Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-08-29
STATESMAN ON THE STUMP.
SPECIMEN SPEECH OF JAS
CULLINS, THE WELL
DIGGER.
who is Seeking Legislative Hon.
Ors in Lancaster COunty-A
Bright, Refulgent Star.

| GenClemen, IueIo d1o l"o"J
seven candidates before you to-day
and all of them want your votes,
and all of them say they are Re-
formers. Yes, and I reckon if old
Dan Chamberlain was here he
would say he was Reformer, too.
T have tried to be q Reformer, but
haven't been one yet-have had too
many devils to fight.
I was not in the civilwar-'taln't
d case of my wife and the bear
with me-but I had brothers in
that war. The war was gotten up
by lawyers in Charleston and shy
locks. 1t was poor mans light
and a rich mans war. l came
here in 1863, an Irish boy. Dan
Chamberlain put you to the ex-
pense of $4,000 for guns-the
mean lawyers responsible for it.
The people shake the bush and the
lawyers get the plum. l wish |
had q crowbar; I would prize the
scales off your eyes, you blame set
of scoundrels. I have not come
to kick up h-ll, but this is free
white mans country and if we amt
got sense enough to vote we ought
to fail. I'll fight any man here
after the meeting. The farmers
had to whip the negroes and then
the lawyers got the plum. Till
man came out in 1889 and said
fight 'em.
Now about the Alliance. 1t has
to keep the lawyers and merchants
out because they are too smart.
A voice in the crowd: "What
about Cleveland and the bond Is
sue?"
Cullins: "He ought to be beat
over the head with a dead cat, the
old Mugwump."
Farmers can't vote an independ-
ent ticket-the boot-blacks are
pulling at you all the time. I have
been fighting the lawyers ever since
1868. Fought Chamberlain and
his crowd in '76. Over yonder
Preacher Picket was with US
We captured seventy of 'em. Maj.
Hamilton, of Chester, said l was
the d-dest man he ever saw. l
belong to the church and try to do
tight lawyers till the wool pulls off.
1 have been Reformer, but there
has been no reform. All of you
are a set of internal fools. You
need the scales knocked off your
eyes with crowbar. They talk
about that reduction bill. Why it
was killed by amendments-lt
looks like a 1igger bill. Jones
talks about paragoric, but It's weak
paragoric, and he's got a sting in
his tail. Old fool Cullins, eh?-
want to get out and whip him!
Come out and try it! I don't want
your votes. Willthi as much OF
you if you don't vote for me-dont
think much of you, anyhow. |
want to kill about 10000 hypo-
critics before l die. Big ears of
corn AID long bundles is what the
lawyers are after. I want freedom.
You let these fellows 60 down yon-
der and cut off your freedom, and
you have not got sense enough to
see it. I am not hanging on to
anybody's coat-tail and nobody'b
hanging on to mine, for l 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's record.
Let 'em try It'll They'll find one of
the "stumpest" tail mules you ever
saw-one of the bucking class.
| It'll take 40 devils to beat Culllns
if I 60 down there.
Talk about dispensary, I wouldn't
care if whiskey was running over
these bushes. Some people ought
to be drowned anyhow. ] am not
blind. You can't run over me. We
ought to get up to Washington and
take out the encouragement 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
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