Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-07-03
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A SCENE OFTEN SEEN.

Messrs. Editors TO see q creature, bearing
the appearance of man-with impudence and
swngger, step up to candidate, and, impressed
with his Importance and his power, and calcula-
ting on the subserviency of the candidate, to
hear this caricature of South Carolina freeman
say: "Come this aray, Squire" and after leading
the Squire into some dark corner, 'givs me halt a
dollar-I ,rant to treat my cro,od;" or, 'you must
give me dollar to buy me pair Of shoes" or, to
be very much ofa gentleman, "Loan me quarter,
Squire; ace are all going for you wiM rush"-to
see such sight is far more common than even
the Circus. The loan is q pretence, even if it
amount to several dollars. How is the demand
met? The virtuous and charitable candidate
great virtue and wonderful charity this-runs his
hand into his pocket, and, with countenance
sometimes flushed with passing anger, and anon
displaying the likeness of the man caught with IN
animal on his back which should not be there,
sneakingly hands over the money, with perhaps
the encouraging words: Gall right, go it to the
DEATH" The candidate is conscious that he is
victimized-is solids in fact slave; but he has
not moral courage to resist. The voter knows
the samo thing. They have about the same opin-
ion of each other, that neither is to be trusted.
Get that voter to be content with the promise of
the candidate, that he will pay after the election
if you can. Vain hope Does the Squire (all
candidates, for the Legislature, are dubbed Squire
calculate on the support of this sovereign, until
he knows that his ballot has been handed to the
managers of election? Not at all, as general
rule. The game is, on one hand, a spunging pro-
cess-on the other, mean compliance. Does any
full-grown man pretend to affirm, that such can
didate does not experience feeling of'degrada-
tion-is lowered in self-respect-feels contempt
not only for himself but for the contemplate crea
ture, whom he hos further contributed to debase !?
The candidate and voter both are made by every
such act more callous to the promptings of con-
science, virtue and manly independence. A base
and trucking disposition of soul is at length es-
tablshed; and, if such course of conduct be con-
tnued long enough, both candidate and voter loose
sCHse VI uuty w thShioeifSo W ooSiNeJ
and to their country. They pass into the condi-
tea Of ofe1crementitial funguses on the body polite
This is no extravagant or fanciful declaration
1t is the fixed law of mans being-simply human
nature To tell me, that the continuous practice
of evil has no tendency to stiie the admonitions
of conscience, and to demoralize and unnatural
ize man, is mere tattle-the senseless pirate Of m
idiots dream. The Hazaels may ask: "But
what is thy servant dog, that he should do this
great thing?" Yes they may be found, like Ha-
zael few days otter committing murder-some
one, by means Of. their whiskey or their money,
may go down to drunkard's grave and drunk
ards hell. "Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth,
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days Of thy
youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the
sight of thine eyes BUT KNOW THOU, that for all
these things God,ri bring thee into Judgment"
MNASON