The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-08-07
PUBLIC SERVANTS.

We are not among thoee who can
ace no good, but evil continually, in
everything our public servants have
done. There are a class of writer's
who deal in the cauetic, condemna-
tory and fault finding style all the
while, whose vision, or perverted
sense of justice and charity, imPel
them to pull down, rather than to
build up and rectify. If q man does
ono thousand excellent and praise
worthy acts, they pass them by 10
silence, but should bis Judgment
sometimes over step the Bounds of
prudence, forthwith these vigilant
sentinels on the watch tower take up
the omission or commission and mag
nifty it, twist it, give it false coloring.
and herald it abroad with a feeling
Of pride; but never Az act Of excel~
lence is sent out in glowing coIors Of
admiration-it is always the bad -
or if the good is mcnti ned at all, it
ia ridiculed, ard placed under the
eye Of suspicion, as einanallng from
an un worthy motive They are like
the fly that travels all over the
healthy body and finally settles upon
small sore, and there fcasts its app
petite upon the foul, to the utter cx-
cIasion Of the pure. There is, there
fore, danger Of these writers build.
ing up a deprayed, Suspicious senti-
ment, and at the same time doing
themselves great moral wrong, and
they should see to it that they deal
fairly with all men and public ques
tone.
We have no recollection Of any
administration, State or rational,
that has met the full explorations of
the public, or escaped censure from
some source. 1t is hard matter, in
country like ours, where there are
30 many ambitious men, anxious to
rise, striving to climb INFO rotorieIy
and place, to please all and allay the
gabhlc of fault,f finders.
We do not believe, however, any
man who holds an effice by the cons
sen, Of the people, should escape
condemnation whcu it is just and
mcrited by recreancy of trust; neither
do We believe a man should be white
washed simply because he is demo
crat; but we favor the exposure and
punishment Of every dishonest and
nnfaithful steward The fact that
one Is democrat does not strength
en- his moral ability to Withstand
temptation, any more than if he had
some other political cognomen. The
man whose innate love and adherence
to virtuous principles, who had rather
be honest than yich, is the mar
whose integrity makes him scorn to
deceive, defrand or do mean thing,
aud such a man can tread among the
deductions of exceptional oppoytua'-
ties TO enrich himself at the sacrifice
of honor and come forth as pure gold
with clean hands and untarnished
name.
Whenever the avaricion4 and
weak are placed in office, they be-
cone familiar with the monster greed
look oft upon his face, with pleased
gaze, and finally embrace the prof
fercd advantage and pecuniary en-
hancement. The democratic party,
like the church, has the weak anc
the strong among its folds, and occa'
sionall, some unfaithful one will
show the cloven foot, and the malig,
nant heart, but the party, like the
church, should lop off the Offenders,
remove the stumbling blocks, re,
ward the faithful and elevate the
good. The bad men in church do
not destroy the principles of religion
neither should the bad men of a
party be permitted to destroy the
democratic party. Rather let the
people in their united strength keep
the party pure. The party rests
upon the shoulders of the people, and
not upon one or two individuals,
whose acts should make them odious,
and not the party.
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TuE Republican leaders, truths
fully remarks On exchange, have had
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