Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-02-14
N'HOLD no. 5Gl.
Rev DIR, Cartwright, lie Aeiledist
Preacher VIE Whipped abe
LiacOla.

Preacher Whs Whipped abe
LiEcOIE.
Tie Rochester Democrat, tie other
day; ia announcing the TACT that Dr..
Cartwright. the pioneer Methodist
clergyman Of the West was 10 lecture
heIe, gave the following anecdoie,
as related by him, and added tha: il
aouli ''bear repetition" In view cF
a certain fact we thiuk Iii vi! bear
repetition" ;" and here it is from ths
Democrat, as Dir. G. related i.
The FIRST time ran for oliice in
Saugamon county. | vas on the north
side Of the Sangamon River, as we
say in the West, elec,ioneeriug, or,
rather, trying TO get acquainted With
the people, for ! was at that early
day a great stranger 10 many Of them.
Passing through a bushy under
growth, NEAR ferry, where ! intended
TO cross the river, ! heard, Just be-
fore ne, some one talking very loud,
| reined my horse 10 listen. ]
heard soma one say that Peer Cart
wright was a ID rascal; aud so
were all Methodist preachers; they
wOulda | steal borses, and that it Was
scandal TO the country that such
IN IN as Cartwright should oifr as the
representative Ct tue county; and
that the first time be saw him be fu-
tended to whip bin for his impudence.
This surprised me little, and l
looked round for some way to pass
without coming in contact with this
company; but ,bere was no path that
/ Could see, and the brush was SO
thick ! could not gel through. So
] summoned AL ny courage and rode
boldly up aud spoke TO the men,
There we're six oi them, and, as /
learned, but one Of them had ever
seen me. So | said:
Gentlemen, WHO is it among YOU
that IS going TO Whip Cartwright the
Grst time YOU see him.
The man who had threatened,
spoke ent and said-.1 am the lark
that's geing to thrash him we'll"
Said |: Cartwright Is known 10
be much Of a man, and it viii take
a man to whip him, mind you"
"Oh nol said he y can whip any
Methodist preacher the Lord ever
N pie." !"
well, Sir said /, @you can't do
{; and now | tell you my name is
Cartwright, and ! never like 10. live
n dread; if you really intend 10
Whip me, come and 90 it now"
lie looked little confused and
Iaid, "Oh, you cant fool me that way;
fou are not Cartwright.
WELL said ";hat,is my name,
nd am candidate for the Legis-
atuIe, and bow is your time;if you
must whip me. DO it now
lie said. "No, no. you are not Cart
wright at all; you only want TO fool
ne"
By this time We had moved slowly
o the boat, and when he got on it,
le broke outin fresh valiey Of curses
IN Cartwright. said 10 a gentle
nan ou the boat, Here bold my
1orse;' and stepping up to this cors.
pg disciple, | said, sternly, to bin,
Now, sir, you have to whip me, as
you Threatened, or omit cursipg me,
Or l put you in the river, and bap-
lie you in The name Of the devil, for
surely you belong 10 him.
This settled him, aud strange to
say, when the election came Of, be
vent 10 the polls and voted for me,
and remained ever aftergard my
warm and constant friend.
Tie fact which m Kos this story
worthy Of repetition, is that the man
who ran against MIR. Cartwright for
Representative Of Sanehmon county,
was Abe Lincoln, the Black Republi-
can President.
Dir. Cartwright is a ssauneh Dem
ocrat, and has been from his bOyhood.
He don't ooaeeal bis sentiments Ell
ther, on political matters. He tbiaks
he knows Abe Lincoln as well as any
msn 10 the west. He says that he
knew him when he was Gat boatman,
and after be came ashore and kept a
grocery, and so along till be became a
lawyer. Mr. c. comedies that Abe.
is clever fellow. and can tell good
story, and make himself at home al
mos. anywhere, bat he never heard
Of bim 10 Illinois other than as q
second-rate lawyer.