The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-08
Poor Logan.

General BOMBASTES LOGAN has been NOV
ing heather (the heather of Chicago) and
earth to secure his reelection to the United
States Senate. He has absented himself
from Washington for some time in order to
take care OF his chances in Illinois. He
could not serve on the joint committee to
consider the regulations for counting the
presidential vote for that reason. LoGAN's
personal concerns were more important
than those OF the Union at large. He and
Git is said) his wife have canvassed Chicago
and exterior parts of Illinois, but have not
been able to overcome all opposition, even
amongst Radicals. LoGAN-once Demo-
crat-has yaunted himself upon his ortho-
doxy and undying devotion to every in
terest and every principle" so called, Of
Radicalism-cven its wool. The Indian
hero Of the name asserted himself to he the
friend of the "white man -; but the white
hero Of these times seeks a higher elcva-
ton by proclaiming himself the friend Of
the 'sblack man."
Still it seems that all won't do. LOGAN
has bitter enemies in Illinois, and power
ful one in Chicago-the Chicago Tribune.
Whether LOGAN will be defeated or not re-
mains to be seen. In the mean time it is
refreshing to see how he is handled by the
leading Radical newspaper OF the North
west. 1t is, furthermore, consoling to see
that sometimes Radicals, for whatever mo-
tive it matters not, can see the foibles, to
make fine point Of it, of one another.
We copy below a few passages from a
philippe of the Tribune upon the Loganic
hero:
GAS to his civil record before the war
silence is mercy. He had need to be a gal.
liant soldier with such record behind him.
And after all he was no better soldier than
Ferry, 10. HaWley, Palmer, Schurz, or
Osterhaus, all OF whom were from civil
life. Since the close Of the war, except a
few months as sharp claim and cotton
agent about Washington, he has been con-
stantly in Congress. BE
voted for the salary-grab and took 1t, and,
what is more, he kept it. He put in two
mortal weeks on finance, and grasped the
whole subject But he studied very hard.
He was for the rag-baby yesterday, and is
said to be for hard-money and silver-pay-
menus tO-u1S. hc gave paSn LIS SiCuil-
Mobilier dividends with interest. That
steal was too bald and bold.
He was the friend and patron Of the chiefs
Of the wiskey ring, and the .unscrupulous
and malignant enemy Of those who
officially pursued the thieves.
| He has but one idea Of civil service, and
has made but one use OF it-and that is to
buy votes with which to perpetuate himself
in power. His official friends will crowd
the corridors of the Leland, and, il neces-
sary, come down handsomely. He has but
one remedy for the national troubles-his
own reelection. TO insure this he has in
voked the aid of the Chief Magistrate Of the
nation, who, reasoning from false premises,
declared that his defeat in these critical
times would be national calamity, when
common sense and the hard logic Of facts
all indicate, in the light OF his peculiar
record, that his defeat would be positive
relief to the country, one of the surest
guarantees of peaceful and satisfactory
solution of our national troubles, and the
perpetuation Of the Republican party"
Fine portrait of leading Radical states
man drawn by leading Radical editor