For the Holly Springs Gazette.


Virginia Hill, Marshall County,


Miss, August Goth, IS45.

MR ED1roa;
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MR EDIToa;


ST.: il is not common for men to say
much OF themselves through The press BIt
sir | must confess TO you that L deem II
indi>pensably necessary 10 say something
about mvsef in order bat my fellow citi-
zens may know who L am, where live
and what my many merits are worth.
Well sir think il perfectly relevant TO say
tha; l was born In old Virginia (God bless
the old Gomnion) the land of Washington.
Madison, Jeffsrson aud myself IN word
sir the land of great men. | was born sir
about The years 1892 aud 1898 Of virginia
parents OF good stock and pure blood
NV fathec WAS certainly a very good II an
as we'll as a very great man But as evi-
dence Of The truth OF this assertion Ills on
~ necessary 10 know his son for feel 1t TO
be my duty To s'ate to the public that con
slider myself 10 be one OF vlrgInia's ilrst
and greatest sons, and it has always been
a source of chagrine and disappointment to
me 10 think that my talents and great PolIt-
cal worth have been heretofore so lightly
appreciated by my fellow citizens. In po-
IilIcks have ever been a JetfersonIan,
Madisonian, Jacksonian democrat OF the
first water that is always have been an
advocate OF the kentucky and Virginia res
outious- opposed 10 the Alien and sedi'
too laws, and in favor Of immediate annex
alton right or wrong. Though L must
confess that when | first read MIR. Van bu-
rens letter opposing it'll also was opposed TO
annexation. But when learned ihai a
larcs majority of my party were in favor OF
il. / chan yed my views. lexamined pne
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions.
found thew authorised it (see page Sth as
published by Blair s Rives.) and ! became