Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-01

lli tllilLitItI anu WHAT is MOS.
i'm opinion throughout the whole country.
Gent. muu tell us that hu up~ done uu,b
iuG of memorable public service. hui
thought otherwise. ! had Thought him
one of the very -r.rtc~I of th, great lead
rr- who have conducted the American p"u
pie along the difficult pathway If daugrr
ana Of glory which they have travelled
for the past ~ years. had Thought his
hand was found in the framing OF the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. |
had thought. indeed had known. that he
was in the very Utmost councils when the
resumption act was framed. and that his
influence carried it through the house over
which he presided had thought that he
had been speaker of the house of repre-
scntatiVCs during six crowded and event
full years. had thought that among the
great orators of the country ne had been
of the very greatest and most persuasive
in the debate which satisfied the Amcri-
can people To- take mp the heavy burden of
the debt to keep its currency undcprcSscd
and its credit safe. ! bad thought that
when in Maine. the ambitious larceny of
the Democratic party undertook to piItcr Il
whole stat" government at once. il was his
leadership that. 10y peaceful and lawful
methods. bnt1lcd the conspiracy and saved
the state. ! remember. too, the next year.
when the Republicans had the temptation
10 rctnliHtc in Kind and exclude Governor
plHiStrd 10y technical objections ii WAS
VI J..
Mr. plHiStcd shall he ae GOOD q" q thou
sand They ~ny Mr.. Hlaiu" is a lingo"
He i Just such "jiu-u' - WIS lohu
Quincy Adams The mrirCr of his de
tractors brings against his personal intr-.-
ritN Il single Ch1rgc which j. supported 10y
no proof, and rctutcd lay every witness
who knows the facts. and single phrase
in Il letter which is fully susceptible of an
honest construction. II i said that the
President of til" United States ought to be
Xix" CUsHr'S wife. above suspicion. have
ON" thing To say about Caesar. Caesar
did many base things among them was
the destruction of the liberties Of his COM
try but he never did Il hasrr thing than
when he abandoned his wife when some
body SlHndcrcd her
wish to say word concerning Mr.
Blane'S associate ON the ticket. whom for
II years have had abundant opportunity
of knowing. General Logau'S opinions
and character have been Il constant growth
from the time he entered public life as Il
Democratic representative from Egypt
thirty years ago. have not explored, but
! have no doubt. if Nou were 20 look back
among forgotten records. yuu would find
many opinions that he expressed and
many votes that he gave with which you
and should have little sympathy. But
what Of that II" was born again in the
day of the great rcgcncratiou He went
through that baptism of fire and blood
and ever since has been true rs steel on
every question of patriotism and freedom
He is the type and representative of the
American volunteer soldier He entered
the war private. He came ont the high
est IN rank and tn" most famous of all the
men who enlisted from civil life. Ever
since. the people of his great state have
kept him in public service in House and
Senate. until the other day She presented
him AT Chicago rs her candidate for the
highest office II anybody questions Gen
cral Logan civil capacity, | should like
TO have him try his hand at vncounlcring
him in debate. There is one act in Gen.
Iogans history. which. if there were no
other, would cntitir him Ia The very hi.,,-
est place in our admnistrati ION and rcNcr-
cuCc. You remember when sherman start
eel for the sea. Hood. with Il large rebel ar
my was in his rear. George II. Thomas.
the rock "i Chicknnaura. commanding
the army of the Cumberland. was ordered
to attack. The prudent general DELAYED
ani delayed. until th"authuritic~ at Wash
ln@tou got olt Of all patience and ordered
Logan tu repair To- ThOmI~~ headquarters
and eupcr~"dr him ia his communal. Io-
gan. when he came to til" scene of action
and "Namiurd Vhomno'~ dispositions.
found that the great faniu- was ri-,tt AMI
wise. (uu know the intensity 81 thr pes
sion for military glory. General Io-'N
could have Cnrricd ou, his orders. t"l,cu
advantage OF Tbuua- dispositions HTd
won himself one of the most br,iii0u, vic
tories Of tn" war. which would have hat
double lusuc from the seeming lUN"Wnrn-
ness If his predecessor. Bu, his rrucr'u~
nature Ll~inirrd ~" Injustice. He uu~1-
pouoj the execution ut bi- orders, and left
inuma- Ia his command The result WH-
TIA" battle OF Nashville, AMI the anuihila-
ton of Hood. Where in military story
viii yuu liuI a hri-htcr page than that
THAT one act of ma-uuuuuUS ~clt-dcnial
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