The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-11-08


rlght-my experience confirms his A
drink Of grog will buy one man while if
it were offered TO another it would I've an
everlasting irdignity. But if drink of
grog will not purchase him, something
else will and you mus, find out What that
thing Is. You must study, character You
must acGuaint Yourself with its aifinties
and rep"lsions. You might, If you cannot
WIN him, win his friends, and they in all
probability will do the work for you.
1t matters not how much yuu hate
man-you must treat him with defhrepcr
and kIndness-at least publicly. As to
kiadncss, which has no influence in at.
trarting the public eye, or in wedding the
recipient to your interests, il is an intangi-
BILE metaphysical sort of a thing, which
men talk about-but which all wise rnen
rerudralc.
Your own good sense will pnin, on, tho
propr'cty ol speaking well of all nen-lor
the thing is, easily donc-cos,s nctha,y
and gains great deal. Ifyou are curs.ny
man III your nmost-soul aud would
very Willingly dash his brains out-slill AS
, there would he nothing gained by it. affect
t" forgive HIM fur any injury ne has done
you and speak a good word icr hun.
There are many things To be done Of
rather diriy character. which YOU must
get done by others. Yon must no, appear
IN the maltcr at all. But you will have
to pay we'll for this. have spent, have
no doubt, thousands Of dollars in is way
Give them The money and they will do the
work Tor you. But have no'iced that
these raScns, always pay themselves first
and most literally. YYa must bear i:
| however.
Sonc''nes have got ovcrreachcd and
! paid largely and gained nothing. | re-
member llia, al certain gathering of the
people, poor fellow was there Uhe scoun.
dre!,) who had ii large family and had re-
| Gently lost the only nurse he had. heard
"t the circumstance, my hear, immediate.
~ ovcrtowcd towards The poor, unortu
nate fellow wIllIhis wife and ten chill
drcn | bougHt horse for h,m IN lhc
presence OF u number of persons. And
what do you think, The scoundre told me
when r.dng of "Glniral says he '',f you
should ever cumc To - / would he
nIuuglny glad I" sec ycrc." The villain
did not belong to my district at all. ncv-
cr le!t cheaper III my life aud especially as
| saw good many knowing wlnks about
me. Such things will lIappcn soncil lines:
but you must bear them The best You eau.
Never show chagrn or anger Il, such I'M
post!nns-laugh at them voursci-and
ito as | did at an old preachers the mgl,,
afterwards. whom somebody had told about
this atiiIr aud to my disadvantage. tod
the parson that SO far iron bcnr huri
about the matter, II had afforded me the
highest satisfaction, to do an act Of dsn.
terrslrd bencvolence. thanked NV
Maker inr such an opportunity TO show to
the wnrid-aIways censnruu, ana finding
bad "oi'v'S iur Seui aciinns-lIlat there
could not be any se!tisllncss III the act, or
| knew that he man was not in my eec.
''on dlS.rtc. Igot The parsons ro!e. 'rhc
greatest trouble ever mc, with Is, To
keep 'ul'y apprised ol popular Scnllncnt.
II sometimes seems To te almost on a bal.
ance. At Surh periods speak vaguely
and hypolhctIcaliy.-expressng myself as
beng sorry Ior any. division OF scntInen,
anoug my fellow citizens. thus muin
time. | look around mc-hear from
abroad &c &c anI wien my time comes
am generally, If not always, with Tie
majority. One thing let me especially ad-
wise you aga'nsi-dnM be hasty 10 pen
down ANA publish your sentiments Ncv-
or do this untl you are FULLY aware that
you are safe. have got myself into one
or Two dltlicull.rs of ih!s sort in nv life
Words can be twisted and turneI alou,
good deal when they have h"en spoken;
hui when they have got pcnncd dnwn on
phpcr-ihey ni!on rise up again ust as
'hry were originally Again | say, he
cautious about tins.
though 10 lave been more particular
III mentioning some m.iicrS-hut the fact
rs | do not like TO trust them 10 paper. 1t
is possible they nrght fall int" the hands
OF others. Bat come and see me mex,
week. and will he as explicit rs po, siblc
with you"
Yours Truly.
A AH-