The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-13
TWO REPRESENTATIVE HEROES.

TWU REPRESENTATIVE HEROES.
History is said to repeat itself, and it is APP
parent that it repeats sometimes in very re-
markable manner. When Jefferson Davis, of
Immortal principles" fame, was apprehended
it is said that he was arrayed, or partly so, in
the habiliments of a woman. There is some
little doubt thrown on this story by the denial
Of Mr.. Davis However, as the standing
apology now made for him is, how could he
do otherwise? The friends Of Mr.. Davis pro-
test that it would be unreasonable to expect
anything else than that he should rejoice in
the part he took in the war of the Rebellion,
shameful. For the same reason, we suppose,
he denied that he was disguised in the gar
ments of his estimable and worthy wife. To
make such admission would be to confess a
disgraceful thing that one of his high sense of
honor would never descend to. But the story
remains, and probably will till the history of
the Rebellion is forgotten by everybody except
such as glory in it.
:. Another hero has been captured in the per-
son of Herr Most, the doughty Anarchist who,
only few days ago. was thirsting for the
blood of somebody-anybo body. it mattered not
much who. He was ripe for instruction and
slaughter, and wanted anarchy to at once as
sumo her throne and proceed to throw out of
the courts of justice the little obstacles in the
way of himself and his fellows. He had no use
for the law, and to-day probably wishes there
was no such thing as law in this country.
When arrested he was found in almost as
shameful a situation as was the hero of the
Rebellion He was not tricked out in the
dress of woman, but he had crawled under
the bed of a cyprian, with whom he had long
been on terms Of criminal intimacy. When
called upon to come out he declined to do so,
and intimated that he never would so long
as he had the spirit of a man and hero. The
police were memorable, and dragged him out
by the heels. When brought into the light
he presented sorry spectacle, and looked any
thing but a hero in the sight of his captors.
1t is said that he exhibited every evidence of
craven cowardice, and though he made a
stammering demand for the liberty guaran-
teed every citizen of this Republic, it was ap-
parent that he was very much frightened.
The cases of Davis and Most are very sim
liar in some respects. Both are heroes in
their own eyes, but very few others so regard
them, holding them to be questionable speci
mems of manhood and courage. One taken
in waterproof and shawl, and the other
from under a woman's bed. Davis posed
as a martyr, and Most claims that he
1t may be, twenty years from now, the adj
mirers Of Herr Most may take it upon them
selves to honor him, if he be living, or his
memory, if dead. Then this country will
hear again Of Immortal principles" and the
farce of "perpetuating" them will be formally
carried out, to the disgust of every honest
man in the country There is no predicting
where the end is to be. The parallelism thus
begun between Herr Most and Jefferson Davis
may run the gamut, just as indicated If it is
all the same to the New York courts why
would it not be good thing to make Herr
Most memory His admirers will appreciate
reminiscence as much as they would
reality. Had justice been done in 1865, there
would be no seditious nonsense now Hang
ing takes the edge off cheap glory.