The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-26

Pray what Is your Representatives. "le-
gitimate sphere Of dutyr AS we under
stand It, his FIRST duty is to look after the
Interests Of his constituents. If General
ScHENCK is so great man that the Govern
ment can't be run without having him as
Chairman of the Military Committee, to
the utter abandonment of your local inter
ests, you had better have less distinguish
ed Representative in Congress. Let people
of some other district enjoy the coveted
honor of having that Chairman, and you
send man who will attend to your busi-
ness-without being 'IMPoRTuNED to step
aside from his legitimate sphere Of datg in
looking after other matters Of such pitdt i'm
pOrtdRce 70 the nGtionm
If these gentlemen, General ScHENcK in
cluded, would all attend to the business Of
their constituents, and let other peoples
concerns alone, there would be but little
trouble. If Representatives in Congress
for the last twenty-five years had done this
same thing there would have been no war.
Ii is poor satisfaction to you, who have
been wronged and plundered by partial or
Ill digested legislation, to be told that your
Representative was so ''much engrossed
with other matters of vital importance 10
the Nation.r that he had no time to guard
you from such outrage. This sinteHectudl
grasp and '.StdtcsDidnship cf the first order''
are very fine things to talk about and blow
over, but if they can not be employed ioI
your protection. and in your service, what
good do they do you?
No the English of this business is sim
ply this--General SCHENCK Is professional
politician. lie regarlshis present position
rs Representative. simply as stepping
stone to future preferElent. He regard,
your local interests as matters ofseeondary
and inferior Importance. lie seeks reputa-
ton in prominent positions in Congress
that win assist him to power and place
hereafter. 500. te.t..s.
Everything that concerns the negro, HI
knows has been advanced by his party to
paramount Importance, and is, in thu
language of the Journal, of vital impor.
tance TO the Nation" Hence. you will
find General ScHENCK using all his vast
''intellectual grasp" and first class states
mnnship" on Cutfee. lie VIII have CuffeC
fed and clothed and doctored by Freed
mems Bureaus; he will have special court
established for Cuffee by. civil rights bills
he will have constitutional amendment
made for him. that he may vote; he vii
make the street railroads let him sit besid
white people in the street cars, and land
lords let him sit beside white people at tn
hotel dining tables-all this requires "ln
tellectual grasp for Cuffec is of "yltal i'm
portance TO the Rationr-but when Law
passes under General SCnENCK's nose
! which breaks down vital manufacturin!
or producing interest in his district, o
which imposes double income tax upol
his constituents, filching from their pock
cts thousand of dollars he tells his constit
uents that it is not TO be expected. that
representative whose time was 80 engross
ell with looEAng after the welfare of CuifeC
'could step aside from his legitimate spher
ofdutv, except MS he might be irnportune
by constituency who agreed upon som
specific plan" Let us all, therefore, so 70
! ScHENCK!