The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
DEDICATION EXERCISES.
Judge BIOdgett Speaks and ''LittIe
LacEx III,, Unveils the statue.


The boom of cannon on board the revenue
cutters Gresham, Fessenden and Calumet
anchored in the bay announced the hour
of. the time set for the ceremonies. The
Rev. DR.. Arthur Edwards arose and in an
eloquent prayer opened the ceremonies.
Henry w. Blodgett, chairman of the pres
entation committee, on behalf Of the COM
nlissioners presented the monument to the
State After reviewing the work prelmi-
nary to the construction Of the monument
and the choosing of the site, the judge said:
In turning this work over to the public
of after ages I am constrained to make
brief mention of an incident IN General
Logan's career which came dlfectiy under
my own knowledge, and the facts of which
rest now entirely with me- all the other
actors being dead. 1t will be remembered
by all who were old enough TO take note of
public affairs at the time, that after the
early overt acts of the rebellion IN the
spring and early summer OF 1861, ana when
the forces of the Union and the COnledertcy
were arrayed against each other IN front
of Washington. a special session of Congress
was called by President Lincoln to meet on
the Fourth of July.
Like many others, I went to Washing
ton, arriving there on the morning Of sun
day, July 3. l took a room at Willard
Hotel and after breakfast went to the old
National Hotel, on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Wizards and the Capitol There
/ met several of the Democratic members
of Congress from Illinois, and among them
Mr.. Logan. We had some brief converse
ton of special Importance. and l returned
to my hotel. About 3 o'clock in the after
noon | went again to the National and took
a seat in the public room, waiting for
gentleman from New York city who l eX-
pected to meet there. had not waited
long when l saw Logan coming down the
stairs. Having known him quite well Tor
several years, l noticed at once that he was
very much excited. He saw me, and came
directly to my seat, clutched me by the
arm. and said:
:" 'Biodgett, / was going to look for you.
Come with me-.
1--WE passed out of the hotel and across
the avenue and along to the entrance TO the
botanical garden. We went into the gar
den. and into one of the unOccupied green
houses, where we found seats. Up to this
time neither of us had said a word as to
the object of the interview, but as soon as
we were alone he said, earnestly and
'Biodgett, war, a long. bloody war is
inevitable and then said that he had hoped
up TO the last hour that some plan of
reconciliation which would avert a war and
save the Union could be agreed upon, and
that some Democratic members of Con-
gress had sent Henry May, then a mem
Der of Congress from Maryland. to Rich
mond to obtain from the Confederate lead
ers the terms upon which they would agree
that the reVolted States would resume their
places in the Union; that Mr.. Hay had re-
turned from Richmond that morning, and
interested in his mission. 1t was that the
Confederate president had said TO him: Go
back and tell your friends that II Lincoln
had sent to US by your hand blank sheet
of paper with his signature at the bottom
and a request that we write above ii the
terms and conditions upon which we would
return to the Uniol, all we would write
over it would be- Unconditional separa-
Now. said Logan. that ends all hope
Of compromise and settlement, and the only