Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-01

tent at Mount Vernon. we were joking cdclf
other. Hold Settles lie would get Sharpton's
vote. and l was glad ofit HerePlied, and So
am Land further sad that he would get more
than that about there. Ireplied, yes, You will
gel sin huencc, but il will only be the means
of me getting three times rs many more. Next
gave the reusonI expected Sharpton would
moi vote for me. Ii Mr., Settles or his friends
had have relatedthis conversation as it occur.
red, should have been satisfied, for no person
can infer positively from this that meant, 10 :
impeach Sir. Sharptons character, orS.fhe
character oil any person whom he can infiu.
ence. But how do they tell the story2 They
say, or at least rumour snys, thar said that | IL
be damned If wanted his vote, or the y0les
OF any ol his damned crew, and that | said that
did not wish 10 be elecledby any such votes.
/ believe have given faithful delineration of
the conversation as il occurred between Mr..
Settles and myself.
Some perhaps may think That wished 10
deiract from Aii. Sharpton's character, by say
Iils his not voting for me would be The means
oi my getting more voes. But am able 10
explain this satisfactorily 10 himselfor to any
OF his friends. Sol believe Settles can--for I
think he understood perfectly well what i
meant. Alexander Sharpton has alwuys treated
me as gentleman. and if he is not one, il Is
more than AM able to say. So far as his son is
concerned, can prove. were il necessary, that
l lave always expressed fayurabie opinion
ol him. deny eyer.haying spoken the words
concerning Sharptun which ruuour saws did.
The respect, The regard, which have for Mr..
Cochran and his lady, both of whom think
were present when this conversation took
place, would have restrained me from using, ar
least some OF the words, which rumour says I
did. This conversation took place between
Settles and myself at time when we were
passing jokes a, each other, aud rs Joke it
should nave passed away. But drowning
man will catch at slraws
! The next report against me is of such
character, that it is calculated TO do me seri-
GUS Injury where am not we'll known-how
ever, whele | am well acquainted, have,
nolhlng TO leur from il All who know me can
allest that always wear the same coat. boli in
the company Ol The rich and the poor. have
but one heart, hIch heart has sympathies as.
much Tor The poor man as it ever did for the
rich. ihc report against me Is, that said TO
some person, (God only knows 10 whOln,) that
hau ratheI have The vote Of certain little
man, who Is very rich, thai lives away mp yon-
der, (ood only knows where Than 10 have the
votes vi lhIrD hive puor nen. This report IS
calculated To injure me abroad, but at home
have nolillng 10 ieaI from It. Mr. Settle s.need
not put himself 10 ;lhe trouble again 10 trans.
port ms true and faithful friends, his wet.lip.
ped buptisl, the deacon oi liIs club, and the
IIchville lneIlgencer, down among my neigh
Durs, tO Try ~ palm OH them such report.
Iney can not make my neighbors, many OF
whom are poor, believe lhat have any more
respect ior Ine III, liIan | huve Tor the poor
', ere u tell them myself that put greater
esIInale on lie rich than do un Tie pour,man's
vote, lhey would tell me that my words belIed
my conduct. Actions speak founder than
words-and taking retrospective view Of my
ilsc, no man can reei 10 any action, TO any
uced-nay, not e, en- TO any word Of mine,
lnui wuul havea tend Icy % make any un-.
preJuulccu man believe that have ever wor-
shlppeu the rich aud despi>ed the poor. No
pour man eau say that ever sneered a, his
poverty, OK thai | ever refused to treat him
WIN hospitality whenever mel him, whether
alone by ourselves or in busy crowd, com.
poseu Doth oi rich aud poor. Honesty is the
sIauuard bywhichI Judgc mankind, and when-s
ever see a poor man possessing pore and,
nOnesl principles he is as much in my estima.
VINO iirsi cries 10 The poor man, is not always
lne best trend TO the puor. Nay, in these iat.l
Ter days, II Is cry too often raised by unprinci.
pied uen, TO obtain that distinction which they
Know theIr merit will not entItle them Even
10 my short life, have seen men who when not
before The public Tor any office, would stalk
about IN their high.heeled boots, their broad
cIoll cuats and black gloves, as il the univerre.
.,.,In oil a, tlntt ItoI,
only all who were not,a fine as themselves,
but even lie very ground On which they rod.
have seen these same men, when candidates
Iur popular Iavur, stoop TO the most abject
lLnss. ! nave seen themlgraspng the brawny
hands ol those whom usl now they hated, aud
whispering IN lnelr ears suci, honeyed tales,
luat surely one would think the poor man had
no oluer friends but them. Poor pc ople should
AVOID such nitn as they would the very Devil
nluseli. Ihey are wolves in sheeps-clolhing
-,hey are vullur,s, thai would gorge them
serves with the very asst drop Of blood from lie
| poor mans heurl
- W no firsi gave the circulation 10 the report
llIal have Il preference for rich mems votes,
am not able 10 say. a friend of mine told me,
that the wet.iIpped Baptist told him tpat John
Settle was his author. II MIR Settle did
give this report 10 the wc,lipped Baptist TO
circulate iur hIln,aud II, as his conduct would
seem 10 Indicate, lie does favor and encourage
that band ol mercenares, whom he usually
carries with hlm to every church and muster
ground, IN iabrlcating reports agamt mel
say, II he does do these things, he had better
pause and calculate some ol the consequences
WHICH mlsi siit arise from course Of procedure
50 uncOurteous, so iliberal. | should very
much like TO know why he has singled me out
as II victim Oh which To spend his rage. Why
on Inc or nearly. alone, has he thought fit to
open his batteries Has he done SO because
have taken any underhaud turn upon him 2
lie can not say in aught | have treated him
aulss. Has he done II, because nc hates my
by boyish looks-because he despiscs my
mean appearance. We both with justice to
ourselves eau say, am "cheatcd OF feature,
ny dIssemblIug natures ar'-I am "deiorm.
Ell, llI-saped. aud sent before my time into this
U, eutnlng world, sca.cehalf made up" Per.
maps the gentleman has done so, because he
.hougnl my friends were few, and that like
wea,nelcucks, they would turn to every breeze.
Ii such have been, or il such are now the gen.
lit mans thoughts, can inform him he is sadly