The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-02-13
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A sudden change in the weather, amounting
to about fifty DEGREES in thirty hours, and
small coal crate, no larger than mans hat,
and not of much more warmth, caused your
correspondent to change his quarters the other
NIGHT. and establish himself In 8 warmer iati-
tude.
Returning from Stephens speech, 1 was
shown nv room in the third story of an Inn
posing brick. It was large, with cheerful
fire at one end, and two beds at the other. A
short but black negro, under q plug hat and
wrapped in heavy CLOAK, stood before the ffe.
The servant of some guestrssatesman, who &C.
cnpies one of these beds, thought-an ex-
slave who still ciings to his old master.
aWhose room Is this ?'' asked of the negro.
Senator Blank stays here, sah."
s.sAre you his servant" 80. !,
aNo, sab; I'se member Of the Legislator" !"
stOh, indeedtr
Eyes, sah; and come up here to meet the
Senator to talk and consult about this here
election that's coming on"
iissThe Senatorial election r.
ayes, sab that business is getting red.hot,
ais the Senator which you speak Of Re-
publican?"
ayes. sab: we are both from down on the
coast, where all the Republicans come from
that's elected"
IseWhat,s the matter that there are so few of
You in the Legislatiire?" :"
aWell, sab, the white men have got the
money and the brains, and they just tx up the
parry 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 as regular
thing know one county down on the coast,
where seventeen hundred darkies voted the
the straight-out Democratic ticket"
seWhy didn't you work with themY"
-saO6, I did I made heap of speeches. but
there have got q big Democratic devil in 'em.
You had Just as well talk to stumps. They
have soured on our party. A Democrat can
take q bale of cotton and vote a hundred"
laughed.
aIts a fact, sab; burnin' and shameful
fact, as tell 'enn. It's a disagreement to the
reason of mankind tell you went for 'em
in my speeches. But heap of times they
would only laugh and tell me to come down
and give 'em chew of tobacco. One day
got sorter mad in my argument, and told 'em
could buy 'em all with two pounds of tobacco
Why, they mighty nigh beat Colonel Whlteley
for Congress. Colonel Whiteley IS one OF the
greatest men that walks on this here country.
The fool niggers voted the Democratic ticket
so much that we only elected our man by fifty
votes We worked every day an night. made
fifty speeches. We spent all our money. Col
onei Whiteley put in the last cent-the last
cent, sab. One day I went to his house for
money 10 bring out the darkies- His wife
kept the money. Wife, said he, give Jim
sorae money There ain't but twenty dollars
in the house, she says. Give it to him, he
says, I'm going TO spend the last cent and ne
did, but we only missed being beat by mighty
little. Next time they will set him. tell
you, sab, some of these days, the Democrats
will have every bit of this State under them
selves just as they want it"
I was about to observe to the respondent
colored brother that they had it now, when the
door opened and the Senator-a tall, spare
white man-came in. We introduced our
selves and chose beds. "This is Jim," he said,
turning to the negro. Giles member, and
has come up TO help Us whip out the id
Democrats"
AS there are about six Democrats in the
Legislature TO one Republican, it looks as
though the whipping-out process might be
good exercise.
"Jina," he continued, "do you know all the
black members?"
0YeS Sah."
@Well you stir around and get them into the
caucus Monday night. We must act together.
I don't see how we can vote for Stephens, Cor
don or Hill. If the thing gets close we may
hold the balance of power"
"Yes sab"
''Do you know what that is 2"
mo sah."
s.rhat means if the vote is close between
tyo Democrats. we will vote for the one or the
ether and elect him."
ayes sah.o
(Which one of the three, Jim, can we swal-
low the best 2"
"Some says Stephens"
seNo. Jim; I'll be id if we can go for Ste
phens. Do you know Stephens recordf
fsNo sah."
sfWell, he's an old Democratic sinner. I'd
lust as soon send jeff Davis to the United
States Senate as him. l tell you, Jim, our
chance is Hill. We can't help ourselves in
this fight, and we must do all we can to hurt
the Democrats. Jim, how did you leave busi-
ness at home?"
HGlad of it. 1 tell you, if we can bother
TIE Democrats it will pay US to stay here all
the spring. The boys will plant our cotton and
corn, and if they don't it may go to thunder.
Our business is right here to worry the Demo-
Gratis. Jim, did you know the Democrats had
reigned this country once"
3Yes sah."
"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. I know old Alex. mighty well. Did
ever tell you, Jim, about what old Alex. did in
the Secession Convention 2"
''The which, sab"
"The Secession Convention, that took the
ct.to ont of the Union ?"