Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-03
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sERENADED LOGAN.
II NOMINEE -rEAKs AGAts.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, June 81
Inns evening 500 veterans OF the two wars
TOOK a hand in thu htsiness of ratlfyine
They did a good Jvu. Il could not well have
been more thorough and complete. The
column formed at city hall, and at s O'Clock
came marching up Pennsylvania avenue
preceded by the old Marine band and n
company of w~ashington's light infantry
Along the entire line Of march there was a
constant fusilade of Roman candles. while
along the side Of th, street passed :,
cart ~freighted with red and blue fire
which was dumped a, frequent intervals and
the match applied, the effect being pictur.
esque in the highest 6ogree. In front and
rear and upon both sides of the column The
street was filed with a dense crowd ina,
seemed TO catch the enthusiasm Of the
soldiers, and along the whole route there
was a perfect pandemonium of shouting and
singing The front of Gen Logan's house
was tastefully decorated, while many of tbs
generals ~neighbors manifested their
kindly feeling by displaying their ban
ners on the outer walls Gen
Raum very neatly presented to Gen
Logan the congratulations of the veterans
AS Logan stepped forward to speak, he was
greeted with tremendous and prolonged
cheering. He was often interrupted by out
bursts OF applause, which attested tho hearty
approval of his patriotic utterances, and
especially of his declaration in favor of
unfolding the integrity OF the nation andthe
protection Of all its citizens at home and
abroad This sentiment was received with
cheers that continued several minutes When
the speaker mentioned the name of James
g., Blaine, there was another perfect tornado
of shouts.
LoGAS's WORDS.
Tue text of Gen. Logan's speech ID as
lows:
Comrades and fellow citizens: The warm ex-
presslons OF confidence and congratulations
which You offer me through your chairman, inn
press me with a deep sense OF gratitude. and |
beg TO tender my sincerest thanks to ali my par
ticipaCing friends for this demonstration of
Kindness and esteem. Your visit at this time.
gentlemen Is interesting to me in a double as
pcct, AS citizens OF our common country, ten
derlEg tribute TO me as a public man, | meet you
with genuine pleasure and grateful aCknowl-
dgenen Coming, however, rs you do, in the
character OF representatives of the soldiers and
sailors of our country, your visit becomes a feature
tnsensibly leading to q train OF most interesting
reflections. Your assemblage Is composed OF
men who gave up the pursuits of peace. reIiu-
auished the comforts of home, severed the
friendship and yielded the gentle and loving so
ciety of family to brave the dangers of the tented
held, or crested waves, TO run the gauntlet OF
sickness IN climates different from yonr own,
snd probably TO yield up life itself in the service
OF your country. Twenty-three years age, GEN.
tlenien, many OF you were standing witt one foot
upon the portal Of manhood, eager for conflict
with q world which promised to bring You honor,
riches and friends, and a life Of peace and ease,
but few OF you had passed the period OF Young
manhood, or advanced TO the opening scene OF
middle life. At the call, however, Of your en-
dangercd country You did not hesitate To leave
anything for which we strove in this world, to
BECOME DEFENDERS OF THE UNION
without the incentive which has inspired men of
other nations to adopt a military career as a
permanent occupation and IA an outlet TO am
bittOn and assent TO power. ICheersl The
safety of our country having been assured aud
It's territorial integrity preserved, you sheatbCd
the sword, unhNcd the bayonet, laid away the
forms, donned the garments of civil life, buried
hatred toward our brothers of the South, and
shook hands in testimony Of 4 mutual resolve
TO rehahilttate the waste places and cultivate the
arts of peace, until our reunited country should
be greater, prouder and Erandcr than ever before.
