"I shall esteem it as the highest privilege a Just Dispenser can award, to shed the last drop of
blood in my veins for the honor of that flag whose emblems are justice, liberty, and truth, and
which has been and, as I humbly trust in God, ever will be, for the right."

-Maj.-Gen. Logan, 1862, declining to re-enter Congress.—p. 42.

SINCE THE WAR

While I live I

"The people are honest, the people are brave, and the people are true.
will stand as their Defender. Living or dying, I shall defend the liberties of this people, making
war against dictation and against aristocracy, and in favor of republicanism."

-Representative Logan, 1869, on his Army Reduction Bill.-p. 214.

"It is better to trust those who are tried than those who pretend."

-Senator Logan, 1878, at Clinton, Ills.—p. 281.

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