ll of Atlanta, which occurred on the 2nd of September,
General Logan returned to the North, and took a vigorous part in the
Western States in the campaign which resulted in the election of Abraham
Lincoln for the second time to the presidency. He rejoined his command
at Savannah, and was with it until the surrender of Johnson, after which
he went with the army to Washington.

"His military career ended with his nomination in 1866 by the
Republicans of Illinois to represent the State as Congressman at-large
in the Fortieth Congress. He was elected by 60,000 majority. He was one
of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives in the
impeachment proceedings which were instituted against Johnson. In 1868
and 1870 he was re-elected to the House, but before he had finished his
term under the last election he was elected to the United States Senate
to succeed Senator Yates. The last term for which he was elected expires
in 1891.

"He took an active part in the last presidential campaign, when he and
Mr. Blaine were the candidates on the presidential ticket, and had a
strong influence in holding the soldier vote fast in the Republican
ranks."

Mr. Logan's views in regard to the immortality of the soul was clearly
expressed in a speech delivered at the tomb of General Grant on Memorial
Day, 1886:

"Was any American soldier immolated upon a blind law of his country? Not
one! Every soldier in the Union ranks, whether in the regular army or
not, was in the fullest sense a member of the great, the imperishable,
the immortal army of American volunteers. These gallant spirits now lie
in untimely sepulcher. No more will they respond to the fierce blast of
the bugle or the call to arms. But let us believe that they are not
dead, but sleeping! Look at the patient caterpillar as he crawls on the
ground, liable to be crushed by every careless foot that passes. He
heeds no menace, and turns from no dangers. Regardless of circumstances,
he treads his daily round, avoided by the little child sporting upon the
sward. He has work, earnest work, to perform, from which he will not be
turned, even at the forfeit of his life. Reaching his appointed place,
he ceases even to eat, and begins to spin those delicate fibres which,
woven into fabrics of beauty and utility, contribute to the comfort and
adornment of a superior race. His work done, he lies down to the sleep
from which he never wakes in the old form. But that silent, motionle