The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-19

by Hon. Chauncey NJ. DepeM. he
spoke in part as follows:
In the crises of our fate as nation God
seems to have raised uo and prepared |
men specially for the accomplishment Of
the wonderful purposes which he had In
store for the republic. But these wonder
fu! lntclligences, ready for great oc-
caslons and the accomplishment OF heroic
deeds, are inactive and undiStinguished IN
communities like ours until their country
calls them to duty
aGination of the adventurous Youth of our
land. 1t carried young Logan. with
musket as private in the ranks or ms
company across the Rio Grande, and he
Won his shoulder STRAPS in the bloody
battles under Generals Taylor and Scott.
This baptism of fire opened the mind, en-
farger future than ever dreamed of before
for himself and for his country to this
enthusiastic lad.
Logan was a congressman from
Egypt" Illinois, when the civi1 war
broke out, and his district was in
tensely pro-southern in sympathy.
How he espoused the union cause and
converted his constituency to his views
was graphically related by DR.. Depew.
He said:
The stirring news came to the house
while in session that the battle of Bull
Run was in progress. The soldier of the
Mexican war again heard the music of
the national anthem, and flew to the de-
fcnse of the national flag. The dramatic
scene was witnessed upon the battlefield
Of civilian in frock coat and top silk
hat who had seized a musket from a
wounded soldier. and by actlon and words
to stem the tide of defeat and turn the
army back to meet the enemy. In that
hour Logan's vision clearly saw the path
of duty. He FASTENED home to his con-
stituents to bring them around to the
union cause and to have them enlist in
the Hnion army. He met sullen and
tn, a tening mobs everywhere. But moth
quence. the inspiration of his presence
and his cry, Follow me to the field for
the old flag and the union. 1t is no longer
longer the disputed question Of the extern
sion Of that institution into the terri
tories. but it is whether you will be with
me for the preservation Of the union and
of this last refuge and security of liberty
and humanity Character, courage and
patriotism triu1nphed He led his whole
the light OF the promised land. Within
rev weeks he was in the field with his
regiment, and other regiments followed
as often as the government called for
volunteers.
Logan is the finest example of the vol
unteer soldier Around the nucleus of
little Ile army Of 25,oOO regulars gathered a.
million of volunteers who formed in an
incredibly brief space of time the most
magnificent and resistless body of SOL
diery Of modern or ancient times. They
which the army was modified and disci-
plined, in the steadiness and endurance
which it exhibited as if trained veterans,
and in it's peaceful dsbanment and re-
turn to the pursuits of peace after the
close OF the war, that the strength and
reliance of our country rest upon it's citi-
zen So.d:ery.
The most gratifying tribute to Logan
and the best expression of the opinion
of the volunteer army in regard to him
was his election as the first commander
IA tS>say = Ar,,,,v sex 4
the election repeated as often as he
would accept the place. Long after all
but the leaders of the civil strife on
DRY will remain green because of the
beautiful memorial service which he
originated and which now in every part
OF our reunited land sets aside one day
IN inc year as a national holiday in order
that the graves of the gallant dead, both
on the federal and the confederate side,
may be decorated with flowers
But our typical American had only be-
gun his Kaleidoscope career when the
war closed. Like his companions in arms,
he returned turn TO civil pursuits. Illinois,
where, demanded that he surrender his
private affairs to the call of duty and
give to the country his ripe experience in
and pacification. The dashng soldier BE-
came the acute parliamentarian, the Wig
orous debater and the constructive states
man. He foresaw in 1870 the necessity Of
that work for the Cuban people by the
United States which was done in 1898. He
ourageously took up the problem Of the
negro, that most difficult OF the questions
which are still before us. There has been
IN the thirty years since he preached no
| suggestion better than the one which he
advanced, which was educate, educate,
III every community in our land the
leaders OF public opinion and the dwellers
IN the homes OF prosperity have come
from the ranks Among those successful
A tryhr
and held the public eye and died mourned
by all their countrymen, there will live
In the future in the history Of the repub-
nc no nobler figure, in peace and in war.
| II the pursuits of the citizen and in work
| for the welfare Of his fellow citizens.
than General John A. Logan.
The ceremony concluded by the pro-
nounciation OF the benediction by Rev,
DR.. ]. G. Butler.
Seven Years OF Labor.
! The equestrian statue of Logan, un-
yelled today, represented seven years
of labor on the part Of Franklin Sim
mons, sculptor, and rests upon a
| pedestal Of bronze. Congress appro-
priated $4,000 for the statue, $4,000
was contributed by the Grand Army of
the Republic. The pedestal is twenty
feet high. On its west face is a group
representing Logan in consultation
with leading officers of the army Of the
i Tennessee. In this group are portrait
bronzes Of Generals Dodge, Hazen, Slo-
cum, Leggett. Mower. Blair and Cap
tain Strong. On the east face Is a
group representing Logan taking the
oath as senator, which is being admin
istered by Vice President Arthur. In
the group are portrait bronzes of SEN
ators Cullom. Evarts, Conkling, Nor
4 ton, Miller, Voorhees, and Thurman.
The south front of the pedestal is em-
bellished with allegorical figures of the
war. and on the north with another OF
peace. The equestrian statue rises
above the pedestal fourteen and a halt
feet. Logan, facing south, is repre-