Holly Springs gazette., 1841-08-12
PUBLIC MEN-POLITICAL CONSISTENCY
AND PARTY ABUSE.
ooh why rebuke you him who loves you so,
Lay breath so bitter on your bILIer foe"

displayed politics. But THIS is founded IN human vanity
and pride consider the honor they coners
upon individual by their suffrage without for solitary
moment rejecting upon the labor and which that in
dvdual must undergo Often times. to the great dshonor
human after have grown grey in the service OF
their counyhat country looking to him for expressions
and acknowledgements of gratitude for the ch he
has receired at the peoples hands 1t in TRUTH glorious
and an favourable thing the confidence of free
and intelligent people but less honorable in the OBJ
ect of that confidence prove himself worthy in the dis
charge Of his dues-worthy of the manifestation of public
regard.
Our present reflections apply especially politicians of
every description Perhaps of all human beings upon the
face of the whole EARTH his abours elicit from the hearts ol
for whom they performed the poorest mead ofthank
He may be deeply CONSCIENTIOUS every OF his public
yet if unforeseen emergencies political revou-
on renders his duty far the actual desire of his
suency concerned dubious and precarou and he should
thereof take step which dpleases them ne
may look the of political damnaon to be hurled
in fury upon his head This is wrong, radically wrong
and here but remedy, and that Is the people to be-
take themsevs sound reflection They the source OF
all political le action ard power and It's alone with
them condemn the unworthy and approve the just. But
they and real integrity ofheart for
casual error of the head, they drive blow their
own and their best interests If public has done
wrong know whether he has done with honest intention
fso spare himn honest mans the nobles work of God
The Republic the hands of honest ignorant men,
than in those of dishonest wise The former less
apt do wrong they good whereas the lat
may every instance intend bad possessing the
time all the mental strength requisite accomplishment
Some delightful human wonderfully asdious
in their patriotic vigilance of their counys veal that they
ted by their suffrages This is vanity No is like
Caesars wife, above suspicion All should be observed
closely particularly when engaged the business of political
administration Do however watch them alone for the
purpose of sanderng them when they do wrong but for the
purpose of appauding them when they perform duty
we'll If man, by his great and good actions could only
buy his peace and gain the desirable privilege of being let
alone there would be but small number of great minds In
the world who would be willing engage in the public ser
vice Men have motives and those proper motives
though good and great actions often performed upon
Lad motives and bad actions upon good motives The cases
morally different man for good actions but bad mo-
tires should receive praise and for bad actions but
good motives should receive If an intelligent
expected indemnify the generosity of those whom
fer the incidental msgivngs of his must in
deed be enthusiast for honor avarcious worshpper
of god who would under such consent to be
public servant, either for fame or profit
Our system of government certainly affords ample the
for the development and operation of all the human pas
sions,-noble and ignoble.-for good for evil And
consequently the people grow knowledge our political
temple will in strength. Ambitious men should be
regarded with jealous horror They always like mee
ors from Clouds when the waves OF the great political
dash high with party strife and the nation rocks with
commotion 1t with POLITICAL with natural bodies they
apt infected disease when the blood is
heated
But we should be cautious how deprecae the public
conduct of men, because their first blush fail to strike
in with ideas of what his particular par
ty would sanction. This unphosophca and impractica
BILE And what, here. may appropriately enquire do
men mean by political consistency So far as he he public
servan definitely knows what his party requires he is to
perform and furher-is that it2 Must he be
tool of party-doing nothing but what he is bid2 Tb;
is shutting all discretion his part and therefore
party would be safer always choose men who lust have
mother wit enough in the aright 5oxD No,
We desire to read, were with SEARCHING eve
the wants and denies of their country and then with