, 1874-10-07
CHEAp-JO11N STATESlIANSuIp.



From the 81. kouis Rtpubiiean.
Tho Hon. John Logan is not novice at
8l,eeci'-lnaktng. 0n tie. other hand, he ia ona
OF our oldest ssagcts at tho businesn. 1t ia easy
Tor john to nako Il speech. All ho has to do il
to open his mouth aud eloquonco Of the great
Columbian variety nuwB out of him, rogardlesu
oi circumstances. and no might add, regardless
of faets and syntnx IS we'll. The most stirling
pee,11IaIltty of John's olntory are voice by:
Gostlculation which leavcs Que In doubt whether
the speaker is learning to Bwm or lighting tiies
III short, these two pecuarltiea together with q
certain startling originality ofdunderd1eadnessin
tho matter Of hfs discourse, constitute the ora
tory OF John. BY stress OF this peculiar ora.
tory, together with coltan personal traits that
scarcely need Characterization hero, John has
hccoao grca. Republican Statesman. He s1ts
itftile teat Of Douglas. aad Ills resonant tlroat
r"liS forth vuu!ls ut sonooiis 1atulency iu tho
halls :ha: oaco head tho voice OF Trumbull.
1he length, Iepin. and oreadth of Johus lutel-
ect,la'i:y il oest attcs.ed by tho fact that, ac-
cordlng 10 his own nssertion.' gravely made last
winter OIL tie luor Of the Seuato, he maBte, cd
the lntrcato problems Of auancill scionce in two
weeks. Tho result Ut this fortnight. of lutol-
lectual travail Wis tho discovery BY john TINT
tho country ncoded nlore money, and tho couour-
ront disco'e1y, loudly proclaimed, that Hhoeyer
hald moro money was not needed did not UNDER
Htand this Ereat country.
We might i,auEo horo to remark that moro
money III common want with American Btates-
mon Ut tlso ILL Of John. Cortn,n recently-pub-
iishcd correspondence develops several striking
Nutler; ko wanted more. 30 did Carponter.
But this ~, IN n uleusure, foreign to our theme.
We we're dwelling primarily upon John. Az We
observed, VIC have tho asaurance oil JolIn that ho
had mastered tue science OF tinanco IN tho space
OF TWO '7ceks. It III very natural that NO should
aVpronch with sonlo cireulaBrectlou an anaysiu
of tho utteraucus Of such mind; but, having
devoted th!s much OF space to reconnols-
nse stonp an o we'9 9sct We tt feel o warranted In
speech at 1udianapos lust Tuesday night
We llaro examined this speech in vain for solid
chunks Of financial wisdom. Unless tho Bpoech
wah reported with gross unfaruess, john aYoid1
ell That topic altogether. It tnay bo that tho
subject Of which it seemed ho would nevor tire !;
that il to guy, tho South. He began BY hoping
TINT tho Ciyll-Nights bill would pass. Then ho
ta'kod about Louisiana. but it was evidont tl,at
Orlcatss: Il hc had road llleln We might hayo
expected hin vigorously to dcnouaco tho aozuro
and publication or Kollogg's private EaporH, that
being. We believe, tho llue Of doteihe resolved
upon by the Republican leaders against tho
Hon!ewhnt binding disclosures Ut Kallosg%s check
book nud the accompanying lpttorn.
Ey tho why, IT III M unparalleled outrage
tnls selz,!te aud publication Of private letters.
Wlnt safety IL there Tor uur htAtesmen Ii this
thing il 10 90 on? How III Republican form Of
Geyerumo,lt to DO guaranteed to tie States BY
tha Federal Government, unless tho bprsaiua be-
twcen aspiring Governors md apprOachable
Memhesa Of Congress- can bo kept quiet? by
aN @ " il VII come 70 tiat pass tint ilo seuator
found out mud thou what do you expect will be-
como Of Nepublican Govor1luent?'
But to rohualo. After John had exhausted
TIE Southern question, with tho exception
party. 1t was eyilo,t that he lad not devoted
quito two weeks to tho atudy Of thls tonic.
doro IL tho result oil hls study as far az he las
got:
nnw party has arisen, calling themselves Inao-
questions os traslH'rutinA aud other wtlnar Illus
ona. rl,cy my uth uf tile old parlies are corr,iut,
h,' hnt they !nts. rns!ng up pro purity. Now, as
hil nar le"rlp bclohg to onn party olhcr, anl II
hntl mrs totally crrup huw can tho th,td patty nako
ot I ttsff " f. pure p,fsXf Gan ca nuke na
slllImat;n; hui tan two rorr.p! parties naao pllre
!srly: They rl",n, further, that tley viii tlufeat
party, for that s areay ,leioael. II YOU cfont Io
l:erubun party, wllas will you des.roy7 Tno larty
e progress, ths purity which has Baycd tic unon, md
Ills lE'rty w!irh IN willing to be progrussiyuI
=, Apart from tho poouliar ayntatticu cops,l1c-
tlo OF tho tirht sentence, tloro is nothing OF n-
portanco III 1t. It Ia simply prutuutp,y, u Tile
nov nar!y, Calling themselves independents.
sn19 ~ s,aa ~ nttem"gn I to DO certain lhtgs SHOULD
thoho independents III attempting 10 long a.
tiey aro III tho plural and John 1aakou tIon
agrgo with sory in ths singular, 4holr prcteusea
70 clara;tGr as rotnro.s arc 1nanfeatly fra,,tlu-
lent. nnd thoy should bo Crt down.
!, When John asks, "Cun you mako uuro
thing ont oi two corrupt thi1igsi" i,o secns to
yto y slo nttrnten Of tho inventive genius of
tho problem. l3nt, it John wuls to try TIM az.
nornent wo auESost that ho 10 to work to purify
lilo ll!nola delegation i'll Le United stntos se,;.
ato. II he hllceooes, the wholo couutry viii con-
nlAor tug question atIumphantly answered in tlo
affirmative. ~ you toient the RepuL!icur
party" you will dcat:oy "the party which saved
tho Union Itho phrase sounds fu,uIiar1. fhc
PARTY of progroas and tho party which IL wilting
to bo pfogroaaiyc." AVo seem to havo hoarii
something to tina ctfoct, too boforo uow,1 And
this is tho sum and substance Of Johus snceehs
Ito IL groat orator. And gront Nopublican
Statesman. Thoso are people who oa1l lin, n
eublisne aaB. but thoy do not uudesa:aud thig
great country, ~