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

barbecue" gotten up especially for "shelling
out the fice-hunters, that those thirty seven
pleasant, well disposed men were aspiring to
about half a dozen little offices that there was
no less than seven preachers among the number,
who were running for little post office at
Jones Cross Roads that the one who treated
to the cider was the most persistent Of the lot
that since taking the field he had been suddenly.
seized with a new inspiration TO do something
for the cause and had made preaching tours,
preaching in nearly every church of his sect in
the province and in some others. lie has
been known to exhort and pray most fervently
in meeting. and before getting out Of sight Of
the meeting house he would bs talking about
his good prospect to o. elected The airs he
put on in the pulpit, while on those electinneer-
ing tours" were perfectly disgusting. He nc
tualy prosiitued the pulpit. by seeking to make
1t stepping stone to asecular Office" thought
| my friend said
Here thought could not withhold some ex-
preston of my surprise, telling rhe man that
| he must he mistaken. that on Earth it was ex.
ceedingIy dificult to get n man TO accept Of
| flee that nothing but the purest patriotism
| backed by the urgent solicitation Of the people,
would cause them to do so and that as to
preachers seeking secular Offices. pros,tutinG he
| pulpit TO that end wdding down into the mre
and filth and dregs of society, treating to cider.
ETC.. in general scramble for votes. such n
| thing was moi to be thought Of there. thought
| told him that two years ago. a preacher in
Fairfield County, very good and worthy man,
nearly lost his voice 30 TINT he couli not preach
and he offered to serve the people in connection
witk n secular office; but that he did not com
| promise his profession. nor his character, by
| resorting to questionable expelens, or going
| to questionable places to get votes. see moth
| ing wrsng. snid, in a preacher holding secu.
| lar office, more than any other christian man =,
| but 1T one on Earth should go to such places as
this Rev. Mr.. Blatherskitc Of yours went treat
to cider and canvass the county by preaching
| from church to church. he would find n stain on
his character that would be hard to erase A
few little sectarian ciiques (of which we have
none on Earth. said might try to keep him up,
but such man would he sure to 20 down sooner
or later, and the sooner the better
| Thought my friend said that he thought il
would he delightful to live on Earth. where
! everybody was charact erized by int igence and
hightoned morals, and where the people did not
| go crazy every two or three years on the sub
juct of office seeking. Here | thought in
vited him to Earth on prospecting tour; but
| he said that he was fearful the balloon might
burst in transiiu and scatter him indiscrimi
nately through space.
QUI.
(a) The author heard this language from an
orator before the war.
(b) This same brother, Happy. jack. or some
| one like him, sung out on the street: "Ilur.
rah for preacher Blaiherskitc!'' Some one in a
store said; Yes. There goes one of his drunken
| brethren, now