The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-05-21

04O0Sseay eveUAsA8D AoYS08 oOcCeSSSuIlyS
both as to tiuns s.d safety, inside one
Of the best trips Of the season. wednes-
day at II .. m. she departed for Bias
troP with her guards literally touching
the water. The Willie is on . mighty
stboom" this week. - =.
Congressional Meetings.
From the whisperines of the political
winds, the combat thickens, especially
upon the congressional flank. The dis
placement OF valiant and effective lead
ers IS clamored for by aspirants who
are, ON the alert to take charge, we
think, only to crafty personal ambl-
tion. Doesi II not comport more with pa
|triotic duty to subordinate selfish inter-
est to the public veal than to overthrow
accomplished good and prospective
beneficial results, emanating from the
untiring devotion and worthy vigil
lance of those representatives who are
now In Congress from this State? We
admire Democratic reform and the
principle indoctrInated In its creed to
rotate ofHee-holders,. but policy, the
wisdom Of statenanship, aud the In
terests of the commoualty demand
that experienced helmsmen should
"guide the ship Of State" and none are
found TO be more competent. than the
practiced ones. This experience is not
to be gained in the short term of SER
vice allotted to our representatives, un-
less the schools of parliamentary In
struction, our State legislatures have
been thoroughly attended, not only to
learn the formulated regulations there
tof, but to display a suftableness for a
higher and more distinguished place In
the service of the nation. 1.-THE ,ef1ee-
tiveness OF our public men is inferred
to the extent of being elected by the
voice OF the people to places In Con-
gress without undergoing this clement
airy training, Is It not . reasonable Sc
auence that as the lamp Of experience
lights their way, aided by indomitable
effort, they are batter capacitaAel to
render to their constituents and to the
public generally, those duties which
are required at their hands? Are these
duties 10 be met in the short service of
one term, and that too in the face of
the multiplicity OF ideas that seem to
pervade the minds Of our public SER
wants, warped, as; they are, by, protec-
tive interest aud partisan sentiment ?
To succeed In great public movements
requlres earnest labor aud energetic
devotion to overcome the diversity OF
opinion, interest aud the antagonisn
Of party spirit. Capital exerting its
supreme power must be overthrown by
constant exertion. Glass Legislation
must be supplanted by methods of dis
tributive Justice and the Partially to
the demands of sectionalism must be
counteracted by recognition of equal
rights to all. To combat the evils Of
moneyed power, to thwart the aims of
sectional aggrandizement, to make the
prosperity and growth of our common
country universal, becomes task even
In its smallest detail the greatest object
of wise and honorable craftsmanship.
The legislation required for this grad
ual attainment, when conspicuous in
the acts Of our representatives, should
entitse them to a continuance of conf
dence. The public servant who is con-
stant at his post, who oh all questions
affecting our national welfare places
himself on record, even NO more than
rs a vigilant sentinel, requires the
worthy attention and confidence OF his
constituents; while he who succeeds
IN efIecting measures that shall retlown
to the good OF all, should not he dis.
placed by those that may prove less
acceptable and less reputable.
The test Of merit can assure,lIy be
placed upon the record of some of our
congressman, and we hope that indi-
,vidlual preference shall not hebetate the
patriotic comprehension Of our people
to such an extent as to ignore the 1T
ness of some of them. We hope that
personal admiration or friendship shall