The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-26
NOUN prrAsASr, Gowa,) Feb. 10, 1859.

yeen ought to be no higher aspiration greater
an o actual pleasure upon the part of constituency,
Am ne enjoyment of rendering scrupulons and exact
~ d, the public services the private and public char
J of their representative or ministerial officers.
The people have unquestionabe right, in due form
:, nyy AZ their own good pleasure, TO dismiss any
nubic funetonary and supply his place With another
Whether better worse one Is n question for them
selves alone. .
ylook his labors or To forget his fidelity His official
outaon is s much his property ms the landed and per
canal estates of his constituency theirs 10 wantonly
destroy 1t Is as reprehensibe crime rs the felony OF de-
soying his their property, and so much the greater
~ ga GOOD name is better than great riches.
The state Of will at the expiration OF the present
on Of Congress recall from her service in the United
sat Senate one Of The most abofous faithful and ef
R public servants that have ever represented any peo
ule il, any goyernment--Ge GEonGE w JOKES
A,luldion would be an nustce to snch man. and
true friendship woud scon to employ iusomc praise IN
speaking OF him
made but few speeches in the Senate aud has he
spoken unless mpelled by political necessity but his
speeches have been always erse able and appropriate
No man better than he understands the true purposes OF
language the exact import of words and the happiest
modes Of expression either in public speech or in private
conversation
General Jones is not great writer he has bur
sned the shelves OF the bookseller with unsod political
tmsh he has never hired himself out by the night as
binary power which entrances the galleries. He is as
mobiyrsye upon the attention Of the Senate honest
Nathaniel Macon
But George W. Jones, senator, may justly rank as
great man. He has that essential element Of real man
hood without which no man can be great lie is
Of objectionable and inoorruptibe Integrity This he
has we'll proven himself to his party to his country and
Ia his friends,
He has always been party trimmer.
lie has compromised with no faction against the demo
cratic party 10 secure personal emolument private
advantages In 1910 he opposed the election OF Gen,
Harrison the carly friend of his father, and supported
MI Van Buren,, though his political preferences We're at
the time known 10 he at the expense of Of the most
honorable lucrative and influential positions within the
g Of the Executive in the Northwest and the paths
way Of for the future seemed to lie in the support
Of Gen. Harrison This Gen Jones knew well, but
chose surrender Office and retire in poverty from his
position ruined in purse by tho payment OF security
Debts rather than beay the sacred trust repocd in him
by his party.
The trial of his fidelity in 1874 was greater than
in 1910. The two candidates wcrc OF the wing party,
the iustl iots Henry Clay of Kentucky and James X
Polk OF Tennessee, OF The democratic party.
Mr. Clay had been the friend of his father and after
the death Of his father, and during his stay at the Lex
hgton Tansy lvana University, was the guardian of
young Jones Their acquaintance had ripened into a
friendship and sincere that in the decline of Mr.
Clay health he got Gen. Jones to accompany him to
Cuba, There WIS even tenderness in their mutual
affection But the democratic party had chosen MIR. Polk
its standard bearer, and with Gen. Jones principles
eDiuently above any men, Fidelity had been
the coat of arms inscribed the seal Of his whole life
In 1913, when MIR. Van Buren, chose, in violation of
lis involved honor, to lepudate the action of his
convention Gen. Jones icarlessly opposed him he
had cheerully given him his support in 1886 and 1910
Though many OF his old party confederates supported
Mr. Van Buren,, Mr. Jones stood by his party nominal
ton and did his full share TO carry his State for the
democratic party.
When in 1851 the national men OF all parties deter
;.l
was drawn landmark of humbled southern pride and
power when the democratic party volunteered to give
to the confederation of the States equality, the true
basis Of pcrmpncnt Union, they assaed by the
pulpit and the press, and by meetings all the
North and Northwest.
The pulpit hurled its anathemas and dealt out wrath
with deadly fury against the whole democratic party The
opposition press waged of against every
man who had dared 10 assist in the Of this wano
insult to southern honor this unknd trespass upon
oual weakness this bullying down Of frlteinal pride
In this furious conflict when justice demanded the
peal of the compromise OF $50 30 and the submission of
the questions involved in the compromises of the consti-
tuition to the adjudication Of the courts, brave fell
In the battle and strong men swept before tie
storm.
Ia this struggle Of the sections for power, General
Jones' with his colleague, stood by his party and assisted
10 redeem the country from the dominion OF silent but
subtle Toe that was sapping the very foundation of ma
tonal strength aud national honor midnight spies
mat were nnloosing the bonds OF federal justice and
hatefnal peace. IN 1858, when Mr.. Buchanan had
recommended the admission Kansas under the
l%compton constitution measure which ! most
earnestly opposed and yet most heartily condemn,
General Jones' in view of what he held the integrity
OF his party voted with the main body of the democracy
10 sustain the President And whether in this matter he
was right wrong il is but act of simple justice
dered TO faithful public servant to say that there
has been act Of party reachery eynced in his long
public life and political history
With very much less OF ability the withdrawal Of such
aman IRON public life is most serious loss to the party
with which he has always acted and from The principles
OF which he never swerved
Nor has this fidelity 70 his party been clearly
mat Red than the fhulness of his personal friendship
TO ms whole constituency and his manly integrity to his
country.
Whtn but very young he left office in the State
OF Missouri, and went to the lead mines of Wisconsin,
Vhen Michigan lerroryl Soon after his settlement in
ms new home, the Black Hawk war broke out Colonel
Jones, In company with his old friend General Henry
Dodge, threw himself into the midst Of the dangers of
mat ast~tcrribc struggle with the western savages in
Nloh ne lnpeiied his life and property, and laid the
sure foundation of his future usefulness and success
when The war with Mexico had been declared Gen.
Jones was Intensely anxious TO engage in the active
service. In the diplomatic controversies of the conn
NY he has been uniformly Ametcail--nevcr British
never frcncll--ncver Mexican In the extension Of
he national domain and in The acquisition of new
osesions, he us with equal uniformity cast his vote on
uc side of bis county's growth and his county honor
c belongs 10 that school OF American politicians who
aie not able 10 realize The norpac, Of an enlikhtcnrd
ree people % govern themselves though they shttnH
mbface tcwlioc continent III their domain Pie coufl
Wy caphtt bit feel tie loss 70 Tie bbic Of the serycrs
OF such man in the national councils
Inc pe-cmincnt power Of Cen Jones i his integrity
senator, his fidelity to tho people whom he iinmei.
A'ely represented from The least 70 the greatest Thou
Sahds OF his constituents came 60 the country pcnncss
FcKmg homes-in competition with heartcFs spccula