Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-01-10
Logan Against Porter.

General Logan made a three days' speech
against Senator McPherson's bill to restore
General Fitz.John Porter to the army.
Throughout his long speech the soldier sen.
ator had a large and interested audience in
the galleries and an attentive one on the
floor of the senate. His speech was charac.
terized by sharp passages, as when Senator
Mcpherson attempted on one occasion to
break the force of his argument by con-
fronting the orator with General Grants
opinions as EXPRESSED in a recent article in
Porter's behalf, he retorted with whitening
force, When you want to know what
believe, ask me when want to know what
you think, I'll ask Grant" Upon the con-
dition of the road which the friends of Cen
eral Porter said was encountered with two
thousand wagons, Mr.. Logan said that, al
lowing fifty feet to each wagon and its
mules, these nine miles of road would hold
just nine hundred and fifty wagons instead
of two thousand. He denied that there
was large force in Porter's front, and read
from confederate reports to show that the
"dust of which Porter spoke was made by
driving few mules along the road with
brush tied to their tails. "Dust in the
road |" exclaimed Logan. Attacked by
four mules and brush-pile And, though
he had twelve thousand men under his COM
mand, scared so badly that he retreated
And he wants to be restored to the army
from which he was expelled because, when
ordered to attack, he failed 20 obey on &C.
count of the mules and brush Why, if he
had been volunteer soldier he would not
have been permitted to stay in this country.
There never was a man in the volunteer
service VINO would nave mad cheek enough
To come before congress or any other tri-
Dunal ana ask that thls evidence should De
anread ont hefore the world" Snealrino
OF forter laliure 10 OBEY tne order 10 az
tack and the excuses for IL. Mr.. Logan said
o.
During my life have served about seven
,oors 10 tha ormy 7 do NOT ,y;sh IN snaaL
'o"'e " Wv ~ w.
Of what | have done myself, but | have
hoo,, 1, ,,raat manu- hat,,ao ond 10 tho
ooon III s'e"' ""' '"'''e' anu, 'Ae
the time had ever been found during my
Lolo a..oor;anoa ,,han NTH n oo,,u,and
"no'o o~Po'ie"Se' ""o"' "i'" eoN
of twelve thousand five hundred men, l
.,,o,,,a ,,ot ho,,a attaoLad nm .-,,, o,uu,hara
"ouiu NV ""'o "'U"N"eu "'i amy guy "hoo
had been ordered to do so, should want
a. H. L;.I,o5 a.. ot ,ha or,,u l., a;a,.ooa
W pe hicheu ou' VI 'no army III uio5ra nue.
There is no excuse for this mans conduct.
n. H.. r., ,ooh - ov.,,.o IT., .,o.
iaVe those VIM eeoh :" eAou'e Nun no'er
heard of the charge of Balaklaya? Have
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they never hearu Vi ioriorh nope VI
the general course of the speech the Wash.
ot. ~ VI O..
ingtoh correspondent Vi lhe ne" iork GUN
pives the following graphic Dissertation
GAS specimen OF rhetoric and elocution,
unique and Individual, Logsn's three days speech
has not been equsled In these modern days. His
desk was gay with flowers that peeped up be-
tween heaps OF fonos, maps, books and reports.
He wore fiery red necktie, and gold-bowed
spectacles danced, with his impetuosity, on his
nose. Now and then he wonld snatch them OIL
and dangle them In the air, and when he did
this his voice was sure to be raised to battle
pitch. Grammar was restriction to speech
| which he would not tolerate, and when he once
| said, i don't say no such thing, he was so ear
nest about 1t that 1t seemed perfectly natural.
| His sentences began with one idea and ended
| with dozen, or frequently did not end at all.
| He took Stonewall Jackson's army and marched
and conntermarched II with yigor worthy of
Stonewal He hurled Longstreets army at Pope,
and you could almost see the sparks fly. He
| had the cavalry, for which he entertains some
contempt dashing over the meadows near Bull
beating tattoo on his desk that seriously threat,
eneu me INES 9i ms Dooss, uocuulen "a ana