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Kink**, Thursday, December 30,1886.lt;5«ncr»l laogan. ;Fern Americana could b$ mote missed and moumedthan Geo. John Alexander Began, .BSi-taooid -of jmW® Mfrioe mm eopmwl awful, his private virtues m rugged and naaaly, and lug personal qual-M» ao attractive and true that lie mm alike one of our fowanoit statesmen end repreeei5ta.tiTO citazenti, He was both great aiMptipata, and sincere and earnest in whatever it fell to him to do.The one great virtue which should he credited tOiQen* Btpta fiwtof all fc that in. the liourof his country’s peril he placed patriotism. above. ptettsanship, and gave allofhiaenergyandubihty|ohisoountTy,s cause, He was a Democrat, aud hishome was in a -section of Illinois which was peopled by Southerners, It was ids influence that was chief among the causes that , kept Southern Illinois true to the Uniom, Be had gone out from Washington, so many other citizens, to witness the first Bull Bun, but his ardor and courage impelled Mm to disregard conventionalities, and before the day was through he was fighting as a private, in citizen's dress, in one of the Michigan regiments. The battle over, he returned to Washington, resigned hieseat to Congress, went home to Xfitoois, overawed and outpersuaded the secession sentiment of his district, and raised a regiment in it to sustain 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. He subordinated personal ambition to patriotism, and never suffered jealousy or envy to interfere with discharge of .duty. Crises occurred where by asserting Mb rank or tights against others, he might have added to his own importance, but he always placed the general good above Ms 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, Bogan’s record in Congress has been one of courage, fidelity and usefulness. He was no-time-server, hut 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 Fifes John Porter’s malfeasance and his championship of the interests of the Union veterans to Congreiff. He was the especial representative to that body of the in terests of the defenders of the Union, and never neglected opportunity to press legislation calculated to benefit them.It is a tribute to his integrity greater than all else combined that with unlimited opportunities to gain riches to Congress, he died a poor man. No scandal aver touched his honor; nq 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 out; but a grateful nation will cherish its memory and its example will serve thrOugh generations to inspire devotion to duty and quicken virtue to public places.. S' II8 Ifg I I' p 1 W 3 g St « S ffftCg SSTS. S.isssssyt a a » ® « a e* s’ * ea ~~k We 'ff'lr *
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Malone Palladium
Malone, New York, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1886
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