Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-28
SOLDIER AND PATRIOT.
Comments of the Eastern Press on the
Death nf GenaraI Logan.

Comments of the Eastern Press on the
Death nf General Lotan-
New YORK, December 27.-Au the
morning papers contain comments on the
death of General Logan. The Times says
The death of Senator Logan thins still
more the sadly thin ranks of the surviving
great Generals of the war for the Union,
and the age at which he died-he was not
yet Gl-is another proof of the terrible
strain to which the men of his class were
subjected. He will be remembered rather
as a soldier and patriot than rs a states
man."
The Herald says: Logan was by nature
a fighter Grant had a high opinion OF
him rs a corps commander, and that, hav-
ing only common school education, and
no knowledge at all OF the art of war, he
should have risen and deserved to rise
from the cOlonelcy of regiment to the
command OF an army corps, and become a
trusted lieutenant of Grant, shows remark
able capacity in him. He was gallant
and capable soldier, but it cannot be Just
ly said he was statesman. His death re-
moves one of the most prominent Repub-
lican candidates for the Presidency"
The San, after quoting an extract of a
speech delivered by him in Congress in
1859, in which the General declared he
would never affiliate, so long as he had
breath in his body, with the Republican
side OF the House, says: General Logan
was Republican veteran of the war for the
preservation of the Union and the exter-
minatiOn of the slave-holding power, a Re-
publican legislator of nearly twenty years
continuous service, q recently defeated Re-
publican candidate for Vice President, and
the accepted type of that intense and al
most unreasoning partisanship which has
few surviving examples in the Republican
party. His prophecy was not fulfilled.
His intellectual qualities were not of the
finest. His hold upon the people was OF
the strongest. His methods were as effect
i've as they were crude. His blunt iudg-
ment was respected and his forcible per-
sonality made its way among men who
were his superiors in purely mental equip
ment. His sincerity was seldom ques-
toned.
striking and picturesque personality that
gave him unique distinction as a self
raised representative American. Without
either liberal education or the capacity for
absorbing knowledge and taking on the
polish of culture that many Americans OF
lowly origin have possessed, General Lo-
gan was for many years force in politics
and public affairs and leader of his par
ty. His success was due 10 the inherent
honesty of his nature, and 10 q frankneSs,
boldnesS and loyalty to friends, as admira-
bic as they are rare in modern politicians. "
The Tribune says: The death of Gen
eral Logan eclipses the gayety of the holi-
day season. One Of the best known and
most popular Americans, his loss is ma
tional calamity. The blow was rs unex.
pected as it is distressing. General Logan
did not owe his commanding position to
happy accidents. He was the architect oi
his own honorable and distinguished ca.
reer. In war gallant soldier, in peace q
forceful statesman, at all times an ardent
patriot, the keynote to his character ap,
pears in the statement that he was one
who has the courage Of his convictions,
and whose convictions were the outcome Of
hard practical sense"
The Star says: The people have once
more to mourn the loss of soldier, patriot
and statesman whose long career has been
full of honor. He was a strenuous but
generous foe, nor was there in all the land
any man more faithful than he to the
friends be loved and the cause he IS
poused."