The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-28
SENATOR REyEL.
From the N. Y. Tribune.

From the NJ Y. Tribune
Senator Revel is daily expected to make his
appearance in Washington As the first col
ored man ever elected to the United States
Senate, there is an exceptional interest in the
event. There is not the slightest doubt that
he will be received with all proper courtesy
and treated with due respect There is vet
some legislation required in regard to the ad-
mission of the representatives Of the State of
Mississippi, from which he has been elected;
but it will not need much time for its accom-
plishment; and Immediately thereafter Senator
Revel will take his seat with his colleaoue.
Senator Acorn, in the Senate. We have not
heard much of Senator Revel, but those things
we have heard of him are calculated to give
assurance that he is well fitted for the position
to which he has been elected.
In the first place he is reported to be
thoroughly respectable man; and this is saying
much in days like these, when we see SO many
men who are not respectable elected to high
office. Moreover, he is not only possessed of
this intrinsic qualification, but he has the sat-
isfaction of knowing that it has brought its
reward, for a writer who knows him declares
that he is respected by whites and blacks
alike. This is certainly a most desirable
thing for Senator; and we should think even
more highly than we now do of the Senate if
the same remark could be made of eysrv
one of its members In the second place,
Senator Revel appears to be man of char
acter and principle. We infer this from his
lifelong devotion to moral labors. In his
youth, he gratitied his craving for knowledge
by studying in various schools and semi
naries, and as soon as he was properly pre-
pared he became a teacher and preacher.
in which pursuits he has spent the greater
part of his. life, and in which he has
accomplished large amount of good, not
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churches. These are strong points in favor
of the new Senator. 1t is something, in these
days of corruption, to be able to point to an
honorable life and a career of service in the
cause OF humanity and morals. We should
think even more highly than we now do of
the Senate if every one of its members had a
record of this kind. In the third place.
Senator Revel appears to be truly loyal man.
He was resident of Maryland when the war
broke out, and he at once took an active part
in raising colored troops for the defense of
the Union. subsequently we hear of his
activity In various loyal works. After the
capture of Vicksburg, he assisted the Provost
Marshal In his duties and at several other
points he rendered important service to
the Union authorities. This is another strong
point in favor of the new Senator, and will
bring him high credit in a body all of whose
members Gncluding Garret Davis) boast of
their loyal devotion to the Union. In the
fourth place, Senator Revel is man who has
had some experience in public life and in
minor official positions. He was a member
of the City Council of Natchez, where his
friends say he served with honor, and he was
also elected to the State Senate of Mississippi
SO that he is not an absolute novice in poll
tics, and this, also, is point in his advan-
tage as Senator.
Taking all these things into consideration,
we see many reasons to believe that Senator
Revel will prove to be an excellent Senator
that he will do nothing to degrade the body
of which he is a member, but that, on the
contrary, he will be credit to it. Senator
who is at once man of principle, of loyalty,
of respectability, of Christian morality, of
experience and intelligence, need not be afraid
to take his place in the highest legislative
body in the world.