West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-08-29
Logan's Scrhed.

General john \, Logaus letter ~ ac-
ccptance, coming from the man who is
supposed TO bc a leading Republican
statesman, is a remarkable document
IL is numbering, awkward. Cumber-
somc affair, reminding one uf a freight
car humping ON CroSS-ticS, and weigh
ing at the least calculation twenty
pounds to the inch. Its ideas arc tho
p,at,tudcS that have been oozing from
the country papers of the West for
twenty years aud its style Is that of a
school-boy who has never discovered
the difference between sound and sense.
Hence, we have the spectacle of candi-
date for Vice President put forth bv the
party of culture talking of those who
'have been welcomed to home i'm our
midst and of n "stroko OF iincssc."
The Logan letter is diluted para
phrase of the Republican platform, and
the dilution is weakened bv n pro-
miscuouc use OF words From BEGIN
ming 10 end there is not n spark of indi-
vidualitv in IT, We merely have a
glimpse of u tanglc haired man wander
ing in bcwildcrcd way through maze
of words. One can imagine the beads
of pcrspiratiop standing out on Logan's
upper lip rs he vainly attempted to adj
dress himself TO the understanding of
those whose support he covcts. The
fact that he had completed his lettcr
several weeks ago was tclographcd at
the time, and one can well believe il
after reading the document We
have no doubt that u kitchen edition of
lhls curious cpiStlc was in circulation n
few days alter the adjournment of the
Republican Convention, indeed the
flavor of the letter suggests that II was
composed somewhere between tho
kitchen and the horse stable. IL is
crude, coarse and rank, but these qual-
tiles do not redeem its essential weak
ness. Mr.. Blainc's letter is feeble be-
cause the policy of those who stood at
his elbow placed him under restraint,
but Logan is feeble because Logan is
feeble in his intellectual equipment
a feeble man intellectually is gene
| rally rash man, and LOANS rcputa-
/ ton, such rs IL is is based on his ra sh
/ ness. lie declares, among other thinps
| (to take an example at random), that
| polygamy is n Democratic institution:
but SO serene philosopher as Emerson
claims ii as an olshoOt of Puritan. IL
is almost sacrilegious 90 couple the
name of Emerson with that Of the
coarsc-grained political freebooter l.o
] E"h' Hhb We ndNo naIulN inc excuse Oi
necessity in this instance; for Logan's
! fuiminations are of no more importance
than those of cowboy on the Western
| border
His description Of the condition Of af-
| fairs in the South is amusing, though il
Is strictly on tie line of argument en-
| ployed by NJ. lIolstead Of Cincinnati.
We Judge from Logan's terrific remarks
that there are States i'm the South -
Commonwealths in fac, where the
negroes are 20 numerous that they are
hanging over the edges, clingimg by
their eye brows and holding on with
their teeth. Logan is doubtless of the
! opinion that he is the inventor of the
| theory that all the negroes vote the
Republican ticket NJ every election. and
| he is inclined TO lift the bloody shirt on
high on that issue; but the theory was
| invented by Eli Perkins TO pad out a
summer almanac. If Logan desires TO
| get the negroes interested in voting. as
| they were when freedom was novelty,
he should come down and lecture them.
We know of no other method. ATLANTA
Constitution.