A Stump Orator's Logic.
Zebulon B. Vance, soldier, politician, and stump orator, is a great favourite with the people of North Carolina, and has for many years held office o" some kind ia the State, though not always without a struggle. On one occasion his election to Congress was vehemently opposed on the ground that he had neglected his official duties. His opponent, whose forte lay in vituperation, compared Vance to the unfruitful tree, fit only to be cut down and cast into the fire, and wound up with a torrent of invective. Vance replied that his oppo nent had forgotten the rest of his Gospel story, for when the lord of the vineyard wanted the unfruitful tree cut down, the wise gardener advised him to let it stand another year, till he had digged about it and dunged it. " Now," said Vance, in alluding to his opponent's coarseness, "last year I had the other candidate digging about me, and this year I have this candidate dunging about me. Let me stand another year till we see. the result." They thought it a good idea, and let him stand.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 August 1870, Page 7
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189A Stump Orator's Logic. Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 August 1870, Page 7
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