The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-03


General Foole, one Of the Senators in Congress
from Mississippi, has addressed, from Washington
City long letter, which is published in the Union,
70 Henry A. Wise, Of Virginia, in review Of Mr..
Benton speech at Jefferson CITY hiso of the same
class Of composition with the speech Of which it
ueais-bold5 confident, dogmadc, sarcastic and
personal. i treats the Missouri Senator with as
little respect as he treated Mr.. Calhoun and charges
upon him pretty nearly the same general offences, Of
reckless ambition, political perfdy and gsTng in
consistency, which the Jefferson speech spread out
with so much hearty zeal of hatred against the
Senator from South Carolina. General Foote is as
voluble as Col Benton, and has studied the politi-
cal history Of the latter to some purpose, for he
has been enabled to array a formidable string Of
authorities, drawn from Mr. Benton's own speeches,
against his opinions and sentiments Of this time.
One thing, however, Gen. Foote has been unable
to discover in Mr. Benton. At no time since the
commencement Of his political life has he been
courteous or even civil, in his department towards
Mr.. Calhoun. At no time has he wavered in his
intense hatred or been led, even By occasional
association in support Of the same great measures,
to relax for moment his suspicious Of bad motives
for al that must be allowed as good and his
belief Of wicked purposes in all that he could
is a weakness, for all violent temper is a weakness,
which is likely to do Mr.. Calhoun service in such
a conhici as Mr.. Benton has provoked, and Gen.
Foote has awaited himself Of the advantage Pew
men will give credit for good faith to the revela.
lions Of disposition SO violently inaamed with ex-
cessive personal luminosity. We noticed the other
day piece Of exinvagant injustice in the foolish
declaration Of Col. Benton at Boonyille, charging
fhar ,f a.
ton to be an emanation Of Mr.. Calhoun's talent
for intrigue with the design Of influencing Mis-
souri, politics, and defeating Mr. Benton's reelection
to the United States Senate
Mr.. Foote treats as equally unreasonable and I'M
just, the charge often repeated, throughout Col
Bentons several speeches on this question: that the
Meeting of the Southern Members Of Congress last
session, was suggestion by Mr. Calhoun. This
letter reaffirms thai Mr.. Calhoun was not even
consulted, that he IA no share in getting up the
meeting, and was not informed that it was to be
held, until most Of the Southern members had been
waited upon and invited without his knowledge
This is the most material part Of Mr. Foote's
letter. The remainder, though keen in its sar-
casms, and bold in the encounter it challenges
with Mr. Benton, contains little to throw new
light upon this wearying slave controversy. We
hehVn IL as part OF lue history OF the times not
from any belief that any thing said either BY Mr.
Benton or Mr. Foote, At this stage of the question,
can retaTd or alter the result. The political for
tunes Of individuals may be affected by the part
they take, and parts are taken by conspicuous men
with view singy to this effect upon themselves,
but the issue can be seen with absolute certainty
Mr. Benton sees it, when he ridicules the Proviso
question, az useless and Gen. Foote sees it when
be treats Of the aspects Of the future as so full Of
gloom.