Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-04-23
Congressional.

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We notice n communication in
the Clermont Courier of last week,
over the signature Of "D", written
at Washington City, commending
very highly the vigilance and in
p dustry Of several members Of Con
gress. The writer very truthfully
remarks
"Prominent among the leading
men in the House has been the rep
resentative from the Sixth District
Of Ohio, Hon. r. w. Clarke. /
need say nothing to you Of his
manyvaluable qualities both Of head
and heart, which have won for him
the affection and esteem Of his
friends at home. may, however,
state somewhat that | know Of his
efficiency as amember ofthe House
1t is generally said that it takes at
least two terms for a new man,
however able he may be, to get the
chang" Of the House, so that he
can manage his business in the de-
bates and in the committee rooms
to good advantage. In this respect
Mr.. Clarke has been signally fortu-
nate. He seems to have natural
aptitude for public business, and
has shown capacity for the work
that has come into his hands which
has surprised his most intimate
! friends. He has been a close stu
dent of the legislation Of Congress
for the last four years. The speech
es he has delivered on various sub
jects have been invariably listened
to with respect, and have been high
Ily commended by the leading news
papers of the country. More i'm
Iportant than all is the fact that he
has entered with the utmost zeal
into the Congressional plan of re-
construction, and is thoroughly con
versant with all the bearings Of that
great question, upon the final deci-
sion of which rest the future destl-
MES of the nation.
All the various phases of public
sentiment in the South have been,
as it were, daguerreotyped on the
minds Of the public men who have
lived in Washington for the last
three years.
Not only the general outlines OF
the case and the general progress of |
events, but the minutest details of
the great civil contest between the |
rebel and loyal plan of reconstruc-
ton have been indelibly impressed
on their minds.
1t is clear to any unprejudiced I
mind that so valuable an experience
should not be lightly thrown away,
and that no new man coming to the
next session of Congress would be
able to act with the same knowledge
of affairs, the ssme discretion, and
the same sagacity, as would a mem.
Der who has been here through the
whole contest, and has made himself 4
familiar with all its details.
1t IS confidently hoped that the
Union men of the Sixth District in
selecting their candidate for the
Forty-frst Congress, will see and
feel the necessity of retaining men
Of experience in Congress, and that
Mr.. Clarke may be renominated to
the position he now SO worthily
fills.
There is still another reason for
Mr. Clarke, and one
which, in my judgment, will com
mend itself to the favorable consid-
Grafton of every Union man, and
that is, that he is in full political
sympathy with, and an intimate
personal friend of General Ulysses
s. Grant, who has already been
nominated in the hearts of the peo-
pie as our standard bearer in the I;
next campaign, and who will, i
doubt, be our next Presi- \
dent q
In conclusion, let me say, that '
while there are many men in the
Sixth District of undoubted ability n
md patriotism and moral worth,
Who would faithfully represent the "
Jnion-loving people of that Dis b
rict, am clearly of the opinion Ii
hat at this crisis of our nations {"
history, when the work of recon Al
truction, begun by the Thirty-ninth g
Congress, and gloriously carried e.
onward by the Fortieth Congress, v
5 yet incomplete, the best intersest a.
f the country, of the State Of Ohio c,
nd of the Sixth District, call for
be denomination of Hon. r. w.
'larke." IL