The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-18

vote Tor MIR. IIlden, but their bread
and meat depended on not doing it.
How about all tho workmen in the
shops, mills, factories, that belonged
to the Radicals who made their
bloatcd fortunes out of tho late
war? There was no intimidation, Of
course, but the boss calls them all
up and says "You vote as you
please, but if you don't vote for
Hayes Didn't you say that was his
name?) you ean come to the captains q
Office and settle, and get your
walkin' papers"
The truth is, Mr. Watterson.
those Radical towards have been
afraid of us SO long that they have
got intimidation on the brain. Ben
Butlcr was invited to go to New
Orleans to help count, but ho didn't
60 he replied by telegraph
"Greot spoonsl I can't go. L feel
intimidatcd. Now tho worst cosa
| have heard of is Jack Allan's He
had three hundred negroes on his
sugar plantation, and bcin pressed
tor labor ho offered every darkey
VINO would stay at homo an extra
dollar in silver, and they stayed.
The shine of the coin intimidated
en-, and SO Louisiana is to be set
down for-did you say his name
wa" Hayes?
Now for tho other silo of the
picture, These Radical rascals
mado the poor niggers believe that
if Mr.. 1ilden was elected thev
would all be put on the block and
sold into slavery. Wey nrere made
TO bchere a Tic and put n tear Of
Io$I" tier liberty, and that wasn't
Intimidation, was it? Why, sur, in
the last ten days II of 'em have
axod me to buy 'em when tho sale
comes OF but Tn nfcerd to do il
They have follercd these Radicals 80
long I'm nfeerd they would steal
everything Two got, Sur, if there
was some high and mighty arbiter
OF these issues who would speak to
us from the clouds-somc great and
supreme Judge sottin' on tho ton
most peak of tho Rocky mountains a
lookin' down with majestic wisdom
upon this bcdevilcd and bewildered
land, he would throw out every MIG
gor vote that such intimidation
carried to Hayes, which they say is
his name. Sur, tho intimidation
was all on tho other side. Even
the carpet=baggers and scalawaps
who roost around us like buzzards
watchin' Il sick horse, would have
voted for Uncle Sam if they hadn't
been afeered Of losin' their Offices
They wero intimitlated, and now
they are lamentin' they didn't do
like Sam Bard, and flee from tho
wrath to como before it was too
late, and mako themselves unani-
nous.
Sur, I know that all of us, moro
or less, are livin under q measure
of intimidation. The fear of the
law' the foar of society, tho fear of
the devil, or somo other fear, kecpa
us all intimidated, There are some
men l. would lick if 1 wasn't afeerd
they would lick me. There's mighty
few men living in state of perfect
froodom. Our domestic and com.
mercial relations give tho lie TO It
every day. You know how it is
yourself but arc all these relations
to bo busted up on that account ?
No sur-hy no means. A reasona=
bic quantity of intimidation ia q
wholesome thing for beast and
man
No, lot EN- count us cut if they
dare to. L know they can boat tho
almanac ond tho multiplication table
and tho doyil himself on q count
when they want to, ,rhoir only
chance to get out of his kingdom :
whom he gets 'om, is.rto fool him on
tho count somo evening at dress
parade.
But we've got somc long heads O.
watchin of en-, and they'll be
caught ut their rascality. Joe
Brown and Sam Bard have gone to
Florida, and Joe is whale. He's
somo on q count himself. He's
eountad votes before, and hain't for
got the lick. Whother he learned
from Bullock or Bullock learned
from him L don't knows but Joe
didn't jino Gideon's band for
nothing, He slipped in and sided
out just as easy, and nobody knew
when it was done. Sam Bard
doesn't do that way. He tumbles
in and tumbles out with O. regular
sommorset, and makes as much
noise in doin' it as sehoolboy
jumpin into mill pond, But
Joseph is all right now, and our
folks are bettin' on him.
One thing is shore and certain
we are not going to have the other
feller to rule over us-and did you
say his name was Hayes
Yours jubilantly, BILL ARP.
The Charleston yostrnal of Coms
mcrce says: is stated upon good
authority that Redpath, the notori~
ons bloodysshirt faunter, was O.
member Of q gang of bummers that
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