Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-11-24

l went through a varied service before they were called to participate in the councils of the gen. eral government. Let us now suppose an intel ilSent young man to be elevated by the voice ol nis constituency to a seat in the lower branch or the state legislature. He serves them ac- ceptaoly, has proposed some act from which the "hoi' state Will reap great benefits and on his return home Is greeted with an unanimous "well done, good and faithful servant" He applies himself diligently to study to prepare himself for further usefulness to his state. and beyond this hS vision dilates as it rests upon the upward path, trodden by so many once as obscure as himself, that leads to higher honor and wider rehown, that forum where assemble the chosen lhtellects of the whole country. But all this is all ldle dream; no matter of how much greater importance hls services to the people than the
 mere othclai station to him, no matter how much greater the loss of his services to the peo. pie than the loss of the mere office to him. the memorable principle of rotation steps in and re- tres nm to private life. He has served sin Sie term and can serve no longer. Now, MT. Editor we know full well that some of the TO- 'atonlss will cry out that they are not in favor o'' or wlsh to produce, such effects. But this is exactly the result of the principle of rotation--- It IS their misfortune to have selected as a rally Ing cry word--or phrase-that does not ex- press theIr real meaning, that goes far beyond It. Why do they not, then, like honest men, drop thls cry and select such language as will adequately give expression to their real meaning and principles of action? To resume as it is urged that tue result of being placed in official position Is to make the holder thereof corrupt
 Iyfanhous, ect., and that hence it will not do to cont'hue hlm Tn office, it follows as a logical and seli-apparent conclusion that it would still less | tD trap sfart tb,, b1l,l oc, (.
 oI higher grade, as in that higher grade his corruption and tyranny would increase, and lis means of abusing and expressing the people be correspondlngly augmented. This is the sole and logical result of the argument, nor can the rotatohlsts, as r0tati0nists, deny the conclusion | nus we see that the path of promotion Is closed; the intelligent and honorable young asprant lillds that the doors of preferment are shut against hlm instead of opened and positive in- Jury done the people in denying them the ser vices ot those who could best serve them.
 There are many statements put forth by the rotatonlsts that may pass for argument with the unrellectlng and a goOilv number of such we nave passed by In silence, yet there are one or two ot thls character to which we wish to di- rect moments attention. What for instance. does Young South" mean by such lanquaqe as this" nothing so much attaches all citizens to Its (Sovenment's) support as to allow all in turn or rotation, to enjoy its honors as well as Its burdens to be governors and officers. as well as tax payers and road workers" etc. (see ex
 tract as gwen Tn the commencement of this numoer). With every desire to couch our views m the most uneXcaptionable language we do not see how we can characterize the above as any thing less than sheer nonsense. The wr. ter IS evidently aiming to illustrate an ineauali- IL
 holder and the non-ofice holder; does he mean to convey the idea that, on a persons being elected or appointed to office, he thereby be- comes exempt from the payment of taxes orthe performance of any duty imposed on the com. munity at large? Whether designed or not thls IS the drift of the argument There is. it IS true, an inequality existing between them. but lot of the kind implied by " Young Sontb. :, It Is the fact that whilst the officer has all the obligations of the private citizen resting upon nm, he has further, in his official capacity all the cares aud anNieties Of aditionai and inc, cas-
 ed dattes to dlscharge, duties from which the pnVatc citizen Is eXempt. And as to all being "governorS and officers in turn. we wouIj have just so many aud just such of them -anl TO mofe-placed in official position as the re-
 qulsiie majority of their fellow citizens should elect, or the constituted authorities appoint
 thereto. Would "Young South" have any one hold office by any other means? And as Tor ourselt We go yet a little further: As it is manifest that all citizens are not competent to the performance ol the duties devolving on a
 governor" we would not, could we persuade the people to our opinion, that any citizen whose lncapacty--say from mental imbecitv Was manifest and notorious. should be elect. ed to that high dignity. Would "Young oouth'' pursue the opposite course? This ad captandum species of argument briefly as we have noticed 1t, will always recoil upon him that stoops to Its use Of like import Is all the
 ubbIsh--mere verbal magnificence-about the " arstocracy of the office hoders,' "the proud and vain office hoder,' etc. For the life of us we can Tn no other way, account for some of the sentiments contained in the extracts we have made, but on the hypothesis that the wr
 ters thereof are unfortunately afflicted with such peculiar mental idocracies that they look on an office holder, simply a,M solely because he ss on otice h0lder, as being superior to tbem- selves. All such have our tenderest sympathy: though We cannot but regret that there can be iouhd an American citizen capable of entertain, Ing oPlnlons so dero5atory to his sef-respect. his independence, and his equality with all men. Every office is entitled to be held in regard as 1t was created by the will and for the bene6tof the people, but its incumbent may. neyerthe. less, be disgrace to it and to them The trite aneedote ot the brave old Roman, who when appointed to an insignificant office with the in
 tentlon oi degrading him, accepted it with the remark that he would dgnfy the office, aptlv illustrates the idea we would convey both in it's brighter and its darker hues. We believe. and we draw great comfort from the belief thatth mass of our fellow citizens are not afflicted as some of these rotatonists appear to be. If the holder ba
 lectual culture and moral development of char acter that secures the esteem and admiration of the good and intelligent, if he surpass us in these attributes which form the true glory of our race, we are willing to acknowledge in him superlor, and our acknowledgment of that superiority shall be tinctured by neither subser
 vlency or envy; but if, on the contrary. he should fall below us in the possession of these qualities, we shall hold ourself to be his supe- nor, be his official rank never so high
 Whenever an officer is found who is puffed up by conceit of official importance which, though we deny the universal corruptng influence of ofhclal station, we admit to be too freauently the case, 1t IS proof positive that he is neither democrat or patriot and he should be re- moved at the earliest moment possible; but sir, to create official aristocracv requires two consenting parties--lirst, those who shall lay clam to belong to the order,-second, those who will admit the validity of the claim both individually and generally, concede the privil- eses the order demands, and humbly submit to the exercise thereof. Take all the ambitious. vain, over bearing and corrupt office holders, all that are in any way unworthy of their trusts and some such there are-and the number would be so small that the first party to this order of things, viz: the would be ariistocracv
 would be crushed out and morally exterminated by the patriotism and honesty of the thousands ot faithful officers. Corruption, pride and ar- stocratlc prejudice are not peculiar to public ilie we may see them all in the private circles of society. To those who regard them as faults peculiar to holders of office, we think. in all humility, we can prescribe a means that will greatly lessen the apparent magnitude of the evll We practice 1t oursclf and have full faith in its aEf;aaa.. L. -