The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-09
Allen O. Myers is to the Democratic

Legislature what boil IS to the hu-
man body. They may poultice, and
plaster, and puncture, and squeeze
him, and get out good deal of the
nastiness, but the sore remains. They
cannot "expel' it, nor shake it off.
1t will stick until it runs out, and
heals by processes Of its own. And,
like the boil, they cannot tell just
when the thing is going to break out
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The Chinese have ever been regard
ed by other Nations as the opposite
of warlike people. 1t has become a
settled conviction in the minds of the
people of other nationalities, that
while John Chinaman is great fel-
low for show, and gaudy colors, he is
only fit to beat gong, explode fire.
crackers, and smoke opium. This,
like great many old-time notions
has been somewhat abruptly wiped
out. France has been indulging in a
military parade over in China, and
the idea of successful opposition per-
haps never entered the head of single
French soldier. But now there is the
somewhat startling spectacle of the
French being badly whipped, and fly
ing before the victorious Chinese.
The latter have been studying the art
of war, and have secured, and learned
how to use, the most improved mod
ern arms, and are really not to be de-
spised as warlike people. The ex-
perience of France is likely to be that
of the proyerbial small boy who "bit
off more than he could chew.
**
Democratic friend, come this way a
moment. Take seat here at the
desk, get your pencil ready, and let
US figure little-so! Suppose we
estimate that there are ninety thou
sand Federal offices to fill. The Pres
ident of the United States has an
immense amount Of work on his
hands, and it cannot be reasonably
expected that he can give great por
tion of his time to the filling of offices
with members of his own party, for
the sake Of turning out political oppo
nents. But suppose he works eight
hours every day at his official duties,
and suppose that during that time he
appoints two Democrats to office every
hour. Put that down. That gives
sixteen offices filed every day, by
making two appointments an hour.
It will take as many hours to fill the
ninety thousand offices, as sixteen are
contained times in ninety Thousand,
or five thousand. six hundred and
twenty-five days. In order to get at a
more definite understanding Of the
situation, let us reduce it to years,
dividing by the full three hundred
and sixty-five, and we have as the
length of time it will take to turn out
all the Republican ofice-holders, and
fill their places with Democrats, U-
teen gears and .fUe months! By that
time Mr.. Cleveland's term will have
expired, he and his Rebel Cabinet will
have gone hence, and John Sherman,
or Blaine, or some other good Repub-
liccan will have served his second
term-what? Going to get mad and
quit figuring? We were merely prof
fering our services to assist you in fig
uring out the practical benefits of
your ''great and glorious victory"
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The Reunion Of the survivors of the
SD Ohio causes a renewal Of interest
in the terrible battle Of Pittsburg
Landing, or "Shiloh," where the SD
boys received their baptism of fire.
This battle has perhaps been the SUBJ
ject of more newspaper discussion
than any battle of the war, from the
fact that more than one officer had an
experience on that fatal Saturday
night and Sunday which he felt needed
some explanation. The history of
this battle presents some odd-almost
ludicrous-features Had every SOL
dier in the army given it as his SOL
emn conviction that there would be
an attack, on that bright Sunday
morning, the 9th of April, 1852, nei-
ther Grant nor Sherman would have
believed him. On the 5th General
Sherman, from Pittsburg Landing,
telegraphed to Gen. Grant at Savan-
nah, sail is quiet along my lines now;
the enemy has cavalry in our front,
and 1 think there are two regiments
and one battery six miles out" In
another dispatch he said: II have no
doubt that nothing will occur to-day
more than some picket firing. The
enemy got the worst Of it yesterday,
and will not press our pickets far
x l do not apprehend anything
like an attack upon our position" On
the same day Gen. Grant telegraphed
that the main force of the enemy was
at Corinth, and this force was some
eighty thousand strong. The fact
was there were forty thousand men
only waiting the sunrise Of the next
morning to attack Sherman, who
would not believe it even after the
attack was made, until his orderly"
was shot down at his side.
Beauregard claimed forty thousand
men on the 9th, and only about twen-