Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-02-26

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be. Yours &c., FELIX.
Messrs EditUs.-In your issue Of
January 22nd, 1874, the Hon. L. Il
CLEARWATER, in his card addressed to the
public, in which he responds to the many
demands made upon him by the citizens
Of the LIST congressional district, to become
a candidate for Congress, makes use of
these words, to-wit. "In giving my on
sent to become a candidate for Congress,
as / here do, it is probably due to say that
| will, if elected, be, as heretofore, a dc.
voted advocate Of equal rights and im>
partial Justice TO ALL" as the foundation
Of Republican Government, and guaranty
Of the Union Of the States, and prosperity
Of the people"
/ presume there is not a man in the
Congressional District, whose soul is not
dead to those graces and virtues that con-
stitutc the true patriot, but who would be
ready at any time to respond most cords
ally to this beautiful sentiment and re-
CARELESS Of the behests Of party considera-
tions, or the uucompromising demands Of
a favorite aspirant, would esteem it, not
only his highest privilege, but his most
solemn and sacred duty, to give it his un.
divided sanction and support. n
Equal rights, and impartial justice to
alp may truly he called the foundation
of Republican Government" and the only
sure guaranty Of the Union Of the States,
and Che propriety and happiness of the
people," This sentiment, this principle
OF government, is the great Pillar that sup
ports the system Of our national ~institu>
lions it is tho essence oftrue Republican.
ism it is the very life blood of American
liberty, and should DO the Polar star to
guide the citizens in q faithful discharge
Of his duties to his pespls, bis government,
and 10 his God.
1t was around these sacred principles
that our fathers in the darkest days Of
the Revolution gathered, and for its sup
port, with q firm reliance on the protec-
ton Of Divine Providence, mutually
pledged to each other their lives, their for,
tunes, and their sacred honor. 1t was
this sentiment bat lifted its mellow light
Ger the disconsolate soldiers in Washing,
toms army who at Valley Forge. bare,
footed and almost naked, he was ready to
give up tho struggle for independence,
and that eheered him onward to tho at
tainment Of those objects which secured
to the American people a Government
whose cornerstone was Equal rights and
impartial justice to all"
1t is this same sentiment that has min
glcd itself throughout the progress or our
Government, from its first existence
down, and which has infused itself into
our institutions, and has guided the minds
Of our wisest and most profound states
men. Washington, Jefferson, Jackson,
Clay. and Webster were some Of the
great lights whose wisdom and eloquence
we're nurtured, and aud maturcd under
the Egis Of this cherished principle, and
whose characters as warriors and states
men have shed a halo Of glory Ger the
pages Of American history.
10 preserve and perpetrate this senti
mert should be the object and desire Of
every patriot in the land. 1t needs
the care, the admiration and respect of
that people over whose progress ns a ma
ton it has shed its precious light for so
many ages. And the American citizen
whose heartyearns for the preservation Of
his ~governmant, and tho great principles
upon which il was founded; whose earn
est desire is to SEQ the rights Of tho peo>
! ME nrofeeted. and opnress;vo and p,;,a.