The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-23

would land left Thomas to go forward,
in his own way, to that victory which
was like Cromwell's Growing Mercy.
This hour is dedicated to Logan as
soldier. He won it from the calendar.
and made it his own. But in the midst OF
all this pageantry we must not forget
that he was a statesman in the most
trying times OF all our history II is not
for me, at this august moment, 10 dis
cuss any question of party opinion Lo-
gan was man of positive views; plain,
direct and uncompromising. For what
be believed to be right he would fight in
the Senate as undauntedly as he fought
on the field. He was for Freedom; and
for all those great amendments of the
Constitution that made Freedom or
ganic in this nation; he was for equality
before the law; he was for the common
soldier who had felt, as he had at Don
elson, the wound, which is the soldiers
best decoration; he was for national
honor, on land and sea; for the Army
and Navy, and for force If need be, to
defend every right which ought to be
recognized without force
"He loved Illinois; and Illinois loved
him-the son she had nursed in her
own cradle. He was loyal to her, and
faithful to the uttermost; but he be-
lieved, as this great State has always
believed, that THE soil of Illinois is the
soil of the United States" The repub-
lie is greater than any State.
1T is little to say that he was honest
Through all his great career he went I'M
scathed, and no man ever dared'to whis-
per in his ear thought of personal gain.
If anyone had ventured, he would have
seen in that flashing eye such warn
ing as made the slave sent to kill Caius
Marius fly quaking from the presence
of him who had been Consul.
"He, more than any other, created the
Grand Army of the Republic; that or
ganization which makes us remember
what we are prone to forget. Here his
form will sleep forever, guarded by
them and by those who follow them. /
greet you, comrades, in memory of our
great commander, and in memory of the
old days and the old cause.
at was he who gave us the sweet OBJ
servance of Memorial Day. Only poet
could have thought it, only poet could
have made it come true. 1t is above all
Others our bestowed holiday; our festi-
val Of memory, love and beauty. We
shall keep it forever, with all the flowers
that grow upon the praires and IN the
gardens of Illinois. And there will be
tears
IF we listen. we shall hear an echo OF
all we do today.The people, everywhere,
are thinking of him, because he always
thought of them. II is an old lesson and
good lesson. We never needed 1t more
than now. If he were alive, what voice
would ring like his for civic honor?
What form would lead like his the ma
ton, the state and the city? Nothing
was too great, nothing too SMALL if only
it were right, for him to espouse. To all
the duties of peace he brought the rug
ged qualities that made him great in war.
Our days are like the weaver's shuttle
We are fastening to the end. Is it not
something to remember something to
be proud of forever, that, in this great
ceremony, those who followed another
flag than his have come to pay their
tribute to the great citizen soldier? Men
of the South, the Grand Army welcomes
you; the Loyal Legion welcomes you;
greets you with an open hand. Brave
men cannot hate forever. II we con-
quered you once, you have, in beauti-
full sense, conquered us today when you
mingle your love with ours for the he
roic, for the patriotic, and-surely | may
say it-for the flag which has been
saved for US all.
Here we make a sacred place. Here
we consecrate a name already conse-
Grated in our bravest annals. We give
the statue to the world, in the presence
of the wife he loved and honored, and
whom we love and honor. His children
and his children's children are here to
learn how great name they bear.
He is not ours alone; but yet we claim
him. In coming years the throngs that
crowd the avenue will see silent figura
always on duty. They will know--and
all the world will know--it is Logan,
Illinois has kept her trust"
A parade and review followed Over
10000 men were in line, headed by !,
squad Of police, with the survivors OF
Gen. Logan's old regiment, the Thirty
first Illinois, in the van proudly bearing
the old regimental flag. The parade was
over two hours passing the reviewing
stand. The land pageant wac supple
mented by the finest display ever seen or
Lake Michigan.