, 1877-01-02
lOGAN'S LOYALTY.

l0GAN'S LOYALTY.
II ne Edtsor a. TAs Tribune.
Brn1x0rlELp, Ill.,, Dec. 8o.-Yuur Lincoln
correspondent, W. y. j., In his letter published
IN your paper Of tho 2st!l inst, favorlng Gen.
Loean's reelection to the United States senntc,
Inns fallen Into tho error, which SEQ the Prcst-
dent also cntcrtnIns, that Logan led the pcoplo.
Of Southern 1llnots into the support Of tho
Union cause. Itosays:
"Whntcver Of Union sentiment exlats in
Southern Illinois he NoEan) was largely influ-
enttal IN crrating. With tho power to have
turned onc-fourtll Of tho State into sympathy
with tho Rebellion, llo so controlled the clc-
ment by which he wns surrounded as To build
up a largo Union sentiment and led host Of
valiant soldiers Into tho Union army."
The Senator's friends nro fond Of advancing
this elaim. 1t has appeared In different shapes
In nearly all the letters published IN THE THln-
uRE advocating The Senator's reelection. II
has been, by mere force Of constant reiteratton,
accepted BY many good people as the truth.
fear that crcn tho usually well-fnlormed THtH-
USE ID moro than half inclined TO conccilc The
clatm, md, concedng It without investigation,
Is willing to witness ills reelection upon that
ground l10ne.
AL Of which, Is hnt anothcr Illustration Of the
force Of tho vto old saw thai "a lie well
stuck 10 Is rs good rs the truth"
The President, In the interview lately pub
l!sllcd In tho Jater-Oteun, urging Senator .Lo-
Gan'a reelection, Is reported, among other
things, as saying Tint Logan. ut the break
Ing out Of tho War, represented Demo
cratic tllstrict In Congress In which ho had
1900 majority, and that It WIS Logan's influ-
cnco that made 1t easy to raise troops in that
section. Without, perhaps, intending II, the
President slanlcrcl tho people IT Southern H.
linols, than whom, as appears FROM tho MUSTER
rolls In the Adlutant-Gcneral's oillec, none wcr0
more patrf0tlc. or more prompt to respond TO
the calt to arms. They were right md ready, ns
will 10 shown, fronithc first Rebcl shot at Hun,-
Ter OF tho old dag. Their representative, OH tho
otllrr hand, II not Indeed "ripc for trcason,"
was voting aud cooperating with those whom
lie must have known were acttvcay engaged in
organizing rebellion. This, ! mn aware. is u
very grave charge to make ngalnst our supcrla-
! quutc from the Congregational ti'ote, Dec. 81,
1sb0. t'rrcseryatton II Tie Union by forcc.r
Mr.. Pryor t!!ocor A., Of Vlrginia)-l otter the
following resolution:
between thu statss of ills coafelc1acy Dy force
would bc itnptacticabe and dcsirnctivc to repnb-
ltcan liberty.
Mr.. Stanton, Of Ohio moved to lay this upon
LHC AAOtES nA1lH HAa HEFtCA kDi-4CAS W. NAN .
hi,-nnsonE the hitter Logan. Even such bitter
Democrats ns fcGlsctul, Fpukc, and Ianlcs e.
Robinson. Of I!li,iois, voting in The affirmative
along with Washburne, Farl,awurtll, and Norris,
on the table.
"Alr. Logan sail he had paired With somp
gentleman Upon the other eide Of the lfouso,
H. believed VIZ, Mr.. Tleaksr: M Having been re-.
man o', this qHestion Qhe motion 70 lay on The
tnfcl he would voto Su.h
Already, ut tlis date, South Carolina had, In
convention assembled, unanimously pissed licr
seutatiycs IN Congrcts Ind Withdrawn taltll).
