Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-05-15
For the Advertiser.
Fair-Piay Gets the Last Lick, and
LammS No. 2. Without Mercy.

friends who asked him to abandon
his faith, curse God, and die. 1t Was
then that, in the acme of hia coufi.
dence in his own integrity, and in the
righteousness of his cause, be ex
vla'm med 30 that nine enemy would
write book" When Tread the last
efusion of No. 2, I felt like exclaim
ing, 0 that he had stuck to his text,
and given US some facts aud hideous
exposures, instead of stale rlatitudes,
which when viewed in relation to
anything l have written, are as mean
ingless as the jib5eriuSs of a Barneo
monkey. at once saw that elimi,
mated Of its verbose redundancy, it as
"iittle relevancy bore" t what l had
written as did the first utterances OF
Poe's Raven to his questiouings when
it croaked never more"
can safely challenge No 2, or any
one else. to point to, or repeat, a
word that have written or spoken
that indicated preference for Plu
rality, or that l indicated opposition
to ma ajority.
have opposed, and do oppose, the
Convention plan, without reference
to either ope or the other. If the
people want the majority plan, it can
be had in connection with the Pri-
mary, as we'll as with the other. Let
them decide the question; I have not
touched it. | considered it CT very
email importance when compared
with the vital question of Primary
or Convention. Thus it will at once
asa,tAas al sSa E .saza Q. . ael-
I den eggs, porcupines, botf6mlees tubs
pills, unreliable ways, &C., &c, is al
gasconade, and does not refer to the
question have discussed knows
who am. Why ask the question
{ He says what 1 have written is al
ct ubbles." Well, enough such bub
bles will burst over the cranky Graf
, which he and others are trying to gel
; aAoat upon the political sea, called
Convention, on or before the 10th in
r slant, to sink it beyond the reacl
} of the sounding lines and grapplln&
hooks of its builders, forever. Bu
5 to the question. Why did he no
= stick to his text" and hold his olc
position, when lie was surrounded b,
Medusaa, grievous wrongs and hide
J Gus hidden mysteries? have stucl
to mine. Why did he not go int
E the +" divulging and diSsolving" buai
f ness "axe or no axe" as I hpgge'
him to do, and thereby gain for him
s self niche in the temple of fame, b,
5 the side Of Iloffer, a Tell, or
Washington? Why, oh ! why, wa
be so recreant, to high trusts and s.
cruelty unjust to his own fame
r Did he suddenly di-cover thu
which a man of his cloth ought t
t. have known all the while, that hi
, Medusa and all his grim hints an
t assertions were but hailucinatloas G
! the mind-a sort Of phautssmagorli
0 IS unstable and unreal as the " base
q less fabric Of dsee.n p hope h
: did.
. For his satisfaction will say | AL
D an humble citizen. | work each da
/ for ny support and that of my lami
/ ly. make no sort Of pretense t
3 style in living; por do | ape fashion
( able men and dudes in the matter c
t dress. And yet an man for's
n that" And l have right to crit
r else theactions and sayings Of all me
upon questions Of public policy.
f shall continue to do go, but shall 81
ways endeavor to be right, and atriv
& TO be found on the side Of humanit,
8 and Justice, as I have been in shi
6 discussion.
. Another question. Why did you
f No g., leave your stronghold, frol
a which you claimed you could "ful
}. inmate destruction" upon the Prima
t ry plan, and upon plurality, &c, ant
r lall back to such an unimportaut pc
r eition, to make a stand? And VIII
}. did you set up an imaginary oppc
t nent, cA1isten him "Fair Play" an
open fusilade upon him?
i. Oh, fe fe Il tut tut No 2.
e does not look well, it looks reall
e 6shy, to open upon me at a poln
J. where you knew ] was not and ha
e not been. Was it an artful douge o.
t your part to cover real defeat? Sue
4 tricks are too thin and too " stale" t
). be enjoyable, and the manner of you
doing it savors more of "extrem
bombast" than any thing I have see
e lately. In fact such swelling is ex
i. tremely dangerous. Does No. 2, re
member the ambitious frog Of the IA
e bic that burst his skin and periahed
. 1t will take you, No. 2. more than
;, life time to weave such tricks int
}, substantial reality" Dodging ant
:. fallacy are too patent, and the peopl
f of Edgefeld will not swallow sue
s "pills" worth cent.
D Let US adj urn our Philippi t
eome Sunday School Convention,
where you will address the crow
upon Missions and the fundamenta
: doctrines contained in Holy writ
: while I, dressed in my bomespun
j. with brogans on Il have no others
will utter silent, fervent prayer tina
/ you may be more successful in you
e new "role" than you have been i
! tL;e FAIR.PLAY.