Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-09-04

gives the following Sketcn OF speecn
delivered at Jacinio. in that State,
by Dr.. X. Russell, a candidate for
State Auditor The Memphis En-
qairs1 says : It Is a capital sketch,
though notup to the originals rol'..
LADIES AND GEErLHMEs:-i .Fissz-
EbHt there's no use Of telling you'that,
won know Z am up, as well as | DO.
IL am a., modest man--yery--but i
have Hsver lost iPieayuRe by'it IN
INV Iife-befng a scarce commodity
among candidates, Il thought ] would
[meationa it, for lear IL didn'toyou
never would hear OF il. 8
ae, Candidates, are generally consider
ed as nuisaRceS, but they are not,
hthey are the poIitest men in the
world, shake you by the hand, ask
lAew's your family, what's the pros
pect Of crops, Sc, and Pam the po-
kiitest man there is in the State. SDa-
IVY Gfocke;t says, the Poiiiestman ne
ever saw; when he asked man to
drink, turned his back so that he
lfnfghp dffhkoas much as he pleased.
lilbeat thatlaIF hollow; give a man
a chance TO drink twice if hs wishes,
.I1ot | moi only turn around, bit shut
mi cues. i am pot only the Politest
nan but The best :electioneerer-you
nught- 10 see me shaking hands with
the variations, The pump handle, and
pendulUmy y-thel eross-cut5 and wig
-gle-wsgsIe; / understand the science
perfectly, and # any or the county
ga ndidates wish Instructions they
tmusli cali or me: Le75apH a'f2
FeIIow-eitizehs-I was born-if !
hadn't been, I wouldn't have been a
candidate, but am going 10 tell you
Iwhere-'twas not in Mississippi. but
E'twas on iheright side of the negro
line; vet that's no compliment, as the
negroes are. mostly born on the same
side. / startedih theaworld as poor
;as a church mouse, YET CAME honest
EIyrby my poverty, for Inherited it,
and iil7 / did startpoor, no man can't
say butgIhat / have held my own re-
Tmdrkably well. q ias.'L -.-.-
7DCaldidates generally tell you-it
you think they are qualihed, &c
Now / don't ask your thoughts, ask
your votes. Why there's nothing 10
think, OF, except TO watch and see
blhat Swans name is not on your tick
ct if so, think to scratch it off and
put mine on. lam certain that Fam
competent, ,1or who ought TO know
better than + doi-hobody. ] will
aifQ% -Jbat Swan is the best Auditor
in the Slate; 8that Is, til ] am elected
-then; perhaps it's ~notvProPer -loT
me 10 say anything more, yet as an
honesfmaa | am bound to say that ]
believe it's a greyious sin to hide any
thing from my fellow-citizens, there
fore say that it's my private opinion,
publicly expressed, that rIl make the
best Auditor ever in the United
lStaleS,fsr tgr ..cHngm yr.@rI. J
IT'S not for honor 1 wish to be
Auditor, for in my own county twas
offered an!office that was alh-honor
--Gonoher, which j respectfully de-
clined. The Auditors Office is worth
some $4,000 a year, and | am for it
like thousand of brick. To show
my goodness OF heart, I'll make this
offer to my competitors am lsureIo
j being elected and be will lose some
q thing by the canVsss--therefore i
am willing to divide equally with
him, and make these two offers. I'll
take the salary, and he may have
the honor, or. he may have the
honor, and I'll take. the salary. In
the way Of honors, l have received
enough 10 satisfy me for, life. Invent
out to Mexico, eat pork and beans-E
7 slept in the, rain, aud mud, and swal-
j lowed everything except live Mexicans-
When ] was, ordered to go ! went
p Charge / charged. sand break for
1.-THE chaperelI,' You had better believe |
beata quarter nag in doing nay duty.
=. My con1petitoeySwan9i is alsbird OF
4 golden 1plpmage,rwho has been swim
mingIfcr the last four years in the Audi
h tors pond, at $4,000 a year. l am for
1 rotation. | want to rotate him out, and
rotate, myself in, There's plenty -of
room for, him TO swim outside of that
pond therefore Popoin your votes for
me-l'll7pop him out, and P2p myself
in.:o'9 -n - - -; -, - =, mo- n
| i am for a, division Of labor. Swan
says he has to Work all the time with his
Z nose down upon the public grind-stone
Four years must have ground tito a pint
Poor fellow The public ought not to in
sist on having the handle of his mug
4 ground. eleasHqfHTl have a large, full.
grown and well-blown nose, red as q
Il beet-an tough as sole teafher,g + FpsE
! to ah post Of duty ! iIofa itlup AS
sacrifice. i clap it on, the grindrstoue
, Fellow-ciiizens, grind away-grind till
IhO1Iersenaf, and thatIl be some time
first. forf'If hang on egfim death te
a dead African. gra.a,.i hrs sE .sg