Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-04-03
CorGMUMIOATIoM.
Mr.. John S. Ga,ieh.y.

CHARACTERIZATION.
Mr.. John 5. Ga.ieh,r,
DEAR Sta: send you enclosed three dol
lars, beng about the amount I owe YOU.
nave ocen asGbscribcr IL tie new spaper print
Ell IA tharlestown, for more than twenty
years. When Squire w. printed n. IL
sed To wait at the Smith shop tiII II arrived
he always isird us when We had candidates
Tor Congress, and for the Assembly, which
were Federalists and which were Republi.
cans, out now ! cannot hnd out by your pa
per- Tor YOU appear To print Tor all parties
have always belonged To- the Kepublican
party, and have never voted for Federali.t
nor never WILL If know II. Until MIR. lIon-
roe served out has time, I had no trouble in
hndlhs out the Republican party and before
mat time, never Jailed TO meet NV RepubIi-
eau friends on election days, aud at all Re
publican meetings Of the people As said
before, when MIR. Monrue's time was out. 4
did not know how to yote,-so one dav leah
Gu On my heishbor, tup the cresk,) Captain
-, aud AIRED han how lac " as going Ia
vote, and he feH'd me hc was goin, to So,e
Tor GineraI Jackson, who, he said was The
Republican candidate. Well said 4. CANAAN
VIII vote so too. The next day called IN
see my old friend Mr.. who lives j;,f
over The creek IA Turkey BuZzard valley
knew he tuck Republican Newspaper from
Richmond, called the Inquirer, aud / wished
To nave little talk with him about the Re
publican candidate for the NEXT President
After resting little, ieH'd him hos Can't.
and were going To- yo,e-Nhy. said he
'hat val not do. and 80 hc tuck up the b,ap,iy,r
and laid look here, aud then hs read I'm 49,. =,
mat Republic an paper that Il GIneraI Jackson
should be elected President, II would he n
curse 10 The coCntrS. Said ., &C that /, IA.
case, he VIII not do Tor me ,-then We agreed
both To yot" for Mr.. Clay. who W. knew al
ways belonged l. the Republican party-Gut
a'as! what Was lazy sstDuIshuirnt Wien ~.
afterwards iniOrmcd by some OF INV jackson
heishoors, that CLAY had ibiucd in v i,h Gum
- ADAMS who kne" belonged To the old
Federal party, and his father be fore him
he NEXT tIIEc ] net my friend MIR -
tel HIM how We were fixed <e,cr -
sa'd ne, We must hereafter AWAY, vote for IN,
man 40 lie Richmond Inquirer tells u, !, the
Replbi'cau candidate--Ne should have va.
tea 'Or IRA" iord-that paper, said lie. Will
Always brins, III out straight. So then said
hoihibS, waiting for couple Of wears TO see
whoThe inquirer W uld tell Us was the Repub
l'can candidate for President next time. and be-
hold II turned ont TO be Gin. jackson. the very
~ man ho the editor Of the Is0uiyeT had lud
- oeiofe would De curse 20 his countr, If
elected. did not know well what To- do Inn,
! consulted with NV friend a., th, ,Ii,x al
We agreed that as tie Inquirer said he was
tho Republican candidate, and We knew a,
hau KILLED great many English at Orleans
we agreed To vote for him, and 80 we did
No" the people say the Ginsrsl 4, n Federal
isa-thai lac has put federallsts ia oGice-that
he issued Federal Proclamation against the
NuIiilicrs-and say many more hard things n.
Sauhst The G'aerai, some of which am afraid
arc too true
said nsh he IL.
the Ginsrai, that he councils aud advise, viii,
Inc people IN hIs Kitchen. heard LAWYER
- say the other day. IN Martinsburg.
that GIneral Jack son placed more confidence
W TIE advice and opinions Of man IN his
employ by the name OF Amos, than lie did IN
The advice aud opinions Of the Secretary Of
Stale and War. reckon II can hardly be 80
do you think IT - true
As you are Jisf from Richmond, you NAV
pe able To Tell u'o which IS my old Republi-
can party. know you are cand,d-can you
do 50 ltwould afford me much pleasure 10
attend the elections once more, and vote for
'he rea' Republic an candidates; provided thew
would pledge Themselves To use all their IN
"Honce 10 put down the rage for long speech
g. al TIE public expense. Wheat !, very
10" now, aud times hard Much I thini
could De saved, Il a law was passed. limiting
each member Of Congress, and tie Lesi.la-
'urc' to speak 80 long, and no more
My neighb0r. Mr.. -, IN Turkey Buz-
Yard Valley, got a speech from the federal
city the other day and 7 got one tie same
time, each ~ large a. my Testament, AMI
my neighbor's Newspaper mentioned that Il
tues Congressman four DAYS 10 deliver one
OF them. Ny neishbor and both being pretty
good at eyPhcTiDg, got 10 work ard made
calculation, which came ont, (after allowing
Tor oysters and punch under the Capitol. pen
knives, nksiand,. gold-edged paper 10 wrap
~ wagon loads 81 speeches IN, and many o.
Their nfiiclcs,l that congress cost the nation
about four thousand dollars day-and con-
,equonily, one Of the speeches would cost
lb'Vh dollar. We thought that must be To-,
much 80 then We tried u over again. snd dis
covered ulat sc bad not allowed for = l,ttl.
business done IN the morning We allowed
fourth Tor that. ani PIT ti,e speech down a.
the round sum of t0JU dollars
You are a man that know, GOOD deal 4,
bout book, nov I an ,our eauI,d optpt,n
"hat Do you think our congress speeebs.
would sell soc 90 Pub be- Auction IN CHARLIE. 4
lowu " yoi think they would .su pfstt, 4
veil, shall bfuy them " ith ne when como
g. town. which will be- ihe week after naxt ,
when cone o. t1an. 7 shalt b. Glad 10 knos
from YOU, why % % that our Legislature re-
NAMED 80 long tn session n docs nprs.f
u roe hat th'- - more 81 speaking u. ~ o.
ictinG age alI ! ll AFRAID tlst tie d!stem. /