New-York tribune., 1876-02-04

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raj that her citizens find It very handy to step
down to Washington and take ho'u OF u".-
ernmrnt Affairs. and it must he Snh III 'hc'i
behalf that they have never been backward III
coming forward for that purpose. We are III
cIincd TO think that the readiness OF
the Pcnnsyk ana politicians to serve the GOV
erpmcnt may bo in part accounted Tor Dy 'he
fact that they are so near to IL. Ihey are
always standing by, If anything happens
Whenever q vacancy occurs IN any OF the De-
parments il seems to be known sooner H
PENNSYLVANIA than anywhere else, ana IL Is
1uitc remarkable the number OF citizens she
has on hand qualified, trained. and educated
for the places IA they fall vacant. 1t must be
admitted, though, that within the past two
months the Commonwealth of Kentucky mas
been doing un ommonly well in tins direction.
Volunteering from that State has been much
more rapld of late than it was during the war.
We are led to consideration of the patri-
otic attitude of Pennsylvania at this time by
the pcrusal of some remarks recently made by
the Hon. Simon Cameron of that State. MI
Cameron is always impressive, and quite oiteh
picturesque. How dramatic situation, Tor
instance, was that in which he was the central
figure last Summer, when he was searching Tor
somebody in Washington to whom to ohcr the
services Of several unemployed Pennsylvanians,
and found that the President and every mem
Der Of the Cabinet were out of town. IL was
but n single remark that he made, but it had
in il such vigor and force, and wlthai such
st stitcsmanlike grasp of tho situation, that ~
was ,clcgraphed all over tie country at once.
"Ths,n said he with great earneSlncsS, Is
Oh Of n time IA remark which to this day
no man has disputed. His observations n
few DAYS since on the subject Of the Prcsi-
dental nomination have already been published.
He j. not for individuals he says, bat for the
good of the whole country, and the good OF
the whole country he believes to be i'll the sue
cess of the Republican party. y candidate
should be nominated who would insure both.
This was spoken like patriot and Repub-
lc:m. They wcro his views. he said, 4" as
citizen of The United States and as son OF
"the eli Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"
And thcm he added. that there might be no
mistake about his position and the qualliica-
tons he required i'll a candidate, want Il
"canddatc who will take care of Pennsylvania
I" and pcnnSylyanians, recognize the oIc rs an
important element in the political fabric oi
" the nation, and the other as entitled to lis
" fair share in thn adm nistratiOn Of the affairs
of the Government There spoke the
Ioyal PENNSYLVANIA Senator. He wants Il can
dilaic whose nomination will insure the sic
cess of the Republican party, and thereby
promote the good of the whole country, and
who will "take care of Pennsylvania and
Pcnn,ylvanians,n recognizing the one as g an
important element in the political fabric oi
" the nation, and tho other as entitled to
" fair share in the administration of affairs
Nothing could be more plainly and definitely
stated MIR. Cameron" says the great Re
publican party, what does Pennsylvania
"waut 7" And the statesman makes answer
high, "Eccogntion and fair share And
set, We presume, there are people who would
say il the Pennsylvania delegation should 20
to Cincinnati with Goy. Hartrdnit a. a candi-
date. just as they did to Chicago with Mr.
Cameron in 1860, and should stick to him
until they could arrange for - recognition and
"a fair share" that Pcnnsylyany was wait
ing 10 be SEEM SO are ON statesmen
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