The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-07
DAVE FUCKERS ADVICE

DAVE fuckers ADVICE
To Would-Be Aspirants for Political
Honors.
MIR. Editor The following letters have
been received, and as the subjoct-matter is
of general interest. take the liberty of
answering them in this public manner:
Strawberry Plains, July 10. 1895.
Mr. Tucker:
Dear Dave-I am going to run for the
Constitutional convention, and. as we are
old friends, want you to do all you can
for me at your beat in the primary.
Please send me some dots on the subjects
as will have to make few little speeches
when we candidates 90 around. Can't you
lust write off some kind of short speech
for me? will get it by heart. Be sure to
give the niggers blazes on the voting mat
ter and soft-soap the poor white man in it.
Send the speech by next mail, as I want
plenty Of time to learn it. Don't tell any
one you wrote it. Your old friend.
JOHN J. STALLrSG.
Now, John, you have gotten me where
the wool is short and our long friendship,
I think, gives me the right to speak frankly
and advisedly about this and in these few
broken paragraphs I shall proceed to do
so. No sir-ree, Bob-Dlck, shall neither
vote for you nor aid you in being elected
delegate to the Constitutional conven-
ton neither shall I-were competent
.'write you little speech" to say. You
will have to 60 this thing alone-thats
sure.
I say this for your own good, John, for
YOU are teetotally incompetent to fill the
position. and. if by chance you were to 60.
your ignorance would be exposed and Thus
destroy your usefulness and shame your
friends at home.
To be plain and tell you the truth, John,
YOU are so chock full of egotism that yon
think YOU know it all, and what you think
YOU don't know amt worth knowing. l
know you think you are just as competen:
as some other fellow that's trying to get
there, but you see that's not the question.
Are you competent? You think you are,
but kind and sympathizing public
thinks that you are just as quail fed to fill
this position as a jackass is to teach
theology. So. john, take my advice and
let this thing alone.
You are good farmer, make out we'll, n
man of ordinary intelligence, happy at
home, and there stay. Politics is not
your forte it's risky thing, and many a
poor mortal gets everlastingly swamped il
following it. It soon units man for
ANYTHING else, and if he ever fails once its
for all the time; then he becomes burden
and charity upon others. Then. again.
John, when man gets into politics he
gets law and indolent You are sorter
smart now and, for the sake Of your
family, want you to stay that way then
some ofice-holiers are afflicted with a
peculiar disease called "big head, and the
Lord knows, yours IS big enougR now, and
and little Office would burst it. sure. Let
me relate little experience once had in
| this line.
once entertained voted for, and spread
| myself generally to elect certain Office
holder. Soon after his election I had some
business in his office and went to tran sact
| it, expecting warm greeting from him.
Judge of my surprise when he asked me
my name. told MIN, when-to add In
suit to injury--he asked me ii wa one Of
the fuckers that lived away ont on Rough
Branch. BY this time I was pretty mad,
and told him "no )" that if he would step
out in the street would larrup in his
thick skull q remembrance OF me that
would last longer than his term of office.
BE didn't go, and 7 was glad of it after
had cooled off. It was case Of 'big
head" and he had it bad.
Now John, these remarks will apply to
other candidates. for have heard the can
didates Of two counties speak, and, with
few exceptions, heard precious little dis
cussion of the matters and things that 60
to make up a constitution, while it IS not
necessary. nor badge of competency,
that delegate to the convention should be
college graduate or q professional man,
and l think he should have some educ1-
ton, plenty Of common sound horse
sense yet some of the candidates, fear.
are wofully deficient in ordinary colt sense
when it comes to making constitutional
laws.
Another thing, John do quit this ever
lasting harping' OF yonr being Reforner
and the poor mans friend. That won't
help YOU now, for it is tie white-man-
aeainst-the-nigger aff.ir. am Reformer
myself, but for all that I do not think I am
entitled to any moro consideration than
any worthy and competent Conservative.
We are goiag halves in this thing with the
Conservatives, and the country voters in
good faith are going to stand by The bur-
gain. We are tired of strife, and want
peace and harmony 70 reign supreme
among our white people. and maybe this
convention will be the bond that will unite
US. God grant it.
Now, John, having fully answered you.
shall now proceed to attend to the seduc-
tive missive I received in the same mail
with yours.
En- Villa, July %, 1895.
Mr.. Dave Tucker:
Dear Sir-At the solicitation Of many
friends have very reluctantly allowed my
name used as a candidate for the Constitu-
tional convention as one of the Conserva
tive delegates under the agreement had
with the Reformers. l therefore beg that
you will aid me with your influence in the
primary.
Though allied with that faction of the
Democratic party opposed to the Reform
ers I have been very conservative IN my
view. and in so acting am sure have
given them no ofense, and further hatter
myself that I am least Objectionable to
them than other candidates of my faction.
Hoping that you will see your way clear to
do all you can for me, l am, sir, yours
truly, Sr. JULIAN DE erection.
No. sir. don't see my way clear no how
YOU fix it it is full of stumps and gulles.
I am going to vote for two Conservatives,
but you won't be one of them, and I'll tell
you the reason why, St. Julian.
Firstly. you are too young and inexper-
ance5 Ton have inst graduated from col