Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28
Heading of the Music.

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ply Of wire worker" to question
from an aspiring political candidate AS
to the proper means to secure his elect
ton. And so widely, during the last
election, was music called IN 10 aia ora
tory, that this answer serves as good
endorsement 70 The poet note, that
Music hath charms to .ooth the savage
breastn
aud att'a ctions to-"go to the polls aud
VOTE EARLY
The forty horse power OF music on
election being thus sutt.etl by common
consent, leads us to believe that ''too
much credit cann4t be awarded" (s.yie
of expression sanctioned by usage J to
the kentuckian, who faced his poiticai
opponents music a. follows
Both were candidates tor the office
Of Governor OF kentucky,Ia land s'stu:aped'
the State quite hapHonlousiy. unti! they
cached Qua Of the counties il the "hiI
co4ntry" Here il was necessary to make
;. srcis!ed demonstration, and accoriing-
y the two candidates ftlIH spread them
selves u catch all the votes ppesible-
scarIng op the American Eagle, ana
calling down the shades Of Washington;
pitching out protusa promises, aud p,tci,-
'ng into each others party politics in =
manner decidedly refre>hin. tiie Il ea
ers. On he first jas's can, -, victo
hung SUI pended by the ,aii feathers over
the rival forces, but tie second da1 fei.
slap into the lap Of the shortest and
stoul7st candidate, LEAVING his long aud
lean opponeut-.'Bo kind ot show In
vain lI'e long man pumped np the Wa
t-rs Of eloqusnce an! poured out A fall
ssraan-thefe was nobody 10 drink
But round ,ise short man eibosea and
crowded mass OF thirsty voters. drink
ing in his tones with delight. WAY til $
attraction. Hal he barrel Of Old
I,.Arboul No; be had fiddle tItt~
!, ny tie star. Of the ioag Gra, he hal
addressed .he voters IN short spee5it. /
aud then fur the hfs; time, bringing out
= 6ddte retired a sbort distance from tic
speaker stand, in order 10 let his op
ponen. reply, playing however sseh
lively airs, that he soon drew the entire
assetnbIage away, aud lett the other si,'e
Of the question unattended to- unheari
For three days N Succession short man
and fiddle carried the day, i'll three sue.
cesslye mass meetings, IN as many towns
IN the l,isi country, and long mans chan
ees for a single vote in those parts grew
remarkably slim. In van long con
satat!on WAS held by the latter with bis
political friends.
Get the stat Of him mt tue next
meeting and speak first" advised one.
'Rsise fiddle and play them ehunes!'
SAID another.
Yell him down - shouted d third.
The long man followed the advice Of
his first counsellor, and got the start in
voice, but the noise Of the fiddle run him
neck 10 neck, he would have listened
to bis second monitor and raised fd-
die, only he knew it would fall through,
as he couldn't scrape a note; and as for
his third adviser, he told him that "ycl-
ling down" shot man was 'sitnply ride,
nlous."
Affairs grew desperate with long man,
when. on the thir! meeting he saw, As
usual, the entire crowd Of voters sweep
ing eff after short man and his fiddle. |
leaving only one hearer, sn,l he lame
ore, who was Just about to hobbie off
after the others.
"Can it be possible that freeman
citizens Of this great and glorious coun
try -negiect,ng the vital interests Of their
land, will run like wild men after cat
gut strings2 Can it be possible, say FL
And the lame man. to whom long man
was thus .ioqaently d,scoursing, answers
ed, rs he too cleared. out
"Well it can, old boss p
Despair encamped On the long mans
face, as he watched short man, at q dis
lance. playing away for dear lite and the
Gubernatoriai chair on that sbIassed', old
fiddle; bat suddenly ray of hope beam
ing over bis "ruefal visage,'' = then aRotls-
er, and another ray, till it shone ike the
sun at midday.
Got him now, sure!' fairly shouted
the long man, as he threw up bis arms,
Jumped from the stand, and started lof.
the tavern, where he at once called Il
meeting Of his political friends, consist
nag Of the landlord aud one other, then,
and there unfolding q plan which was to
.lrve his rival "nowhe es in no time
The fourth meeting was held. Short
man addressed til. crowd with Warmth,
eloqnenee and brevity, vseasing the stand