Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-22

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and the joys of our life. We've all got
hearts, old Tammany, and there's many
good Samaritan among us who wouldent
pass you by and 60 over EN- the: Other
side. We've got charity, too, and long
suffering, and patience and hope in
abundance, though we can't believe, them
radicals will walk right straight into heaven
without knockin at the door. That dock
trine of elektion is powerful thing, Tam
many, but as shore as you are born, it looks
sorter unconstitutional to as fer them fellers
to enter the celestial city. They may pass
amendments enuf to do it, and l reckon
that's why they are tinkerio at the old dek.
ument so long; bat somehow or other,
when I hear one of ''em dyin, my thoughts
materially have downward tendency. l
can't help it, Tammapy.
But maybe we'll get over ,sich feelings.
My wife says We will atterschsh. We are
! all right towards you, old Hall, and cur
Legislature have been tryin fer about two
months to hsrmouize things generally, and
any reasonable man ought to be satisfde
with the efforts they have made. But we
can't satisfy them radicals, I don't care
what we do. We elekted Mr.. Stevens and
Hershel Johnsin to the Senate, and they
are mad about that. They wanted Josh
Hill and Jeems johnson becaus they was
Union. Well DOW, Mr.. Tammany, its bet
ter always to take men who have done sum-
thin than men who have done nuthin. Mr..
Hill delivered his farewell address before
be was beat, and he said he would like to
know why we sing hosanna to Andy john
sin, who fout agin US, aud yet we won't
eekt him who dideut That's what's the
matter, Joshua, f may be allowed to apos-
tro6ze you, you dident take no side at all
You say you can take tho test oath and git
it. Well, don't see how exaktly. You
run for Governor in sixty three, &and you
writ letter again RECONSTRUCTION, aud CON
pared the Union to @ porcelain case that
1cas broke, and couldent never be mended
agln-bo, never.
And don't you know if you'd been elekted
you would have had to take the oath of Of
ice, and be swore to support the Ceustitu.
tion of the Confederate States so called,
now deceased But you are smart Joshua,
and it was fIuuy what you said to the Gen
eral that mig ght, when be sxd ysu if you
would have taken that oath. You paused
Jopsha for nearly minet 1t was nifty.
tite question, copsderiu the porcelain vase
that Was broke. don't blame you for paus
in, my friend Finally says you, Well
General-I-I-dident- nt-much--expect- q.
to-be-elected.' Bully for you, Joshua
But now about that see saw bisness you
spoke of, you said iu your speech that you
was playiu see saw iu politix, aud If your
end of the plank went down in Georgy it
would 60 up in Washington, by which l
suppose you meant that you was ready to
swap ends jest to suit your pekuliar Sec
kumstance; and that's what's the matter
agin Joshua. You have been see sawin too
long and changiu ends too often. Twasent
no time to be swappin bosses my friend.
But see here Joshua, Mr.. Marshall may
be clever reporter, but he treated you
badly He's left out a heap of your speech.
He amt had printed that see saw flyer
at all, and it was / assure you most beau
lful metafor Of speech And hes left out
them little sparks of Southern patriotism
which yel emitted. Howsomever, may be
these things would have been in the way of
the Washington and of the see saw. III
tell you my friend, where you wasted time
10 your remarks. You said that if We dident
elekt you now we might want you hereafter,
and then we couldent git you. Don't worry
yourself on our akkount. Don't cross the
bridge before you git to it. 1t will be time
enuf Joshua, for you to refuse when we ak
you. We haven't been runuin you down to
give you offs, and we amt goin to. Do
you see saw away on your plank, and take
good care that you don't fall off. Your speech
was,,sorter spitefu Joshua, and if reduced
to its gum would read about thus, Boys
Pm whale, / am, and I'm prophet, .aBd
if you don't elekt me to the Senate I'll 20
to Washinton and give you the. devil
Well, We dideut elect him, Mr.. Tamma.
ny, and the devil may come. To the land
gwage Of Patrick Henry, 'Iet him come
repeat it, sur, eet him come There was
another candidate. Mr.. hail.. whose name
was Jeemes Johnsin Well, like Jeems
purity well. He dident run nobody down,
nor put on airs. uQut have voted for him
if be had lived iu the State, and hadent
liked Hershel better The truth is, was
partial to J.eus for his 'old lang siue.'-
tle was powerful war horse in sixty. one.
How glorious he fgered at the Columbus
war meetins. He encouraged the boys a.
mazin, and be beat anybody a gittin volun.
teers. How proud We was ofhim that night,
when he and Colonel Sims made friends on
the s,aad, and. the Colonel pind secession
cockade upon Jeems' coat collar He then
got inspired, and spoke for two hours in
words that breathed of bitches and death,
and was full of the spirit of '76. His watch.
word were 'Benning and seceshion, and he
voted for em both
Oh, he's whale in gettin up war
Alas. he were six sempcr, then, bu: he are
six transit now. So mote It be, Mr.. Tam
many; couldep: help it. Howsumever,
it don't matter much l reckon, for we've