen uueuoes of his disloyalty to the Cove
ment be denounced she u-slayery men
the cause of the war. In August, 1854,
M aad not publicly decided whether be wo
~ support Lincoln or Mcclellan His fan
made bets upon his probable line Of {
" the diet. Applause. In 1865 he denoun
maha,) man hood suffrage, aud, by his conduct,
s,o non II doubtful whether be would follow Jo
2i0gO SOP or adhere 10 The Republican party.
' 9Vgo 1868 ne favored Reputation, proposing
8ooU VIC ation of good faith, to tax the naut
259C ,ecurities. In 1871 he was the assalau
i ,S0 G N eral Grant, and hoped himself TO
1,oOo nominated for the Presidency. 10 1872,
S S99 course excited the contempt of his polit
500 friends Applause. He was esrlcst'
30o AZ one OF the halt concesled enemIe
100 Grant And now he appl&uds and prs
~ 500 lIfaat, and assails with fierce iavective'
j.. 1.vu ~ho oppose hiu. He apologies for
SlUl SEQ early political offences by saying be
nor and Eheu they we're committed Demo
,..r.ec making responsible the party be dsEr
chances while be belonged to IT, Applause. III
grown rich in office, yet be tolls not, ne
! tickets Toes he spu. Applause. Without
NUN on principles, no has hesitated alwsys
ace NJ piausel while his party moved forwards
will BE- Shen he has discovered the tone of p
Y 70 ,a us op MON he has rushed to the point
loudly professed the most advanced
ess radical doctrines. 0uCe the devoted
'rsstta Of slavery, after the institution cease
K East exist he became its enemy, and his
&wlm increased as slavery lost lts grounC
Democrat, and while q Democrat. pr
ing ell the views be nov attributes {
party, be now out-strips Ben. Butler
clause in his devotion 10 central
sm. AS q teacher of error, he will,
distant day, contribute his full share
,verIhrow of the Republican party
! ~ did the Democracy. Great applause
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