Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-03-18
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From the Ne,o Orleans Picayune.
LETTER FROM PARDON JONES,
UP THE COAST, January 26.

UP THE COAST, January 20.
Dear Pic.-I sect you've got my mer-
ridge printed in your co!lums, as nice az
can be, but you didn't print the perlicklers
about it, because you say they was tu broad.
Well, spect you're right-for ] know
they was pretty well stretched oul-and
to tell you the fact, Jerushy tell'd me the
same Thing fore sent my letter, but !
thought you'd like to know all about it,
bein' you aint merried YOURSELF and SO
SEM il for what 'twoud fetch. No fence,
hope, was ther? Mistress Jones bas ben
putin, new idear into my head sense we
was merried. "Parding," says she III me
one evenin', ,-"Parding, | du wish you
would lurn your thoughts from literature,
and employ your gifts in polIy'icks. Run
for Congress" says she, sparkliu' up
run for Congress, Parding-you're o: fay.
as the French say-you was cut out for "A
CRATE man, and you'll succeed, know you
will" "Lord bless your fond SOUL" says
/ show in the name Of nature du you ex-
pect can get to. Congress Wy" says
/, Il haint got no niegers, nor knows, nor
hosses, nor land, and can't even vote for
another candydate--much more cant git
aohotdy tu vote for me-" 20 law" says
she, "spos'n you haint got no niggers-
hahn, you got me-apd aint | worth as
much as tu or three niggers?" ''Yis,"
says I. "Jerushv-you're darned sight
better than dozen niggers for my tasle
but then you didn't cost SO much-and
monny is the Thing ,u make crate man
ow.a-days-talunts aint nolhin' in the
scale with money" "saysI l.. Wall, she sort
a gin it up then, and haint said nolhin,
about il sense-but il has been runuin' in
my head. day and night, from then ill now
and I'm determined to try it! I'm goin'
,u put myself up, all ready against auy
body dies or resigns: Myspunk is up-4my Jp::-4 n.g
f6y dollars! I've gin up The school--it's
tu darued rainy here for school-so now
/ must go tu peddlin,' or tu teachin' short
hand ritiu.' or tu mendin' clocks. or else |
must go tu Congress--or submit wont
du tu be here duin' nothin.' ! want you
,u back me. Here's my ticket
For Congriss-from the fust vacant
deestrick in Luzyanna, Pardon Jones Esq,
son of old Mr.. Jones OF the Bay State
Mister Joneses sentiments is liberal and
free, and founded on the principles of
Washington Observation-Disclosures
Buren, and General Harrison. Mister
Joneses opinions about the banks is per-
csely the same that them CRATE men all
entertained. Mister Jones will stick up,
one side or t'other, for the tariff but don't
like, commit himself on that subject till
he sees which way the cats goin' tojump.
Mister Jones will 60 in for the public lands.
He is soin' tu he the peoples man, and he
wants tu be on the poplar side Of every
thing, for that is dimmercraiic. Mister
Jones will 90 in for all the EngIishmen,
Irishmen. Sco,chmen, Dulchmen, French.
men, and all the forriners born and brought
up in the United States.
There-I guess that will du tu start on.
Mistress Jones sends her compliments, and
says that she has go, twenty or thirty strings
Of dried punkins-lhe incest perhaps, tina,
you ever seen-and she has got now near
abou, half bushel of dried huckleberries,
lu. Wont you come and see US? You
can bring your press along with you--l
guess we'd have room for it in our se,tin'
room. Your ever lovin' friend.
PARDON JONES.