The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-23
LOGAN sERENADED
BY His Old Comrades in Washington-His
Speech.


WASHINGTON. June 21.-The ex-solders and
sailors resident in Washington serenaded General
Logan this evening. They assembled at City
Hail. and, forming in platoons OF twelve
marched. headed by the Marine Band, to the
Generals residence on Twelfth street, where
a crowd of 1900 or 5000 citizens had already
assembled.
The procession was literally supplied with
banners, rockets, Roman candles and noise
making devices. The banner of the Army of the
Tennessee was displayed from the upper window
of General Logans house.
General Logans appearance was greeted with
a storm of cheers When the applause subsidized
he was introduced in a brief speech by General
Green B. Raum General Logan then addressed
the assembly as follows:
Comrades and Fellow-citi The expires
sions of confidence and congratulations which you
offer through your chairman, impress me with
deep sense of gratitude. beg to tender my sincerest
thanks to and all of my participating friends for
this demonstration of kindness and esteem Your
visit at this time gentlemen is interesting to in
double aspect. As citizens of our common country,
rendering tribute to me public man, meet you
with genuine pleasure and grateful Acknowledgement.
Coming however as you do, in the character of rep
resentatives of the soldiers and sailors of
ry, your visit possesses feature insensiby leading
20 train of most interesting reflection. Appiause.l
Your assemblage is composed of men who gave up
the pursuits of peace relinquish the comforts of
home severed the ties of friendship, and yielded the
gentle and loving society of father mother sister and
brother and in many instances wife and little ones,
to brave the dangers of the tented field crested
wave 10 run the gauntlet of sickness i'll climates diff
ferent from your and possibly or even probably,
to yield up life itself in the service of your country
Twenty three years ago, gentlemen, when dread
war raised its wrnkled front throughout the land,
many of you We're standing with one foot upon the
world which promised to bring you honor, riches and
friends and life of peace and ease IN the society OF
your family. But few of you had passed the
period of young manhood or advanced to the opening
of middle life. AT the call however, OF your
endangered country, you did not hesitate to leave
everything for which we strive in this world to become
one of the defenders of the Union without the in
centive which has inspired the people of
many other nations to adopt a military career
as a permanent occupation, and as the
outlet of ambition and ascent to power.
Cheers The safety of our country having been as
sured and its territorial integrity preserved you
sheathed the sword, unfxed bayonets laid away the
muskets housed the cannon, DOTTED your uniforms,
denned the garments of civil life buried your hatred
toward brothers Of the South and shook hands IN
testimony of mutual resolve to rehabtate the
waste places and cultivate the arts of peace until
reunited country should be greater, prouder and
grander than ever before. [Great cheers.
Those years have glided into the retreating per-
speetve Of the past since you responded your
tIys call and mighty changes in the eventful march
of nations have taken place. This passing time has
laid its gentle lines upon the heads of many of you
who shoudered your nuskets before the first beard
was grown but however lightly however heavily it
has dealt with you your soldiers and sailors organi-
cations that have been kept prove that the heart
has been untouched and that your love for your
try has but been intensified with advancing years.
GCheers.l Yoilr have been strong and your
voices clear in the promotion of peace when lent
the science of and the interest which you take
in national affairs proves that you patrotcally
determined to maintain what you fought for and that
which lost comrades gave up their lives to secure
for the benefit of those who survived them. lAp-
-1slause. long continued
During the last twenty years in which we have been
blessed with peace, the Republican party has been
continued IN the administration of the government
When the great question OF preserving or giving up
the Union of States presented to usit the Re
publican party which affirmed its perpetuation. l
open wounds, do l resurrect any bad memories
in stating this undeniable fact. When you and
t. my friends and that vast body of men who having
declared in favor of preserving the Union, COM
,eed to resort to the last dread ure-the arbi
rament of war-we did under the call of the Re-
publican party.
Many of US had been educated by our fathers in the
Democratic school of politics and many of us were
acting with that party at the time the issue of
presented to For years the Democratic party had
welded the destinies of government and had
served its purpose under the narrower views of an
ideal republic which then existed; but tine matrx of
time has developed child of progress, which
the light of day under the name of the Republican
party Its birth announced the conception of high
err broader principle of human government than had
been entertained by our fathers But few of us per-
haps none took in the full dimensions of the coming
fact at that early day. 1t broke upon gradually,
like the morning sun, as he rises in the misty dawn
above the sleepy mountain top AT length it IN
full blaze and for the first time in the history of
republic we began TO give genuine vitality to the
o
and entitled the inaenable rights of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. [Cheers.
The Republican party was the unquestionabe agency
which bore these rights to the waiting and it
The Democratic idea which disputed their value, first
upon the field of battle and subsequently, and up to
this moment at the polling places Of the country The
Republican party then represents thk latest fruton
of governmental progress and is destined to survive,
upon the theory that the strong outlives the weak
until the development of principles still more adj
vanced shall compel 1t to measure its steps with the
march of ages, or go to the wall as an instrument
which has fulfilled it destiny.
So as long the Democratic party shall cling,
either in open covert manner to the traditions
belonging to the expired era of our development just
so long will the Republican party be charged with the
administration of our government.
In making this arragnment of the Democracy, my
friends appeal to passions reopen settled
questions. l but utter calm sober words of truth /
say that until every State in this broad and benecent
Union shall give free recognition to the civil and po-
tical rights of the humbes of its citizens whatever
his color; until protection to American citizens fol-
lows the flag at home and abroad until the admir-
able monetary system established by the Republican
party shall be placed beyond danger of subversion
until American labor and industry shall be protected
by wise and equitable laws as to give full to
our immense resources and place every man upon the
plane TO which he is entitled by of his capacity
and worth Lcheers until education will be general
civilization; until we shall have established
wise American policy that will not only preserve peace
with other nations but will every American cit
zen to honor his government at home and every civ
ilzed nation to respect flag renewed cheeringl
until the American people shall permanently establish
thoroughly economic system upon the Ameri-
can ideal, winch Will preserve ana roster te own III
terests, uninhneneed by English theories or
Golden Clabs," and until it is conceded beyond sub
sequent revocation that this government exists upon
he basis Of sefsustaining self preserving nation,
hnd the fatal doctrine of independent State sover-
eighty upon which the founded shall be
stamped as political heresy out of which continued
revolution is born, and wholly Incompatible with that
idea of the republic, the Republican party will have
much work to do and unfulfed mission to perform
AT this point the speaker was interrupted for
time by cheers and applause.l
The standard bearer of the party in the ensuing
campaign is James G. Blaine [Great cheering
Known throughout the land one of the truest and
aest representatives he has been called to this posi-
ton by the voice Of the people in recognition of his
special fitness for the trust and in admiration of the
surprising combination of briiancy, courage faith