The State guard. [volume] (Wetumpka, Ala.) 1847-18??, 1847-06-08

Talladega Nstohtower, as one among
the rich things OF the day.
TEN ISLANDS, May goth, 1917.
Dear JOSH must acknowledge the
receipt from your hands OF Green's
boro' Beacon containing your Circular
to the people Of Alabama. | was glad
to have this evidence of your remem>
berance, because you had not complied
with your promise to keep me advised
of your proceedings in Tuscaloosa. ]
showed it TO my friends as you requests
ed, and they said you wanted TO get my
vote and Influence by such lille favors.
Indignantly denied it, because know
YOU too well. | can't doubt your friend.
ship. A man who would not sstoop TO
conquer by means Of Conventions, all
though presided over by Hon. w nj. r.
King who only desires TO humbug North
Alabama ints his support for Senator)
would scorn to resort TO such dena>
gogue Tricks.
But Josh, as we have been quite init
maze and am anxious for your sue
cess | would like for you to explain
few things, for my satisfaction. don't
care what your opinions are, for, as
you would say, id these conventions)
but want to answer my neighbors, who
are al ways talking about you. Before
proceed | must correct one assertion
in your Circular. You did get the vote
of all the wings in this section, and they
were hot as blue b.azss, because you
sal in your Inaugural, that you were a
Z J. f.rsonian Demooratn You Gid
right in saying so. The wings were
merely used for success, and then you
did rght to show them that they count
ed chickens before they were hatched.
TAX care, in your electioneering that
YOU don, make mad. BY the bye, as
YOU are smarter than am, tell me how
IN gel over that. 1t is righ; hard one
for me 10 answer.
But to the xp'anation. These Des
mocrats, mp here, say that in your
speech at the boat launching, you oppo-
sed Ferry because he was not in favor
Of providing the means for the payment
of the debt oil the S ate, and that since
you have been Governor, you have been
afraid to recommend any severe mea-
sures. Now, Josh, you did say SO IN
your speech, and tell them, that you
recommended Commissioners to coll
lect from those abominqble Bank Debts
ors What 90 you suppose they say to
that? WHY that you Borrowed the idea
from one Of Tt2patricks messages, who,
,hey always add, was nominated by
convention. There they stump NE, for
don'l knny. Tell me, is 1t fact.
Again, they say you appointed Gov.
Clay, as one of the Commissioners,
when the Legislature intended that It
should come IRON + ,st Alabama. Well.
thy are right in that. There was
number Of men in our section oil the
country, WHO would have been excel
lent appointments.
These Democrats say, you used to be
greatly Ia favor oi Conventions, when
you wen; 10 he Legislature and 10 Con-
gress, and as long as you could get Inc
spoils, but now, you are against them.-l
can get over that, by saying you have
changed, and because you were fool
when young you ought to grow smart
as fast as possible, to make up for lost
time. That is poser to them-ahd
how | chnckle.-The sImpletonsl They
don't know as we'll as we, that you ale
Summing, and il they had only homi.
mated you we could have. smoothed it
over o nice. Couldn't WEI
Old DR.. Johnson said that no man
likes mustard per se,' but that maxim
don't apply ro vetoes and candidates -
Run against a Montgomery caucus, per
Sc, is independent, bold. 1t will take,
tell you. But you must come up in
these parts before the election. Chap
man is a clever fellow and very popular
with the boys, and will run well in spite
Of that South Alabama Convention
He knows every body up here, and all
ol them, even the old women and chill.
dren love hin, however for a man 10 be
popular at home is good sign so you
must not fail to come up ard speak about
I Conventions Bank debtors, &c.
How comes il that the Greensboro
/ Beacon h1s dropped you like hot pota>
toes There must be something rotten
in Denmark. Watch that man. He
thinks he acts from principle. Let no
such man be trusted
Answer this letter soon Josh, and l
viii let you hear of your progress.
Your friend,
TIMOTHY MARTIN.
p. s. The boys say that yourself,
cousin Peter Martin and Huntington
are the Martin party. but there's lots OF
US kim as the fellow said, and We'll stick
together. TN.