Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-19
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|, seems that this the only country the world
where public affairs suffer from the tendency of the present
age 10 make legislative halls the questions of lheo
rec or historical politics. instead of the calm council where
men examine the actual and eNgences of the State
aud Of the people that make up. In France, very
able public of the day ranier De Cassagnac has
complained in late speech before Convention Of Vine
growers Bordeaux that the public interests the OF
those things about which the Legislature should really
cupy ITSELF forgotten in eternal babbng about the noisi-
tr but less real part poics-pary questions of all
The skiu Editor of the Courier DIES Eats Uns gives the
following OF the speech, with the passage which
refer
Among the speeches pronounced in this Bordeaux Con.
yenton the press all sides with praise that OF Mons
ranier de Cassagnac, who proprietor of vine property,
took part these proceeding In order that the journals
the Opposition should have done such homage this
Mons de Cnssagnnc, their most dreaded enemy such praise
must have been least twice morited. There in his
discourse essential pontshe question Of the material
the vinegrowers and that OF the pocyto be
sued order accomplish the legislation they require As
the former he lent the aid OF his high intelligence favor
Of the main views adopted by the Convention; but the
latter skul pubcist unioded thesis directly opposed
10 that which the assembly sanctioned by He said
"BeiOrc | proceed, gentlemen let me tell YOU that,
this occasion the other between and your rep
reseniaves between YOU and the Government the fault
confined 10 neither side During the thirteen years Tor
which this Government has been in being, you have asked
nothing of your representatives but party politics. and they
given you nothing else accordingly approving laugh
ter Require OF those representatives, attention the
interest of husbandy, and of what really the well
being Of the country, and they will just naturally make
these their main thought
"'Politcs arc beyond all doubt a fine, noble thing;
hut while your eyes continually fixed Goft upon hem
Won overlooked Of the ruin which growing up
your feet When your representatives issued from your
electoral assombage, take their places in the National
Legislature them oil sorts OF instructions
principles, your Is astonishing that
they neglected or mistook them
"'No; the South of France has applied itself
cOnhdng representatives the express defence of
erial its physical interests Voices disseniroma bench
an which various Deputics say, gentlemen, that
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material interests 1t has not been in definite
enough, comprehensive systematic, with strict investga
lion of your wants. Now, this is precisely what
be done in order that the resolutions of this assembly
remain barren and that they NAV become what they must
be in order be efcacious-ihat the form po
sive laws. Leave, then, gentlemen 10 your representa-
lives their political opinions; let each Of them stick
the party banner nc prefers But impose upon hem require
Of them truce, IT but for single day III behalf Of the
dispensabe OF the South Ii you do effect
this YOU will have done nothing real for the bodies OF popu-
ation that sent you hither.
go As the passage Of Of instructions Some in
terrupuon. Gentlemen, vote of instructions has been
talked of and this gives the say words
the subject il such i the pleasure Of the assembly
Yes, yes; speak, look upon instructions having
Inconvenience they illegal, they useless They
are Illegal because the Constitution the Cham
bers lhe Legisature) the right Of discussing and voting
laws; and II the right of instruction assumed that power
the laws il transferred from the Legislature the
iectors Further instructions useless they aim on
~ bring about conformity Of the representatives. opin
ions those of his constituents in order which the,
would exact from the former abandonment OF his owr
opinions: but far simpler and select as rep
resentaiyes whose opinions you like, whom 70,
can depend and OF whom sacrifice Of this sort need b.
requiredl"'
There seems much in these remarks that apple
with even greater force the politics of this country.
us il may be said with infinite Justice that great part
what forms noisy politics Is ruthless of good in
self aud directly mschievous by dyerng nearly all pOpu
lar attention from the real, the practical, the nccdiul-ih
things that would confer national benefit, such ndvi
dual good the Government can safely undertake dis
penso its citizens. We wander through the sounding
because empty OF questions about significant
the business Of life those which ST. Thomas Aquinas dis
c,sscs through many subtle chapters the manner,
sensations habits food thoughts, and occupations of an
gels All that instead Of this eternal disputaton-th.
endless sitting of the meal of principles las Vs.,
call them) until have nothing left but bran bake on
cake with could last get through these elements
Of politics, and something like the plain practca
truth wanted for each affair While phos Jphilc upof
Government, II without Is the State be
school OF metaphysics and Cabinets 10 be many clos
Of the student! j. II system OF pure truth wan
and to wait for good order and daily prudence until
establish thet'
The chaos Of public affairs makes no step toward,
form and system. Heat fights IN them with cold wet with
dry. They neither land water, air; YOU canno
stand upon them, You cannot swim, you hy, YOU
cannot wade. is % time settle somethng-spme fir
spot upon which foot may Dee placed-unul we car
gather n little Of solid add l the domain al
ceriiny and substnncc Or forever IN founder M
tirough this elemental fight this ui things n thci
embryo that 20 exrcne themselves into any dim,
kc sapean upside down, wroug-cnd-iOrcinust that
to endl-NGti0H0i InfsHigeHcer.