Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-10-13
4 Mississippi Eleetisneer!

following eketch Oi ofoeSu ooIr' Oh ~
Jaeinto, in that State, by D. K. RUSSELL,
Z candidate for State Auditor. The Mem
pAs EaQuIfsv says i is eapaal sketch.
slough no. up 10 the original:
GApgrs aNo GENTLEnEN:-i sise-but
shere's ne use of telling you that, you
know am up as we'll as do. l am
modest man-very-but never have lost
! picayune by It in my life-being d scarce
eomnedily among candidates, | thosght !
aeuld mention ii, for fear it a'ant you
never would hear of it.
Candidates are ganernlfy CONSIDERED as
axisa acss, but they are not, they are the
politest men in the world-shake you by
The hand. osk how's your family, what's
,bs prospect for crops, &c and | am the
yeli,est man there is in the State. Davy
Crocket says the poiitest raan he ever saw
when he ask ed mnn TO drink, turned his
back so that he might drink as much as
he pleased. beat that all hollow give
q man chance TO d,ink twice if he wish
es, for not only turn around, 6uf Sh"t my
eyes. | ana not only the peli'est man, but
The best slectioneer-you ought 10 see me
shaking hands with the variations, the
pump.handle, and pendulum, The cross'cut,
and wiggle wnggle; understand the sci
encs perfectly if any Of the country
candidates wish instructions, they must
call on me.
Fellow citizens-f was born-if hadn't
Asen wouldn't been candidate, but | am
going to tell you where-'twas not in Mis-
sissippi, but 'twas on the right sids OF the
negro line; bu, that's no compliment, as
the negroes are mostly born on the same
side. | started in the world as poor as
church tnoase, ye, came honestly BY my
poverty, for inherited it, and if | did
star. poor, no man caa't say but that ]
have held my own remarkably well.
Candidates generally tell vou-if you
,hink ,hey are qualified, &c. Now, don't
ask your thoughts, ask your votes -
Why, there's nothing TO think OF, except
n watch and see that Swans name is not
on your ticket, if so, think 10 scratch it
off and put mine on. | am certain that |
am co npelent, for who ought to know bet
ter than do?-no3ody. will allow that
Swan is the oest Auditor in the State; that
s, Till A am elected-then, perhaps, its not
proper for me 10 soy any more, yet as an
honest man, am bound 10 say that be-
l,eve il's grievous sin to hide anything
from my fellow citizens therefore say
that IFS my private opinion publicly ex.
pressed, lhtt I'll make the best Auditor
ever in the United States.
'Tis not 70, honor wish to be Auditor,
for in my own country was offered an
office that was oil honor Coroner, which
] respectfully declined. The Auditors Of
ice is worth some $4,000 year, and |
am in for it like thousand of brick. To
show my goodness Of heart, I'll make this
offer to my competitor; am sure ] viii
be elected and he will loose something by
the canvass-therefore am willing 10 di>
vide equally with him, and make these two
offers. l'il take the salary and he may
have the honor, or he may have the honor
and I'll lake the salary. In the way Of
honors,l 4 have received enough to satisfy
ale Tor life. went out to Mexico, eat
pork and beans-slePt in the rain and mud.
and swallowed everything except live Mex
icans When was ordered to 60 | went.
Charge, charged. And break for the
chapparel, you lad better believe | beat
quarter nag in doing my duty.
Ny competitor, Swan, is a bird Of golden
plumage, who has been swimming for the
lust four years in the Auditors pond, at
$4,000 year. am for rotation. want
10 rotate him cut md rotate my self in
There IS plenty of room for him to swim
outside Of that pond-therefore pop in your
votes for me-lll pop him out and pop
myself in.
/ am for division Of labor. Swan
says he has 10 work all the time with his
rose down upon the public grindstone.
-Four years mus. have ground ii to pint.
Poor fellow, the public ought not to insist
on having the handle Of bis mug ground
clean of. | have large full grown and
well blown nose, red as beet and tough
as sole leather. rush to the post Of duty.
| offer i, up as n sacrifice. ! CLAP it on the
griIsds,one. Fellow cnizens grind away
grind till / boiler craft, and lha,'ll be some
time first, for fllsbang, like grim death to
. dead Afric,n.
Times most out. ! w ell, like to for
go, to tell my name. lis Daniel, for,
short, Dan. Not handsome name, For
nv parents were poor people, who lived
where the quality appropriated all The nice
names, therefore they had to take what was
Jeff and divide around among us--but IFS
handsome as am 4. Russell. Remem-
bsr.eyery one Of you tha, it's not Swan.
am sure 10 be elected, so one, and all,
great and small, shor. and tall, when you
come down TO Jackson, after the election
stop a. the AUDITORS office-the latch
siffing always hangs out-enter without
khockingLtake off your things and make
Yourself at home.
fDan Crnw6shed out Of the stand, bob
hing his mead hike tip up, amid cheers
for Dan. A DIN Russell, and Young
yays Crockel,.
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