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Returning from Stephens's speech was
| shown nv room in the third story OF an it1-
posing brick. It was large, with cheerful
| fire at one end and two beds at the other.
A short but black negro. under plug bat
and wrapped in heavy cloak, stood before
1.-THE fire. The servant Of some guest--states-
man. who occupies one OF these beds, J
tho,Ipbt-an ex-3lave who still cliDgs TO his
old master.
negro. :.
g Senator Blank stays here, sah.'
care you his servant! "F5~.f =
Ono, sab: Use member of the Legisla-
tur." 49,
"Oh, indeed |" ~
"Yes. sah, and | come up here to meet the
senator to talk and consult about this mere
electionxslat's coming on"
| "The senatorial election
Eyes. sab that business is getting red
hot" and the legislator laughed slvery
laugh. -.
lis the senator you spoke of Republl-
CAM"
"Yes, sab; we are both from down on the
coast, where all the Republicans come from
/ THAT'S elected
"Whats the matter that there are so few
of YOU in the Legislature ?"
"Well, sab, the white men have got the
money and the brains, and they just hS up
the plrtv business to suit themselves. Our
party is about played In this State. Every
election we get less. A heap of the darkies
are getting to vote the Democratic ticket rs
regular thing. | know one county down on
the coast where seventeen hundred darkies
voted the strai ght-out Democratic ticket.
"Why didn't you work with them?"
"Oh. ] did; made heap of speeches,
but it pears like it did 10 good. Them nlg-
gers down there have got big Democratic
| devil in 'em. You had just as well talk 10
stumps. They have soured on our party. "A
Democrat can take bale OF cotton ana vote
a hundred"
laughed.
| Its fact. sah burnin' and shameful
fact. rs tell 'em. It's disagreement 10 tne
reason OF mankind. / tell you l went ior
'cm in nv specches. But heap OF times
thev would oniv laugh and tell me to come
down and give em q chew of tobacco. One
dav rot sortcr mad in my argument and
| told 'em could buy 'em all with two
pounds of tobacco. Why, they mighty nigh
beat Colonel Whitley for Congress. Colonel
| Whitley is one of the greatest men that
walks on this here country. The fool mig
! gers voted the Democratic ticket so mucn
| that we only elected our man by flfty votes.
We worked every day and night. maze
| fifty speeches. We spent all our money
Colonel Whitley put in the last cent-the
| last cent, sab. One day / went to his house
fer money to bring out the darkies. His wife
kent the money. 'Wife,' said he, 'gIye Jim
some money! There amt but twenty DOL
lars in the house, she says. Give 1t 10
him. he saws: I'm going to spend tue last
cent and be did, but we only missed beingg
beat bv mighty little. Next time they Will
set him. | tell you, sab. some OF these DAYS
the Democrats will have every bill Oh lhls
| State under themselves just rs they want IL.
| was about to observe to the Respondent
| colored broth her that they had it now, when
thc door opened and the senator-a tall,
snare white nlan-came in. We introduced
ourselves and chose beds. "This is Jim,"
he said, turning to the negro. He's Il
| member ind has come ur tc help lis whip
out the Id Democrats
| As there are about six Democrats in the
| Legislature to one Republican it looks as
though the whipping-out lhoceSs mispt be
good exercise. =,
Jim" he continued, 4" do you know all
the black members
| Yes, Sah."
"Wcll, YOU stir around aud get them into
the caucus Monday night. We must ACT
together. | don't see how we can vote Tor
Stephens, Gordon. or Hill. II the thing
rets close we may hold the balance OF
| power'
eyes, sah."
"Do you know what that is y
"No, sah.'
"'rhat means if the vote is close between
two Democrats we will all vote for one or
the other, and elect him.
| "Yes, sab"
(Which one Of the three, jim, can we
swallow the best 7"
"Somc says Stephens
"Nc. jim III be Id if we can 20 for
Stephens. DO you know stephens's re-
cord:"
"No, sah'
dwell. he's an old Democratic sinner. Ed
inst as soon send JEFF. Davis TO the United
Stntes Senate rs him. l tell you, jim, our
chance is Hill. We can't possibly go for
| Gordon or Stephens. You put up the boys
on this. We can't help ourselves In this
fight. and we must do ali we can to hurt the
Democrats. jim, how did you leave business
mt hUme?"
| "Pretty fair, sab"
! "Glad of it. tell you, If we can bother
the Democrats it will pay us TO stay here oil
the snrjnp. The boys will plant our corn
and cotton, and if they don't it may go to
thunder. Our business is right here to worry
the Democrats. jim, did YOU know the
| Democrats had ruined this country once"
Yes, sab"
"And they'll do it again. They would
send the devil to the Senate if he could
serve. But they can't get him, so they will
try to send old Alex. l know Alex.
mighty well. Did ever tell you. jim, about
what old Alex. did in the Secession Conven-
tom"
"The which, sah?"
"The Secession Convention that took the
State out of the Union!"
ono, sah." ~. .....
| dwell, they held secret sessions. Old
!. Alex. was in there. l gave the doorkeeper
n dollar to let ME open the door half an inch.
/ You can buy Il heap Of people for dollar,
Jim. and a ID sight OF them for ten idol.
lars" ..... ... III .."
Eyes, sah.' -...
"Wcll, as | was saying, Old Alex.
was speaking. Says he, Mr.. President,
ain opposed 10 the policy of secession, but
| if it has to come, let it be done before yon'
der sun sinks in the west. am Georgian,
and will stand by Georgia to the bitter end.
You see, Jim, he thought more Of this one
horse State than he did of the whole country.
That's why we can't vote for him. No mat
ter what comes, Jim, we mustn't allow a
single Republican vote to go for Stephens"
"No, sah." -
ave will throw away our votes on Aker.
man first" ;,