The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-02-02
THE NEW TENNESSEE SENATOR.

To tAoufStNnH.-N. L. Times,
THE NEW TENNESSEE SENATOR.
III. V. iieaha..' y CORES ,s0uue.i&e 81 ~,
CINCINNATI Commercially
Perhaps fully as much HIS been said
against Harris as he deserves. know
| his record is unsavory, but there Is a
future before him and u chance to make
! record that will command the rss-
rect and admiration of all conserva-
| tive, patriotic men. Tho work before
the statesmen of tho future ia that Of
attaying sectional prejudice between
OF national patriotism. Senator-elect
Harris may take such IL course as to
| make every man who has abused him
| ashamed OF himself.
After his election he made II little
speech, last-night, which bre.atl,etl the
right spirit. Such utterances tlisarm
criticism. If his limo of conduct in tho
Senate is marked out in that speech.
we will, IA it We're, take Off our hat to
Harris. He said:
81 cannot forget the fact that the,
highest, truest and hest interests Of
Tennessee arc most promoted by that
| line of policy which recognizes and pro-
| notes tho interests of our whole coun-
| try. Our interests are, in the main,
identical with those of our sister States.
/ trust that l may be able to place my
self upon that piano Of patriotism
! which IL far above every feeling or Sec
| tional prejudice of sectional hnte--a
| patriotism as broad as the Constitti-
| ton and IT'S comprehensive us the
whole Union and to the extent OF such
| ability rs l possess, with whatever of
! zeal and earnestness l may be able to
command, l propose to struggle for tho
maintenance of the Constitution in all
its phrts--in the letter and tho spirit
and for tho maintenance of tho rights
of each of the states and equal rights of
each and every American citizen, re-
CARELESS of locality, to struggle for the
| peace, prosperity, greatness and glory
| of the people of Tennessee and the
| whole people of tho American Union
vociferous applrusel feeling assured
| that tho sooner we forget the sectional
prcjudices which have torn and dis
tracted our cOuIseis-the sooner We for
get the sectional hates which have
alicnatcd the citizens of the States north
| and south, the better for Tennessee AZ
| well as the whole country. Hence my
effort shall be to cultivate the broadcast
nationity and tho broadcast brother
hood, believing, rs ! do, that the pur-
| est and most perfect brotherhood be-
tween citizens Of u common country. as
| ours is, and must remain forever, is tho
| only true, wise and patriotic policy
| which can be pursued by any intelli-
gent and patriotic people,"
Tho man who can find fault with
such sentiments is constituti0rr'>. .~'--
| away with ia, Iu,pIs -..nG lttSt 3D. thc
point upon which the Republicans
| h,,t 4 al l,;,
| fair light now. After all, we are not
| more Interested in what Ishum q. Iiar-
| ris is to do in the Sen ', as iawmaKcr
| tor Ohio no .v",' 30 ~
But politics Is politics, auu IL tne
| Republicans drag the unsavory but not
excessive gunpowdery record of ex-
Gov. Harris up and down the earth in
quest Of votes, they will but do what
any other party would do II the could
make anything out of it.
l But, putting aside the matter OF re-
cord, and looking at it ns matter of
brains, no one can deny but what ex-
Governor Harris has got 'em--that Is,
: the brains. IF his record and his brains
did not have to go along together, he
would be less open to criticism. In
ability, he is abundantly qualified for
Senator. IIe will step up toward the
front place. The Tenncsseeans will no
longer complain, as of Cooper, that
: their Senator don't say anything, but
they will find Harris figuring in the
daily proceedings. He can talk, and
talk to the point, and he will do it.
When it comes to ability and power to
) debate, I dent know man in the
Senate who is better qualified for tho
) position than Isham q. Harris. say
this If he did run Off to Mexico with
the intention of making that peaceful
and quiet country his residence the re-
mainder of his days.
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