Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-01

u FfoemntL Let me alone for ln
Know old Mac good Why, loo
my lrst rise onl Of him. When va
= sort Of striker, writing editorial
for the Grand Gulf Advertiser. | use,
10 soh.soap bin pfodigious. Whel
! came UP 10 Jackson got acq0aint
ed with him, went ont 10 his lons,
and slaid weeks ut a time. PFC ap
pointed me his private Secretary.
used to stand IN tho doof.--focoivt
his company, take their canes, cloaks
land hats. did a great many little
chores about, and made myself gen.
orally useful. used to talk strong to
old Nc about his being a great man,
and this ticklcd him up 50, that he
appointed me district attorney. That
made the democrats vote for me, so
got elected, AT last came along the
glorious question ofand- bondism, and
old Iron fighter, you and ! took big
rise. But as McNutt did not support
me for Cnogress in the late Conven-
ton, shall give him a blizzard that
will tell, and no mistake.
Tucker. That is your sort--say
that he bought up all the edltors.--
But you must say that with kind Of
slant-call it inf uence, because ! am
no fighting Governor. lam commit.
ted on that question.
Freeman. Now just let me alone
for that If any man can speak fee
lingly about McNutt having iuAu-
enced editors am that same man.
Tucker. Give Price, Hagan and
all of them the devil-dont spare
friend or foe : it will have the more
effect. Hagan must have goss. |
attended his dinner, and after all he
went again me for governor. He
said he would like to support me if |
war'nt such a dunce-d-n his reason.
Freeman. We must give Howard
a touch too.
Tucker. Why don't know 50 well
about that. Howard is my intimate
friend, and has stuck up to me
through thick and thin, | don't know
what you can say about him that will
do any good.
Freeman. Oh, can say that he
is an old editor, and that McNutt APP
pointed him directed in the Planters
bank, and that he borrowed three
thousand dollars and then quit.
Tucker. Good-the people is hell
about borrowing money. Say that it
was six thousand; nobody will ever
mind the injustice. Give it to him;
he is acting bad about these bonds
Besides he is candidate for the Senate,
and moved up north which makes
him in my way. He wont do, no
low.
Freeman, We must rush old Nc
Mutt about his expenses.
Tucker. That is a fact. Free
nan, you are man of genius. I'll
,ypher out tables comparing my ex-
)enses with McNutt's. The peopel
hink that am great for saving
They know that / would let hun
lred dollars oftheir money be wasted
my time before / would spend three
,icayounes lift. Haven't Ilet GRIM
nails escape justice to save the ex-
'ense of printing proclamations =
The people say if ! have any merit
t all, it is that, what do you call it?
zen, pen, penyneuriousness.
Freeman. We must hit George
I. Fall slap about money: but it
will not do to publish your letter to
i'm about it, because that gives the I
reasurer full authority to pay it to !
i'm, if Choctaw thought it was right.
Tucker. When you talk about Fall :
gu must 60 it on a sort ofsuppossng. {
you must say suppose this and sup 8
Csc that; take him slantindicular. 7
Freeman. Governor, you are a t
ute man; but this business about the I
'ust fund is rather delicate. We I
ave let two months slip without Ia r
ing measures of any energy; and 9
len there is that unfortunate letter of
ours, authorizing Graves to draw G
u the money due the state. a
Tucker. Freeman, you know you I
rote that letter for me, and you \
lght to take the sponsibility.
Freeman. Come, come, Govern q
{, don't go to pleading imbecility.- ]
you do, the people will say you are y
fool, sure enough. i'll write the y
ocument, you must let me off.
Tucker Well, give it to old Nc
'utt; abuse him right sharp, and the I