The Charleston advocate. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, 1868-09-12
For the .t!rptrt
Ono OF tho "Rojoctod Audrosses y

FOR me .1trpft't.
Ono OF tho "Rojoctod Addresses. !"
There has been issued lately in ramnh,
let form, asingnlar composition. entitled
AN Address to the Colorr,i Notrr, o,
the Scaboard and the state wrnp,ai.y. +
whose length and source may, probubiv
deter those for whom ii WAS intended
from reading, and we have, therefore,
gone to the trouble to condcn,r 1, and
put it III the form Of rhyme, 50 Is 10 in-
ducc pcrusal, and render it less ohnoX
ious to the Objection Of prosinrSs.
The object Of the original, it may he
inferred, was to appeal to the scnsibili
ties of that now important political per-
sonagc-thc Colorcl Voter lie Is nr,,
cajolcd hy feeling illusions to the days
Of infancy and the scenes OF chill
hood" then his admiration /, involcl
! by references TO the wealth, greatness.
amt general superiority in All The Gle.
mcntS OF" civilization" { y OF his Storm
cr master" then his sense Of shnmr il,
! i:ngcnuonsly wrought upon lv m rNAibi-
ton OF his Ignorance, his wortllrs~GicSS
and his proncncss to imbihc Che d0c.
trncs OF those impiouS mon" o.' ,hc
: superior race who are STYLED. IN thr
chastc and apparently facctous Ian
gnagc of The " hustings,' The ~cci0wa.9
and cnrpet-bdggcr and, rs II ,hr>e were
not sufficient to bring him to the scratch,
he IS threatened with immediate cNtiuc-
tion, hy the introduction Of cNcccjin@ly
muscular and thrifty foreigners and
all for what 0, Carolnian cou>:atru-
| cy to secure that vorr Which ,M~u
very civilized and supcrior beings ayc
moving earth and hell TO rot him OF
Were all the world fools, What leaders
these Carolina politicians Of the Old
school would be But wp wll n,.la-
tain the reader from The
ADDRESS
OF TIE DEMOCRATIC CENrNAi4 lI,N f
CHARLESTON TO TIE col.uKi.r voti,..
As RECONSTRUCTED ASr uiiI,tNi iI3ai..
Our dear drludrd friends If du>kl ho
We wish to say icw plain Wuri-'r Y,
And, with HE bcst intent. rr;,Nc vnt
ton.
While We rnligitcn You, uii lpuPli !"
sion
You are aware that our race i ~upp.iul
~ hrt j.. nj,
10 ours. We've lta,ui,lg wealth. pHl ~,i.-
While You have nau"hl not c,c. on.rir-
alton.
lis plain, then, that YOU should oE out
! advice.
.And swallow all We Yiyr w.'l rsp -.,t
i may be hh,cr-'Truth they SM iy
We seldom use ii, and q; cHtiar Nf
know
But on reelection, if reflect you w!,
You III recognize in it IL Wholesome III.
Too long you've listened 10 thc lrai,ii
Who brough, OH us. your lrirnd, ot,, dIrct
WOrS-
linimcly tore you from our iot,! rlnAtley, 4
4 And turned from us, toward ;'!rln, yuilr
honest face.
believe them not, on us aon, RON;
You've known us upward irUi ON ui'UlcN, !,
w
lap.
Alternately. wc look The proilp,,oi !al
In bnyhood's days We ioi!dil ilayrU XIII
gcthcr
You hufcd yoar back, dnd az, pH ~ N laftor'
low touched We were 20 see No" WMs lil4
We felt rs il your tears were .l - ,
cyc.
Al, lis not easy to forget llc., tnl.s:
Remembrance, unlike Riches. LAS 10 g .BM,,
The brain its home, forever there / 4.!iGS
Or siags. as in your case it may sometimes,
When t,lmpses OF the past rcycn our
crimes
But past'& the past, and let i; be forgot.
We wish to speak now OF your present lots
And firstly let ti$ warn you Of the ''nng,t
OF following the prcccpl> of The >tpng,r
Whom those who use the stump aplwOpri;tc
style
Tie .scalawag' or g arpct-baggcr'' Nli2
| lie has led you on, By ,ib amt aiitcy
TO fancy that his efforts made !ou nee
rrcSlmlhuOuS wretch. without our AM you
still
Would be subjected to your nlaStcI, VII
All anconstr(tiRed. WE passed The foolish Act
r,at made your freedom an et,rnal fact
For when the war had ceased VIC !cl il due,
To gire tie frcclom ,cc hNd lost 10 yo1.'
! MOI that we thought il better for yoa mo!
Pnt just 10 spite onr nnrclcntng toe
Aud nov. though we have yielded III hui
honor
10 ibose Internal YankS who crippled Con
DGr.'
We are willing to assist you 10 sustain
! The liberty Ue fought so hard to @ain.
| Tie wealth is 0nrS--thc houses where you