The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-12-03

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so 30, .rses dors Siciss gained 70 ts South
b. sAs o~onpromirf And when his Asiooad-
ny achievement was dsyclopod by he honor.
able senator how Ibs gallant submisionist'
da clap their and stamp their ieeias The huge
evidences Of dhe south. beaded BY Mr. Fopiei
beating he Yankees in their own peculiar
cunning Oh, there was a noble, a heroic
spirit abroad among the chivalrous sons Of the
Union upon this occasion
NJ Fooie finally came 70 the Fugitive
slam Law. lie said that Roger Barton aaser-
tel that the NOnaen press was opposed to il,
Nd upon being asked Tor evidences brought
forward a couple Of abolition sheets He tMr-
Footel then asked him ifthe New York Globe
lor sons other Northern pape1 opposed il;
when Mr.. Barton answered, according o M
as, . @Al
heam tell Of that
Nj. Fooie knew when BE- was making his
speech here that It j. The Northern paper up
holding the law, which isthe exception to the
general rule; he knew, alse, that the political
parties at the North were opposed to il; that
their social system their edncatiopary systems
and their arrangements Of labor, were all ar
ayed against il. lie knew that it had been
resisted by mobs that our citizens had been
Imprisoned aud maltreated when attempting
70 reap the benefits Of III that United States
officers had resigned rather than execute it
that only, in four instances, m 80 mapy) had il
ever been enforced, and these, when the panic
was upon The North, and the opposition 10 it
had not been organized. He knew that we
we're deferred from having it executed-that,
in fine, ii had been completely nulliied by
the North; and yet he would hold up to US the
vision ofa law fully and promptly executed in
our favor.
One thing strikes us with a peculiar force.
Il is the final declaration by Mr.. Foote, that il
this law be nnllifed or repealed, he will 90 in
for and counsel secession that he too will bea
secederl
We were glad to hear this from Mr.. Foote,
not that We care a snap about the prospect Of
his being shortly on our side il he can muster
patience enough q adhere to his declaration
SO long, but because it shows the working Of
his mind, his designs. his demagoaueism. 1--WE
meanit in its bad senseA
Mr.. Foote knew long before The passage Of
this law, Of the circumstances which rendered
necessary he knew Of the ouirages Of the
North for years past as well as now n progress
Vet he was not in favor Of secession on that
account. Nov. ifthe circumstances leading
TO tho prompt passage Of the law be not Of.
themselves q sufficient cause. neither Is the
repeaI Or notification az the law ! sufficient
cause ofitself ior secession. Mr.. Foote then
h making ia declaration Of ia willingness y
sseede n this case. could only have meant
that il would be- the siimar to other wrongs
an act 10 iii M the measure Of our grievances.
DIV This. lie admits that we have suffered great.
IN. indeed almost 10 the secession point from
the dear North; and he destroys, in this
way, ali his previous talk about Peacsl peacel
But again: Mr.. Foote finds On spite Of his
brave words 10 the contrary that q majority Of
his constituents favor resistance to those de-
structive measures he advocated, and holds to
be Of great beneii, to them SO that he unex-
pectedly differs from them. Now how shall
this difference b reconciledq II i impossible
for him to back right out Of his position. and
he can neither argue Or arimace them out Of
theirs; 50 he says that, upon the simple repeaI
Or notification Of a law. the necessity for the
passage az which he did M, hold a snf;e;an,
eana 'of secession, az 100 VIII counsel resis-
Now Mr. Foote, in this, shows himselfto be 81.
Their an arrant dcmagogue, or else something
more common. and 10 Be nitied