The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-02-05

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confers on the unpopular General of tn
n Army.
q General Sherman is the antithesis @
q Grant in that he talks, and talks. If Gen
Grant must be called the silent segac
ious man, then General Sherman is tn
noisy Ioquacious man. Not that h
does not talk well, and cOuVincingly
but he is devoid of magnetism, and
while his ability is conceded, he is no
0 loved either in or out of the Army. Ih'
e American world sees and hears too mucl
+ pf him. He is too cOnspicuously ubI
quitous. If lac would only fold himself
in his military cloak, and ettec: the
, trick of mystery, he might go down tt
poslerity as great man, and have
bronze equestrian monument IN which
he would be almost as heFoiG as the
: horse. But General Sherman prefers to
} enjoy the present rather than posterity.
His motto is gigo dam OI0O; Sc he talks
incessently, is the hero of thousand
interviews, writes letters and DOCKS,
dances at public balls, occupies the most
conspicuous box in the theatre, the most
prominent seat on the platform when
Henry Ward Beecher lectures, until the
| Army, Congress, and the people begin
to feel that the commander-in-chief has
lost novelty and dignity. has, in short
become major. When the Car OF Rus
sia asked the first Napoleon, at ball IN
Paris, if it would be prudent for him to
dance with a popular actress. The
French Emperor told him to dance, If
he wished to read comments of his sal
tatic performance in all the Paris pa
pers. The Gear kept out of the papers.
But the newspaper penalty would not
deter General Sherman. He would have
his dance.
Perhaps the only way in which real
reform can be effected, reform that
will change the top heaviness of the
army, and reduce the disprOpOrtIon of
one officer to every five men, will be to
elect a congress that has no desire for
second term. Every member has the
right to nominate one cadet to West
Point, this is one of his perquisites.
The son of the most influential constit-
uent in his district gets the nomination.
In this way the NJ. G. strengthens his
own political fortune, and, to certain
extent, insures his reelection. It is eX-
pecting too much of human nature to
suppose that politicians will vote disin-
terestedly on a subject that so nearly
effects their personal fortunes. And the
West Point mill will continue to grind
out high pay officers, at the rate of 70
per year. There are too many other
abuses, local and national, crying for re-
form for the masses to concentrate on
this as an issue. And even if it should
be embodied in the national platforms,
Congress would find some way to evade
it,
History shows that all reforms may
be evaded so long as men and women
have bread, and, in Republican form
of government, where it is impossible
fix responsibility, reforms, of what are
called minor abuses, are less attainable
than in monarchies. A parliament will
more readily apply the pruning knife to
the overgrown perquisites of the crown,
than it will cut off it's own perquisites.
1t looks as if the old saying "Of ma
king many books there is no end"
would have to be revised by substitu-
ting "bills" for books" There are
now over $500 bills pending in the
House and Senate. There is no statute
to prevent any citizen of the United
States from having his hobby brought
before Congress. The patent bill was
again before the Senate on yesterday,
while the House was occupied with the
District of Columbia bill. c. A. s.
The Price Current contains the usual
January preliminary report of pork
packing in the West. The report shows
the total packing at this date at the six
large cities-Cincinnati, Chicago, st.
| Louis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and
LouisVille-to be 8,546, 900, or !, ,O56, 900
more than at the same date last year.
| The total at all interior points is ap-
proximately 100000, or 375, 900 more
than the same time last year, making
total increase of ], ,4aO, 900 at all Roi4ts.
Returns indicate large falling off in
packing during the remainder OF the
season, compared with last year, the es-
tima.e for interior points being approx.
mately 1900, 900 head for the season, OF
90, 600 head more than last year The
estimate for six large cities reach a total
of 1905, 900 making an aggregate of a.
O65, 900 at all points, which figures, it is
9pggested, may be modified. Lasl win.
ter the packing was 6,5O5, 600 head.
The above indicates an increase in the
average weights, compared with last
winter. The prospective supply of hogs
for spring apd summer packing appeaEs
TO be MUCH less than a year ago.
!
Smallpox" says the New Orleans
Democrat, lis treated by Indians with
parked sucpeGs. AZ soon as s brave is
taken down be Is thrown into wickey.
up or tepee, covered with pine brush or
cactus leaves, and the whole tribe moves
away from the place. The treatment is
infallible-there never has been q case
| of recovery" Here is solution of the
Indian problem that will render further
legislation needless. Just give them the
small-RoE and let them treat themselves.