Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-06-10
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L.H:s ~, t:::::,rLs:;!F:H: l!s", hi: there :
~ &C t:li:E%s "u'. That. yuu k>,w a ny ~
well i; ~. i;:n :, modest ins very, ''it /!
i.aye never lo.t Z, riclrmr 'y il III my lIir-''-
cause il j.; aS,',srr commodity among candidates.
! thought would mention it, Ior lcarit didn't
yu,l wouil never hear Gt It.
Candidates a.e generally considered a Er'-
>oarcS hnt they arc not; they ere the folIi"st
men in tic ~nril shake YOU ny Tic hand and
;.<ak you Ilow': vuur falnily; what's tcprospc''is
i1r crops, &c. and | a!! tie pnitcst man there
is in the States. | am not only thc potc$t
man l,ul The best c!cctionccrcr-you ought to
sec mc sinking hands, with the variations tie
pum> ;,ni!c and tie pendulum, the eros, cnt
and The w;::glc wa".lc; understand these Sci
cnccs perfectly. If any of the country candi-
dates wish any instructions: they must call OH
me.
"Fcllow clizcns-I was born-if I hadn't
been wouldn't have been candidate but |
am Going 20 It'll YOU where twas not III tho
Mississippi, but it was OH the south slde OF tic
negro line; vet there's no compliment, as the
negroes arc born on th!<. started III this
world rs rour us church mouse, yet came
honestly by. my i.oycr;y: for inherited 1t, and
no man can say but that Lave held Oil remark
ably well.
Candidates generally a>l; you if yoa think
they arc qualified &c. Now don't ask yol'i'
thoughts, | ask your votes Why, there's not!i-
ing to think oi except to watch that Swans
name is on your ticket il 50, think to scratch
il oil and put mine on. am certai; that | an
, coll;rtrnt, for who ought 10 know better tl!an
| do!-nobudy. will allow that Swan is the
best ;uditor t;i;;I is, till am ccctc'l-thcn per
q, fI.Ip
more; yet, ;ls an honest man. am bollndto say
! that rs Il gricvio,ls sin to itlc anything from
nv fellow citizens therefore say that t:Sny
private opiG;on, publicly expressed, that iii
Jnakc tic best auditor ever in the United States.
'l'iS not .or honor wish 10 be auditor; for
in MY own country, | was offered an Office that
was all Lonnr--Coroncr-whcll ! respectfully
declined The auditors Office is worll: some
$1,000 year, and | linl | am in for il like It;
Thousand brick. To show my y%u"dacs> Of heart
I'll make this oer TO my conlctiliomcr: am
sure Of being elected, and he will lose something
! j., tie r:ty:.ss--thcrccrc ;unwilliu% t"'lividc
cIIiu,lly with him, and make lic.c two "!icla !:
iii take the salary and he may have Tic honor,
or he may have the honor and l'l take the ,ila-
~. In the way OF onorS. | have received
enough to satisfy me for liIc. went out 10
Mexico, cal pork ana hGlliS-Slcpl III Inc ram
/ and swallowed almost everything except live
McXicanS. When WAS ordered to 60, went
| to charge, charged and break for Tic chap
pcrcl, You lia;l better believed beat ;q'aticr-
nag i'll doing my duty.
Ny competitor, Swan, is bird uG g"ldcn 'u-
mage, who las been swimming for the last four
years in Tic auditors pond, 1t 81 eco year |
| am FOR rotation. | want to rotate him ont and
rotate myself in. There is plenty ol room for
! linn 10 swim outside Of that point, therefore pop
in yo,lr y,tc for INC, Ill pop Kim out and pop
myself in.
I am for 4 division Of labor. Swan says Lc
las to work Ill The time with his nose upon the
public .riri.ollc Four years must have ground
it to a rcirt. Poor fellow, the public ought not
TO Insist Oil having the handle Of lis mug ground