The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-17
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fence in Congress-, Il mentioned the DETECTION OF
Senator Foote and others from the Southern pha-
Ilanx. And did he not desert his Southern friends
and allies in the hottest of the fight Did he not
desert them whenwit an eager haste, impeled by
ridiculous vanity, he became the assailant of Mr.
Calhoun at the reading of his last speech in the
Senate, THAI WA s1uicai movement for up to
that time the Blends 81 aksrSsuIb il The Senate
presented an almost unbroken front sPhey stood
clearly on The va5uage ground. This movement
made.under the absurd idea that he would be held
Irresponsible for the philosophical opinions ex-
pressed BY Mr.. Calhoun, and which it is clear he
tfMp.4 Foote) did not understand produced evil
identity disastrous effect. Mr.. Foote would be
leader without any of the requisite qualities. He
tis esssellent in his place. a know of no one who
can better badger and wrong the greater men Of
the Senate by an incessant and disrac,ing tempest
Of fuss and fury. He is great to draw the
fire Of the larger guns out of the right direction
Serves admirably, as the hat on the ranirod,
held out by the hunter to delude the Indian, who,
when he fires, has he modification to find that he
has wasted his powder on stick, and perhaps hit
something which only looked as if the head Of
a man might be in it. Far be it from us to dispar-
age the senator. a He is good in his place-very
good-but for General Foote to assume the leader
ship of great partyin the country and before the
Senate, would be like pitching General Tom
Thumb, at the head of the American army, smoth-
cred in the long boots and cooked hat of Winfield
Scott. Did he not leave those same friends and
allies when he became the blind and rabid advo7
cate of the bill of surrender, which proposed to
give all to the North, and to take all IN dispute
from the South, under the delusive name of Com
promise but from recent indications II would
seem that his position is well understood by the
good people of Mississippi The Senator informs
us that he has vicarously suffered for the South,
4 monstrous fagellation by the Abolitionists; and
that he has endured this as retrbuton for fercely
assailing each and every one Of them whom he
has encountered-but has he not since been an
4nointed from Northern vessels Sugar plums
Ihave followed the birch from the same hands. He
is Mortified the idea of resistance 10 the uncon-
stitutiona acts Of the Government, which inter-
preted by him is treason. His Wing leader
pitched this tune, and he sings the chorus in the
long metre Of Jackson's proclamation How long
has it been since he regarded as lighting daily
in the Senate the lurid fires Observation-Disclosures
ing it as unavoidable without change of affairs
On the 9Th of March 1850, when he was cavilline
at Mr.. Calhoun's last speech, what occurred
Mr.. Calhoun. "But things now stand, APP
peal TO the senator from A1ssissipp,sf he thinks
that the South can remain in the Union on terms
Of equality"
, Mr.. Foote .'we cannot, unless the question
be scuisd--bart,n my opinion the queston may be
settled and hoporably settled IN less than tenSdays
time"
Has it been settled; Are not things worse
than they were, Can we, however, remain in
| the Union on terms Of equality? If he who
thinks We cannot, be traitor then Mr.. Senator
you were one on the 9th of March 1850. When
and what new lights have broken in OH your
But it appears that the senator, while reading Q
report o: my speech, which he has honorsde WI
so many complimentary phrases, was gr41lydis
tressed to think that he had never heard ;6fsths
person, or imagined that he might be some 91eyo
the precise name of him, whom Mr.. FOoie endea
vored TO render as absurd as himself Well. N
this, have the advantage Of the senator have
I heard of him-before now--and have known him
at least in his public character, since he has beer
honored by the State of Mississippi Perhaps i
would be well for Mr.. Foote il he could be twittet
& He has a wide notoriety. He has been too long
the horn-bower to the several drivers Of the late
/ omnibus, not to have led the whole country tc
inquire and learn who made all that noise. Surely
it would be needless to inquire who the noisy
senator is-this very peculiar and ludicrousEpeei
men Of the genus homo. believe no nattifalis
has written about it, but NJ Voltaire alludes &c
the singular cross between the monkey and th'
tiger. -
From his own aetount, Fauquier county, Vir
GINA, has the honor Of being his birthplace.
have great reverence, for Virginia; and is 1t pos
sible that Senators Mason, Hunter, and Foote
f are Of the same. maternity But such things dc
, sometimes happen. remember, at the time o
the famous pistol scene in the Senate, when I'll,
redoubtable senator Il believe a General, too
certainly a great straegist) was advancing, by {
parallel moremsnt, on his adversary, | heard hi
, nativity much discussed; and, Judging from tn,
3 evidence furnished by his vocabulary, it was con
E cuded, that wherever he was born, he must hay
been reared from Z" an alms-basket Of refus
words"
think the senator may well calculate on hi
fame: for il he should fail to reach remote pos
terity, through the ricketty contrivance Of hi
dixj6inird and unmbered omnibus, he will M
doubthnd his way through the history Of thos'
bruwls by which he has much graced and ele
waited the character Of the Senate Of the Union
have observed that tlie condescending person
who has given me n senatorial notoriety, is some
times called General FoorE. shall not question
his military excellence. The greater it be, the
more shall hope, That in mems souls are "a
be tried, the enemy who must he IN common 70
Mississippi and Cgronal Wov not have that tower
Of strength. ! am sure, however, that nobody
will I've hurt, even or the tented field, if battles
= rre to he fought by Committees Of Thirteen, or
enemies to be met 10y marching in parallel lines.
Experience has recently illustrated both PROPOSE.
tons, though the latter rests securely on mothe-
NAUTICAL principle.
And now, gentlemen, you will allow me, for
your information MS we'll ~ on my own account,
10 saw that the people Of South Carolina are not