Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-10-18

If we allowed ourself as public jour
nalist, to be controlled by our personal
feelings, it is not improbable that Mr.. Ell
more would be our choice for Congress for
there are few public men in the State, with
whom our personal relations have been
more intimate, and whom as friend we
more esteem. But personal preferences
must give way to the public welfare. Such
is our determination, in all things, and
when we think otherwise, or determine
otherwise, we will retire from any and all
positions, that give us an opportunity to
persuade and influence the public mind.
We have no right to take advantage of our
position to seek to build up our own per-
sonal friends, regardless of all else. Our
position is one of responsibility. and one
that can be faithfully and properly MAIN
tanned only by consulting i'll all things the
popular welfare. ''Not that we love Caesar
less, but that we love Rome more" is our
motive, in announcing Mr.. Durkee as our
choice for Congress, and advocating his re-
election. We believe his reelection would
result more to the advantage of the people
than could that of any other individual who
has been mentioned for the place and hence
above all other men he is our choice.
Heis so thoroughly true man; so thour-
oughly, by the very essence of his nature
identified with those principles the success
of which alone, can benefit the masses of
the people, that he is prominently the man
60 serve the people in the National coun-
ellis. The Masses to him are not as with
mir of Ton l,o
minister to their ambition; convenient arti-
cles of bargain and sale by which their per-
sonal interest is advanced, but they are
men with him, men having like capacities
like hopes and like fears. Men whose in
terests in the world lays i'll the same chan
mel with his and whose eternal destiny will
be shaped by the same causes. He can
not then betray them because he would by
so doing betray HIMSELF would infict a
wound upon his own nature. He is one of
the few men who from their nature. can be
trusted on all occasions, and any position,
and under any circumstances. 1t seems
to us highly fortunate indeed, that the peo-
pie of this district have an opportunity
of being represented by such a man and it
is hard for us to believe they will trife
away from any consideration the advantage
thus offered, that like the base Judean they
will cast away pearl richer than all their
tribe 1t is folly to ask men, reasonable
men. in virtue of caucuses and conventions
in which selfish and ambitious politicians
delight to figure, to throw away this oppor-
tunity of being represented by sucha man
as Durkee; are they not reasonable men
men of at least common sense, and do they
not know, that none of these self constitu-
ted tribunals have any right under Heaven,
to demand of them to neglect their own in
terests to build up and minister to the am
bition of any individual. Have men no
higher duty to perform than to turn them
selves into pack-horses, to carry ambitious
politicians up the steep places into office.
The government is for the people-for the
benefit of the people-and not politicians.
In Gods name, then, let us use it for its
legitimate purpose. Let us send to the
councils of the nation, representatives, not
ofcliques-not of politicians--not of few
msn-but representatives ofthe people,