Fort Muultrte ln1 Castle pincknry had been sur
rendered Will. other property t27th). and on that
very Hay (3lxt) the United States Arsenal, Post
(arsena1 containing 70o!o stenl Of arms and
nthcr ktorvs) wtro seized by the State authnr-
ties. Conventions Ind been called In Ucprgfn.
MtsEisslppl,. Florida, Louisiana Alabama, to
rescntalives FROM these States, chief among
them tho notorious NarlssluIe, of Mississippi.
that fogAi voted that 1t W:ls destructive Of re-
publican liberty To 81 mich rs attclnpt To pre-
serve The Union " force. lie thereby Eave d.
6tates and 10 the organization Of treason. NJ
wonder, III tho presence of such manifestations
Ut support In tic North, TINT trcason Iourklctl
III all tho South. Tho acts Of South Carolina
In takins ,posscssion Ut thu national forts, ar-
upon the Federal Government. Upou this
tont Mr. Greeley fortibiy writes:
II fi!udbras waA tight in h!s nssumpion that thore
tbo bloxs, -.shs otller being content with neekiy
mud patiently receiving thun,.--theM u might DO
j. 1s @ sa y FL sus S*s
sumo wetks inter NJ. Line colns Inauguration. Dat
many othcr. The ars. attempt in lilo Interest oi
recession to dspnssc.s tho tnlnn by force. Of any
properly or position he!d by 4, even though NOT
| seFiunsfy oppo-eA. was ~ truly MI act 0f war a.
Of hundreds ot Iivea.-.in. EoaNlei, rot. i. pays
with tho country In state of war, and armed
treason In possession Of Fort Afoutrte and
Castle Pnrkney. think even NV. u. J.n will
culccle that l.OganfA yoto was, to Say tho least,
| nti exceedingly Indirect mcthud Of creating
Southern Illinois. But 1T US 20 on. quote
| again from, thu Gtotf, jan. Is, 1s.;o:
triet Of Columbia" The rules were suspended
It was finally passrd--syeaa 100, nays ~; Logan
| Foukc, Robinson, Florence, nnu Pendlctnu
u'onc ot the members from the North betng
recorded III the ncyatys, With Pryor, Bos1uk,
tic tntia Ut the District ~ take and subscttbs
IN oath that they would bear true faith And nj
lc9ianeu to the United States oI Aincrfca. No
comment of mine ran add any forec 10 this ey
| AEuE0 u hFs ltOk1u AtlGi AhN tA1ct A4ll
future ~ u patriotic aud loyal leader OF hi:
people. lie was then in very presence OF organ
l1e,i and ar,,,e1 rebellion. The District xus tul
Ut plotting couspsrators, and ulnong tho mosl
perslstrnt aud active Werb the militia ollicers ol
the District. The h1g of the Uulon, ttoa.!ng
over the 9sstar Of the West" In her effort {Jan
% to land supplies for the brave anu be-
leayucrcd little garrison at Fort Sumter, lad
been fired upon, and the weasel driven oil
Fort. PuIa.kls ind jackson, Uasaneaa ant
| Mrik1c Morgan, st. Phillip, aud nll the United
States arsenais, munitions Of war, and prop
erty OF every kind. In the cotton States
lad been seized :. by armed forces aud
stata lullltia. uootGIa, ,Alabama,- Florida
Mississippi. and louisiana had passed thelr Of
| lluaurcB III secession and the Convention Il
organize thr Southern Con{r!erary bad beet
called. In this posture of affairs, after the or
! gantzatton OF tho Confederate States, ehs clso
tiun Of Jtit Davis President, alnt ihs reieIenrt
by hi,n OF lhe question Of attacking Fort Sum
tcr 10 tho Confederate Congress, Mr. BENJAMIN
Stanton, Of Ohio, brought forward q bill tn tht
Federal Congress "to provide for calling forth
the militia " execute the laws OF the Union K
suppress tnsurrcction aud repcl luyaslon." j
exlendcl the provisions Of former acts tn refer
cuse to calling forth tho militia to the case o
Instructions against the authority OF th'
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