The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-29
LANCAsTRIAN ELOoUENCE.

LANCAsTRIAN ELo0UENCE.
! MT. James Cullins' Little Oratorical Gem
which Ought to be Preserved in Scrap
Books as a Picture OF this Day
and Time-A Very Wild and
Funny Denunciation of
Lawyers.
The county campaign in Lancaster
has been made more lively than usual
this year by the speeches of Mr.. James
Cullins, of Belair. candidate for the
House of Representatives. The Lam
caster Review gives full report Of the
speeches at Kershaw on August l6. The
Hon. Ira B. Jones, the present Speaker,
who is a lawyer and candidate for re.
election to the House, made the first
speech of the day, landing the Reform
Movement to the skies. The Review
says:
At the close of Mr.. Jones' remarks
the chairman introduced Mr.. James
Cullins. Mr. Cullins had his Gstling
gun loaded for lawyers and he poured
hot shot into 'em "both gwine and
comin'." He kept the crowd roaring
with laughter from beginning to end,
and when he had consumed his allotted
time the crowd yelled to the chairman
to let him go on, which he did.
Mr.. Cullins said: Gentlemen, there
are twenty-seven candidates before you
to-day-aIl them want your votes, all Of
them say they are Reformers. Yes, and
I reckon if old Dan Chamberlain was
here be would say be was Reformer
too. | have tried to be Reformer, but
haven't been one yet-have had too
many devils to fight.
LAWYERS STARTED THE WAR.
was not in the civil war-tain't
case of my wife and the bear with me,
but bad brothers IN that war. The
war was gotten up by lawyers in Char
lesion and shylocks. It was q poor
mans fight and rich man's war. l
came here in 1860, an Irish boy. Dan
Chamberlain put you to the expense
of $50, 900 for guns-the mean lawyers
responsible forit. The people shake the
bush and the lawyers get the plum. l
wish I had a crowbar, I would prize
the scales off your eyes, you blame set
of scoundrels-am not running Jones
and Hough. I have not come to kick
up HI, but this is free white mans
country, and if we amt got sense to
vote we ought to fail. I'll fight any
man here after the meeting. The far
mers had to whip the negroes and: then
the lawyers got the plum. Tillman
came out in 1856 and said fight 'em.
Now about the Alliance, it has to
keep the lawyers and merchants cut
because they are too smart. A voice in
the crowd: "What about Cleveland
and the bond issue?" Cullins: "He
ought to be beat over the head with a.
dead cat, the old Mugwump."
THERE HAS BEEN NO REFORM.
Farmers can't vote an Independent
ticket-the bootblacks are pulling at
you all the time. I have been fighting
the lawyers ever since 1858. Fought
Chamberlain anf his crowd in '76. Once
down yondel 'reacher Pickett was
with us-we cal lred seventy ct 'em.
Major Hamilton, of Chester, said was
the d-ndest man he ever saw. belong
to the church and try to do my duty to-
God and man. will fight the lawyers
till the wool pulls of.
I have been a Reformer, but there
has been no reform. All of you are
set of Internal fools. You need the
scales knocked off your eyes with a
crow bar. They talk about that reduc-
ton bill! Why, it was killed by amend
merts-it looks like niger bill. Jones
talks about paregoric, but its weak
paregoric, and he's got sting in his
tail. Old fool Cullins, eh?-want to get
out and whip him?-come out and try
it! don't want your votes. Will think
as much of you if you don't vote for
me-don't think much ofyou anyhow.
I want to kill about 10000 hypocrites
before die. Big ears Of corn and long
bundles is what the lawyers are after.
want freedom. You let these frl-
lows go down yonder and cut of your
freedom and you have not got sense
enough to see it. am not hanging on
to anybody's coat tail and nobody's
banging on to mine, for amt got
none. Talk about peace! how can you
get peace when the devil is among you?
| They say they are going to get on
Cullins' record-let 'em try it! They'll
fud one of the "stumpest" tail mules
you ever saw-one of the bucking class.
| It will take forty devils to beat Cullins
if 60 down there.
STOCKINGS FULL OF MUD"
Talk about the dispensary, wouldn't
care if whiskey was running over these
bushes-some people ought to be
drowned anyhow. I am not blind
you can't run over me. We ought to
get up to Washington and take out
Attorney General and old Cleveland
and beat 'em over the head with
stocking full of mud. We ought to
take old Morton and put him in silo
with the other green stuff. There are
some here who ought to be beat with
stocking full of mud, too.
The farmers did the fighting in rs,
but I've got no harm at the lawyers,
Dor the doctors, nor the merchants
This country is big enough for US all.
We ought 10 get together and live in
peace.
Go to a lawyer for advice and be will
charge you $40, and yet they come out
here and want your voters. They will
20 and borrow S. and never pay it
back. At this point some one in the
crowd interrupted the speaker with
question which, on account of the
confusion, we would not catch. Reply
ing he said: I am not at home now
am talking down here--was not talking
to you anyhow, but some other old
devil over there. I want to do my duty
as white man. In '76 Chamberlain
and the old lawyer got behind the
niggers. but l fought lem, and yet some
little fellow said two years ago that /
was vicious fellow. Here the chair
man reminded Cullins of the fact that
his time was up, but the crowd insisted
on hearing more from him.
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