Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-12-26
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WAsHINeroN, d. G., Dec. 22J, 1854.
An addition to the bronze monsirosities
with which Washington already abounds,
Is to be unveiled Ia The presence of the
public dlgnlIaries nl the Capital next SIT
urIlay. 1t is the figure vi Aduirnl Dupont
the hero Of Port Royal, but II bears n more
strikcins resemblance to Robinson Crusoc
in his best state Of despair. The Admiral
was fine looking man, and nm officer OF
such consummate courage aid thorough
ability as TO jump from n capnlncy To the
Admiralty at ono bouna. Therefore his
memory deserves something better lhnn
this amateur blotch.work. havi been for
years pegging away at Congress and pro-
testing against this squanderinS Of the
peoples money upon the unarlistic ubor-
tions In the simili5uje of statues that one
meets at every street intersection. They
have cost the government all the way from
ten thousand dollars to one hundred and
Thousand each, and after all are nothing
but public eye sore. They are derlded
by foreigners, detested Ivy ourselves, and
must defy the mcrclless criticism Uf the
spirits OF those whom they are intended to
commonwealth said spirits do conde-
scend To revisit the Capital.
The invasion of Washington by the cx-
pectant oficeholdcrs has already commen
ced, even after Mr.. Cleveland has taken
twenty tlieuslnd of them Ivy the hand nt
Albany. The hotels are already more than
full, and all the morning and evening
trains bring ills additional population to
make mp the half milllon people who win
lie here on the twenty-sccund oi February
to stay until the inauguration aud as
much longer MS they can. Fifty represen-
regard to party affiliations, have been Sc
lected as II committee iu get mp an apprp-
pirate ns we'll us IN elaborate pIogrnmme
of ceremonies lur Mr.. Cleveanl's i.ugu-
raj. Apro,'n+ Of the twenty dollar pair of
boots that II Wythev,llr, vi, cohler pro-
posed to present to the Presiten, elect, but
which the latter insisted Hpon paying for,
reminds me Of the fact shat Mr.. Perry
i'3NiS lNp DrlplhhthT Nl tne celeDrHleu
"fain Killer made and presented ,o An
drew Jackson the par of boots that til
General stood IN when he was inaugurated
on the fourth Uf March 1929 Davis stt;-
died out his formula tor the Pain Killer
while at the eordwniner's bench in Fall
River, Mass. and from i, left fortune
equal to the deserts of patent medicine
man. In this case OF boot presentation tie
tl,,,ustl,t 4 antaral Il,yt I,aal n, .
jackson would give him an office, nor did
Jackson entertain the least idea of giving
him one, and lie didn't. However in
these more degenerate days 1t were better
that Mr.. Cleveland shonld pay tor his
boots just as every man does, only he
should insist upon not being particularly
marked for victim OF extortion.
The outlook for the conviction of Gen
eral Swain is not so encouraging as i,
ought To lie. / should think that an ordi-
nary eanrt martial would hardly need any
stronger preof OF guilt than the miserable
pettyfogging that has characterized the
| defense from the outset When Swain
WAS first brought lace TO face with these
| charges, lie declined the interferesce' OF :,
military commission TO investigate them,
| and when that commission was ordered by
the Secretary OF War and found n basi,
for the charges, he resisted the court mar
iial that the President was compelled tc
order to try him. and here he has lnterpos
ed every possible obstacle In the shape o
demurrers, rebnttals, surrebuttals, AM
what NOT, until his counsel have succeeded
in getting The court into confusion, worse
confounded. Swain, however, should b,
hustled out OF the army anyhow, on gen
eral principles. DON PEDRO.