Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-07-18
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Especial Correspondence lGonstitqtion.l
q Mr. -ED1pUR: The crops arellaid
by; honey bees are liu.mmin ihs..the
com >tassels, morning glores open to
the. rising SUM-. the 3 cotton patch is
white wi,h@blooms and ,eserything
gives signs of peace and plenty in
this delighilutlaild: It'ss good lime
now for a recess aud. 4 irol!c,s and SO
Tor our amusement the ohtieal. cam
tpaign has opened tile bali in tlte 18th
Congressional District The isshnlis
made upNthe skirmishin.' slras. begun,
he'shaupshooters4 4haye. been tput in
position, and before long you will
hear the sound Of heavy. artillery
reverberatin' all over these. classic
mountains. .Na
lsee you have gotten up side
show in q Atlanta about who organized
the Democratic party in Georgia in
1861; Well, reckon somebody. did
it, and now. the: isshu in our District
is whether that organization. is or is
not worth preserving: Radicals and
Independents areop one side and the
organized Democracy on: the other.
Thisis the substantial question. There
is is nothing else in it that. Il can
see--no charge of fraud or:triek, no
bribery. no corruption. Tie gaunt-
let ct, has been fairly thrown down, the
wager of battle made. Both aid.s
are honest and earnest; and have put
out-tEeir boldest champions. They
are men whom the people have de-
lighted to honor. They are both Of
The same religious family, and have
served their country faithfully in war
Z and in peace. Above all, both of
them are gentlemen. and. the fight
will be made in an open fefd'in the
light of day, while the eyes Of mill
ions, as J;'a Brown says, will be look
in on. The isshu is tremendous one,
and feel like getting upona noun
tain and exclaimin, Soldiers, 40
centuries are fookin down upon you
from the nights of these pyramids"
/ tell you. Mr.: Editur,, :its goin to be
a Waterloo in shis district; somebody
is=eeia + tp be beat but who itiis-I.ll-
be blamed if I know. I amt got any
monsy'to bet on lit, shore:% You see,
the doctor has got the inside track,
because he's always in, and has done
a thousand little things that makes
man friends and keeps EN-; and the
doctor is a preacher and has the
gift of tongue, as St. Paul says,
which is good thing for preacher
to have. - -. a
But, then, on,the other hand, Les.
ter has got power of friends hissef,
and he never loses any; and he's elo-
quent and mi'y nigh as homely as
the DOCTOR Besides that he's a Grip
pied soldier and when he rises for
ward before. the mountain boys, and
stretches forth ouearm in:the heighth
Of his argument; and the other fiops
around loose in an empty sleeve, don't
you know them boys will yell ?.,They
amt forgot Murfreesboro, hof shilo,
nor Gettysburg nor Fredericksb
nor F: :tersburg. nor any other burg.
.willingham. thinks he knows. and
may be he does; but I'm goin' to AK
Harris. What he don't know ains
worth KNOWN. You. see it's the camp
agin the cross this time, squares out;
and I wishe:you' could hear. Cousin
John Thrasher upon that There are
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two men runnin' fer the legislator
up at Central, where Cousin .John
feeds the travellin' people; and d man
axed him who lie should vote for.
Why, vote for tile crutch y lsed he,
" every time; always vote for the
crippled soldier don't ak, no ques-
tions about him, but vote for hirn-
lie deserves it. whether he's the fit-
Test man or not; no man can do more
for his country than. he trieIto do;
other people may forget EN- but I
shan't. love EN-, I honor ,em, I
clothe en-, I feed 'syn- I never
charged one for meal in my lie
and so help me God 1 never will
and Cousin John rose mp eScisealy
and shook himself and dhollesed. Joe,
you black. rascal, you; why don't
you come along with that water p
Mr.. Watersen has struck the bugle'
note. He dared to tell the Union SOL
diers the other day in his big speech
that he was for. pensfoning the.crip-
pies and widows and orphans q 10Th
sides, and they cheered him. Lively
and shouted approval-and; it, will
be done yet-you see if it amt.
Them Radicals that.howl 50 much
wasent in the fight, butths cid, sol.
diers are comine. to the front and I
amt agreed if an : empty sleeve or
scratch whether -itsin. .0ongress.or out
oft; ) Brave MEN, are always kind
to their friends and htnolab blste their
Toes apd. if We cant trust then 5a we
cant truet nobody Yours,.:
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