Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31

common sense, which belongs to no man,
but to all men; Logan is our great volun-
teer. go they have named him, and so he
Will be known, when we are forgotten.
| Whatever is heroic, they can make classic.
The profession OF arms is an a. Inspiring
every age has attracted chivalric spirits.
and made them happy to be its ornaments
and IT'S exemplary tn scholar. whether
In business, in politics, or in war, Is almost
always superior to his unframed rival.
Grant and Sherman and Sheridan illus
trate the advantage which a country pos
sesses that has in It's service men instruct
ed In military knowledge. But a pus-
slant nation, such as came into the medi-
tations. of John Milton, when II rouses
rules, and puts men into its ranks, little
regarding the methods which are taught
In schools. Science has always found its
Marlborough and FREDERICK were great
commanders; but those who read with
seeing eyes, perceive that generals only
lead men, and that battles. however
planned. are usually determined by the
plain courage of the rank and file.
In calling him the great volunteer, we
have, ,unwittingly, done injustice TO Lo-
gan. lie was not a mere lighter. He had
the rare genius of leadership. Ask those
who served with him, and they well an
swer, Men. whom Logan led never turned
back Only q comprehensive mind can
take events as they come and mould them
at its Will, as II they had been ordered in
advance. Regiment, brigade, division,
4 fDl - 81 ny . Al'Nt are the EItll9 lie look.
and never tripped or faltered.
The real proof Of genius Is the manner In
which nigh responsibilities are met. Alb
raham Lincoln, in the school Of Sanga-
mon, was hardly a prophecy or him Who
became the foremost man OF all this
world. Galena and Appomattox are wide
apart. but Grant spanned them. The law
OF growth rules, and only those who can
rise TO occasion are great. Measure Logan
by this unfaiing test and he becomes CO.
l@ossal Emerson tells, in a familiar line,
! hnuF Aflrh1ar A ngF21n atN0WatNgAs Ia, -
sincerity" but 80, in truth, does every
nan, who, iD the stress OF duty, builds
domes' or caryes statues, or fights bat
Let us zee Logan under the light that
reveals motives and deeds. The
that came In the spring Of 1861, found us.
az such a summons always does, unpre-
pared. Peace is never quite ready for
war. 1t was the month of flowers:
When %proud-pied AprA. dressed IN all his
Hath put 2 spirit Of youth in every
The seed was waiting to be dropped into
the earth; the sun, swinging round 10 tho
north, was calling every field and farm 10
the OFT repeated, but never comprehcpded
mystery OF a new birth. The blow fell
while we were welcoming the buttercups,
and it gave such a hurt as we had never
felt before. II was cruel, beyond all our
imagings, for IT seemed TO write failure as
the end Of everything for which we had
hoped. Thus it touched our pride as well
as our affections. More than all, Il brought
the deepest grief TO those who were best
able TO realize its latent meanings.
John a. Logan, only 30 years OF age, was
already "A striking figure in our national
politics. lie sat in the house Of repre-
sentatives, that body which touches the
people at every point, and i'm IL lie was a
Tribune. Himself ~triumphantly re-elect-
cd, the preceding autumn, he had seen his
party beaten. his adored leader, Douglas,
defeated, and, what TO him was Infinitely
worse, his country hopelessly drifting into
civil war. In those sad days, every heart
had its W sorrow. No one can doubt