Year: 1872




"a Mr.. Eastor-We do not, as. a
general rule, dable much in politics,
butit does seem to me, that Gen.
Kershaw is about right when he
says that if mans own house is
a fire, lie HAD best not 90 off to
fight fire in the woods. Had we
better not bother ourselves much
about who is a candidate for Pres.
ident, or who is a candidate for
Congress, when the votes of all
the white people in this State
won't count for anything, as they
can't elect one Presidential elec.
tor nor one member to Congress.


Again, it is. well settled and
conceded that the Republicans
can elect snybody Governor and
elect other State officers whom
thes chose to run, and to oppose
them in it would bs to make them
run their most popular man, and
the most popular one is always
apt to be, the maeanest. That is
the way they say it was two years
ago, and it is very reasonable to
believe there was a good deal in
it. 1t is generally talked now.
that if there is no Democratic
nomination. for State officers, that
the Republicans will either run a
much better ticket or else split,
and it seems to me there is good
Judgment in waiting, to give them
a showing on this matter, and not
balk any efforts that may be made
for reform amongst the men that
have thirty-odd thousand MAORI
ty. 1t will DO best to look square.
ly at the place where we can &C.
complish real advantage. Let the
people see what can be done to
keep efficient county officers in
office, and towards getting good
delegation in the General Assem-.
bly,. AS a general, men who seek
Legislative honors nowadays are
lily worthy of them, and it is Ger.
tain that any man who makes go.
ing to the Legislature his business,
and lives by what he makes that
way, is wholly unfit to represent
people who work for their living.
The first object of the upper coun-
ties, so far as the Legislature is con-
cerned, should be to get good and
useful men men of intelligence
and of character, and who will
have me weight and influence
beyond mere vote and the pow
er to ercite opposition amongst
the peculiar people with whom
they are to labor. Then again
these Conventions should make
their nominations in such manner
as to aid a general effort of the
better class of the Republican
party, and of the people of the
State generally, to get All honest
and fair administration of the
State Government. Several can.
didates have been nominated and
others arc wishing to be, but with
out desiring to disparage the
claim of any in the the field, we
have been looking around for
some who meet the view we have
indicated, and it has occurred
here, that DR.. James Sullivan and
T. Q Donaldson, ESQ.,, are gentle
men who would be of great SER
vice to us in the Legislature, and
would be sufficiently acceptable to
oil classes Of our people as to
make them of great service to us
in general movement, to restore
honesty to the administration of
cur affairs. We have TO
thought that either of these gen.
tlemen desire a seat in the Legis-
lature. To accept, would be a
sacrifice OH the part of either Of
them, but these are times when
men must make sacrifices, and the
only men who are apt to be of any
value to the people, arc the men to
whom it will be o sacrefice.


CITIZEN.