The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-26
COL. L. q. Q. LAMAR AND THE SEN
ATORSHIP.
Grenada Sentinel,

Grenada Sentinel.
The return of Col. Lamar to the SEN
ate of the United States is question
which the next session of the Lcgisla-
ture of Mississippi will be required to
decide. We are not unaware that
from sections of our State his re-elec-
ton is likely to encounter opposition.
Such, at least, is our conclusion from
the temper of some very creditable
journals, displayed at intervals, in
their criticisms upon parts of the
course of the distinguished Senator.
To what extent the Democracy have
been influenced or what may be the
purpose of members elect of the forth
coming Legislature we are not pre-
pared to say. The Sentinel from the
very first has been the decided and
we believe the consistent advocate of
the return of Col. Lamar, and in every
instance has been severe In its denun-
Citations of the sentiments of that por-
ton of the press that has sought to de-
grade him from the proud and honora-
bic position he occupies. We have at
all times repelled with scorn the in
situations that would weaken our
faith, and treated with contempt the
charges upon which these papers have
endeavored to arraign him before the
people of the State. We have never
| alI In hi hAnnr
his integrity, his intent to do right,
his fealty to the party, his pure and
lofty patriotism, moment to
be disturbed. We have experience
ed at all times the absolute
safety of the great trust reposed in his
keeping. We have been convin ced
that the material interests of his con-
tituents, the honor of Mississippi and
the progress of his country in every
thing that makes a people prosperous
and a nation happy, are objects neither
too intricate or too grave for his mind
to promote. Besides, we have ever
regarded him as the exponent of the
best phase which Democracy has
ever borne in the State OF Mississippi.
In him are blended the lines of the
fathers Of the party. What Jefferson
was in his time, what Stephen A.
Douglass, or Lewis Cass were in their
time, or Silas Wright, of New York,
was In his, Col. Lamar Is to Missis-
sippi and to the people of this great
Republic. His reputation is national.
1t is not confined to State limits. He
has made il such by the force of his
own genius. In all this broad land
the question may well be asked: who
has not heard l.. @. G. Lamar? In
the South his name Is a household
word. In the North each succeeding
year reveals the strong hold he has
upon the affection of that discriminat-
ing people. In Congress he is the
peer of any. In our judgment he is
the superior Of all. For this reason
we confess to sickening sensation
when we have seen some of the papers
of the State running a tilt in their ef-
forts to detract from the fair fame of
our honored Senator.
But little Of this has appeared since
the election. There is growing una
nimity among the people of the State;
and the press has ceased its attack.
During the recent canvass, Col. Lamar
presented himself In those sections
that had been dissaffected, and the uni
versal favor with which he was re-
ceived ,attested the thoroughness of the |
reconciliation effected by those mas
sterly speeches of which he alone is
competent.
So upon the assembling of the next |
Legislature, we conclude but little OBJ |
lection will be made to the reelection
of Col. Lamar to the United States
Senate. The party In its recent strug- |
gle, has seen the necessity Of closing
up its ranks and putting itself in trim
for future election. No name will be
offered with such a:prestige as that Of
Col. Lamar and while the State has
many sons worthy Of her fostering
care, we doubt IL any OF them could be
enticed to enter the contest. AS far
as we know to-day the wish is univer-
sal that he should be returned, and
the belief Is quite prevalent that no
greater calamity could befall us,
than a failure by the Legislature to
recognize the wishes of the people.
We have not written this article as
an apostrophe to Col. Lamar. We have
not spoken Of his claims. We have
not undertaken to depict his personal
virtues or his political merits. The
shining qualities that adorn the hus-
band, the father, the citizen. the man
and the statesman, we leave TO ADLER
pens. We only wish 10 popuIarize
the idea, that at the willing hands Of
the State he has done so much to
honor, he will receive a life tenure
upon the Office Of United States Sena-
tor. In this, while we but do our
duty, we frankly. confess, 1t Is a grati-
fication to know that we perform q
labor Of love. Then three cheers 10
the future Senator from Mississippi,
aud three times three TO the honored Il