Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-31
DEATH OF SENATOR LOGAN.


ington on Sunday last WIS baipfi
surprise to the people OF the IJnfte,
Sntes and a cau.e Of genuine and last
lug grief to those Wac had the good for
tune to enjoy the personal friendship o
the lead soldier aud statesman.
The terrible suddenness Of bis .,tint
of will intensity the country's poienan
sorrow. and a universal sympathy vii
be excited in behalf Of his stricken f,ni
". who hare, in Heavens wisdom
been thus rudely bereft Of what was Il
them the dearest tie on earth. Death \
the debt which we must all pay to nature
but many Of its terrors vanish when Il
approach is slow. Dissolution offer
comes as relief to the diving. and lbr
friends OF the dying even become resign
ed when they know that il is inevitable
aud that it will bring escape from tht
lingering tortures Of a fatal disease Bn
when death knocks at the door vithou
previous warning its aspect is terrible
indeed, aud there is no language wbicl
can adequately portray the anguish j
brings to those who must live TO bea
the sudden infection.
The widespread grief which this sac
event has excited throughout the Upiol
is indicated BY the sincere and heartf.l
expressions Of mourning on the OAR, .
the conspicuous public men rac, ar
now in Washington. twill Be obserY
ed that the expressions are from th
great leaders Of bath political parties
and that one does not exceed the o,he
in bearing testimony to the distinguishe,
worth of the dead. The unanimitv will
which Logan is credited with a fixet
aud immovable sincerity OF purpose i
particularly noticeable, and will live a
his best monument. For oil time Lo
gan's fame must rest upon his incorrup
tible integrity, and if it be true that "al
honest man is the noblest work OF Co
then will his name continue through th,
centuries as that of one Of the highest o
creations hAndi work.
1t was in this sense that Logan wa
great He was not tie iElustrious states
man in the sense that Webster and Cla'
we're illustrlous Nor was he the grea
soldier in the sense that Grant and lie,
we're great. But in personal and mora
courage, in purity of private character
in personal integrity, in the honesty 0
bis expressed convictions and in the alb
solute fearlcssness with which he dis
charged every public trust that wa
placed in lis hands he answered all th
requirements of greatness. From til
beginning of his career, when as al ID
Of nineteen he joined an Illinois req
ment and marched into Mexico, to its en-
on Sunday last, when be was serving bi
native state for the second term rs
United States Senator, no man has eve
challenged the sincerity Of his motives
|. His temper was irascible. and his patai
SMessions 49, kement and iftc
49, ~ .aeant, aud mean
! - rS said.
: There are too many Of our PUBLIC mel
who cannot DO pointed to as shining exem
, plars of domestic virtue. But who ha
not heard of Logan as the true husband
i and the kind fathsr2 The iercencss be
/ fore which his cneW les quailed was new
er carried into the family circle Their
he was all Kindness, all gentleuess, al
fidelity.
In the light of a public loss it is Will
especial severity that Logan's death viii
fail upon the Republican party For
twenty years he has been one of the pill
: lars of Republicanism in the United
), States, and the party can ill afford t.
Use such leader at tAB time. Their,
was but one Logan, and there is none t.
take his place. e.
In the long list of great leaders there
is not one TO whom Inc party is more in
dcbtel for its magnificent victories o
tho past. or on whose wisdom it ha,
more confidently leaned for vital flu
ture.