The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-04


ell aspirants for few little petty county "iiices;
and still they come 1t is truly wonderful how |
many men feel themselves qualified TO represent
the country in the Grand Council. OLD aSpi- !
rants calm that the oil citizens should he rep
resented by persons If corresponding age, and
seek 10 he made the representatives. Middle
ngel uspirantS do the same for the middle aged
citizens. aul the young mcn-O, yes 1.-The young
men--mus; he represented by yoLng men, and
mere striplihgS really to assume all the
Responsibilities Of such representation. The
boys too. must he represented by boys and
forthwith little reddie Sute. who made such
l pretty speech nt the examination of Prof.
Fitznoodles school, is announced. (By the
way said my friend, parcntheticnlly. the silli-
est decla untnn recited by n child at school.
is dignifel with the name of speech Every
teacher ot the masculine gender is dubbed Pro-
frssor anil nearly every man is Captain. Colonel
Major. Lieutenant, Corporal or Scnundrel')
But what is the evil. asked, of men seeking
Office in free country like yours?
The evil he replied. lis various AMI wide
spread. In the first place it cXertS dcmoraiiz
ing influence upon tn office seekers themselves.
Seeking cthce with us, implies powerful con
test, in which each office seeker is brought
der powerful pressure. Men of weak chnrac-
ter cannot we'll sustain this pressure. and consc
qucntly resort to the various tricks, shifts AMI
expciicnts of the most corrupt dcmag"gues.
Among these tricks and expedcnts." said he,
lis notably tHat OF trying to brihe voters.
to liquor, cider. barbecued dinners aud the like.
Moreover. said he. few things. in L.y judgment
arc more ,lcmoraizing to the people at large
than office seeking. 1t would not he bad. If
the majority of our people were sufficiently level
healed not to he Influenced and calriei away
| hv tritles. But the human mind naturally
Graves something to interest an excite. Few Of
our citizens have the mems tfa interesting them
selves Mt home: hence, said he, when the office
seekers begin 20 appear 'hick and fast. it sets
everybody in n buzz of excitement. They fool
away ever much time going TO public places,
for other purpose than to talk about the
coming elections. And Mt church. the
street. everywhere. nothing is talked Of for
| months hut the coming election. As the all i'm
pnrtant ,me approaches, the excitement reaches
fever heat. The 'Sovcrcgns now meet often
and continue long: discuss and rciiscuss the
| merits OF their respective ftvori'cS; hct. drink,
curse. swear and make fools of themselves gen
orally. After ALL what good? Is anybody
wiser. or better? Not in the least. but the re-
verse.
Soon afrcrthis. thought found myself some.
where in great crowd. Every hody seemed to
! he there. the ringsireakcd, AMI strine | AMI
| specklcd, white, black, yellow, all were there.
! 1t seemed to he a festival of some kind for
| there was ever so much meat cooking. suspended
| over trenches Of Goals by sticks thrust through
! il. \ rough looking man. mopping it with
some kind Of wash and swearing occasionally ut
| some negroes. VIII" turned it aud kept up the
| fire. thought the day was hot and these cooks
Fng crfrh ths sta&e harSf4 f4e tAs rH SMea, dron:
c"''r" ~. l".'nv " cr,'n'" rnitcr
! were cocks fighting. The enclosure was sur.
| r"udncl by motiy crowd, who were hurrnhing,
betting. splitting. cursing swearing and m,king
| themselves Interesting generally. Fn, Two or
| three hundred yards before reaching this place
| might hc seen various groups Of negroes snd
whites, in trrcc corners and in clumpS of In she's
anietly manipulating pieces Of paper. Not far
! of, Thought, were a group witnessing ties, of
! speed between some horses and netting on one
and another Of the animals. Scattered among
these various groups thought were about thirty
seven men, who. with most bcngnani smiles aud
cordial haniShakes. seemed TO he partculn rly in
tcrcStc'l in the general welfare Of the crpwl
About this time. thought saw rather well
| made. bouncing looking man coming into the
crowd with n smile that per cc;lv hcwitch-
ing. and with d"moannr and greeting so warm
and $" cordial that mn'ic everybody feel good -
Ahnn this time Thought this most agreeable
looking man. was discovered by n rather doubt.
ful looking inlividual n little uncertain in his
gait, who. nj sight of the agreeable looking
man. | Thought sung ont: ..IIurr,h for
brother BlathrrSkiic. In another minute, |
thought the two were almost embracing so ar.
IDENTIFY did they shake hands AMI enquire after
! each others general welfare. "Broihcr Blathcr-
skic! I'm so glad to yc.' thought the
fellow said. IL want y"u tp come to our meet in
and precsh for We want more rclishion
more rclishinn. Sir; we want n rcgulor-nld
fashioned rcvi9al-a mighty shaking q the dry
bones in the vail y--nni--brorhcr Blatherskite
You are the man to-to-io--siir ms mp
"Br"thcr Bnthrrskitc," the fellow snid in an
under tone, "ivc-l We tax en- a iram-hut know
WHAT'S w&nt-I don't m"an-any harrn-
hrothcr-dingcl if do. fcllcr on sich orca.
si"us as this crc-gits cGSzitci -and-fore he
knows it-h"'s gni-tno much"
90. of course, of course, sail the very afrnhc
gentleman. .'wc are all liable to err Somrimos :
l,,,t Il, H..
You know Abraham and lot. and some of rl,csu
other g,"d old men took lItilc TOO much hut
they were all right at heart"
"Ah my dear hrnrh"r,' sail the fellow and
grabbing the other hy the hrnd Nuw YOU re
talking my sort of talk, prczactly"
Bur let us change the conversation n little
brother Happy Jack aid the. pleasant looking
mnn."I feel that may safely c.,uit on y ur su -
port All, you've got that mighty ligh my
brother" Thought the fellow said. "And
brother Happy Jack, the pleasant l. an went on
Il hone you will exert your influence among
your brethren and friends for me | am sure
to he elected, bat | want to make n big
run"
Bet your bottom dollar on that. the fellow
replied ''Our church will 90 for 20 to n man /:
ccptin old deacon SIca fast. lie iS-.-he is
ah--hanG IT h" i down rgin pre- tch s-yol
know You mean that he is prcjuLiccd again st
preachers seeking secular Offices 2"
That's il ! That's il ! Jess so
"But. said the pleasant man. 1--WE must allow
for the weakness and peculiar notions of good |
hnt eccentric men. How would it do f,r me in |
hav" an app imfm"uj nj ,"ur church for. say |
Wednesday week. ard If | Sh"uld preach one f |
my best amt warn">i 50 nous. arl then have u |
private talk with ihr deacon. don't you IhIuk he |
might COME ,und .?
..Bul.y! Bully! :! | Ihcuuht the fellow re
piled.
IuSr then. lirtlc thin l""kng fellow stand
ing by II crr' win n hn; rel on il, hcrhn To Snr