I am just returned from a journey of some four to six hundred miles, passing through many of the most interesting country in the state and have had every [unclear: facility ] of discovering the un biased if a liberal opinion of the people generally, and I am constrained here to aver there never has been a people more abused, more misrepresented both by their polititians [politicians] particularly at Washington City , as well by a hot headed set of self important would be great men whose views are supported by some half a dozen people [unclear: menings millers Bankers if of swelled head ]

But sir let me once and for all tell you these Mississippians with the above exceptions are [unclear: brave to the chosen ] they are opposed to Bank U. S. [United States] they are dis

gusted with allarmests [alarmists] whom they set down clay calhoun the leading [unclear: maj ? ] they hesitate not in saying Jno. [John] Black `[unclear: has forfeted ] his most solemn pledge, and as for [unclear: Cage pose dever ] they almost would seem to pity him they say he has been over reached by the master spirits and seem to be desposed [disposed] to let pleasure carry or skorge [scourge] him with [unclear: mipos ] for the present, Knowing on what hobby he rode to Congress they have [unclear: a rod in ? ] should he ever [unclear: presume to so want ] himself again for their sufrage [suffrage] ; and last but not least that Fungus car bunkle [carbuncle] [unclear: Hungry ever ] and Incubus George Poindexter of [unclear: surstun nerur ] memory (on the 8th Jany [January] 1815) whose bowels yearned [unclear: hediously ] at the diabolical smell of sulfurous gunpowder, whos [whose] eyes blinked at the rockets glowe [glow] , while his [unclear: Kines ] smote other on hearing the mighty cannon roar

and with the exeplory [exemplory] [unclear: above made ] the Mississippians one and all say away with this vile slanderer of both men and priciple [principle] , tar & feather is spanker of as suitable [unclear: appeal&c [and etcetera] ]

Again these people are true to [unclear: justise ] & principle tho [though] they are much abused not only on the mortification to have ther [their] state misrepresented & shown to the [unclear: D C ] Bank they are also [unclear: nselhel on their private ] feeling the best administration men in the state [unclear: nearly recur a preble dream ] or speak in its support, while every [added: Farm] town & vilage [village] teaming with speaches [speeches] on speaches & pamphlet on pamphlet talking of revolution, war pestilen [pestilence] & pain , Bank [unclear: Eulayes ] Jackson Tyrany &c &c

I think it high time they who are so zealous should hear something on ther own side of the question, and if I am not mistaken ther are many of the little post master in this [unclear: early ]

[unclear: your friend ]

Geo [George] W Martin

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Andrew J Donelson Esq [Esquire]WashingtonCity D. C. [District of Columbia]

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