The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-03-15

thouShts materially have downward ten
dency. l can't help it Tammany.
But maybe well get over sch feelins.
My wife says we will ottc,rhHc. We arc
all right towards you, old Hall, and our
Legislature have been trying for about two
ponths to harmonize things generally, and
any reasonable man ought to be satisfied
with the efforts they have made. But We
cant satisfy them Radikals, l don't care
what we do. We elektcd Mr. Stevens and
Hershel .Johnsin to the Senate, and they
are mad about that. They wanted John
HUI and Jeemcs Johnsin because they was
Cnion. Well, now, Mr.. Tammany, its bot.
ter always to take men who have done
sumethln than men who have done nuthin.
Mr.. Hill delivered his farewell address be.
fore he was bet, and he said he would like
to know why We sung hosanna to Andy
Johnsin, who fought agin us, and yet we
wont eiekt him who dident That's whats
the matter Joshua, il l may be allowed to
apostrophlzc you, you didn't take no side at
all on say you can take the test oath
and git in. Well don't sec how exaktlv.
You run for Governor in sixty. three, and
you writ letter agin Reconstruction, and
compared the old union to J,orceL,in ease
that 'rds broke, and couldent never be
mended agin-no never.
And don't you know if you'd been clek-
ted you would have had to take the oath of
office, and be sworc to support the Consti-
tuition of the Confederate State. so called.
now deceased. But you are smart Joshua.
and it was funny what you said to the
General that night, when he axcd you if
you would have taken The oa,h. You
paused Joshua. for nearly minct. 1t was
NIFTY titr question, considcrin the porcc.
LAIN vase that was broke. don't blame
you for pausin, my friend. Finally, says
you, "Wcll--Gcrcral-I -I-I-didcnt-
much-expekt-to-bc-elekted." Bully
Tor you, joshua. But now about that see
saw bisness you spoke of. You said in your
speech that you was playin see saw in poll
Tx, and if your end of the plank went
down in Georgy it would 20 up in Wash
inston, by which | suppose youmea that
you was ready TO swap ends Jest to suit
your pckuliar sccumstnnccs: and that's
what's the natter ayin Joshua You have
been sce.sawin too long and changin ends
too often. Twascnt no time to be swappin
hosses my FREUD
But see here Joshua, Mr. Marshall may
be clever reporter, but he treated YOU
badly Hes left ont heap of your speech
lie amt had printed that see saw fi-er at
all, and it was, assure YOU a most bcauti
fui mctaior of speech And hccs left out
them little sparks OF Southern patriotism
which you emitted. lIcwsomcvcr, maybe
these things would have been in the way
ot the UGStiny'oR and of the sec saw. I'll
TIL You my friend, whore You wasted time
in your remarks. You said that if we
didn't clekt you nor We might want you
hereafter, and We conll'n cit YOU. Don't
worry yourself on our ak kount. Don't cross
the bridge before you cit to it. 1t will be
time enut, Joshua, for you to refuse when
we AK you. We haven't been running Won
down to give you oils, and we aint a goin
to. DO you sce-saw away on YOU plank.
and take good care that you don't fall OF
y our speech was sortcr spiteiul, Joshua.
and it reduced to its gum would read about
thus "3oys, I'm n whale. | am. and I'm
a prophet, and If you don't clckt me TO the
Senate, III so to Washington and give you
the devil"
Well, we ddcnt elect him, Mr. Tamma
ny, and the devil may come In the Ian
gwagc of Patrick Henry, "let him come"
repeat sir, sur, Z" let him come" There
was another candidate, Mr.. Hall, whose
name was Jecms Johnsin. Well, | like
Jeems purity well. He didcnt run nobody
down, nor put on airs. ! must have voted
for him if he had lived in the State, and
hadcnt liked llcrshcl better The truth
is, was partial to Jccms for his old
lang sine He was powerful war horse
in sixty-onc How glorious he figured at
the Columbus war meetins. He cncour-
aged the boys amazin, and he beat anybody
a gettin volunteers How proud he was
OF him that night, when he and Colonel
Sims made friends on the stand, and the
Colonel pind secession cockadc upon
Jeems' coat collar. lie then got inspired
and spoke for two hours in words that
brcathcd of bitches and death, and was
full Of the spirit of 10 His watch word
were Bennmg and seccshion," and he
voted for EN- both Oh he's whale in
gettin upa war. Alas he were six som
per- then, but he are SIX transit now. SO
mote 1t be, Mr.. Tammany; | couldcnt help
it. llowsumever, it don't matter much, /
reckon, for wev'vc got another Johnsin,