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DAvY CROCKETT.
Tennessee, .augnst 10. lsa5. {

4 II IL.
wEAKLEY COUNTY,
Tennessee, .7uQusf 10, 1895.
.HcssrS Gaiec s. .Scdfon.-As have
closed my canvass, and the result is
known, ] have concluded to drop YOU
a line to inform YOU what had 10 con.
tend against. had .7ndrec Jackson
openly ranking documents. and wri-
Ting letters into my district. He even
had my mileage and pay rs a member
Of Congress drawn of, and ranked 10
the district, where it was published in
newspaper. His object was to hold
out the idea TO the People that I had
taken pay for the same mileage that
MIR. Fitzgerald did, when il Is well
known, all over the District, that Mr..
Fitzgerald charged pay for thirteen
hundred miles, and / charged for one
thousand. The {.
stated that ought TO have charged but
Tor seven hundred and fifty milcs-a
fact that he must know, every man that
is acquainted with the district must
know, is untrue.
The truth is, / do believe he is de-
tcrmined to expend every dollar of the
Treasury, or make Van Buren, his sue
cessor. l am determined 10 let the
world know the means that have been
resorted TO for the purpose Of defeating
me. / had to contend againstthe whole
popularity Of Andrew Jackson and
Governor Carroll, and the whole strength
OF the Union Bank. ! have been told
by good men that the managers of that
Bank offered twenty-five dollars a vote
Tor MIR. Huntsman. had no Bank 10
aid me: expected to have a fair race:
but when the time came, and the polls
opened, found all Huntsman Judges.
andin nearly all cases, Hun:sman officers
to hold the election. In fact I am as-
tonished that | came as near beating
ham as did. Men that were out OF
the County could vote for Mr.. Hunts
man, and. lat the same place, when they
would oiier TO vote for me, they were
refused by the same judges. In fact. I
see no hope. The people have al
most gwen up 10 a Dictator. Andrew
jackson has ranked loads of the extra
Globe to every Post Office in this Dis
,rict' with prospectus TO get subscri-
oers for it. Now ] wish to ask the
world question, or the Oldest man
lving, IL they or he ever knew any
PRESIDENT to serve out his time, and
then set down to open electioneerino
Tor his successor The very papeT
ranked by him, states that Judge White
has sold himself to the Bank and that
there are no Jackson White-men: that
all must be Jackson-Van Buren-men.
l have come TO the conclusion. when
the People will sanction the ike NJ
this, we have but little 10 hone for
l DO believe Santa Ana's Kingdom will
be paradise, compared with this, in
few years. The People are nearly
ready to take the yoke of bondage and
say Amen Jackson done lit is ali
right" III
have spoken what thought re.
gardless of consequences, and have
submitted to my fate without a muir.
muir, and rejoice that live in a dis.
trlct That has so near a majority Of free
men IN it. From the best information
! can get. ] will be beaten a few votes
over two hundred, in near ten thousand
votes. am yours, &c.
-. DAVID CROCKETT.
r, >. Correct errors, and publish
tins letter, and take the responsibility
The good Colonel is so indignant Al
the arts by which his defeat has been
elected, that he is not sparin0 Of bis
rcbuke Of those who SIT in biOb nIares
We have venturcd indeed 20 so6en b;s
language IN one or two passages. where
1t was rather too eaer0effc. Bui The
main fact stated by the Colonel l. cen
hrmed by publications in various Ten
nessee papers, and has indeed been adj.
miited by the Official Gazette. thai the
President Of the United States has usod
hIs frank, for the circulation. In The
late canvass numbers Of the Globe ;n
the State OF Tennessee. To this effect
we Ind very direct and positive aver
ments IN an article in the Nashville
Republican Of the 18th inst. from
which We extract the following; III &
q iact susceptible Of proof, II denied
fact within the knowledge Of the Pee
pie Of whole State--that pumero,,-
not fec oDiy--that hundreds. we no.
lieYe That We might safely add fboo.
aansfs, Of Globes, containing the EouIes,
ISLANDERS sgainsi Judge white and his
leading friends, have been circulated
N this State, under the Pendent
frank. Not only, we believe. has
such alihing, never been done bv anv
ioTmer President. but never bas am
hing bike . been done by any Prea.
dent, OF by his procurement.
L.Fai. Int.
FAMILY sPOILs.