Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-05-28
HON. EZEKIEL BUNCONBE
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Ezrkiel Buncuu.l,n un lreing press
81 to accept haitering nomination
by his admIring constituents ~
Potato Ridge This nddr,-~s was
taken verbatim by Tho Mississip-
pian campaign reporter. qnd j. nov
In print for the first time Mr.
Buncomhc snii
Fsllow C,iyrus The gravity a
this moment almust oyert,owcrS
utteranCe You know uoi how me
MODEST nature shrinks frum t'e
publicity ~ this conspicuous tsr.i-
ton into xhich YOUR urgency has
forced me lou know nu' how m,
humble heart uuails bsforr the aw-
ful responsibility which You ha,c
thrust into me- unwilling bands
You ask me to Accept thi- office ,
Me fellow-ciiiz.uz. feared a.
much Ne delicate nerves, 80 SEM
sitive to changes IN the political
atmosphcre. forrwarnssl ne that
YOU would r-quirc M. -sr1lr"-
You have doubtless NOTICED how
increasingly | have sourht io ,,adr
this offer A. the little fishes n
the mighty dep. vhsu tie first
breath - the approaching tomuest
stirs the blue water-. hasten down
into the uuia'cr depths ~ have
sought a. sholiet me urnmhitlru-
head fron this present a.itatiuu.
You al 10 know. mr rouutrNmeu
how u has ever been mr wont tn
dee the public razr covert
nanght more than the sweet raIso-e
~ private hi. the psRcrful -,li-
tudes ~ ne retired Farm want
no other nnior,ctN than tho admir-
alton u the grateful Hnrk- that
brUwze upuu me grassy msa,lows
let the dcmagogue clsmor for ru-
tation IN pflioe ! ask ior no rltn-
ton save the changing s.a-pnz und
the rotation % crpI,s
But. alas for me. the iron hand
II destiny has ever thwartsl M.
modest wishes. and rudely awak-
cnel fr0m thc-c bgauiful dreams
~ pastoral bliss | have becn
again and again dragged into the
-trifc ~ cont nding factions And
vet, no ma did know that dis
tastci public life, Cor ! cpnceals,l
the hitisru.-s ~ me sF-Asit- -L-.u~ash-
y placid cpurt,rspvc An uusil
ling -acriGr, subtitle the Offering
Hence, n aiBcrlN which has al.
WAYS characterized mp upnu surh
occasions An alarriiy mi-cun-tru-
cd and turned ip mean accuuit hy
mine cu"mio- ha,, laughed a.
-ee how ! gul.rl The shallow caNil-
ling multi'ula - ssll dii dis
guise me destination anl counter
fcit the -rmblauyc uf willingness
that | haN, lscu arrusfd II amhl-
ton Tie tru" uIan urra-iun |
dad seem ambitions aud dil helF
myself ~ though IA barter me
very soul fur office. ~ the end that
IN the very pcryersity - nature |
knew tWuuld start an adverse cur
rent upon which | might lei-urely
float lack to the bli-sful haven II
private life Sumctimcs twas
thus, aud sonnet rs. tup. m" cuuu
trymen. you have spared me even
in the hour when ! was at hut in
the clutches uf some d.yuuring o.
hce, aud hAstsncd me hack insn r.
tirrmeut But ah. often. tnn. haz
Il been otherwise when have lpr-n
forCrd into the monsters gre'dy
grasp and cumm llsd a. quirscrut
submission Could sou have sccn
into the " uernust recc~- of mr
grief-strick, soul upon such occa-
sions. aud heard the supplicating
cries of mc augui~hed heart, twnuli
have made your manly pity hpw h.
crystal streams from out your eyu-
I would shield YOU. me friends
from such n misery. the manifold
horrors II which | forl"ar io men
tion. Bot II one grief let me zraak
whih tortured me svmpathctic
soul above the ret That was the
compulsion put upon me "a receive
the gli'tering storr poured into me
packets from the public treasury.
The money of the people, wrung
from the work fingers of hon
est toiler- hrrad snatched from
the mouths ot hungry widows And
orphans life-blOod drained frum
the veins of the laboring masses,
by exturtiouate taKes starving the
poor that the rich NAV eat. over
burlening the lalorer that the lille
may live. Huarled wealth ,o graf
ify the gluitonous grecl of office
holders Basc guerlon of ambi-
tion. Oh. twas barbarous. me
cOuntrymen, thus to force me re-
l,eliRg soul to such abhorrent Of
fee
but enough of this | will no
longer call up pthese grew some spec
tres ~ dead past, lest they tend
to frighten mo frpm the path of
present duty True to me tradi.
tions, | submit IA your wishes.
Snow me this voracious office thr
wants . change of diet You say
IL cannot stand three meals ~ the
same victnAls In snoces-ion sTis
no marvel; have met many
with this same discriminating APP
petite. Indeed. the most | ever
aaw must need vary ofiener, Come
then, 1 am really.
Pilot me IA the capacious nav
81 the ravenous monster l swear
not 10 recede one inch from my
determination. but viii enter bold
" into his gaping java And a.
faah A weak. me es1unfrymen. let