, 1873-04-15
From Our Otrn Correspondent.

I've spirit with Buliciont estate or personal fol-
lowing to Impress himself upon tho day, and
carry measuroa ahoad Of tho aocioty which no
represents or tho Congress to which ho comos.
But tho representative Bystom is truly 30 aonom-
inatcd in that tho average Congressman lives
noar tho Iovol Of tho constituency, and, in too
many coBea his real morality iB beneath
t. A worry small proportion OF voters
do tho work Of tho constituency, and it is to tho
interest Of tho politician that this number be AZ
small IS convenient Els personal faction ID
generally maao up Of those who represent ths !
positive wants Of the constituency In hia day;
md ouch elements Of tho constituency novorp pro-
pose to givo the nation as much au they can take
out Of its common hopper, Heuee what ought
to bo doiborativo body OF tho whole country B
succession Of individuals bent OIL nVar1clous
errhnd8.
THE rnAcr1oA1 CALHOUN.
One wants now noctton added to the taritF,
| and q gorgeous post -ollcs building to ornauout
his principal town, Another is in pursuit OF =
. Tow rich mon to have; aud these.
county papora and Eivo tho intention tho aprear"
aneo Of public want. third lives ln. IN snip, snip
wooden bulls lying up. with no placo for them on
the high soas, aud it is an object Of this con~
gresssnan to sot bnck tho maritime idoas Of thu
world 30 that those yeEHola can recover euprema-
cy; or ii this cannot be dono, tho Congressman
is bound to make the whole nation, In Ho,ne why,
pay pacls to tho yoasol-owners in his constituency
~ much money as if they wero fairly earning it.
4 fourth Congressman Ii desperately bent upon
bringing into the Union tho tcrritory adjacent to
his own State, with tho promise that, II he
snccoed he Or his brother,in-law (for brothors-
in-law constitute formidable kinship III our
country will be sent to tho sonato from .ie tho
new State. a tfth CongrosHnlan has no other
real constituency than 4 bank or coalition OF
contractors IN public works. ssth comes lrGm
Gornaan, or Scandinavian, or Irish prevails over
all others and ho doningogucs to this aionc.
lu Bouo Of the larger cities, where there may bo
m ss ss fq n5 or msso SS rs Past
out out for money. trien!lship. Adnisatton, @
Glass, national, or religious influence or course,
tho Representative system il not faulty in any Of
these casos, for what gonds tho Congressman to
Washington generally directs attanetos, and otton
is, tl,nt tho American Congress-, except in grent
} national emergencies, iB >..
[ AN AGGREGATION OF SELFISH ATOMS.
, The 1argor operations Of the country, which aro
conducive to its ideal and serioua glory, arc every
l day spcarod through and through by somebody
WHO would gpn1e no onergy to pluck enough from
0 tho common hopper to ornament his particular
t district.
Mr. Holman, Of indiana, gave an instance of
this at the close Of the last Congress- when o roso
IN lis place. and objected to an appropriation to
! make QDEGTfat10n6 OIL Il9 tl!kllblt VI ftuAb LII
. tue yoar 1874. Mr. Holman, hoWeyor, was ani-
mated by narrow desire to snyo money to his
!, tax-paying constituency. What concerned every-
~ body, aud learning in particular, was OF no con-
t But, Ind his little town Of Aurora been omnl,
4 husea with dozen other towns for . grand
l. marine hospital or district court building, Mr..
T. he known that thorc wore buildings aready more
t. than sufficient for tho purpose; Tho country
= newspapers Of both parties would ,pounco, upon
IN him inntantly, md dofna1,a that ho 30 sncriaced,
tho gonoral treasury in MD OF tho vanity Of hif
:. neighborAood. Where have wo
20 AN uNSELF1aI CONSTITUENCY
il minded men Of State can o1Ist in Oongross undo
tho nature OF American constltuencfes2 Tht
70 fault 1a moro than half with tho constituency
ut and tho curse Of tic constituency, as wo have
% oiasm. . To four-fifIhs ii ali our Journals pro
runs ss criticisn On public eGaira At the hoaiio
0rcS IN hS H. aySrssS Io t ana c II the 9roc
4 appertain to the Genoral Government. and arr
O. TIC property, more or less directly, Of tho who'll
I nation, havo boon the subjoct of attack eyo
III since tho Goycrnmont was instituted ;--Woa
O. Point, tie Nnyal school, tho regular army, Wash
rs Iugton Oity, tho National Observatory, rospon
le si6lo and durable Civil Service, tho public navy
4 yards, tho public olieea which do not liostthi,
Y. the constituency and oil auoh organic matters.
aa THE DISTANT Flslt-11AwK.
at Private ahiphui1dora inevitably donounce tn
o. building OF naval voaHolH i'll tho public Havy
or ing 1nan tlattho ofiicera who woro to sail III
sl,ipH, and trunt their lives to them, aud tgl
OF with thom, onght to 10 tho bost conRtructora
: But WOO bo to the Congressman from tho bank
IN River, who casts his vote in taSor Of tho PC,
to formanoo Of this genoral function by the legt
ut naato powcr. As u consequences, we Aayo nav
70. that decays oyory six built ut tho prlvat
on ahipyartiY Of Erecn timber. with h4at