The North-Carolina standard., 1850-01-30

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Thursday devotes portion Of its editorial colunls
TO the Hon. Henry s. Foote, Of mississippi, and. as
might be expected from that source TO studied dep
recitation Of thetalents and character Of that distin-
gnished orator. The real editor Of the Courier IS
absent paying court to Francis Joseph, Hapsburg,
the Of Austria, whose crueltes exercised
upon brave and Christian people, have been greeted
with the execfation of the whole civilized world.
Engaged in this " labor Of love-, it is hardly to be
supposed that the illustous charge daaires to Vien
ma has time to think Of matters In his country;
but Is not unreasonable take it for granted that he
has left some Of his prejudces behind him, and that
among these, bitter hostility to the democratic party
Tin regard u which ffy-two thousand reasons plead
trumpet-tongued that he should be CONSISTENCY is the
>chiefest and most paramount. Hence it is not at
all unnatural that the agents and echoes Of COL Webb
should make common cause against Henry S. Foote.
of Mississippi, one of the boldest and ablest demo-
cratic champions now living. Foote is of those
rare men who do not fear to speak their thoughts.
He selzes an abuse or error, matter how conse
Grated by time and custom, and holds it up to the un
versal condemnation. No great name terrifes him;
for he has long ago learned, no doubt, that great
names have often been used TO excuse great crimes.
The sight of such man in the United States Senate
is refreshing There is danger Of that aristocratc
body settling into stagnation and habit of being
long In the public service is apt to breed Indifference
to great living and progressive principles. Foote by
constantly reviving senatorial remembrance OF these
principles reminds senators Of their duty. He talks
bold truth boldly to reverend ears. He denounces
the doubling and the timd of his party and the
objectionable of the other; and though he awakens
envy and hatred, and the worst OF all malice in the
Senate. yet, at the same time, he inquiry and
examination out of it. He is not blind partisan
either. He is manly, chivalric, and true-hearted-a
little too free in his manners, perhaps but that is
rare virtue in senators, that we would not amend for
fear of spelling it. We like him. The country likes
him; and such wings as the New York Courier and
Enquirer make great mistake in assailing him, be-
cause he has too much courage to be put down, and
too much ability not to be able to keep himself right
before the whole country. The Immediate cause of
anger the part of the Courier is of those rich
scenes that pass into history at once and become
part of the record and the remembrance of the
try almost without an effort. AS we witnessed the
scene in question: word in regard to it may be
sing and useful.
We alude, of course, to Foot's terrible tomahawk-
ing of Seward, the 4th day of January; 1850
Immediately after General Cass had made his
great speech against the atrocities of Austria. The
Senate was crowded every seat was full and mem-
bers of the House gathered IN to hear and to see
some crowding in the rear Of the Vice Presidents
chair others filling the lobbies, while many even sat
on the floor. Overhead the galleries were brilliant
and full-ladies on the seats, and gallans in the
rear. Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Mangum, King,
Benton, Douglas, Shields, old and young-the known
and the unknown-of that grave body, were all there;
spoke with ease, uency, and deliberaton. He paint
ed picture of Seward that terrible. He literal
y dissected him alive; and that, too with skill and
grace that made his very bitterness agreeable and
his sarcasm pleasant He had the sources of classic
lore at his command; and he applied to this theme
of fho in hiSt0r Tn do-
nestle politics he was more than at home-for he
knew dates, names, and details, as if by magic He
spoke Of Seward without reserve, and showed up the
cause of the friendship between that senator and the
puissant Webb. He proved Seward to be the most
unblushing demagogue of the day. He spoke of
Webb, not at all disrespectully, be it understood,
but sti with an omnous glance at Webster, he call
ed his appointment to Vienna " nomination not fit
to be made.'' He painted the relations between
Webb and Seward with a very Hogarth pencil. The
origin of their endshp did not go quite as far back
as the time when Pompeii was downed in ashes !;
nor yet to the period when the masons at the pyramids
begun to lay A@foundations nor yet the era when
Nineveh, witt it, kings, fourished in high and spen
did state but he showed that, devoted - and sun
wavering" as that friendship was, it really seemed
to date its beginning from the moment when Webb,
minster-mad urged the name of Seward to the presi
dency, to the amusement of everybody. The speedy
flight of the Colonel, Stewards newspaper-Pythias,
and his peculiar private relatons admitted by the
latter were topics to Foote that he used like artist,
minglmg fact and fancy fiction and fun, that eve
rybody admitted the picture perfect Seward grimm
ed ghastly smile; Webster glowered the affray;
Clay covered his face with his vast bandanna Ben
ton unbent his angry hauteur Cass was composed ;
Calhoun was happy; Corwin had broad sneer on
all the while; and even Mr.. Fillmore, the Vice Pres
ident, could school his features into quiet, but
occasionally relaxed into smile that threatened
lead to very explosion of laughter.
That man who could make such speech should
be denounced as and vulgar. is simply absurd
but thai he should be attacked by Colonel Webb's
New fofk Courier and Enquirer, is reasonable.
Webb and the Courier have no reason to like Henry
S. Foote, of Mississippi Pennsylcanian.
FURTHER ADVANCE IN COTTON!