Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-08
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As We are aeon 10 have sn abundan. supply Of
candidates, We give the iooging, which we dDd il
oDe Of cur exchsugeF, SIS model specimen of o
stump speech. As il has not been patented, any
body is free to use it hat may desire to do SO:
Ladies' and gentlsnsn - rise but there's no
use telling you that, you know that L an up as
well az l d.. I'm modest, mas, -v5.y--tut
have ueveF lost a picayuue BY it 10 my Hia-be-
cause IL Is sesres commodity smong candidates,
thought l would mention il, for fearif didn't
you would never hssr Of il.
'Csnd6stes are generally coDsidated So nut
SaRceS, tu' they are rot, ihsy are the pohte3t men
! in tie world, shake you By he hand lLd ask you
hows your family, what's ,h5 prospects TO- crops,
/ Ge., sud am the pOlitest man there is 10 the
Stste,I am not only The poliiest mGu bat the best
| eioctio1eers you ought 20 zee me shaking hands,
with the variations, tue pump hsndie and the pen
dulaLn, the Cross cut and wiggle Waggle; under
stand these sciences perfectly Il any Of the cou1-
| ty candidates wish Instructions they must call on
me
'F-llow-cidzs1s--I was Dorn-ii hadn't been,
| / wouldL't have been 3 candidate, but sm goi1g
| 70 tell yOu whsIe-'twss MOTTO tha Mississippi, bit
! It was on tbs south side of the negroes line; yet
| that's no compliment, as the negro are born on
this side. started in this world as poor as
church mouse yet l came honestly by my pov
I
| thstI have held on remarkably well
Candidates generally ask you, il you think
] they are qu4lif5d, &C. Now I dOlt ask your
! thoughts, ask your votes Why there's nothing
| tOthink of except to watch that Swans name Is
on your ticket, if 50 think to scratch it of and put
nine on. am csTtsi tina, am comprehension WHO
! ought to know better than dy?-nObody. I viii
allow nat Saau is the best auditor, that is ill
am elecied-then perhaps, it is not proper Tor me
| 70 Guurninv mn 70 q an
| bound to say mat It's grevious sin 70 hide any
tcng from my fellow citzs -, therefore | say that
| is uy private opinion, publicly expressed, tina
| II make the beat auditor ever 10 the United
Ssfe2
IT'S not for honor wish to b. auditor; Tor in
/ my own county | was offered an office that was
all honor Coroner, which respec fully declined.
The auditors office is worth some $4,000 a year,
and l fnd sm iu for i. Ike a 1000 Of brick To
show my goodness Of heart, 1 II make this offer 10
| my competitor. / am sure Of being elected and
| be viii loss something by the canvass therefore
| am wiii1g to divide equally with him, and make
these two offers I'll take the salary, and he may
| have the hoaor, or ne msy have the honor, aGd
I'll take the salary. II the way of honofs, have
| received enough to satisfy ma fer life I went to
| Mexico eat pork AID beans-slepf in the rain and
mud, and swallowed almost every thing except
live MeXlcans. Wcen ! was ordered 70 go
went, 'CnsFgs,' charged. and break for the
| clappsrsA you had better believe I beat quar-
ter nag 10 doing my duty.
| Ny competitor, Swan is c bird o. golden plum
| sge who has been swimming for the last four years
10 the auii,or's pond, q. 81 600 year. / am for
8 rotation. I want 70 rotate him on! and rotate
| myself in. There Is ptny # room for him TO
| awim outside Of that pond-thersIore pop in your
votes f,r NELL pop him out and pop myself in
I sm for division O. a labor, Swan says be
| has Ia work ali the time Nth his nose upon the
| public gludstoue. -Four y as must have ground
| his nose TO point. Poor fellow, the public ought
! not 10 irsit on having the handle of his mug
| gr I'D clear Of: l hsvs large full grown nose,
ana tough as slls leather rush to the rescue
| Cff=T it up as 8 sacrifice l clan il on the grind
! stooe FsllaE citizens, grild aHay,-tli boiler
| enough and that will be some time first.
Tunes most cut. Well l liked to forgot to
| tell ygu my name. It's Daniel, ('or short Daa.
| Not handsome nsue, for my parents were poor
people, who lived where the quality took al The uice
names; therefore they hsd TO take what was left
| and divide around among us-bu. its as handsome
! as I any Daniel Russell. Remember every one of
/ you that It's not S5Rn
! en- sure 20 be elected, 90 one AID al, great
aud smsll, short and tall, when you come down to
jackson, after the election stop at the auditors Of
| fce-the latch string always out--eEter without
| kpockiug, take yOur things eff and mske yourself
| at hons