, 1879-04-27

promise of competent and faithful service.
LOGAN AND LOWE.
Gen. john A. LOGAN, United States Sena-
tor from the sovereign State OF Illinois by
the grace Of the Illinois Legislature, what
ever else may be said OF him, is a warrior al
ways ready for the fray. He is mnn-of-
war with his portfolios always open and
his colors flying from fore: main, and mizzen
.topmasts He arrived in Washington in
time to plunge into the thick Of the scrim-
mage with the Bourbon revolutionists over
the Army and Legislative bills. He crossed
the bows of one of the fercest Of the Rebel
Brigadiers, hove to, and is now ready for
action. :
The story Of the preparations for combat
is substantially as follows: ". II. Lowe is
member Of the House, Greenbackcr, an
az Colonel in the ex-Confederate army, and
a man Of blood, from Alabama In an in
terview WITH correspondent Of the Pitts
burg Post, the Rebel Brigat:er alleged
the Confederate service; (2) that Gen.
LouAN WAS instrumental in raising them; (3)
that Gen. LOGAN at> one time contemplated
going into the Confederate service himself :;
and a. that LOGAN would not dare to deny
it if asked to upon the floor Of tho Senate.
In reply to these charges, Gen. LOGAN
printed card q few days ago in the Wash
ington National Republican, in which he de-
clared that either Col. LOWE or the CORE
spondent WAS liar, and they could settle be-
tween them which should wear this brief: hut
expressive epithet. The shot was telling
one. 1t hit LOWE plumply, and wounded
him in the honor, which is about the only
sensitive thing Rebel Bngadier carries
around with him. As much as there was Of
the State Of Alabama in Washington was
hastily summoned, consisting Of Gen. PEI
HAM, Col. WrrHERs, and Col. LOWE, all
Brigadiers. As the result Of the symposium,
there was blood on the moon. It was de-
cided that the code was the only salve COM
petent to heal the wounded honor
Of the Alabama Greenbacker. There
upon Col. LOWE, in accordance with
the rules Of the code, commenced
wasting the public stationery and post
age stamps by sending the customary
diplomatic inquiries as to the Senator's inten-
tions, and the length, breadth, and thickness
Of the Objectionable epithet, all of which the
Senator regularly consigned to his waste
basket. At last, out Of patience with the
BUSINESS OF this one-sided correspond
ence, he informed the messenger that he
would have no communication with the
Rebel Brigadier on any subject whatever.
This contemptuous treatment only added fuel
to the flames that were raging in the Briga-
diers breast, and he ut once dispatched
formal challenge to the Senator either to re-
tract the expression or meet him on the field
Of honor. This missive, like all the rest,
went into the waste-basker without perusal,
ind it was not until some one told him Of its |
contents that be was aware he had been
When asked what he should do |
about it, he curtly replied to the effect TINT
if LOWE were sufficiently blooming idiot to
march out to the field Of honor at IN hour
in the morning when sensible people prefer
to snooze, be was not going to mike m ass
Of himself by doing So. At the same |
time, if LOWE wanted any satisfac-
lion, he would have no difficulty |
n finding him, by which we infer
that he IoaAN) meant to intimate that if he
<<LowE) met him OoaAN) on the street or
elsewhere he might pull his IoGAS's) nose
u punch his GoGAN's) head, provided he is
zig enough, which. we very much doubt, as |
his is style Of personal discussion in which
John LOGAN has few equals aud no superiors,
In his treatment Of this bloviant Brigadier
zen. LOGAN has acted unquestionably with
'minent good sense, and as Northern gen.
leman should, by taking no notice Of him.
,ol. LOWE threatens if he does not respond
Q the challenge to post him publicly as q
coward. IF Col. Lowe should do anything
# the sort, it will not take him long to find
ut his mistake, for he will probably get
oked at first sight. Whatever else may be
aid OF JOHN LOGAN, be is no coward He is
ot afraid of man or the Devil, and is amply
BILE to take care Of himself in a case of this
ind without calling in the assistance or ask
ng the advice of any Of The other members
+ the illinois delegation. It is not neces-
a1y for him to assert his courage by writing
n interminable number of absurd
,tters, to be spread abroad in the
ewspapers with flourish of trumpets,
nd by tramping oil before breakfast to
ome remote and obscure spot, to pop away
the Brigadier, and, if neither gets hit, to
pologize and call it square. Senator LOGAN
wen provided with Natures own weapons,
nd knows how to use them in the manly
lyle peculiar to the North Of hitting out
rom the shoulder.
AT the same time, if we remember rightly,
oHN LOGAN went to Washington as q Stall
art He was elected upon the understands