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ifck**, Thursday, December 30,1886.Logan.Few Americana could be mote miwod end mournedthan Gto’dohii -MJmmsAm Lagan, BferS«wd©f pafiftia mtfkm was sopureaad useful, his private virtues m rugged and manly, and his personal qual-ift* »o attractive and true that tie Was alike oaeol our foremoit statesmen and representative citizens, .fife was both great and popular, and sincere and earnest in whatever it fell to him to do.The one great virtue Which should be credited tOiGen. Logan iiratof allis that in the hourof his ocmtry’speril he placed patriotism above, partisanship, and gave all ofhis energy andabihtytohisobuntry’e canse, He was a Democtat,aad hishome was iu a section of Illinois which was peopled by Southerners. It was his influence that was chief among the cause that kept Southern Biioois true to the Union, Be had gone out from Washington, so many other cigzens, to witness the first Bull Bun, but his ardor and courage impelled him to disregard oonventionalitiei, and before the day was through he was fighting «s a private, In citizen’s chess, in one of the Michigan regiments. The battle over, he returned to Washington, resigned hisaeat in Congrass, went home to Illinois, overawed and outpersuaded the secession sentiment of his district, and raised a regiment in it to bus tain the Union cause, ‘He became one of the ablest, if not unquestionably the most efficient, of all the volunteer generals of the war, and made a fighting record. Ho subordinated personal ambition to patriotism, and never suffered jealousy or envy to intdtfere with, discharge ofduty. Crises occurred where by asserting his rank or tighta against others, he might have added to his own importance, but he always placed the general good above hie own aggrandizement. Manifestation of a like disposition on the part of some other generals would have averted many a disaster and contributed to an earlier ending of the war.Gen. Logan’s record in Congress has been one of courage, fidelity and usefulness. He was no-time-server, but entered upon any work that devolved upon him aggressively and manfully. Chief of all his civilian services stand out his opposition to the condoning of Fits John Porter’s malfeasance and his championship of the interests of the Union veterans in Congreir. He was the especial representative in that body of the interests of the defenders of the Union, and never neglected opportunity to press legislation calculated to benefit them.It is a tribute to hia integrity greater than all else combined that with unlimited opportunities to gain riches in Congress, he died a poor man. No scandal aver touched his honor; no man ever even suspected his honesty, .A kindly life, full of generous works and crowned by an almost unbroken record of forty years of useful, disinterested public service, has gone ont; but a grateful nation will cherish its memory and its example will serve thrbugh generations to inspire devotion to duty and quicken virtue in public places.t
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Malone Palladium
Malone, New York, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1886
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