Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-22

candidate for Congress:
Friends and frller citizens, of this CONTIGUOUS
community, I'sc rs Up TO give you warnin' and
make i political speech, and what I'm going to
sneak about III aud, to. Now, I'd like to have
Won nav particular at cnion, rs the preacher says
when the bows is plchin beans at his nose. |
say crisis has arrived wheels Of government is
stopped, the machinery needs grcasn, the rud-
ailoat and the river ISM Our glorious ship Of
state, that, like i b'blalIed gander, is iloated
down the peaceful current of time, has had its
harmony disturbed. and is drifting with fearful
rapidly towards the shoals and quicksands OF
disunion, lhrcatcnin, to dash everything into
flinders, aud pick itself up in the end Il gone
rosn. Harken 10 longer, yc worthy dcnizcns
Of Hog Hole, Tcrnpn Neck, ami adjacent re-
nions, to that srcnvoice that whispers in your
100 crcdul0us ears tie too dcluslvc sound, peace,
ncacc for rcacc has done slopcd and cwrd 10
the other lands, or tis TO the depth of the NIGH
ty deep, or in the more emphatic language Of
Tccumscrum, goncilickcrln threw frogs of other
cnes, TO adc the nlser watcher in his dimes.
Or Of the great Alexander, at the battle of Hun
kers Bill, who, in lgony Of despair, frantically
shrcakcd, so gray! peace has gone like my
srhulr5oy days, and | don't care darn" lie
WIS a whole horse and - team, sure.
FcIcr citizens and gals too--in our halls of
LEGISLATURE confusion runs riot and anarchy rains
suprcme Rise up, then, like pokcrs in n tatcr
n,iel, and shook off the dew drops Of yer hunt
in,kir,s, and fell into ranks. Sound the tocsin
Lrat the drum! and blow the tin hornl ill the
startled echoes. rvcrbrratin from hill top to hill
,op, and from gopher hill to gopher hill, make
the r' adamanrinc hills of New England, the ferru-
ninous DISPOSITION of Missouri, and the aurter-
0us PARTICLES of CaiIoruy TO prick up their ears,
and, in whispered accents. enquire OF their na-
bors, whats The matter I"
Frler citizens and the wilnnin--1 repeat it,
10 vour posts, from the tip.top most peak in the
Ozark Mountains, and bid defiance 10 the hull
earth b. holIcrin whose aieard, in such thunder
in tones, that, quakcn with terror, the'll forget
what nirrer is. Don your dusty regimenals,
| crease the locks of your guns and put i'll new
iin,s, grind your old scyIhes and make sords
ont on 'em, mount your hosscs and save your
TTp T%r ii Time T is critical boods goin to be poured
out like soap suds outcn wash tub, and every
man that's rot . soul as big as the white of Il
nirrcr cyc'li be ready to fight, bleed and die for
h;s country! Thcms the iimes-you want
men m in the councils of the nation that you can
dpncnd on-,hat's ME. Elect NE TO CongriS
and III stick to you through thick and thin like
a lean tick TO nigger's shin I'm not going to
make a elcclinncering speech. Id scorn the
net. You know me; I've been folcked up among
We already on the wings of Il topotical imagll-
alion fancy see you marchin up to the polls
in Il solid plalanx, and with shout that makes
the earth ring, "hurrah for Jim Smith, come
down ON INV opponent like thousand of brick
on rotten punEln.