The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-06-28

.a accommodating ahai. IHt'Aef la.' "I HI"AI"a
candidate tor Congress lom tbe snta at
a known 10 turrcaadar thoc & gn election 90 Do
ad lor $50 members. of the NIX. CoDwo Iy the
ulII6ed yotar vi lhe whole smta, without regard 90
district. 10 a.oms 70 h4go been akan l0r granted
aum..y, Wld $50 thns reasonable and Iust t9oj
lat one of these po. lions should Do accorded to
ouHemm residing 10 North Mississippi and the
ber DO oueres.iug in tIe'south. Public sentiment
ppeu- 20 have settled with remarkable uummiy
pon Gun distinguished cgJiaG Maj BAluDAlE Of
no DI-sssppan, as the Southern candidate. His
dends brought him into tho field more than tdo
months ago, aud there has MOI been yet SO FAR as we
have seen on heard the FIRST movement made TO bring
but ou opposing candidate.
10 the Northern part Of The State Hon S. j. GH5t-
.ov. was az one time 10 tie doId but ho Withdrew to
leada company ia the war, and since then the first
public mention Of any gentleman for the post chat
has met our notice, s this nomination Of Mr.
PnAy We Of Tie South, having secured as by
general consent, one candidate WHO is agreeable TO
nus In all respects, and with tho certainty we may
say, Of his election ought not and could not with
any face, set up claim 10 the other, or assume 20
interfere with tho wishes Of tie Northern counties
as 20 who that other shouidbe. This very mr from
our present purpose We are willing to support any
competent man to whom Inc indications Of Northern
ureferenee tha most clearly point ButQt the same
i tmc, we may be permitted 70 express our approval
Of the nomination of one Of Their own men, and
even our preference between Them Il more than ono
is suggested, and the choice notwoll settled amongs,
themselves It's an office that deeply concerns the
people Of the whole state and If there is more than
one candidate run in the North, our sutiages must
help to decide the contest as well as theirs
We have no hesitation Il endorsing the commmi
cation Of Monroe and we should be glad Tor the
credit Of the State, if the people Of Northern coun
ties would unite al once, upon Mr.. pheIm ana give
as HIM as the candidate He would be sine right
man in the right place" A man of superior talent
Of intense energy and force Of character, ready
and powerful debdor, and though never an asprant
for political station yet possessed Of extensive pod
cal information and withal Of personal character
as high as that Of any man in the siate--he wouIc
shine in Congress could few others he would NEE
in It's halls, lie just Of that class ofmen from which
selections should now be made to fll the response
| bic positions in our new Government. The time
are too perous and the affairs to be dealt wi IA to.
momentous to allow us to indulge the ambition o
mediocry men. We want men Of brain, Of thought
Of stamina, and not the small fry politicians, who ii
more quiet times may be suffered to work themsclye
into prominence by the tricks and acts Of demag0g
ism, with less serious deument to the public inter
est, 1t has been a subject Of remark by inteIlgen
foreigners and OF home every sensible man knows
70 be true, that comparatively few Of our best mel
engage in politics, seek public station. The reaso
why this is so is obvious to every II consists il
the degradation to which our political canyssso
have been brought-the law arts necessary to ochiy
popularity the trckery required to stock party cor
ycntions, the sacrifice Of selirospect and Of pecun
airy, all Of which tend to Danish from politics me
whose talents and attainment4 render them indcpei
dent in the learned professions, and whose refnemel
and sDnse Of honor revolt at the filth and fasehoo
Of our election scrambles. But "tcmpora patantai'-
the times are changed, and we hope to see chang
in US corresponding with the necessities which the
impose, cold things have passed away all thin.
have become new"-od party distinctions ma,
ceased-thc old parties, whether for good or CIV
=, have served their day, and we are now political
speaking OF one God one faith, one bapusm-agro
ing as to the pillar and ground Of political truth"
= Il bchooyes us to forget all past differences 70 con
. together as men having common interest to prOte
aAd common destiny to achieve, and AS in the da
Of the frstrevolution to dsregard and despse all p,
sonal ASPIRATIONS, stihe all individual feeling, an
adopt as rule tho bringing into the public servic
: with seItsacrihcng zeal the best talent VIII,
v adorns the county, and the whole resources
= which constitutes its wealth. But our purpo
y IN the commencement was to write mere par
graph calling attention to the nomination Of N
Pholan' and expressing our opinion Of the fitness
" that nomination. We have been led into these gen
y raj reflections which are suggested by the occaso
" As to whether this or that man shall be elevated
= public station is a matter of no personal interest
the Editors of the Clarion Neither of us would e
pect to make or loose dimo-we should not expe
l. our paper to gain or loose a subscriber, we shou
y not expect to gain any political prefement Cand '
certainly desire none) 10y the election or defeat
. any man in the state. But greot principle is inyo
ed in this thing Of electng men to important po
It tons in'tho Government. In former times any fo
Is or loaer, who could manage to get himself nomir
ted by party caucus and would shout for Whigge
Il or Democracy, was certain OF his election, accordr
yos whlggery or democracy was popular among Ii
suragaus, But under the new order of things all Il
= has, or ought to have passed away, We ought
elect the best men--those whose abilities and
y ness for public service it has been impossible to &c
. ceal even under a selfsought obscury. We belle
- Mr.. Phelon to come under this head. and we were
once struck with the mention of his name We KIN,
that he enjoys in North Mississippi the reputation
:, being, and that he really is one Of the very abb
" men in the State, and one who has persitonty
he cHned political stations which lesser men fret -,
- scheme' and worry their little lives away to obta
NJ The author of "Monroe' gives us No assurance q