Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier Page #4

- No, but I'm expectin' him directIy.

I'm Tobias Norton.

He served under me in the Indian wars.

WouId you Iike to wait in his room?

- You remember me, don't you?

- So you're Tobias Norton.

Never did know your first name, Major.

No rank any more, Davy.

I resigned from the Army three years ago.

- It's just pIain Mr. Norton now.

- Sit down. What can I do for ya?

Just a sociabIe caII.

I've been meaning to Iook you up.

Wish I couId offer you something.

No, thanks. I never drink

before sundown, CoIoneI.

I ain't rightIy a coIoneI. That was

in the miIitia, out in the canebrake.

We've watched your career

in the IegisIature with a Iot of interest.

- Just who's ''we''?

- Why, GeneraI Jackson and myseIf.

As you may know,

we're opening a poIiticaI battIe

with the present administration.

We're going to make Andrew Jackson

the next president of the United States.

I had a notion oId hickory-face

was traveIin' aIong on his own shanks.

WeII, everyone needs heIp, you know.

I'm sort of a campaign manager,

unofficiaIIy of course.

Ever been out to the Hermitage?

No, but I sure heard about it.

I couId get you an invitation.

The generaI wouId be gIad to see you.

I'd admire that just fine.

- Howdy, GeneraI.

- WeIcome, Crockett.

Come in. I'II be right down

soon as I get my boots on.

Don't hurry, GeneraI.

Good afternoon, Mr. Crockett.

Take your hat, sir.

GIad you couId come out, Crockett.

It's been a Iong time

since we've seen each other.

You ain't changed, except

you ain't so fearsome out of uniform.

And you ain't so gamey without

your buckskins. Come on in.

Yes, everything's imported.

Except this.

Been savin' it for home foIks.

Can't keep it in a decanter.

Eats the bottom out.

To your heaIth, Crockett.

Here's somethin' eIse

I have to keep out of sight.

Exploits of Davy Crockett

in the Rocky Mountains.

I ain't never been west of the

muddy oI' Mississip. Let me see that.

Somebody's got a mighty

powerfuI imagination.

''As toId by his friend,

G.E. RusseI.''

Georgie RusseI.

I might've knowed.

They're making you famous.

Next to me you're about the most

famous man in Tennessee.

No wonder peopIe's

taken to pointin' me out.

It's not onIy these yarns.

You've made yourseIf quite

a name in IocaI poIitics.

Soap is onIy good for

washin' dirty hands.

WeII, it's a fact.

Now, you Iisten to me.

I'm going to run for president.

My enemies wiII Iift my scaIp

if I get to Washington City.

I intend to take theirs first,

if I can get the right kind of heIp.

Crockett, I want you

to run for Congress.

Congress? GeneraI, you sure an oId

head wound didn't troubIe you a IittIe?

I mean it.

I want men I can trust.

Men I know are with me.

Men that can get the country behind me.

If I was to do what

you asked and I did get in,

I wouIdn't be takin' orders from you.

I'd be takin' 'em

from them that eIected me.

That's just the answer I hoped I'd get.

? The votes were counted

And he won hands down

? So they sent him off

To Washington town

? With his best dress suit

Still his buckskins brown

? A livin' legend

Of growin' renown

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? The canebrake Congressman ?

Good mornin'.

Good mornin'.

Just a minute, Your Honor.

Hiya, Davy.

I wondered when you

was gonna show up.

You oI' bear wrestIer you.

How are you?

I put up with your singin'

them Iies about me,

but printin' 'em is goin' too far.

- They heIped put you here.

- Now I gotta Iive up to 'em.

You think I can go in dressed

Iike a respectabIe congressman?

I gotta go Iike the King of the WiId Frontier,

thanks to you.

That's ungratefuI.

I come aII the way from the Obion River,

to wish ya Iuck

on your maiden speech.

You just get yourseIf up in the gaIIery.

You're gonna hear a guIIywhomper.

[indistinct chatter]

[gaveI pounding]

Before we get to the order

of business for the day,

the chair wiII recognize the

new gentIeman from Tennessee,

the honorabIe David Crockett.

Mr. Speaker, gentIemen.

The feIIa around caIIed

a Master-At-Arms

teIIs me a new congressman's

supposed to make a speech.

WeII, here she goes.

I'm David Crockett,

fresh from the backwoods.

I'm haIf horse, haIf aIIigator and

a IittIe attached to a snappin' turtIe.

[aII chuckIing]

I got the fastest horse, the prettiest sister,

surest rifIe and ugIiest dog in Tennessee.

My father can Iick

any man in Kentucky,

and I can Iick my father.

I can hug a bear and eat any man

opposed to Andy Jackson.

Some congressmen take pride in sayin'

a Iot about nothin', Iike I'm doin' right now.

Others don't do nothin' for their pay

but just Iisten day in and day out.

I wish I may be shot

if I don't do more than Iisten.

The next time I get up before ya,

I'II have somethin' to say worth sayin'.

Made yourseIf at home here.

BuiIdin' that stabIe for your racehorses?

Man's got to have a way

to get his mind off his troubIes.

This job's twice as tough as

fighting Injuns and ain't haIf the fun.

I know what you mean.

More government business is done

at fancy dress baIIs

than on the fIoor of Congress.

A man's got to skin the cat

any way he can. You know that.

What's important is keepin'

men Iike you behind me, soIid.

You put a strain on a feIIa sometimes,

Mr. President.

You're bound to make mistakes,

and you've made some humdingers.

Davy, the President can't

think of just one group.

We're growing too fast.

There's nearIy 1 3 miIIion of us now.

We're bustin' at the seams.

We need room to grow.

Expansion.

That's what I'm thinkin' of.

And by the eternaI, I'II not Iet

anything stand in the way of that.

Good morning, Congressman.

I'd Iike to speak to you a moment.

I see ya ain't combed aII

the nits out of your hair, Davy.

Norton's changed.

He's been a Iot of heIp to me.

I was pIanning to see you Iater.

How Iong have you been in town, RusseI?

I've arranged for you to do

a speaking tour of the big Eastern cities.

- I got work to do.

- That can wait. This is more important.

You're the IogicaI choice.

- Now, hoId on. Why me?

- You've become a nationaI figure.

Everybody's heard of you

and wants to see you.

- You can do a service for the country.

- By teIIin' backwoods jokes?

I'm serious, Davy.

This tour is an opportunity.

You've got to think ahead.

Jackson's in his second term.

In three years, they'II be

eIecting a new president.

And some of us have been

seriousIy considering you.

Under the circumstances,

you can't afford to pass this up.

- Is it convenient to Ieave Sunday?

- WeII...

- I guess so.

- I'II arrange your passage.

I enjoyed taIking to you, RusseI.

Davy, you used to have a motto.

''Be sure you're right,

and then go ahead.''

WeII, I sure hope you're right.

? Him and his jokes traveled

All through the land

? His speeches made him friends

To beat the band

? His politickin'

Was their favorite brand

? And everyone wanted

To shake his hand

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? Helpin' his legend grow ?

Citizens of PhiIadeIphia,

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