Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-08-07
For Mc Adrcrliscr.
a VISION.

10 lne SURROUNDING cIOWu. i lHhSSH t"e oaJ
For The AdrcrIiscr.
a VISION.
To the Editor Of the Hamburg Journal:
Last night, when the suns bright rays had fled,
And darkness Ger the earth its sable wings had
spread,
!, tired by the lore OF men now dead,
Shut up all books, and sought my humble bed,
And there, when sleep had taken me 10 her
care,
Ihud Dream dream which none but you
shall hear:
1t seemed as if several months there course had
run,
And all over our land shone the winters sun,
Me,houshl that Henry, about whom so much
is said,
Had disappeared and hid his dropping head,
Having bid farewell TO Adams his loving friend,
He retired to Ashland, there his remailnng days
TO spendi
And TOO, thought, from Tennessees' soil
Poke stalk had arisen,
So strong, that it defied those blasts by winter
driven,
And so TALL SO spreading, that every person in
Could gather under its branches in sweet com.
SVuia
lnunioni
And there they all did gather, both young and
old, both rich and poor,
Save some few, who, for iavuurs, with Clay 10
Ashland would go;
Those, who under the Poke stalk set, talked ol
their country's glory,
Those, who with Clay to Ashland went, told
each long Story,
or what they had done in urging his cause, or
fighting his battles,
By their cutting wit, their potent reasons, and
lying tatlcs, :.
And to all and each, from hrs munliicence,
Clay something rendered,
According as their stories pleased. or according
to the services rendered;
To The gamblers. he gave lessons from Hoyle
on cards and back CANNON.
And bid them watch the Pokets, and lick 'em
damn 'em,
To the swearers, he gave Tom Payne and such
like books,
AS will make christian frown who in them
looks;
So on to ALL lie gave n gift, and to. you MIR.
Editor really think,
He gave. a bob tail mule, which ofage did stink !;
He likewise put upon your fall Drained skull a
hat
Made of Coon skins or something like that;
Having received your full reward, you mount
ed your mule,
And set ont for Hamburg. TO assume your staff
and rule;
But scarce had you touched Tennessees' Poke
shaded ground,
Before your mule took scare, and you fell
tumbling down;
Metkought by she fall your neck was quite
broken,
For ifIife wasin yourbody. breath was no tokeni
| followed you to judgement. and from thence
saw yon sent
To purgatoryi from lence you likewise soon
went,
To place further beyond, where none ever
dwell,
Excep, those whose deeds are too enormous
for hell;
Here deep sympathy pierced me, and from my
slumbers awoke,
| And finding this but dream, into laughter
broke. r +
The aboves only a dream, but Mr., would be
| Editor, have not dreams an Interpretation, and
will moi the present aspect Of our political iIor
! izon Justify me TO infer from this dream, that
next November james X. Polk, Of Tenn. will
be our President elect, and that Henry Clay
! Gf Ky., The friend Of Adams, and the abHser o
Jackson, the quondam enemy of Randolph
and the present hater of Calhoun. will find
upon his own farm that retirement which his
| inconsistent public acts seem 10 en,itle him TO-
Can not likewise reasonably infer from this
that many, who were inducad to support this
cause, not because they believed in his princi
ciules, but because they expec, ed by so doing
to receive sonre reward, will be disappointed
Among the disappointed canI not mark you a
ore7 think can with perfect safety; that i
it is possible thing for bright genius TO be
dIsappointed. The cause of the Democrats
TO which Clay IS opposed. is the cause ottrnth
un6 truth will and must flourish; although in
llS40 its beams were scarce seen in these United
States vet now its brighnessis is far above the
horizons verge, andits melody is heard in every
breeze, that comes from the East. from the
West. from the North, or from the South
Cloy carries in his hut charter for Unitee
States Bank, in his hand he holds a tablet, mp
nm which is written tariff, distribution, interna
Improvement, assumption, consolidation. ant
utter scorn for Texas. Polk, wishing no banl
lilo make him strong, or a tariffto enrich few
desires the welfare Of the whole people; b.
looks with benignent smile towards, ant
holds forth paternaI hand to that lost child o
ours whose maiden cries are heard upon ou
western frontiers. Sir, Mr.. Editor, Polk viii
|succeed; for Clay, even ifhe was .'cut out fo
La P, esident, was spoit in making" But t
nv dream, followed You TO Judgement ant
from thence saw you sent, a3aa
To purgatoryi fromwhence you likewise sool
- went 5t.a f-7lIs1E
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