The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30
BANQUET TO GENERAL LOGAN.
The Senator's View. Upon the Issues Bc-
fore the Country.

4 banquet was r~ecen;ly rendered
General John A. Logan. in Baltimore.
by the Logan ~Inyincib,cs- The feature
Of the evening va General Logans
speech. After expressing qualification
and high appreciation Of the honor Of
being The CUES: OF the club. and having
paid a compliment & Baltimore and
her citizens. General Logan entered
upon a discussion Il the present situa-
ton Of the country under a Democratic
Adm Ms ration. Referring 70 the right
Of suffrage he said that the Government
was a republic only n nan.e. because
thousands of legal voter, n many
States are denied the right 20 dcpo>.,
their ballots they are beaten W III
clubs and ,hot down Ike Wild beast,
for desiring - exercise tie right, o. cit
lIens.
II i the duty OF every hone,;
man. -ad Ac. no matter VIVA, Is
/ party. 10 throw hi influence in upp0-i-
ton 20 this 90. teal o. garchy.' lie
,4ii tha; he only way the Government
can bc made "a republic IN fact J. ~
educating al c.a--> OF people. The
Republican party. lie said did -
best 10 l~naugur2te a system Of cduea-
ton for the ~.i.-ra,e CLASSES. 80 ;hat the
value Of the hallp, might be auure lat
ed. But. sid h. the -tme .le-
m-ats thai made war ayaIn,t the Iuoa
and now dom nae the State govern
m"ut, IN the South by as,-,.m II ,rr-
rOr!-m and fraud have by their votes in
'OuEre-- prc'eu;"d appropriations o.
well Il the passage OF bills. which
would have AIDED materially In bring
Ing abou' hI~ result He trusted hat
the time wa, not tar distant when edu-
eaton would bc universal. and when
all eli zcnS, white and blacks. shall
have e ,Ual protection IN the exercise Of
free speech and An honest suffrage.
General Logan claimed the men who
cowrn.ttcd political outr8gcs in the
South We. members of the parties of
States right~. tree trad. secession. and
RELENTLESS persecution OF those they can
not control and asks # the present
Aiminislrat on vi try to remcd, the
cvIl. or will it be encouraged IN order
L. maintain the solid south" He re-
minded those Democrats who cried
bloody shirt that il wa the Dcmoc-
racy that Was rc~pous Die for every
drop of blood that they refer 10 when
they max" Use OF IN" expression. He
supposed that IN future 4 Republican
vii br perm It'd bc;orr an audience
Only Ia apologize 10 tie country for
having been . Union soldier. II il j,
coming 10 tlat he proposed 10 stand
non. s - 80 81.
principles of the Republican party, and
'denOuncing those pcrn.ciOus prIn-
cip!cs OF the Democrats that would
have brought, ruin and destruction 10
our whole country
General Logan then referred 10 Cen
crai lIthugh Lee travelling through
Virginia. having his horse capari~ourd
with General Robert f. Lee bride
and saddle. He -aid tina; il would seem
that the IT die and -addle. instead of
fItzhugh Lee. were the candidate for
Governor of Virginia. The General then
Went on II saw hat since ISL every
Republican Measure N Congress calcu-
lated 10 advance the ounirN interests
and In" prosperity Of the people was
opposed bv the Democrats nc one
step had been taken along the line of
civilization that was II o made by the Re
pubilcanS AMI opposed 10y the ID mo-
crat~. The Democratic Crv for Civil
service reform i a Mere p~rct,nSr. and
every man they desire 10 ou>i from
ofcc : icrme an offensive partisan
The rr ncIplcS OF tTyiI-S"ryicc reform
are under the foo Of the Admin SirarIon
and lramp.ed in TIL dust. General
Logan then concluded by saving that
The needs OF ,h- Nat on require the
wisdom Of the Republic ~. and pre-
dict d that MS party would soon return
to power.