. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ttle or no comment from me. I will not brandJohn A. Logan as a liar, for he is a Senator of the United States;I will not post him as a scoundrel and poltroon, for that wouldbe a violation of the local statutes ; but I do publish him as onewho knows how to insult but not how to satisfy a gentleman,and 1 invoke upon him the judgment of the honorable men ofthe community. Very respectfully, (Signed) Wm. M. Lowe. No sensation at the Capital for years attracted the attentionth
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ttle or no comment from me. I will not brandJohn A. Logan as a liar, for he is a Senator of the United States;I will not post him as a scoundrel and poltroon, for that wouldbe a violation of the local statutes ; but I do publish him as onewho knows how to insult but not how to satisfy a gentleman,and 1 invoke upon him the judgment of the honorable men ofthe community. Very respectfully, (Signed) Wm. M. Lowe. No sensation at the Capital for years attracted the attentionthroughout the country which was at once given to this epi-sode. When the fact that Lowe had challenged Logan becameknown, some said that Logan, being a military man, wouldaccept and fight him ; those who knew his history and werefamiliar with his character, never for a moment entertained theidea that he would adopt a course so contrary to his ownjudgment and in violation of the law and morals of the have seen that when yet a young man, a member of hisown State Legislature, he stigmatized a resort to the duello as. LOGAN IN THE SENATE. 631 barbarous and offensive to the enlightenment of the day. Hehad made a bold effort to prevent the qualification for office bythe Governor-elect, and in that connection had given full ex-pression to his views on the subject. His course in the prem-ises was exceedingly dignified and in sharp contrast with thebluster of the Southerner. General Logan held that a manwho had deliberately lied about him, and then had nothing tosay when asked for an explanation except the proposition of abully, had forfeited his right to be treated as a gentleman, andhe declined to pay the slightest attention to his letters, an-nouncing to Lowes friend. Judge Pelham, that he need notbring him any further missives of this character, as he wouldnot receive them. The people of his own State unanimously applauded hiscourse, and a joint caucus of the Republican member
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