The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-16

dsad and you, my ssn, are all that God has leA me-"
 PRIVATE CITIZENS.
 lc. !. Masshews. in The cureall A young man, desisous df political
 honeGA once inquired ef an oldpoliticiaa
 whM he sheald do. 1he reply vas Gel
 int6 Hne." The admonitien was, at lease,
 ngncious. I0 effect upon the mosat
 u11nre of the young man depended alto-
 geeAer upon its application. It vas vesy
 good or very bad advice, as the resuii
 may have proved. If it caused him so
 become professional politician, with 70
 higher ambition than his personal ad-
 vancement-a time-server, trimmer and Juggler-it was most deplosabae direc-
 ton. But it was susceptible of an appli-
 cation which may have made of the re- cipient good citizen, an honorable party
 man, and a distinguished beneficiary oi
 popular favor.
 The best things come to that citizen
 who secures and maintains the first place
 in the regard of his neighbors. when that
 regard is the reward of his probity, intel ligence, strict adhesion to justice, chari-
 tableness, and fellow-feeling. In times
 of distress, on occasions when great
 principles are at stake, when the men
 who have never violated a trust and
 whose hands have never been soiled in
 unworthy business, are the men for the
 exigency, such citizens are rapidly ad- vanced. Every young man should be
 made to feel that no position in society
 holds so much of honor and SO many compensations as that of the man who is
 the most esteemed member of his imme-
 diate neighborheod. It is an easy step
 from such position to the political up-
 per levels. "First catch your hare was
 the sage's advice to the cook. ~First
 secure the regard of your community for
 other reasons than mere adroitness in
 political contests should be the ipiunc- tion to young men desirous of attaining the higher political stations. Does not every man know of some one within radius of mile from his own gate who could fill the office of president u;th sat- isfaction to the country? Most assuredly. Of course every man cannot be president, but it does not lie in the mouth of any prophet to say that he who enjoys the con- hdence, the affection and the respect of his neighboThood, as he walks the ways of private life, may not some day be called to that high office. The names of very few individuals live a half century in the memory of the world, and is there not immense compensation for lack of politi- cal preferment when a man feels his death would bring profound sorrow to every heart that had known him in life, and had felt the warm csnent of his strengthening sympathy: Every year the college gates swing open, and thou sands Of young men come trooping forth, with injunctiens laid upon them to aim high in their life-work, and bearing the hopes of teachers and friends that they may achieve lofty station. It is usual with such young men to interpret these expressions to mean-public office. There should be reform in this, as in some other matters related to present educational politics. The minds of these high-mettled youths should be led to see the nobility of private citizenship in its best development. To be good citizen means to be good voter, and the good citizens vote will always be ready and his interest in politics keen, intelligent and without sorcid motive.
 The republic needs such private citi- zens. They are the very bone and siuew of the government. They are the factors that save, the elements that vitalize and make the body polite strong. Party strife may run figh, and party passions may grow intense, but when each partv IS largely made of such men, embattled | though they may be and earnest in the advocacy of honest yet contrary opinions, the life of the republic is not imperiled. l By the votes Of such men the republic is perennially saved, whatever may be the l issue of party contentious.
 It IS true that, in some communities. | there are people who, having become 1 possessed of good and assured incomes. 1 either by dint of personal effort or by the 1 grace and favor of their ancestors. are ! willing to leave the business of elections | so oshess, peuteesing coatempt of poll ocs and an indisposition to join the mis- | ceilaneous assemblages about the polls. | These people may Nave many virtues to l commend them as citizens, but lacking a | voting. disposition, they may vel be ciassed among the worst. They are | drcnes, idlers, sponges. It is a class, in- deed, which is growing in numbers all | too rapidly. It Is not of such people that good soldiers are made, and each is an | evil presence. In morals there are sins of omission and of commission. In poll tics, the unpardonable sin is the sin of to vote.
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