Those wears have giidCd into the rctTcaring per-
spective OF the past since You responded 60 your
e~ountrys call, and mighty changes in the event
tui march Of nations have taken place. This
passing time has made itself manifest upon the
beads Of many OF you wis shouldcred your mus
NNNo bNiOAN NphA hlNb btfAu NHe EfpNhs Dun
however lightly, or however heavily il has dealt
with you, your soldiers and sailors organiza-
tions that have been kept prove that the heart
has been untouched and that your love
Tor country has but been intensified.
saw the light OF day under the name of Repub-
lean, its birth announced the conception Of q
higher, broader principle of human government
than had been entertained by our forefathers.
Part few Of US, perhaps none. took the full dt-
mensions of the coming fact at that early day.
u broke upon US all gradually like the Light of
thu FnFFntnH man A . 1.,.Nk 4 a.--z L. N.Tl Ill.,.
and for the first time in the history
OF Our republic we began to give geuu-
Inc vitality TO the declaration OF 1776,
that all men are created equally and entitled
10 the iualionablo rights Of life, liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiness. The Republican party was
the unluestionable agency which bore these
gifts TO the waiting age, and IL was the Demo-
cratic idea which disputed their status. first
upon the field of battle, and subsequently and
up TO this moment at the polls, The Repub-
hcsn party, then, represents thelatest ~fraition Of
governmental progress, and is destined 10 sur.
Niye upon the theory that the development Of
principles still more advanced shall compel IL
to measure its step with the march
an instrument which has fulfilled its
destiny. So long as the Democratic party shall
cling, either IN open or covert manner, TO the
traditions and policy belonging to the expired
era OF our development. just so long will the Re-
publican party be charged with the administra-
tion Of our government. In making this arraian-
ment OF the Democracy, my friends, l appeal to
no passion nor reopen settled questions. / but
utter the calm, sober words of truth. Isay, that
unttl every state In this broad and beneficial
Union shall give free recognition 10 the civil and
political rights Of the humblest OF its citizens,
whatever his color, until protection TO American
citizens follows the nag at home and abroad; un-
oil the admirable monetary system established
by the Republican party shall be placed beyond
the danger OF subyersion, until American labor
and industry shall be protected by wide and
equitable laws so as TO give full scope to our i'm
mense resources and place every man upon the
plane TO which he il entitled by reason OF his
capacity and worth; until education shall he as
general rs our civilization; until we shall Asye
established
A WISE AMERICAN POLICY,
that viii not only preserve the place with other
nations, brit will cause every American citizen to
honor his government At home, and every civil
lied nation to respect our nag; until the Amer
lean people shall permanently establish q thor
nugbly economic system upon an American ideal
which will preserve and foster their interests,
uninfluenced by English theories or Golden
clubs, and, until it is conceded beyond sub-
sequent revocation that the government exists
upon the basis of a self-sustaining, self-presery-
ing nation, aud the fatal doctrine OF independent
state sovereignty, upon which the civil war was
founded, shall be stamped as political heresy,
ont % which continued revolution is born, and
wholly incompatible with the idea of the repub-
lie, the Republican party Will have much work
TO do and an unfulnlled mission TO perform.
The standard bearer party in the ensuing cam
paign Is Hon. James q Blaine, known through
out the land as one of its truest and ablest
representative. He has been called Ia this
position by the voice of tho people In rccogni-
ton Of his especial fitness for the trust and In
admiration of the surprising combination of
brilliaucy, courage, fetthfulness, pcrSistency and
research that has made him one of the most re-
markable figures which have appeared upon the
forum OF statccraft in my period. That such q
man should have enemies and dctfaetors
Is as natural as thas our best fruits should
he infested with parasites, or that there
shuuld exist small and enyious minds which seek
10 bel -, that which they can never hope TO
initial, ~ equal, aud that he shall triumph over
those, and lead the Republican hosts TO another
victory In November, "a as certain rs the success
si0n Of the seasons or the rolling of the spheres
IN their courses. Gentlemen, again ! thank
you for this visit of congratulation, and extend
% you one and all my grateful a~cknowiodg-
nents.
The speakers who followed Gen. Logan
we're heartily cheered They included Sena-
- nlaau.h aud HARLAN md Ennnrns.rucn