The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-10-17
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fine strains 1. III from his lips as ever
emanaied from mortal mln. IN truth,
kfor about five minutes, there was d
rose bud trembling oirevery wor,l he
uttered. Judge Long replied by say.
Ing he was neither poet nor the son
OF a poet /; that he had no poetical ge-
Mus that the only stanza he ever
Knew IN his life was this:
"rhc Jay birds song am more sweetcr
Than the red bir,l's song, because his mouth
am more sharper"
This was such good take off that
Judge Winiree never again dared ~
inyade the sacred realms nf pocsy,
but clung from thence forward to
stern facts and figures. Aud IN my
opinion no inaif ever dealt IL drier
things than figures In public sperch.
The masses caniiot understand them.
Prouse's store is a good point 10
speak the boys understand when to
stamp gs well ss any place IN the
county, aud this Is an impprtaut item
| TO the man on the stump. Many a
man has lost yoles by not having the
stamping committee III readiness. II
Il just Ms essential as awelt filled
anlen corner in times OF great reli
gious upheayings. iIefore quit
Prnuse's store forever. l.wisl,, IN be-
half OF the candidates, TO express our
warmest thanks 10 Mr.. john Prousel
and his estimable wife, for tlier
kindness to lis while thcre. From
there we went out 10 our old friend
II. r. Stuarl's aud spe-t the night
with him. All of US were az his
house, and jlst such lot OF jolly
fellows never before held high reveI-
ry beneath any mans root. Here
Dick McD ate three as fine nnd full
aedged chickens as ever crowed back
proud defiance each TO the other OIL
the hills OF Pon River.
Next morning we went TO Crofton.
All the world knows whore Crofton
lis; all the world has read of this
splendid little city, that sprang mp
| like magic, like some coniurer had
viewed his magic wand syerit and il
spraug forth a full grown city,.
Here are nearly five hundred votes
polled each election. As Croiton
goes SO goes the county. Each can,
iidate knew this, and each man went
there with the determination TO do
aud dare. aud even II necessary TO
get crippled or carry the precinct. u
acknowledge | went there with fear
aud trembling. Two years before
those men had stood shoulder TO
shoulder with me; had sent me forth
to fill the most responsible and troub-
Icsoinc Office in the county. had
done the very best | could and was
back again arkIng them 70 indorse
my course as an officer. l shall
never forget tho warm pressure OF
those hard aud horny hands; never
forget the words OF encouragement
that fell from the lips OF those men
who had known me IRON the day L
learned to lisp the name ofnioiller up
to now. Aud when | began my lii.
tlo speech, aud saw them crowd
around me until l was literally hem
med In by a solid wall of human be-
inqs when saw the death.like still
ness that cane over the imInence null
utude, knew they were there TO
hear me for my cause,and their hearts
were with me, and orly death itself
could drive them from me. And
now | want to say IL there Is one
sunny spot back In the barren desert
ot.mv life, that sunny spot Ia the
memory OF how those men clung to
mo during my two canvasses. OF.
course now and then had crossed
some mans pathway, had perhaps
passed him on the journey of life aud
in his bosom ranked aud burned the
demon jealousy aud therefore he
would vote against mo. But my
neighbors. the men who lived near
me and who voted for mo solid--not
one single exception Denocrat, Re-
publican and Grccnbacker forgot
Iaiikc their political CT eeds and voted
for Tho man. And now say what
ever coines, (ond God knowsithe fu-,
ture iooksrather gloomy J, that 1 will
never. go help me Heaven, betray The
great trust twice rcposcd In me by
them. When ] go back again tolive
among them, though go back, as 4
know will, without a dollar IN my
pocket, want 70 90 carrying IN my
bosom the proud consciousness OF
having acted man officially. Twill
save 10 money out Of this Office. !
knew this when | became o. candi-
date the second time. It was my
ambition TO be endorsed that made
mo run. My ambition said run my
own personal comfort said'h,ot I
| yielded to the formeE aud here ! am
IL forltwo more long, long years. !
am not the style OF a man to make
money out OF this Office ;amnot made
ofslern enough stnif;i was cut on
the wrong end Of the icloth.ha Wom-
| l.,.aiet;,y,io for (; ftv ,loliare Than.