Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24
senator Revcl.

Senator Revel is daily expected TO
make his appearance in Washington.
AS the first colored man ever elected
to the United States Senate, there is
au 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 yet some legislation required
in regard to the admission Of the Rep
resentatives OF the State Of Mississippi,
from which he has been elected; but
it will not need much time tor its ac.
complishment, and Immediately there
after Senator Revcl will take his seat
with his colleague, Senator Alcorn, in
the Senate. We have not heard much
OF Senator Reyel, but those things we
have heard OF him are calculated to
give assurance that he is well fitted
tor the position to which he has been
elected.
In the first place, he is reported to
be thoroughly respectable man; and
that 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 satisfaction of knowing that he has
brought its reward, tor a writer who
knows him declares that he is respected
by whites and blacks alike. This is
certainly 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 every one of its members.
In the second place, Senator Revel
appears to be man of character and
principle. We inter this from his life
long devotion to moral labors. In his
youth, he gratified his craving tor
knowledge by studying in various
schools and seminaries, and as soon as
he was properly prepared he became
teacher aud preacher. in which pur-
suits he has spent the greater part OF
his life, and in which he has accomp-
lished a large amount OF good, not
only by his sermons, but by his or
ganizing churches. These are strong
points in favor of the new Senator. 1t
is something, in these days of corrup.
ton, to be able to point to honorable
lite 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 record Of this kind.
In the third place, Senator Revel ap.
pears to be truly loyal man. He wac
a resident OF Maryland when the war
broke out. and he at once took an ac-
tive part in raising colored troops for
the defence of the Union. Subsequent
ly we hear of his activity in various
loyal works. After the capture OF
Vicksburg, he assisted the Provost
Marshall 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 vii! bring him high
credit in body all OF whose members
Garret Davis boasts of
their loyal devotion to the Union. In
the fourth place, Senator Revel is a
man who has had some experience in
public life and in minor official posi-
tions. He was 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 alb
solute novice in politics, and this, also,
is point in Lis advantage as Sena-
tor.
Taking all these things into consid-
GRAFTON, we see many reasons to be-
lieve that Senator Revel will prove to
be an excellent Senator-that he will
do nothing to degrade the body of
which he is member, but that, on
the contrary, he will be a credit TO it.
A Senator who is at once a man Of
principle, of loyalty, of responsibility,
Of Christian morality, OF experience
ard intelligence, need not be afraid to
take his place in the highest Legislative
body in the wcrld.-[New York Tri-
bune, Jan. q.