Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-19
A CENTRE SHOT


| Since the foregoing remarks w,re written. wa
| have received the National lntogcncer of tn,
2h, containing the sublplned letter Of lhc faction,
DlUid CIotkett 10 tho President of the Alssissio1i
! Convention; rom winch II would seem that honest
| Davy IS as resolute rs Col. Bcnon hi nsef in re.
fusIng 10 permit his tsCnds to - bIckle fortune on
! h back whether he will or mol" The .n,elGy,n.
| Ger SAYS, IL was handed IN for publication by Gil
Crockett himself, aud there can lie, therefor, no
doubt Of ITS authenticity. II MS strangely c.
nough. 10 travel over exactly the same ground ha,
Col Bcntons letter occupies, and d, srrvcs 10 be no
ted AS rcn,a' kable case of mental affinity btwcca
the MIssourian and Tcnncsscean. II, however II
be II satire ON Col. Benons pompors and puftcdeG
tus on, which, from It's dae, year ago. would
seem impossible, no one will deuy thu, Davy is ii
APT hand at " lrecin, COON or following
iox j., hi, doubIings AMI winnings, as may be met |
with IT a summers day.
II Is proper to add thai Col. Crockett's letter
pc tac Il Ivy correspondent C between himself ard
committee who requested copy OF II fvI publ.
cation:
WAsHiSGroN CRY, Dec. l. 1888
Dear Sir; suppose the Democratic Convrnln
IS IN earncsl IN recommcn ing me 10 he the Prcst
dent Of the u. S. There is so much nlckcry about
that thing now ad ys, and so many sham monica
,ions just 10 make people shcw their hands, that
thought wouli let you see that | know thing OF
two my self. before stated how thankful am o
your pitching on me for the Presidency But am
sosry don't w'n, the Office just now-i'm afea
no her thing I'm very candid man, and wmf
my min Is fixed uron a matter, you might as sel
Try to stop gunpoud,r half blown uP, as sop me-
can't agree 10 DC Pscsl,!cnt.
The next election FOR President and Vice goes,
head OF all the elections that ever took place IN a.
merica except when Jefferson aud the present
Government" was elected. Them Two beat all
creation because they fought for the " Jrmocfatc
principle Nnw should think ,he Constitution
quite gone unless the " democracy thai 10, on
81 e, all tho Office ho iers in the country. and in
Washington City, and at New York, and every
whcre-caricd the cleo ion in 1886, 10 win thai
election We must give item to one anohe We
must hang t,gn,her like puch plaster 10 bad
pate. No flying oG no thinking for ourSew
Onc man must think for all We mus mt have hd
one candid &c. ond for thai reason wont 20 onia
list. Iii be =" voter, aud this is big charach
able TO shoulder steamboat. and carry any ean6
date that the caucus At Baltimore may set W
gainst the people What's he people TO eaueu'
Nothing bu, dead ssue ~ an earthquake
But, gentlemen, though can't take 'he'f
no'n'mrnt myself, will tell you who can, and you
won, have to persuade him long nci her. But new
play shy at hrs' owing 10 his nature hui ain
had obr,n: hun too |, is MI. Marin Van BHfe'
Perhaps you never heard Of him before tie "'''
m.d'lles in any body's business have know
HIM long time, and can assure you he@
sorts of great man. Where any other man n''
ono good quality he has lots. We j,d"t set nv,
same chair together more than two years. b" 'u.'
h,.lf thnt ftO ho Ian nj ]
exchanging compliments, so that krow hun
ter than book, and ran say, take him up rae
md down tolhcr. he is the mos, fitting m n nei'
General Jackson, for the Presdcn', Of any "'''
that now hurrahs for hard money and The 'e"ps
The way he is Democrat. is n ca dio', all wv.
lie is dyed in The WOOL through aud lhonsn ~
comes as near TO the rcd britches of NJ j" 4.
asa new patch upon an old garment ran oe 'I' h,
As'o ability, he h'mself don't know how ''''"
knows and if he don't, who can ~.
he ann like sny other living oreur no e'",
attacked fshs just as wall behind as ot'v ~,
sees MS well one way as another. 1hy ~ r N
life is like clean copy book there is mol W. ~,
any part OF 1t not u word ..ol letter scrd'e''' IN.
and every dotted, and every crossed 'o" =,
eend to tother. In his natural dispos'o'' - ~ IN,
lame as the present government, anu Said
SUIT to come after it. The way his o"" 1t,y
thinks Of him o",shncs the yrlnr jackets, IL .,y
have been sail feeding him for % years. a' III,
got hum ms slick es an lngun. HIS STA '.o,I
g"st IN the Union-has got two millions " " ,-
IA members in Congress the longest oa"
the largest ehiPs-more hanks-sn,a'e' S..,.
less cunning, and moro honesty, than h'y ".-
the Unon ard has III, Vcr bad P'es'o'"' Ian,
great reason this Cor giving hr one now
sh- has had 'hret Vice Presidents out oil 81,
sides other high officers, from hexa"oe' ~
ton down. But Ignorant people. wihn CIV us
tongue, says, wha' has he done '"'!
t"a,k what has he not done I ! w'ud NJ '". I'd b
tifs question SO far as the people is co"' e. da
for Ms sake will tell you what no 10, h.es
And not to get ahead Of my story, WI - ~
the time he boyar IN IA a r<oliticiar, nc W.