[DannyTN]

This Davy Crockett story was written by the Whig party over 60 years after Davy Crocketts death. There is no record in the congressional record of Davy Crockett ever saying stuff like this, and I believe there are some votes to the contrary.

[Double Tap]

You have proof of that?

[bcsco]

This Davy Crockett story was written by the Whig party over 60 years after Davy Crocketts death.

David Crockett died on March 6, 1836. Over 60 years later would place the Wig Party writing at around 1896. The Wig Party gasped its last breath in 1856, along with the advent of the Republican Party.

So, your premise is wrong. Want to back up your second premise of their not being no congressional record of said comments?

[ClearCase_guy]

This Davy Crockett story was written by the Whig party over 60 years after Davy Crocketts death

Your overall point may be good, but I feel the need to point out that Crockett died in 1836 and the Whig Party was pretty much dead by 1860 when Lincoln was elected as a Republican president.

Bottomline: It may be a myth, but myths tells us things that resonate through the ages. On a certain level, the story is true, even if it never happened.

[Condor51]

This Davy Crockett story was written by the Whig party over 60 years after Davy Crocketts death.

Davy Crockett: August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836
Whig Party: Years active, 1833–1856

No offense, just couldn't be 60 years.

[bcsco]

There is no record in the congressional record of Davy Crockett ever saying stuff like this, and I believe there are some votes to the contrary.

As Huck points out, Gales and Seaton were the chroniclers of record at the time through their "Register of Debates". The Register of debates is available online and information obtained through Wikipedia indicates the story as written may be apocryphal, but based on an actual floor debate and vote in 1828. The pertinent pages of the "Register of Debates" are as follows:

and

...beginning at the lower right of the first image. While not the same exact set of circumstances, it shows Crockett speaking out against a similar issue and later voting against it (he's listed in the column of "NAYS".

So, yes, there is a record of "Crockett ever saying stuff like this". As to votes to the contrary, I'm not about to do that laborious a search, but this points to one instance where his vote was not contrary...

[eclecticEel]

That’s certainly one loquacious farmer in the story; it does seem likely apocryphal, at least in the way it’s presented.