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1532 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 9, By Mr. PIND.A.R: Petition ofthe Sarsfield Club, ofNewYork city, But yesterday, as it seems, he stood among us here in the full flush opposing the so-called extradition treaty with theBritishGovernment of robust manhood. A giant in strength and endurance, with a will to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. of iron, and a constitution tough as the sturdy oak, he seemed to hold By 1\Ir. HEED: Memorial of E. G. Parker Post 99, Grand Army of within his grasp more than the threescore years and ten alloted to man. the Republic, of Kittery, Me., in favor of the passage of the Mormon No one thought in the same moment of Logan and death-two con bill-to.the Committee on the Judiciary. querors who should come face to face, ahd the weaker yield to the By Mr. SPJ:UNGER: Petition of C. D. Timothy, of'Springfield, ill, stronger. It seemed as if Logan could not die. Yet, in a moment, in in favor of House bill 9733-to the Committee on Ways and Means. the twinkling of an eye, as it were, •' God's finger touched him, and he By ltir. SWINBURNE: Petition of the Sarsfield Club and of the slept." Garryowen Club, of New YOl'k city, opposing the so-called extradit10n Almost without warning he passed from strength to weakness; to treaty with Great Britain-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. death and decay, from life pulsating with vigor to dare and to do. The By Mr. J. M. TAYLOR: Petition of John T. Robeson, late United physician's skill, the loving, agonized, devotion of those most dear, his States consuln.t Beirut, for refund of money expended for clerk-hire own invincible will, were alike powerless to resist the approach of the to the Committee on Appropriations. grim destroyer who stole upon him ''as a thief in the night," and has By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of A. S. Shelton, of Lawrence County, given us another sqiking warning of the fact that " No king nor na and of Richard M. Skidmore, of Morgan County, Alabama, for relief tion one moment can retard the appointed hour.'' to the Committee on War Claims. John Alexander Logan was born on a farm located in what is now the town of Murphysboro, in Jackson County, Illinois, on February 9, 1826. Had he lived until to-day, sixty-one years-eventful, glo The following petitions, praying for the E?nactment of a bill provid rious years-would have rested their burden as a crown upon his head. in~ temporary aid for common schools, to be disbursed on the easis of Life is a crucible into which we are thrown to be tried. How many ill)teracy, were severally referred to the Committee on Education: but prove the presence of alloy so base that refining ''seven times'' can By Mr. HALL: Of 193 citizens of Washington, Mount Pleasant, and not purify. But here was a life generous, and noble, an open book from Winfield, Iowa. which friend and foe alike might read the character of the man. By Mr. HIRES: Of77 citizens of Camden, N. J. General Logan was the eldest of a family of eleven children. His By Mr. LYl\IAN: Of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of father, Dr. John Logan, was born in the north of Ireland of Scotch Dow City, Iowa. ancestry, and came to this country early in this century. He first set By Mr. O'FERRALL: Of269 citizens of Winchester, Va. tled in Maryland and then in Missouri, afterward moving to lllinois By Mr. PAYSON: Of 110 citizens of Forrest, Ill. and locating in Jackson County. There he met and married Miss Eliza beth Jenkins, who was a native of North Carolina, but came of a Scotch family. Dr. Logan was a man of marked characteristics, and a phy sician and surgeon of unusual skill. SENATE. He was noted for his integrity, his sturdy independence of character, his devotion to his friends, and his recognition of the equality of all WEDNESDAY, February 9, 1887. men who were honest and upright, without regard to their social The Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D., offered the following position. His wife was a woman of determined courage, strong in her prayer: prejudices, who never swerved from the path she had once marked out PRAYER. for herself. The characteristics of the father and mother were con spicuously combined in the son, who owed his success in life lar~ely Blessed be the G!}d and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, ae to the possession of the traits most prominent in the character of both cording to His·abundant mercy, hath begotten in us a living hope by his father and his mother. · the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incor The professional services of Dr. Logan were in such demand that he ruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. had little time to devote to the care of his farm or the education of his Let the words of our lips and the meditation of our hearts be accepta children, but he was an educated and studious man, and gave his ble in Thy sight, 0 Lord, our strength and our Redeemer. And as we children the best educational faeilities he could command. turn away.from theopen grave with sympathizing hearts may we e-ver In those days money and schools were scarce in that new country, be filled with the spirit of Him who is touched with the feeling of our and the education of the youth was not considered so essential as it is infirmities, the great Redeemer, the conqueror of death, who liveth to-day, but Dr. Logan managed to secure the services of a tutor who and reigneth forever. resided in the family and trained the children in the branches not Inspire us, we pray Thee, with courage and with faith, as fi.·om day taught in th~ schools of that day, including the rudiJ.D.ents of Greek to day we meet the responsibilities and trials and temptations inci and Latin. While young Logan failed to receive suchaclassical train dent to thi'3 mortal life. Fill us ever with Thy Good Spirit, sanctify ing as a college gives, he was eager and quick to learn, .and made the ing Thy providences, comforting those who are in sorrow, 0 Thou most of his opportunities. judge of the widow and Thou father of the fatherless ones, enablin~ Reared upon a farm under such circumstances, his character was un us to meet the duties of each day with courage, with fortitude, with consciously molded and formed by surroundings similar to those which faith, and with patience, so serving our generation that when we shall gave to Lincoln that strength and steadfastness which served him so fall asleep we may enter upon the everlasting rest. Blot out all our well in later years. The men with whom young Logan came in con transgressions, and grant us grace and peace. Our Father, who art in tact druing his boyhood were generally without the refinements of life, in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be but they were rugged, sturdy, and seli:reliant, of powerful physique done upon earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. and healthy intellects. His association with these vigorous, hardy, pio Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. neers of civilization imbued the young man with unconquerable en Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the ergy, indomitable will, and a stern sense of honor which through his kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. manhood to the end of his life made him a master spuit among men. THE JOURNAL. At the age of sixteen he was sent to Shiloh College and subsequently The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. added to the education obtained there whatever he could glean from the books within his reach. When barely of age he made his entrance DEATH OF SENATOR LOGAN. into manhood upon the field of battle. Mr. CULLOM. 1\Ir. President, I ask leave to introduce resolutions When the Mexican war broke out young Logan plunged into itwith at this tima. all the fire and enthusiasm of his nature, enlisting in the First Illinois The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from lllinois presents Volunteer Infantry. Though then but twenty years of age, he served resolutions, which will be read. with distinction, and by the end of thewar had become quartermaster The Chief Clerk read as follows: of his regiment. This beginningofhis career might have been to him Resolved by the Senate, That as an additional mark of respect to the memory an omen of future fame to be won on fields of blood. On returning of John .A.. Logan, long a Senatorft·om the State of I11inois, o.nd a distinguished home he was received as a student in the law office of Alexander M. member of this body, business be now suspended, that the friends and associ Jenkins, his mother's brother, but, being an ardent admirer of Stephen ates of the deceased may pay fitting tribute to hL<~ public and private virtues. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate these A. Douglas, Logan soon became fascinated with political life, and in 1·esolutions to the House of Representati'i(es and to furnish an engrossed copy less than a year was elected clerk of Jackson County.