The national Republican., 1862-06-24
Tussday, Jans. n, 1853.
THE Rx-sLncF,OH OF annpuRs OF

THE Ae-nLncr1OH OF nnnDHRs OF
d.. COuQRB0D. .'..
III esssraliy aekaowiedgsd that The South
VA indebted for II former influence 10 wash.
isgtcu, wy .ssA y ~ psscsics Of giving IL
Representatives n coasssss long terms Of ssr-
viss. 3whsthss thls practice wss deliberately
sdcpta sPea osasiaerstions Of policy, or
Whistler \ Ervw cat of peculiar social oopdi.
t'on. \ h not Material 70 enquire. The prsc-
uce existed - matter Of fact, while The con.
trwyprsctios of rotation In tho choice Of Nom.
bsrs q Ccare@ has generally obtained ct the
Roth. Tbs Consequence was, thst the South
ern Representatives, with no advantage In
ability, nd Inferior 10 respect 10 education and
general Information, he'd IN uudoubted superi.
oIity II Parliansntary experience; and the i'm.
portancs u supsrierity In thst particular can.
mot BE- over estluatsd.
The interest Of constituencies 70 BE- effective.
y representsd, b . consideration Of vsstly
srestsr moment than The prstsuslous Of a..
pi1utR. The first Is public, end Affects hun
dreds Of thousands The last are the concerns
Of oaly . tpv Individuals.
The real question to Be considerei by con.
stituency. 10, whocau best represent them and
their political principles In the natioaal leei..
laaurs. The more fsct hat an individual was
selected tvo yeass ago, does not prove that Il
10 nov wise 70 re-elect him but 10 also, II is
no srouod for assuming that The selection Of
an individual Ia inadmi.ible to-day, that be
has been selected once, twice, or three tines
before. The true question is always, uho q
6s best nssa'-aakisg all circumstances lin.
GLIDING experisooe) Into ths account II /,
uuwise 70 ~ that nenbsr Of CoaSrsss shall
have two terns a. matter Of right. without
regard 70 the capacity for usefulness Which he
may dsvelope during he fra term. And II h
equally unwlse to say that any pumber Of
terms Of service should exclude anybody from
tAe lista from which the people may choose q
Representative. The true question, We repes.
II, is always the same, ,oho e Tie bes. man ,
and experience Is never adiequaln,lDg clrcum.
stancs, but always The rsvsree.
Without Spending any mors time and words
In seneralizing, We hope to SEQ large proper.
ton Of ths true men in the present Congress
reelected BY their constituents. They have
deserved Il By their courage, fidelity, per.ist-
ency In well doing. and the vast results which
thsy have accomplished for The country. It b
safe rule, 70 conclude that The point of attack
BY all the evil disposed, is precisely the poin.
which The we'll disposed should rally to sun
port That point bsyoad al question, 10 the |
present Congress Of the United statsa Il has
been tSs target ef The abuss Of every .hee |
10 the COUNTRY In ths interest," Of secessiou,
or 10 sympathy with secession, and not a |
few Of fhen have gone the length Of threaten. |
'ng TO drive II ont Of The capital with he |
Osysnets Of ths solaiery. And II Il in he |
anne spirit that they have been insisting for
months, thai Congress should sbdicste II.
lowers and adj,urn. Does auy o-e fail to see |
Why that body Is no offensive to the Wahir
Mar, TO the Baltimore Sun, to the Boston Crs.
er, and 70 the Herald, The E.press and the
'on~nl Of Commerce. In New York! Docs any
IN" fall to sec that Congress Is hated BY the
'pemics Of the country, because Il has been
rue to The country? |
We hope TO zee a goodly proportio, of the
n-n re elected, Who have made this Congress
10 effective of good, and 50 much ba.ed and
cared by all The various grades and shades Of
. ympathinss with treason. And this, not
'le'y, or principally, because they dessrv. II.
INT becau'c they can be trusted, and because
Is the intercs: Of the country to re elect
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