Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-01

He was born in Jackson county, H.
iinOis, where he received coluihon
school education, and subsequently grad
duated at the Louisville University en-
listed as private in the Illinois volunteers
and be came Quartermasier in the war win
Mexico; was elected clerk of the Jackson
county court in 1S49; studied ana Practis',," Sc,
law: was elected to the Legislature of Hit
nois in 1852 1888. lSE6 and lSa,: WAS Prose
cutln" Attorney from 1SJ' 10 lS'i; was a
Presidential Eiector in lS's6; was eiec'cd 10
the thirtysiXth and thlrtN-seNentn con-
dresses: resigned and entered the Union
army a> Colon Fl. and reached the rank of
Major General in the war for the suppreS-
sion of the rebellion; was appointed MINIS
Ter TO Mexico IN lS6i. but Declined; was
elected to the fortirth and forty-hist
congresses; was elected to the tnited
States senate as = Repub biican, to succeed
Richard Yates, E-pubiean- serving from
March 1, 1871. to March 3, 1877; resumed the
practice of law at Chicago; was again eIcc-
ted to the United States senate as Repun-
IIcau. to succeed Il. J. Ogiesby, Republican.
and took his seat March Is, 1879. His term
OF service will expire March ., 1883.
II is generally conceded that General
John A. Logan is the strongest and most
available man to be placed 1t the head OF
the Republican ticket in the approaching
campaign.
General Logan has been in public life for
over thirty wears and has always been fOun"
on the right side of every question that
agitated the public mind. But the result
il, that he is to-day comparatively poor
man, while others OF his contemporaries IS
waxed fat and grew rich on salary OF
S3OoO per annum, which evidently shows
that he is = man of integrity.
General Logan is a typical American.
brave, affable and generous, and If elevated
to the presidency he promises to see to IT
that the laws are rigidly eEfOrced on ali
alike, without regard to color, and give
that protection to cOlored American citI-
zens that they have 80 long begged for in
vain.
General Logan's military career was Al
once dashing and brilliant, and stamps HIN
as having been one of the greatest soldiers :
of modern times. At the breaking out OF
the late war he raised the 3l>t Illinois
/ Regiment and hurried to the front, where
| he soon won impcrishable ren0wn.
His regimsnt was attached to GeneraI
| McClernand's brigade, and seven weeks
! later, at Belmont made its first night. o1
! that battle Jefferson Davis has remarked
! (Rise and Fall of the 0Oh ederate Govern
ment, vol. l, p. 414: Though the forces
! engaged were comparatively small TO those
/ in subsequent battles of the war, SIX hours
, of incessant combat with repeated bay0-
net charges must place this in the rank o!
| the most stubborn engagements, ana the
victors must accord to the vanqulshed the
need of having fought IKE Amerlcahs.,
| Colonel Logan commanded the left of the
| Union line of battle in that engagement
| and had a horse shot under him, and his
pistol at his side shattered by rebel bullets
He led his regiment also at Fort Henry
and again at Fort Donclson, where he re
! ceived severe wound, which. aggravated
! by exposure, disabled him for some time
! from active service.
Reporting again for duty to Gen. Grant
/ at Pittsburg Landing. Colonel Logan was
shortly afterwards (March 5, 1872 made
/ brigadier-general OF volunteers, and took i
distinguished part in the movement gains
/ COrinth in May, aud, after the occupation
of the place, guarded with his brig ade the
railroad communication with jackson
Tenn, of which place he was subsequent.
given command.
In the summer of 1852 General Loga,
was warmly urged by his numerous friend
and admirers to become Il candidate agali
for congress. but declined in 4 letter gio W
ing with patriotic expressions. and, anon:
them the tOiluwIng: Il have entered tn
field to die. if need be, tor this government
and never expect to return To peaceful pur
suits until The object of this ar OF preser
vatIon has become a fact cstahli -hod.'
During General Grants Northern NJ i.
-issippi campaign of lS62-3 General LOgal
led his division, exhibiting great skill II
handling troops. and was nonured with
promotion ma JOr-gencrai OF volunteers
dating from November 8, 1852. He wa
afterward ,>sig gnct TO a comm md OF the 5
division OF the 1Ijh army corps, unde
General McPherson, and bore a part iii III
movement on Wick h>burG. contributing I
ine victory at Port q Ib>on. and saving tn
day 10y his dispatch ard personal braver
on the 18th of MAY at the battle of Ramon,
which General Grant designated as ''en
of the hardest small battles of the war.
He participated in the defeat and TOut
the rebels at Jackson, May IA and in th
battle OF Champion Hills, May 16.
At the siege of Nicksburg General Eoga
commanded McPherson's centre. opposit