The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-09-13


cal proposition. The truth is, il is chiefly insisted
on with view to disunion, and that the whole
country will shortly understand, and when the
dlsunlon plot, which have known to be on foot
Tor several months past, shall be once plainly
laid open to the people Of the South, both plot
| and plotters will be consigned TO undsing infa-
my, or have read the pages Of republican his
tory IN vain, and the enlightened freemen of
America will prove themselves wholly Incapable
OF that sefgovernment upon which they have
heretofore SO much prided themselves. Nav
God. inhis mercy, save our beloved country from
the ruin and degradation in which ambitious and
unprincipled demagogues have strivento involve
US.
Mr.. BUTLER. The Senator from Mississippi
has endorsed the doctrines contained in the Jack
son proclamation.
Mr.. FooTE. Not the whole.
Mr.. BUTLER. He says he approves them
with very siiget qualification. do not know
when he changed his opinions. He SAYS he has
belonged to both parties. He may at that time
have been federaist
Mr.. FooTE. Will the honorable Senator bear
with me? | do not know what his object is.
Does he mean to insult me?
Mr.. BUTLER No. Oh, no!
Mr. FooTE. never belonged TO but one par
ty in my life. The honorable senator is misin-
formed. There was a period il my life when
acted with the whig party on certain questions
but the record of the next winter shows that
voted with the democratic party never cal-
led myself whig in my life. never was a
federast. That term, ] suppose, is the same
now as ever have belonged to the democra-
tic party all my life, and have always voted with
them, except on some few subjects. Now, let
the senator make the most of it.
Mr.. BUTLER. | do not think it altogether
parliamentary to bring in newspapers here TO
read for the purpose Of attacking strangers.
think it very wrong. | would think was not
dealing fairly by the Senate or other persons,
should engage in any thing Of the Kind. He
had thought proper to do So Let him have them
close by saying that he shall have the full ben
efs of all the federal doctrinesin Gen. Jackson's
proclamation.
Mr. FooTE The honorable Senator is not
very generous. | have not assailcd South Car
olina. He has the evidence that his "Chesnut"
popped itself at me before knew ofits existence.
! am denounced publicly in terms of contempt
and eproach-denounced in more than one Of
the newspapers of South Carolina. And it is
not the first time | have been thus assaed. |
have been denounced in almost every county in
the State; and yet he expects me to submit to
all this injustice without repining or complaint.
Sir, am no Job, and never professed TO be; and
when wicked men combine against me and drive
me TO retaliation, they must be content with
such results as the conflict may afford.
Sir, have risen chifiy to save my State from
dishonor. and had not done SO should have
been traitorous to her interest. The honorable
Senator from South Carolina speaks highly in
deed of these gentlemen. Mr.: Gregg and Mr..
Chesnut, and says they would not fear toencoun-
ter me.
Mr. BUTLER. | spoke Of an encounter in
the form Of discussion, and that only.
Mr.. FooTE. Well, sir, may very well say
| am not very potential parsonage, either phys
ically or mentally; but shall, notwithstanding,
not recoil from the challenge so gallantly ten-
dered And now say to the Senator from South
Carolina, that whenever | shall be informed
that either he or any of his friends wish to con-
trovert with me the questions now under debate
here, will make it quite convenient for them
to meet me; for | will even go to the heart OF
South Carolina IN order to encounter such cham
plons. know my own limited powers as a de-
bator; but in such cause shall expect to be
triumphant even in South Carolina. If the
honorable Senator or his friends choose TO invite
me TO Charleston or to Columbia. for The pur-
pose of free and courteous debate, they will soon
find the invitation accepted. do not think
that | should be hung were to go to Charleston
upon such an errand, or to any other city in
South Carolina, and shall always be found will
ing TO risk myself among the chivalrY whenever
called on in proper FORM