The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-08-29
TO THOSE WHO GOT LEFT.
An Address If Sympathy IT, The Defea
Candidates.

That feeling of sympathy which
stiTs every human heart at the sight
of sad disappointment burns in my bo-
som at present. Being somewhat sub
ject to disappointment Of late years
myself, | know better how to extend
you my entire sympathy, and. if posi-
BILE, speak a word that might sOothe
your bleeding hearts. On, how often
have ] wished that Time herself could
retrace her inevitable footsteps, and
once more land me safely upon the hap
py shore of innocent CHILDHOOD, where
I could for q little Fhile put away the
sad realities Of disappointed antlcipa.
ton, and revel in that happy frultlon
which alone visits the human heart at
that age. Would that | could command
language so pleasant, 50 calm, and so
balsamic in its nature that ere the SET
ting of the sun, joy, not sadness, would
fill your souls.
thank God that | was born in an
age when | can be some consolation t0
YOU who wear the fetters of disappoint-
ment. But cheer up, fellow citizens;
the poet who wrote the immortal lines,
There is no place like home" was sure
ly the mouth-piece of the human race.
! hat poet represented the whole world,
while those. your more fortunate breth-
req, can only represent a small portion
thereof. / tell you my dear, sad friends,
it is not the man who fills the highest
position in life that always does the
most good for his country. If your in
tentions were good. and you aspired to
office for the purpose Of beneit5ing
your depressed fellow countrymen, you
will certainly not cease to be hero at
home.
| tell you, fellow citizens, | have been
thinking about politics for some weeks
and if | tell you the truth, ian honest
confession is good for the soul,) l hum
bly, confess that | have had a huge
war with my conscience. My conscience
brought up the question stated some
what like this: "Resolved, That all
candidates do not run for the purpose
of helping their fellow men, bat aim at
Ego pure and simple" But you know
men generally conquer their conscience;
so can say in roundabout kind of
way that have conquered mine. But
l am deviating somewhat from my sub
iect. | came here to day to console
you, and it seems, from the means am
using, shall fall short Of the desired
end. am aware at this moment, when
disappointment alone weighs upon your
mind and appeal to your reason IS a
poor alternative for sympathy.
tell you, gentlemen, there is such a
host of you that my reason suggests
that | advise you TO resort to the gentle
love and sympathy Of your c0nsorts ~
this the day of tribulation. On, the
wisdom of Divine Providence. He
knew there would be days in mans
life when despondency would almost
drive him to despair, and so He made
woman, the impersonation of all that is
tender, affectionste, lovely, sympathe,
tic. 60 to her, my dear friends, who
is ever ready to .streW your path with
flowers, the fragrance of which shall
reach the skies on high. And. you,
gentlemen, who have no wives in this
your day Of trial, where is your hope ?
| can offer you nothing, save remind
you of the folly of having entered this
campaign without one.
Again, it should be source Of great
consolation to you, when you think OF
the fearful responsibility resting upon
the elect, to know that your fellow clti.
zens have been so kind as to relieve
you OF such responsibility. Do you not
know that there will come divers diff,
culties and temptation so as to almost
deceive the elect themselves? Why
must tell you Of these things? Is not
your observation sufficient for you?
Finally, l wish to tell you before l
close, that Notwithstanding my short
speech, feel that some good has come
to US all from this meeting. trust |
may have the pleasure of meeting you
all again on this side of the grave, when
these hot tears that DOW scorch your
troubled cheeks shall have been
wiped away, and when you shall
have been promoted by grateful
people according to your merits. 1t is
with unbounded confidence that | be-
lieYe you will now return to your re-
spectiye habitations and work for the
good and prosperity Of our people; al
ways trusting in Prominence with the
greatest confidence inasmuch. as you
have now realized that his words are
true, "Many are called, but few are
| chosen" The above, which We clip
from the Edgetield Advertiser, we com
mend to those candidates who "got
left" LAST Tuesday.