The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3 by John Alexander Logan
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opposition to Secession.
Truly yours, J. L. PUGH.' "At the conclusion of Senator Logan's speech of refutation, Senator Brown of Georgia (Democrat) said: "'Our newspapers may have misrepresented his position. I am now satisfied they did. I have heard the Senator's statement with great interest, and I take pleasure in saying--for I had some idea before that there was some shadow of truth in this report--that I think his vindication' is full, complete, and conclusive.' "'I recollect very well during the war, when I was Governor of my State and the Federal army was invading it, to have had a large force of militia aiding the Confederate army, and that Gen. Logan was considered by us as one of the ablest, most gallant, and skillful leaders of the Federal army. We had occasion to feel his power, and we learned to respect him.' "Senator Beck, of Kentucky (Democrat), referring to the fact that he was kept out of the House at one time, and a great many suggestions had been made to him as to General Logan, continued: "'As I said the other day, I never proposed to go into such things, and never have done so; but at that time General Frank Blair was here, and I submitted many of the papers I received to him,--I never thought of using any of them,--and I remember the remark that he made to me: Beck, John Logan was one of the hardest fighters of the war; and when many men who were seeking to whistle him down the wind because of his politics when the war began, were snugly fixed |
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