The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

a AENElCkH GAMEsAHlsNER
Ahe Congressman who IL nOt to be
O"tdOne i'm HAi~ own Stumping-
Ground.

The Congressman who i. moi TO be
OutdOne i'm Isis own Stumping-
Ground.
I. "Hhc l'lal selected ,u .io :!.c main or
ganizlng for the Democrats in southwest
crn kentucky is Colonel Frank Wolford
| know hlm well, says a kcntuckian who
was lately interviewed on tn" situation ::
"went to school with him when We were
boys, and to-day he is the ahlcSt liar
OWN Hradl"y not cNceptcd) in the State
lie has reduced the art to such perfection
chat he can tell II man he is going To lie
t" him and then make him believe what
h" says. He takes great pride in being
an accomplished artist in this ancient and
honorable profession, and nothing plcascs
hin more than f. be called the nral orical
Mn!laltan of Kentucky. l. j, All actual
fact that he tells lie 80 Well he believes
1t himself. lI".wAN born ana grew un in
Clinton county, which was ALWAYS pro-
dUrtNe OF grccIhriars and LAWYERS. He
was an enthusiastic non nlan, and when
tn" war broke out hr got a mule, an old
drum and a mulatto boy, and, securing
over the hills AMI >agc fields oi his native
county, managed to muster a company Of
hill tigers, mounted ON tlec-bittcn Ro-iu-
Autcs, To fight for nclr sam aud the
star and stripes"
Al the close of the war old Wolord
settled down and became a Democrat,
and most 81 his men did the same thing.
When the Democrats gave him the momi-
nation for Congress last fall the Republic
can state Committee sent General Fry
up into hi. district to countcract the in
lucncc OF old Woli"rd's war record.
Fry started oil, intending to remain in
the district six weeks and speak wherever
Wollord did. lc was back in four days.
whats the matter, General :" asked
the Chairman in surprise, a hc stalkcd,
black as tlundcrcloud
"Mattcr: Why, matter enough. If
You want man 10 90 into the ElevcuAh
District to talk against that old scoun-
drc W"Iford, vou will have 10 send some
body besides me. I'm done. When |
agreed to stumpin the district supposed
| would have sensible men to talk to; !;
instead find them All a 10; Of baukcty
banked tools and liars and >coundrrl>.' :
Didn't they treat vou RIGHT -
II, al ,,,a ,i4ht: Oh, ,n~ they trnatrd
me right. They Gated me like "A prince.
When reached the first town old VOL
ford met me with Il cordial welcome,
and, 10 my surprise, he gave the opclileg
and closing of the joint discussion.
spoke Tor one hour and hall on national
i~sucS-thc tariff, finances and the stand
ing Of the parics--and lwelt with special
emphasis on the magnanimity shown by
the Federal Government in It's treatment
Of the Conlederatcs at the close of the
war. About half OF my audience had
served in the Confederate army, and |
saw | was producing a good impression.
Now what do you suppose that old
hook-nosed rascal Of a Woltord did i:
Why, he got up and began talking, never
paying the slightest attention to what
had said on national issues, but after
brief Introduction taking up my good
will plea. Don't You believe a word
General Fry has told YOU about the mag
nanimity OF the Federal Government and
the Republican party he shreked. It's
all lie What did they do with Gen
eral Lee after the surrender of Appomat-
toX ? Why, they took him ont and hung
him right between the lines, in plain "
"' Hold on shouted, that is not
true. General Wolford, you know you
are pcrverting facts
" Instantly two or three OF the old sec
"nd cavalry boys sprang to their feet and
sworc that they had been on the ground
and seen General Lee hung, one of them
remarking with swaggcr that il anybody
questioned the statement he would have
to chew off the barrel OF a siN-shooter.
What did they do with Jcf Davis
after he had surrendered :" continued old
Wotord. 'Why, they tied eighteen hun
dred pounds oi iron 10 his legs, threw
him into dungeon and starved linn for
eight months, and then took him ont and
hung him. That's what they done with
him, OF magnanimous govern
ment that
81 interrupted to say that JEFF Davis
was alive now and healthy, but two or
three second cavalry liars stood up and
sworc they had seen him hung, and if
any man disputed it they would make
him eat bis words or six inches of cold
steel. And there the old scoundrel stood,
hanging Alex. Stephens, I.ongstrcet, Joe
Johnston, Hampton and every Conicd-
crate of prominence he could think OF,
and proving what he said by cvc-witnesses
from the second Kentucky cavalry. What
show did have talking to such crowd
Of Ananiases as that? lquit then and there.
If you ever get me there III those noun
tains again you may shoot me-