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


r'ght-my experience confirms his. A.
drink OF grog will buy one tnan while If
It were offered 10 another it would be an
everlasting indignity. Blu, il drink Of
grog Will not purchase hin, something
else will and you must find out wha, thai
thing Is. You must study, character. You
'n"sf arIunint .omrself with it's affinlies
and rep"lsons. ion night, if ynu cannot
WIN him. win his friends, and they in all
probability will do the work for you.
1t matters not how much you hate
'nan-you must treat him with dcfiarencs
and kindness-at least publicly. As to
Kindness, which has no influence in at.
trartins the public eye, or in wedding the
recipient 10 your interests, il il an intangi.
bic metaphysical sort of thing, which
| men talk abOut-but which all wise men
rcpud,ate.
Your own good senso will point out the
proprlety OF speaking well of all ,nen-lor
the thing is easily done-costs hnlhiny
aud gains great deal. If you are cursing
a man IN your inmost and would
very willingly dash his brains nut-stiI al.
there would be nothing gained bylitfaGcct
t" forgive HIM fur any injury he has done
You and speak good word crifiinI. So: So.
Thcre are many things 10 be done of
rather "a !lir'y character, Yi.itf tnust
in the mattes sll. Bat y1aEwilI
to pay well for this. / have spent, have
no doubt, thousands Of dollars in t is way
Give them the money and they will do Tie
work for you. But have noiced that
these rascals, always pay themselves frs,
and most literally. You must bear /:
however,
Sometimes have, got overreached and
paid largely and gained no,YIlng. l re-
member that al certain gathering Of the
pcopet poor fellow was there Uhc scoun.
drel,) who had large family aud had re-
Gently los, the only horse he had. heard
ot the circumstance, my heart immediate.
~ oVcriiowed towards the poor, unIortu.
nate fellow with his wife and ten chill
drcn. bought horse for hlln III the
presence of n number Of persons. And
what do you think, the scoundrel told me
when riding off ''G,niral says he '',fyou
should ever cDme to - would be
ln"ughiy glad to see ycrc." The villain
d d not belong to my district at all. new.
or fc.t cheaper IN my life and csycoiI!y rs
saw good many knowing winks abo1.=
me. Such things will happen sometimes;
but you must bear them The best YOU can
Never show chagrin nr anger at such i'm
pos,t'"ns-laugh n them yourself-and
do as did ut All old preachers the n.h,
afterwards, whom somebody had told abou,
this affair and To my disadvantage. ] tod
the parson that so far tro II being hur
about the n,aller, it had afforded me the
hahcs, satisfaction, 10 do an act OF dsn.
deresled ,6cacvo'ence. | thanked NY
Maker fjr such aH opportunity to shnw to
The wurld-always cersoruus and tindlng
bad s"oLves Tor good actions-:Ilat there
con!. not he any Heitishncss III the act, tor
! knew that IRE man was not IN my clec.
ton dis;rc,. T got The parsons roe. The
greatest lrourle | ever met with Is, to
keep 'tfly apprsed oil popular sentiment.
ance. at such periods spnak va ;uciy
and acknowledgements ny myself as
beng sorry "r any. division oi sentiment
among my tcl!nw citizens. ilIus gain
line. | look around me-liear from
abroad &c sc ana when my time Comes
| am generally, il not always, with The
majority. One thin. let me especially ad-
wise you ayainsi-Innt be hasiy 10 pcn
down ana publish y".lr sentiments Nev-
er do this until You are fully aware th,'
you are safe. have got myself into one
or Two difficulties of this sort in my iin
Words can he twisted and turned aho,u
good deal when they have been spoken;
but when they have got pcnneI down on
p'pcr-Ihcy often rise up again just as
they were originally. Again say, be
cautious about lhS.
thought TO have been more particular
III mentioning some malters-hut the fact
is do not like 10 trust Them 10 paper. I,
is possible they might fall into The hands
of others. Bu, come and see ne next
week, and l will he as explicit as possible
with you."
Yours Truly,
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