The herald., 1895-01-01

ency, and fx5edieucy mast bear iruiS.
His liItle round body was rarely aeen CT
the aceussoined porca. Ee wac Dusy,
cGing - atd :ro. hnttoaho!i-g citizens,
setting forth the abilities of h,s candi-
da'es aud aaking hls opponents to oy-
plan csrtlil things in this character of
hia rivals; he scornsd geaaral pIinci-
ples. fhs Nscka w0re busy among their
color and tao campaign. like mudhols,
by being stirred up thickensd.
Ole Aeraham had alwave been in the
haoit OF carrying a bag slung over his
ehonlders. He never allowed any one
TO look in it. Rnmors soon changed to
tales. IL vas said ;ha, it was hoodoo !;
that hs had, many yeare ago. s.rangled
e child and carried il away In bag and
thet thenceiprth he had been Obliged 10
carry the bag as charm, eIae tho black
demon would strau3le him as lie came
acroes the marahes. The whites said he
had carried the bag to conceal anything
he could steal. but no one could cay
that he had ever seen him steal any
thing; on the other hand. quite 3 num-
ber OF farmers could testify to the
depredations OF Simpson Toombs on
their ripening corniields. melon patches
aud hen roots, and even the colored
people were obigsd to confess that Mr..
Toombs had not as good reputation as a
church mem ber should have. 1t was a
mud-amearing campaign. OF course
everyone knew about the character Of
the candidates beforehand. and, ns pri-
vate citizens, the statements on each
side would have affected neither, but as
candidates they had character to up
hold beyond ordinary men. In these
days when the young man reads OF the
scandals that the ordinary statesman
goes through. he prefers to keep his in
nocence and decides not to become @
senator.
Uncle Vincent Disgs liked moral
campaign. No ons could trace the
private and family history OF csndi-
date better than he, and woe to him
whose grandfather had once gone aBtray,
bnt he could not overcome the effect
that the hoodoo story had on the
negroes. True, nothing could be said
against Slidell, except that he belonged
to the family. Many other men have
wished that they had been born orph.
ans.
Affairs looked gloomy enough when
one morning the chairman of the county
Democracy, with dismal countenance,
informed Uncle Vincent that even old
Mack had joined the ranks of the oppo-
sition. "HumphW muttered Uncle
Vincent. "he will not carry any votes.
/ doubt that he will carry himself"
The young district attorney had
reached the most eloquent part of his
oration. He hsd told all about free
trade and protective tariffs. He had
told OF the benefits of his party to the
country at large and the negro in par
ticular. He praised its candidates and
made frequent allusions to those called
to ''serve this country" and "the
choice of the people," He proved the
incompetency OF the opposition and how
the names OF its candidates would sdorn
a rogues' gallery, but when he reached
the name OF Slidell Mack he paused,
pulled up his coat sleeves, showing O
new pair OF cuffs and half an arm OF
shirt. The perspirstion rolled down his
face. He was living image OF a
patriot performing his duty, come what
may. He would like to remind the
audlencs that doubtful as the actions OF
a great many Of the Democratic candi-
dates had been, the party had eclipsed
all previous records by appointing a coli
ored man whose father was almost o
confessed criminal -
Hold on dar Hold on darl Is dis
der way the Republican party talks