Year: 1876

IN 1ygo D1C1unn.


Thsrs. ~ tvo psi1s 1T ihSh b
! well considsrsa BY suffagis II mixing


choice from among political candidstel
4 One Of these, and most important of tn
two points il, 4 he properly qualified u
every way to represent his constituency


It is not necessarily implied in this that h
|must alone be man Of extraordinary


learning. There are other pre-requisitt


qualities besides that Of transcendan1


ability to recommend the candidate to the


high position to which he aspires. We


have had in our halls of Congress, men who


were ofsuperior education and elequence


ofspeech. but they made poor Legislators,


because they were not deep thinkers, and


the Importance of questions never occurred


to them, because they were not penetrativs;
they were satisfied to dwell upon the sur
face. They never anticipated, but were
satisfied to await questions arrival be-
fore giving it thought. Some Of the best
men who have appeared in Congress, have
failed; utterly broken down, because they
were not thinkers. A mans duties as a
legislator do not end after he has left the
floor any more than does the train of busi-
ness thought stop with the merchant as
soon as he has left the counting-house.
If the merchant stopped thinking Of
buying and selling as soon as he quit hfs
place of business he would enter upon his
duties the uext day without plans formed
and utterly at sea, he would be over
whelmed with the well-matured plans OF
opposing merchants, outwitted and sink
hopelsssly into financial ruin. A point
then, that should not be overlooked, in
making choice Of public officer, most
especially in choice of one who is to rep
resent constituency in Congress, is to
know if the candidate is man ofthought,
for if he is not, he will be but football
in the hands of the many deep minds that
he will encounter there.


Another and the second point that we
have proposed TO give is, if there is any
thing hat can specially recommend one
candidate over another. In the two can
didates that are opposing each for Con-
gressional honors in this State, we have as
direct opposites as it would be possible TO
obtain, men who differ as much in personal
habits, as 'twere possible for TWO men to
differ. Hon. James Williams, is quiet,
unassuming gentleman; one that is never
heard as public speaker; he is retiring,
almost too much so it is thought by many,
but he is a deep thinker, there is no ques-
ton requiring the deliberation of the body
Of which he is a member, that he is not
well posted upon, and his vote is guided
by wisdom and judgment showing deep
and careful thought His whole life is
quiet and sedate, and in the House of Ma
tional Representatives, or in the privacy Of
the Democratic circle, his public duties re-
ceive thought and are we'll deliberated.
The welfare OF his constituency, is the up
permost thought in his mind, and even as
his opponent for Congressional honors has
had to truthfnlly remark: "He is man
urdeserving the unjust remarks of
many, because he has not the happy faculty
of being public speaker" These were
remarks made by Mr.. Bird without any
solicitation, only an expression Of his esti-
nation Of Mr.. Williams, who is unques-
tionablya man Of spotless reputation, a
hard worker and deep thinker. His
character is without reproach and in his
public or private life there is not stain
to mar his bright record for honesty and
For him the people of both
parties have the highest esteem, he has
never given cause in any way to incur
lispleasure. and his path through public
life has always been guarded by the strong
lesire to do his whole duty, and do it cor



Mr.. Bird, is a young man, not mnch
beyond the age prescribed as a qualifca-
ion of membership to Congress. He is
air speaker, we'll gifted with plausibility
n manner, and for young man has taken
N unusual activity in the politics of his