Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-12-16
From the Jonssborough Whig-Sept. 20, 1913.
The Last will and Testament
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Iuiloiu anu Clate OF tennessee OelDg oil
lawful age, as my gray hairs do show, be.
ing diseased in body, and rerplexed in
mind-in so much that my BODILY pres.
ence has become "weak," and my speech
contemplate" in the estimation of my
countrymen, and expecting to die in No
vember 1914, and then to be formally and
forever buried, do make and ordain this,
my last will and testament.
Item Isl. Having no "little ones" of my
own, and never having had any talent in
'that line of business" my will is to leave
my effects 10 my friends. My will is not
to do much for my godfather, A. Jackson,
although he has done much for me. For
all this, however, / am under no serious
obligations to him, because he acted more
from passion than principle, and more from
a hatred Of John Bell, than lore for me-
Beside, all obligation ceases, when it is I'M
derstood that my cunning overcame his
weakness. He, too, is not long for this
world, having exposed himself TO the in
clemency of the weather, in 1910, by
going into the Western District to cleo
tioneer for our cause, and having afterwards
had TO take large portions of hard cider, to
reduce him, the remedy is about to prove
fatal. My will is that we meet at the that
tcr's shop" and talk matters over!
Item I'd. My will is that Martin Van Bu-
rem be given over to "hardness of heart
and reprobacy of mnd,' and that he be
permitted to work out his ruin with greed
mess, because he has twice been a load on
my shoulders, "to intolerable to be borne"
or got along with.
Item 3d. AS TO my old friend General
CdSs, will and bequeath TO him the nomi-
nation of the State Convention of Tennes-
see, in November next for the Presidency
not that believe there is any possibility
Of his election, but as a rebuke to Messrs
Van Buren, and Calhoun, for attempting TO
force themselves on "thc party" whether
or no!
Item 4th. As to my old friend Richard NJ
of Kentuck, will him nothing, as he seems
TO have will of his own, which, unfortu-
nately for me, led him TO an association
with certain female "uotcrs Of COLOR" which
never could justify before the people, and
which has been great draw back upon
the good cause in the South and West.
Item 5M. My new ali. John Cataline, of
South Carolina, ! provide place in the
Southern Circus. where he can continue to
display his agility in turning somcrsetS, to
the "tune of turn about and wheel about"
Item Oh. My old "yoke fellow" the Great
Expunger of Missouri, / will and bequeath
as much paper money as he can carry off in
his crauat. ] have no fears of his ever suf-
fering, as he has shown, from his youth up,
great skill in fnanciering, and would al
ways provide for himself, no matter al
whose expense.
Item 7h. My slippery little friend, A. o.
p. Nicholson, leave sole heir to the track
in this State, in race for Governor, in
1916, to be run on the Democratic ticket
TO be the worst beat man that ever run in
this or any other State myself not excepted.
Item. sh. The leaders of the Democrat
ic party in Tennessee, with but few excep-
tions, leave to take care of themselves
feeling no great concern for them, as they
never supported me so much from any con-
fidence they reposed in me, or regard for
the principles advocated, as from sla-
wish fear of "TuE PARTY" and desire to
obtain Office themselves
Item oh. The common people of Ten
nessee, turn them over to my Executors
hereinafter named, and desire that they
may be permitted to do with them, and by
them as they think BEST
Item 10Th. My adopted sons, my dearest
darlingS the Immortal Mirtecn,' | desire
most arden,ly, may enjoy, as reward for
their perjury, perfdy, abandonment of
principles, and revolutionary conduct, in
the late General Assembly of Tennessee,
all the advantages and comfort, to be de-
rived from the editorial pufs, of such We
nal and prostituted sheets as the Union,
Argus, Sentinel, and little Courier!
a. III e.; ,rlc in, bo
fcrent divisions of the State, "too tedious
10 MENTION" and to whom the SenatorShip
has been promised, will the consolation of
not being troubled with a trip to Washing
ton. And the one at the City of Meek
lenburg," can just imagine himself Sena-
tor in Congress, and his vanity is such, that
il will afford him as much consolation as if
he were there!
Item l2M. Those Democratic presses in
Tennessee, whose editors lied hard, and
threw mud fas: and thick with hope of
being rewarded with the State Printing,
and with Offices under the General Govern
ment, my will is, that they be allowed to
shift for themselves. The world owes
each living, and if they cannot obtain it
fairly, the principles of our party, if car
ried out, especially bctaceen tlcO days, will
bring in money, corn, hogs, chickens, bed
quilts, and all other "necessaries Of life"
Item 18th. My will is, and ever has been,
that the Directors of the Bank of the State
and its Branches, and their friends and
their relations, hold on TO what money they