Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
General LOgan's Swagger.

We are not sure that it will be gener-
ally considered worth the while to in
vestigate the motives and ambition of
man like General Logan by the light of
his methods; but as he occupies so hon.
orable an Office, arrogates so constantly
the right to participate in public ques-
tions, whether he knows anything about
them or not, and strives so Zealously to
keep himself in the focus of the public
gaze, it may not be out of place to turn
aside and examine him little more
closely than is customary just as we
would any other phenomenon in nature.
There is more Justification for this step
now than usual, in the fact that he has
taken the time of Congress and the
country for several days, and in the
key by which the least observing can
read his character. During one of his
recent venomous assaults upon General
Porter, according to an admiring cor
respondent, 'stossing back his long
black hair, his eyes glittering with fire,
and his sonorous voict echoing through
the Senate, he said: 'Mr. President,
had 1 been John Pope and sent such an
order to subordinate, to have it dis
obeyed, there would not have been any
Fitz John Porter knocking at the door
of Congress to-day - Here is swag-
ger, buster, fuss and fury with a ven-
geance. ''Me heap big 1njun'' is the
sentiment which underlies the vaunt of
this modern Pistol. We are reminded
of those days of larger license in society
and of the pot-house valiants who used
to frown forbidding1y, clank their
sabers and frighten bar-maids half out
of their wits when it did not please them
better to f1irt with the wayside sHebes.
! Probably there is not in all this broad
| land to be found such another ferocious
anachronism as General Logan.
Pitt once said: ssWere [ an American
as am an Englishman, would never
| lay down my arms, never, never, never"
| That was brave talk and a statesman
like utterance, because it was not in
tended to magnify himself, but to show
that he considered the cause of the
| Colonists the cause of freedom, and he
was not afraid to say so, though the
sentiment was very unpopular. Per
haps Logan thought he was initiating
Pitt or some other great man, but there
is quite difference between the en-
phatic expression of honest indignation
and the utterance of empty post facto
boasts. We wish, however, that this
distinguished Senatorial bully had gone
little more into detail. In the first
| place his conclusion is as inconsequen-
tial as is generally the case with his
| speeches. He says: &c Had l been John
Pope, and sent such an order to a sub
ordinate, to have it disobeyed, there
would not have been any Fitz Ohm Por-
ter knocking at the door of Congress
to-day" Why should he. or any one
else, send an order to subordinate te
havei it disobeyed, or why should he an
initiate Fitz John Porter because a sub
ordinate, name not specified, had dis
obeyed him? This may seem like word
splitting, but still it shows that Genera
Logan uses language very loosely for 8
man who has been discussing as nice
distinctions as the law and constitution
ality of the Porter case in its relation.
to Congress involves. OF course WI
know what he intended to express, an6
that evident intention convicts him o
being the veriest egotist who has made
an exhibition of himself before the pub
lie for long time. Aviolation of goot
taste is not always as readily forgiven
rs IA positive injustice, and by his gros
offense in this respect, he has forcibl,
pleaded General Porter's cause.-Bosto'
Post.