What! can we not have a statesman, a financier amongst us without seeking ' to prostitute his talents to the level of those possessed by mere parochial politicians ? Ladies and gentlemen, in selecting oui representatives let us, as we love our country, set our faces sternly against those who yiehi to ignoble pressure and purchase support by the fruits of grab and by patronage, and who even bow down aud worship, when in power, the thrice iniquitous system of ypoils to the victor. So if, for example, any candidate were to ap pear amongst us seeking to recommend himselt bv letting it be quietly known that he had car/c Uanchc to put on men at the Government works for the making, let us say, of elastic con sciences, that man should be straightway sent tu the stocks rather than to a place of honor. He is putting his hand into your pockets, and that without your permission, in order to buy support. He your representative—yours who still believe an old-fashioned honesty? Away with him into that .obscurity which is so properly bis- Once mqre, the necessity of elect-- ing representatives of well-proved integrity is l brought home to »s by the G.ciljty; with which certain politicians change"'.them j opinions, and even forget their promises when it seems to be for their personal interact to do so. You know that there are men of recognised ability, and also men of generally confessed inability, who from time to time seek the suffrages of the people. But you declare that you can put no faith in either the able or the incompetent, since alike they lack' integrity. Tney remind us of the American, who was iff his way. a.dreffle smart man : He’s been on all sides' that gives places or pelf; But consistency still was a part of his plan ; He’s been true to one party—and that is himself. The kind of man this whoso religion shows itself chiefly in the devout confession that A merciful Providence fashioned us holler O’ purpose that we might our principles swaller. Now, a man of this stamp, whatever his ability (if that is his specialty), or however great his loyalty to party (if that is his recommendation),, should never be elected by an ethically robust constituency. Electors should ever choose those whom they can unreservedly respect and un hesitatingly trust. 