New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-27
John A. LOGAM.

Tie death of General Logan eclipses the
gayety of the holiday seasOn. One OF the Dest
known and most popular of Americans, his loss
is a National calamity. And it Is great shock
IA we'll az great sorrow. For although II was
known that he was seriously ill, the latest
tidings from his sick room, while occasioniny
general anxiety, had by no means served to
prepare his countrymen for the worst The
blow is rs unexpected as it is distressing.
General Logan did not owe his commanding
positon to happy accidents. He was the
architect of his own honorable and distiu-
guished career. In war gallant soldier. In
peace a forceful statesman, at al times an
ardent patriot, the keynote to his character
appears in the statement that he was one who
had the courage Of his convictions and whose
convictions were the outcome OF hard practical
sense. Entering politics as Democrat, with
an earnestness that ever characterized him, the
fierce light Of the war showed him, as 1T did so
many of his political associates, that MS Elacr
was in the party Of freedom. His great services
during the struggle for the life OF the Union
form part of the imperishabe history or his
country. The army furnished no Drawer
fighter, as thou sands of surviving comrades
will testify to-day as with tear-dimnied eyes
they read that he has been called oil
duty. His name is inseparably associated
with the assault at Fort O0nelsOn, with
the northern Mississippi campaign, with Nlcks-
burg, with Port Gibson, with Atlanta,
and with m,nv another of the mem 'rable
struggles which preceded the downfall ut what
he himself when he turned historian charac-
ter zrd as the great conspiracy" Logan the
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of the Republic.
As "a state sman he W is equally devoted to the
common veal. The W IT over. he lab red man
fully as a lawniaker to secure the fruits Of the
war. He was of Great assistance in shaping the
reconstruction measures. He stood up boldly
for the honest payment Of the public debt.
The advocates Of specie resumDtion found In
him valuable ally. He threw the weight of
his influence for honest currency. His Op-
pnnen complained that no Wa, uncOmpromis-
ing. But Logan evidently took for MS motto,
If you ara right, you cannot be too radical; II
you are wrong, you cannot be too conservatives
With all his heart he believed himself 70 be
labOring fur the right, and it was Impossible
for such a nature to b. lukew rn 10 behalf OF
any cause Involving the honor aad prosperity
uf his country. A. an orator he lacked the
polish If the schools but exceled in the art of
plain and powerfuI statement. fne grammar
of his speeches was sometimes criticised, out
their visor and effectiveness never.
In private lite Logan was great favorite.
The boys IN blue, especially those who had
served under him. fairly idozed their old
commander The rising of |" Black Jack" us
they were fond of calling him, at one of their
reunions was always the signal for tremen-
dous de monstraiion of their admiration and
affection. His political associates, leaders and
rank aud file, were scarcely less attached tc
| him. while the public at large had warm place
| in their hearts for the hero who had wrought
50 valiautly for the flag. He dies in the
| harness, h member of that body in which he
has long been conspicuous figure. " ell
done, good and faithful servant