. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . his first term in Con-gress, he was sent as a delegate to the Charleston Convention,and for the first time in his life had an opportunity to see thehorrors of slavery. He witnessed the brutal scenes of the auc-tion block, where men were sold for a price like cattle, andevery human instinct outraged by remorseless power. Therevolting inhumanities of the slave-pen were disclosed. Theulcer was laid bare in all its disgusting corruption. The in-tolerance of the Southern slav
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . his first term in Con-gress, he was sent as a delegate to the Charleston Convention,and for the first time in his life had an opportunity to see thehorrors of slavery. He witnessed the brutal scenes of the auc-tion block, where men were sold for a price like cattle, andevery human instinct outraged by remorseless power. Therevolting inhumanities of the slave-pen were disclosed. Theulcer was laid bare in all its disgusting corruption. The in-tolerance of the Southern slave-holding aristocracy, actuatedonly by the lust of gold and power, was revealed in its truenature. The scales fell from his eyes and he saw the light. After his return to Congress, therefore, he understood, ashe had never before, the true motives behind the course of theslave oligarchy, and he foresaw that by some means the down-fall of so barbarous a system was inevitable. His subsequentsupport of the Crittenden Compromise did not indicate hisendorsement of slavery, but his desire to avert a great calamityif LIEUT. LOGAN AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEXICAN WAK. CHAPTER 11. FROM CONGRESS TO THE BATTLE-FIELD. He proves himself a leader.—Re-elected to Congress as a Douglas Demo-crat.—Support of Lincoln and the will of the people.—His reverencefor the Constitution.—Taunted with being an Abolitionist.—Is opposedto a war.—His platform: * The Union forever.—In citizens attirehe carries a musket at the first Bull Run.—His position questioned byhis constituents.—Threatened with a mob.—Returns home.—He makesa speech, and enlists a regiment of 1,010 men.—Resigns his seat inCongress.—To him alone General Grant attributes the loyalty ofSouthern Illinois.—Irrefragable evidence of his loyalty at the begin-ning of the war.—A candid statement of his political views at thattime. THE year 1860 saw the turning-point of many a publicmans career in the United States
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