The statesman who, from Congress Hall,
Nor waiting rank nor uniform,
Swift hastened at his country's call
To meet the battle's lurid storm;
To face the hurtling shower of lead,
With musket armed, now lieth dead.

Before the fort of Donelson,

Commanding now a regiment,

For three long days he fought and won, Though sure defeat seemed imminent. Brave men were ranked among the deadTo Logan, victory came instead.

His regiments, like fiery wall,

Yet firmly-hurling missiles-stood;

At length they saw loved Logan fall;

His side was bathed with streams of blood. Although a ghastly pallor spread ·

Over his face, he was not dead.

On glory's fields he won the day,

And major-general became ;

His path he marked, and hewed the way;
And honor's signet crowned his name.
The warrior's laurels wreathed his head,
And now we mourn for Logan dead.

"Why, Logan seemed invincible,"

I've heard the veteran soldiers say; At Corinth, facing shot and shell,

He wielded wondrous, potent sway; "Your strong arms nerve for right," he said, "March bravely on "-grand Logan dead!

At Gibson's Port and Bayou Pierre,

Still leading, General Logan, see! The fight at Raymond, most severe, He won by dauntless bravery. From his assault the foemen fled

At Champion Hills-great Logan dead!

His men at Vicksburg bore the brunt;
His heart beat high with patriot pride,
When his the column at the front—

"The Old Commander" at his sideThat through the conquered city led, And raised the flag high overhead.

At Resaca his fame resounds;

At Dallas, Logan's brilliant corps Repulsed the charge with "40 Rounds," And then, if need be, forty more. Where thick and fast the bullets sped He dashed, with all uncovered head.

At Kenesaw 'gainst rocky wall,

He led, to scale the mountain grim; He saw his gallant soldiers fall

And with great tears his eyes grew dim; Such tears as comrades now will shed Above the bier of Logan dead.

It seems as only yesterday

I heard a war-scarred soldier tell, How grandly, Logan led the fray,

On field where brave McPherson fell; Inspired his men, and, shouting, said"Revenge! Revenge McPherson dead!"

McPherson still his battle-cry;

In front he galloped down the field; With wind-blown hair and flashing eye: "Advance! Advance! Ye must not yield""Revenge, my boys," brave Logan said"Revenge! Revenge McPherson dead."

His desperate words, his courage rare,
Thrilled every man with energy;
When, like a lion from his lair,

He sprang, and led to victory-
"I'll ne'er forget," the comrade said,
"Atlanta's field, where Logan led."

Note well the man of firm intent,
Whene'er ye look his record o'er;
Commanding either, regiment,
Brigade, division, army, corps;
His valiant force, with fearless tread,
To victory he always led.

He organized-to keep alive

The feelings of fraternity

In breasts of those who yet survive―
"The Army of the Tennessee.”
They mourn above the narrow bed
Of Logan, sleeping with the dead.

The people's ardent, constant friend;
In councils of the nation wise;
Soldier and statesman he did blend,

And higher still his fame shall rise ; Though earth no more shall hear the tread Nor voice of him who lieth dead.

I noted but the other day

He seemed so kindly used by time; That lightly touched his hair with gray, And left him in his manhood's prime ; Yet pain has distanced time's swift tread, And touched his heart, and left him, dead.

Grand Army of Republic, weep!

Thy three times chief" hath passed away. He with the silent hosts doth sleep

Who set apart "Memorial Day."
Thy memories shall mark the bed,
Where lies the Chieftain, cold and dead.

"He builded wiser than he knew,"
Who reared th' enduring monument
Of flowers, fraternal hands e'er strew,
For memory and sad lament.
Rise, floral incense, o'er his head,
Love's monument to Logan dead.

Rest, soldier, rest! for peace is thine;
Rest, warrior! for earth's strife is o'er;
Rest, statesman! Fame's bright laurels twine

Thy noble deeds-the golden shore
For thee is won-while tears are shed

For lion-hearted Logan, dead.

HOW THE PRESS AND PEOPLE OF THE LAND MOURNED THE SAD

DEATH OF LOGAN.

That the sudden fatal termination of General Logan's last illness was a serious shock to the entire country, is proved not only by the avalanche of condolences already alluded to as pouring into Calumet Place, but by the fact that, with hardly an exception, the thousands of journals published in the United States, without regard to political complexion, at greater or less length, referred to the National bereavement, and dwelt, with more or less emphasis, upon the qualities and attributes of the illustrious soldier and statesmen, whose loss they were called upon to chronicle and mourn. A very small number of these utterances-and these only in the very briefest limits are here given, as exemplifying the wide-spread popular sorrow, thus voiced by the press:

In Congress, as well as in military campaigns, he was bold and aggressive, giving hard blows, nor complaining when they were returned in kind. He possessed a great fund of practical knowledge and knew how to make good use of it. He loved his country, and he loved to give her the best service which his large experience and rare ability qualified him for giving. If he was ambitious-" as who of us is not " -his ambition was worthy of his fame, and he sought to promote it by no unworthy means.- Washington National Republican (Rep.).

The death of any man of large experience and influence in statecraft is a public calamity. In the case of General Logan the calamity is the greater because of his character, his position, and because of the ripening possibilities of the future. He was the best living representative of the spirit of the old Union armies in political life. He had more steadfast, ardent followers among the veterans of the war than any other leader of his party, and Republican sentiment in the West was

solidifying about him in a way that marked him as the chosen leader in the next Presidential campaign. To his party the loss is not only great, but far-reaching in effects. To the country at large the loss is that of one of the most conspicuous figures in the war for the Union, one of the most courageous, most fearless, and most useful men in public life. General Logan was one of the remarkable individualities of the times. He was not like Lincoln, nor Douglas, nor Grant, nor Greeley, nor Sumner, nor Stanton. He was simply, straightforwardly, and positively John A. Logan. He was pre-eminently and unmistakably a positive force. Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep.).

When General John A. Logan died the Republican Party lost its most aggressive partisan and the most picturesque character among its prominent public men. As a man of the people, he had his

chief hold on the people, and the persistence with which he held his own against circumstances won him admiration, even from the opponents whom his own partisanship embittered toward him.

Republican (Dem.).

-St. Louis

General Logan was intensely American. Every fibre of his being pulsated for the old flag, American citizenship, and loyalty to the party which he believed had saved the Nation. His death comes like

an electric shock to the country, and will cause wide-spread grief and universal mourning. Verily, a great man has passed away.--Minneapolis Tribune (Rep.).

General Logan was an uncompromising partisan, but he had a good heart. There was nothing malevolent in his character. The country could far better have spared some reputed saint or actual iceberg in our politics than hot headed, ambitious, volcanic, but able, faithful, and generous "Black Jack," of Illinois.-Charleston News and Courier (Dem.).

His great popularity, his brilliant participation in the bloody struggle between the North and the South, and his patriotic services in the Senate, united to the insurmountable opposition which exists in the bosom of a portion of the Republican party against the ponderous sway of Mr. Blaine, had, moreover, settled upon General Logan to fill a most important rôle in the future politics of the country. Public rumor had, in fact, designated him as the next Republican candidate for the Presidency, and from certain acts of Mr. Blaine and his friends, it would appear that they beheld in him a formidable competitor for nomination as the next Republican candidate for the Chief Magistracy. New York Las Novedades (Ind.).