The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-29
WHO SENATOR LOGAN IS.
How He Was Flayed Alive By Ex.GoT.
Jno. NJ. Palmer, October 9TH, 1872,
at Springfield, Illinois.
4 Perfect Answer to His Blood urdling
Speech, Made in the Senate
January 18th, 1875.

On the It'll Of October 1872, Ex-Gov in,
l. NJ Palmer, of Illinois, in speech, made
k Springfield, administered the following verb;
d castgation to the od-thirsty Radical dems
= gogue, who now disgraces the United State
It Senate. Jno. A. Logan. 1t is complet
S answer to Logans bitter and furious trade il
the Senate, and exhibits the man in all hi
: hideous moral deformity. When party i
: compelled to rely upon such dishonest black
guards as Logan, its dissolution is DRAWN!
Y near.
: l am not the personal enemy of Gen
Grant, and feel bound to say that if he had
at the beginning of his administration called
into his Cabinet statesmen, instead of the
small, incapable men, who were probably
thrust upon him by his servile followers his
term Of service might have illustrated oui
history. But his education was exclusively
military. Ia the old army he was a subordi.
nate whose personal habits were not of a
character to compel respect. Applause
lie failed IN civil life after he lett the army,
and when called again to the profession OF
arms his success was SO complete that he
came to regard himself as prodigy That
his head should be turned; that fiatterers
should be able to persuade him that he was
superior to others; that he was above law,
ana should not be fettered by constitutional
rules that bound his predecessors, was not
unnatural.
1t is too early to speak the truth in explain
ing his sudden rise; but all history demon
strdtes that the real enemies Of the suddenly
successful are those who fatter them The
tiatterers Of Gen. Grant Washburn, Jones'
Logan, Porter Leet Stocking, Berry and
ms ut IN
responsible for his failure. Eager to appro-
pirate him to themselves, they excluded every
great man from his councils, and they cursed
! the nation with what will be known hereafter
as the lack-learning Cabinet Ia this list of
| tl.terers have mentioned one senator, Gen.
John A. Logan. No man in the republic has
won much renowp on so small capital.
[Applause When Democrat, he intro
duced into the Legislature Of the State and
procured to be passed, law more cruel than
| the slave system itself. Applause In the
slave States the rule only extended so far as
to declare that the child of a slave mother
| followed her condition.
Under Logan's law, the son of the free
mother might be made a slave. Under this
act, infamous amongst the cruel laws demand
ed by slavery, for free man or woman to
come into this State was made a crime. to be
punished BY fine and by slavery and if the
person guilty Of a black skin only remained
IN the State ten days after the slavery created
by the conviction, the fine was increased and
another conviction and another sale followed.
and kept following until the victims fled, or
nature, more merciful than the spirit
that dictated the ferocious law, released the
sufferer by death. Logan's law did not deny
the poor, bruised body Of its victim resting
place on our soil. He only hated living men
and living women. To him It was of no con- |
sequence that the colored man and colored |
woman, prosecuted by the terrible laws of the |
slave States, had gathered their little brood |
around them and fled to the prairies that
were blessed by God and dedicated to
freedom by the ordinance of 1887, and by
the people Of the State by two Constitutions. |
[ Applause. They were negroes, and were
feeble, and that was reason enough for Logan
to hate them. He forbade them to breathe
the pure air of the State, to earn their bread.
and to nurture their young here He would
drive them forth, or would sell them again
into bondage. The husband and father was
to toll for his wife and children
The victims of this law were colored. and were
despised by those whose votes he desired to
win, and Gen. Logan was the eager instru-
ment Of their prejudices. Applause Not
only did this law announce slavery as the
loom Of the colored immigrant, but it pro-
vided fines and Imprisonment for any one
who should aid him. The master, penitent
or Tie wrongs done his bond people, was
orbidden to make them free. The acts of
he Legislatures of all the States may be ex- !
lmined, and nothing more atrocious or more !
,ruel can be found anywhere. Applause
Under this law, the work of Senator Logan
was indicted and tried as if I were a felop.
My crime was that allowed taithtid colored !
nan, who escaped from labor on the fortifca-
ions of the enemy, and who guided my d. J,
,ision on night march along the banks of
he Mississippi, under the guns Of the rebel 7
tunboats, to bring me to my home VIXEN l
vas unable to come without his assistance | 7
Atter reaching Illinois he chose to stay and ]
arm his bread by his industry. lie afterward I
nl.sted and did good service as a soldier. I T
My escaped conviction and fine and impris- G
nment under this law because the negro was {
lot allowed by absurd laws TO testify as wit T
less on my trial.
IN 1860 when to the eye and Judgment of \
ii impartial men slavery had become more r
wicked, ana more infamous from its dsloyal, I
reasonable demands, Gen. Logan distil ,uish-
d himself in Congress as its most servile !
DOL [Applausel In 1860 slave hunting, :
Infamous even in the eyes of all shareholders :
nd Democrats, denounced the hateful tool as
Dirty Work Logan" He confessed the in
amy Oh the employ ueIt, Dut loudly profess T
ed his willingness to do it. Applause +
'ther party leaders placed the Democratic :
arty in a false position upon the slavery T
uestion: Logan disgraced it. Applause L
here is not Democrat but his face tingled [
nth modification and shame when they have
zen tainted with the humiliatng. indecent '
ervllity Of one who aspired to be leader. =
Applause. In 1850, when driven into the I
rmy to avoid the consequence Of his dis =
oyaltv to the government, he denounced the :
nti-slavery men as the cause of the war
In August 1864, he had not publicly de-
ided whether he would support Lincoln or :
His family made bets upon his
robable line of conduct. [Applause In
S65, he denounced manhood suffrage, and
y his conduct left it doubtful whether he B
ould follow Johnson or adhere to the Repub-
can party In 1868 he favored reputation. 81
roposing, in violation of good faith, to tax $,