The Empire County argus., 1854-07-01

est officials is scrunized closeyhat of our humblest
scarcely at all derelicton in high places leads to
motion and appropriate censurcn humber stations it is
suffered to pass by in silence, if made matter of COM
ment a ALL it is treated in such manner as not to amount
wholesome corrective. Thus corruption and NAL pac
tice in Office steal quietly at first into the small Offices and
gradually working their way through the higher grades
WILL in the end if not properly resisted infect whole
system of government leading to consequences which
fail to prove disastrous the best interests of the
people.
The most effecual way to accomplish much needed
form, in this particular would be to select only such
for Office up to the old Jcersonian standard of fit
,cho ''hone and capaGc'' But various
toms of party, added to tte fact that the most arran
knave may sometimes the temporary confidence of
his neighbors place this result entirely of the question:
general thngso that the only practical resource left
is ,oatcess Let every public officer therefore be made
that the scrutiny of the people, whose servant he is
is constantly upon him, and that the slightest deviation
from the line of duty, will not only be detected but will
place him at and forever under ban of popular dis
pleasure. Something like this cannot fail to exert salu
tary influence Our public officers creatures of popular
will and in conduct they will approximate very closely the
standard which those who have made them may prescribe
This may be laid down of the rusms of popular
government First thcn let these public funconaries
know that they will be held amcnable given standard
full servants If this he rot SO, then the many fine things
which have been said upon the capacity of man for
self government is unmtgatod humbug and should
prepare ourselves speedily possible for some other form
of government.
We care not now to hold up any man to condemnation
in this connection but subsequent events should to
render it necessary shall shrink from making the
exposure Our chief object at present is to impress the
public with of their duty-to create public scnt
cb will of bo
principles to official as to private conduct.
One of the fathers of the Republic has left upon record
that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty 1t true
thcnit is true now-it will be true through all time
This is the lesson would enforce upon tho people Be
vgilan Let derelction in office escape your notice.
and follow every wrongful with appropriate punishment
1t your gorernmcntthc Offices yours and those who
fill them your servants Let them know your WILL make
them feel your power insist upon the faithful performance
of official duty alike in the trivial in the most i'm
portant of their public If such be your conduct
your officers will first become corrupt and the nsidous
poison will nfuc itself through the of the
people
We have been led to these remarks from the hitherto
remissncs of the people require the hands of their
servants account of their stewardship This grave
fault in the people, and which calls loudly for REFORM
We have only repeat the maxim-'E Eternal rglance
is the m7ce Of liberty"
TALL CoRN.--Wc grow tall corn" in America
The World Is beginning to find it out. Every year
brings the fact more and more home to the percep-
tive and digestive faculties fall civilized humanity
Like all great truths tdd not gain credit at once.
True, everybody it here with his own eyes but
not so the other side of the water. The first ac-
counts of the producvcness of our western prairies
were read by the Buckinghamshre farmer with as
much respect the fish stories of the sailor Sinbad.
1t took even the highest dignitares of the land ii
long while to get fairly up to level with the ac-
tua fact Even at this day there is an ear of corn
in the British Museum which enjoyed very dis
tngushed consideration a curiosity. 1t divides
attention, we do not say equally but certainly frac-
tonally, with the NipcNah Bull and the great Kohl
moor. 1t is perfect marvel to good cousin
John Bull and yet it has but very simple history
and is not a very extraordinary car of corn after
all. 1t reached its present distinction something in
this wise.
In the month of January. lS47, at q certain din
ner party in London, at which Lord John Russell,
Lord Morpeth, and many other distinguished men
were present the conversation turned upon the
Irish famine; and the remark made by Lord
john that he rcioieed that good substitute for
the native breadstutf had been found as Indian corn
Turning to Mr.. Bates, the American partner in the
house of Barring Brothers, his lordship went on to
say. why, Bates some of the cobs have t,relue or
fourteen rows of grain on them" MIR. Bates coolly
replied, "Yes my lord, have seen from t,renty TO
ticenty-four rows on a cob" THAT is a rank Yam
keeism, was the pleasant rctort OF the premier and
the whole company shouted in approval! The burst
of incredulous merriment over MIR. Bates bought
his peace by wager of dinner for the company
all round that he could produce such ear. Done"
exclaimed Lord John. and the bet was clinched.
The dinner passed off Mr.. Bates returned home,
but not entirely al ease. He had done strange
thing for the first time in his life he had made an
engagement he was not absolutely certain of his
ability to fulfil. lie had misgivngs that he had
rashly pledged the honor of his country 1t had
been long since he looked upon an American crib
and however patiently he winnowed the corn-unco-
pia of his memcry, Ae found that the cob of his
ly days had gone gimmering, through the lapse Of
time, among the things that were, and were now
so far off that he could not count the He
was, as plautas would say, repaetus ad tnvtas--in
Yankee parlance, hard" But fortune favors the
brave. 1t happened that friend of ours dropped
in the next day at the counting house of the Bar
ings' Mr.. Bates, with brig ghtening face hailed
him, and made known his difficulty You safe
was the response; IF live to get home you shall
have even bigger ear than you have promised" "
| Our friend C. soon returned and straghtway
wrote to Messrs. Rogers & Reynolds, of Lafayette,
Ind, telling the story and begging them to come
for the honor of the country to come in to the res
cue, and turn the tables on Lord John, showing him
what Yankees could do. In the July following,
MIR. C. received by express from Fayette nice
ly arranged box containing six Of horse-tooth
corn, two of which had twenty nine rows two thir-
ty-onp and two TuIpTy-T,yO The hoy was forth