Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-05-29
FOR ME SPEcTAT
THE HUSTINGS.

1t has frequently REQUIRED to me tlbt
we are now In very important sltNatidl.
That generations yet 70 come viii |, W
the influence of whatever measures OF Ia
public and important nature we aog r.
dept. We know from observation I'll
the records of history that the frs poiil-
ical movements Of state or biugcont
give tone to the feelings, and preee-
dent for the adoption, OF those who sut-
coed. The features of the petite.
physiognomy which present themsely S
in a state oil infancy, are retained in a
great measure through the various stag!s
Of existence even down to old age. II
Many of the customs, botn OF BAH
barous and commendable nature, which
are now prevalent in the different parts
of Europe, have descended from the
very commencement OF the several H.
tons in which they prevail.
1t is therefore very important that It
the day-spring, as it were, OF our political
existence, we should adopt, and thereby
perpetuate, such systems and modes If
proceeding, as will have the most benc-
fetal tendency, as will ensure to our chill
dren the privileges which we have most
of us enjoyed. \
The subject to which my attention Il
particularly drawn at this time, and whicS
elected the foregoing remarks, is onA
which | consider, from its nature anu
tendency, of no small moment, viz. the
nomination of candidates fer office.
In the southern section of our union,
the custom of setting Up for office, or in
the usual phrase, " otfering," has pre-
vailed perhaps from their first settlement.
1t was introduced by emigrants from
England who had been used to no other
mode.
This, no doubt, is the true policy for
those who generally expect and receive
offices in England, because they com
pose class totally distinct froni the
mass Of the people. Even the rich and
respectable yeomanry, deservedly the
pride and boast of their nation, cannot
be said to have share, in the full senss
Of the word, in the government. Their
elect, it is true, but are seldom if ever
elected to fill important stations. The
representatives of the people, ESQ called
in couresy) in the Commons house Of
Parliament, are at best but half chosef
by the people. Self-nominated, they
are elected not for superior worth, butt
either through greater depth of purse.
or the higher favor of their viands andy
LIQUORS. which On the bI,c4i;,oc apa ~
lavishly & SO shamelessly distributed toe
the intoxicated populacc, and therefore,
seldom feel under any obligation to conf
suit the interest or the wishes of thosd
to whom they but half owe their elecliosa,1
-" TO gain renoan .B&
BY holding out to tire each other ~
in the tedious debate, or to rails
selves in their own and others
ton by Right Honorable prehp
an M. p. added to their names, ~
ject whose ncarness totally eclil
greater but mere distant onc-tl
lie veal. 81
will not attempt to say how
the gentlemen who succeed in
their election, in some parts of o|
country, by Means not very diss
copy their prototypes in excludi
concerns of their constituents groi
minds when they find themselves
hall OF Congress, nor do intend
on the modesty which is observable In
" Offering to go to Congress-, or o. r
place, to. oblige the people. Indee