Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-30

that his reception was of the most hearty
and boisterotls character. Three cheers,
and three times three more, the prolonged
echoes Of wlliel, lasted for a few minutes,
and then the Band strucS up"Hail Column
bia,' which gave rise to another vocifer-
Gus demonstration. General Foote spoke
as fe,ows
TeiioW-C Citizens. il affords him n high
degree of pleasure to meet So many friends
Of the Union, and friends, too. from SO
many different States, aud to have the
privilege of addressing them on 4 subject
Of such moment as that which bad called
them together on tie present occasion.
The question before YOU, 'Union or dis
union is one, certainly Of the gteatest
possible Interest to the peofSe, botl, Of the
North, and of the South. On this subject
has spoken much aud well, and if | were
inclined to he enyiotrs, ! would envy him
the position he ocouples,-o,ie almost un-
rrecedented-as the representative Of q
unanimous people. Cheers, For his
part, he could not say that his constituents
were Ivy any means unanimous, though
| they were pearer to tlES point llrart was
| generally believed. True, the Governor
Of Mississippi has eaten Of the Insane root,
and SOME Of the younger Legislators of the
State had grown valiant rs se~cessionists,
talking londly and warmly and alarmiugIy;
but the body Of the people were for lie
Union, as unanimously almost rs the peo-
pie of this assembly. lie had been in al
most every county of the State, aud knew
The opinions Of the misses. lie had not
only their words for it, but the stronger
assurance of their votes. At recent elac-
tiol,s held in the Stale, he had heard OF
but six d%lsuniorists who had dared to show
themselves. Cheers
Calumirations, he knew. had gone
abroad, but Mississippi would redeem her
character. A convention wonId be called.
filed with 1uiou-luYing men, who woSHd
give q true q presslon 10 the feelings and
opinions Of the State, aud teach Gov.
Quitman n le=sion which it were well ar
him to learn. On the whole, the speaker
concluded that the inio, was to'ernb'y
safe, as lar as Mississippi WIS concerned.
Cheers. o
south tato|inn continued the General,
may secede he a Slost thought she would
aud rs he was not 4 fighting NAN. he woui
not recommend Congress to declare war
against the offending member Of the Fed
eraI Compact. His counsel would he to
let her have her way. lie was, however.
tulernl,Iy well acquainted witt, South
Carolina Senators, whom be kne,Dto be
not only fond Of good dinners and" merry
cheer, but rs fold of speaking, almost, us
he was himself, and he had tl,so credit OF
being pretty fond Of speecl,pyiug. IA
laugh lie did not think tEte=e Senators,
care" very much about e'yss"s the V"io"
Looking into other States. fears for the,
dissolution, of the Inio, were not pro
mlrent features in their horizon.
There was old y irgIuia-tInt noble
State. in whose 9eoin repose the ashes Of
Washington, Jefferson, and - host Of other
memorable Imtrlots-tIrpre bad the ian
gnage Of treason never yet been heard,
o,nd the wish and payer Of the people are
for the Unions perretulty.
IN Maryjaul. every man, wo,0an 1ld
child il for the Union.
In North Carolina, n little baud Of dis
aftcctlolllsis existed. bat it was pronounced
to he u mere corporal's guard, whose III
nueuce was but rs a feathers weight when
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there prevailed.
Kentucky Wns Also sand toS,e n trttc
friend to the Union: and Teunessee-
where the ashes oi Jnnksup rest in revered
rcpose-the,e he had heard of but ono who
had the llardiIlood to RAISE his voice in
But of late even Tnrncy'a brother Sam
Though for u while iratcrnalIy affected
with echisInatlc iceilngs) has gone to the
fod. and forsahen the by-path of his kius-
man. Tennessee may eunpIiatl"nlly be
put down rs a Union State. And then
there was Georgia, aud Alabama, aud Ar
kansas, aud Missourl-aiI Of these were
Union States, and friendly to Southern
institutions.
Besides, there was Texas, which had
"taken the ononey.' Applause. SIZE
was perfectly safe As II representative
Of the once Ionc-star State, he relolced to
see his friend, Col. Howard, before bin, in
the assonhIagc, for he knew by the kind
ling of bis &c, that he was rejoicing in
the consciousness that Texas, though n
lately admitted member Of the federal
brotherhood of States, was still one which
ctlugs to 1t with a patriotism which had
well been tested, and n v'gor Of arm which
was not easily turned aside. Yes. he felt
persuaded that the Texan determination
was to take Mc moncy aud remain in the
Union.
Every mountain now, continued the
speaker. becoming animated, hath found
a voice, and the wales have given uttcrauce
to a living, speaking, abiding prlucipIe--a
principle deeply rooted in the bosom Of the
American people, whicbtIemands the per-
petuity Of the federal Union.
My friend Downs and myself have been
denounced, and by members Of the demo-
cratic party, too, for the part we took in
passing measures Of Cancellation and com-
promise to aIIay the storm Of discomfort
which extreme men of the North and
South were tanning with unhoIy breath
at the time when Congress was last called
together, This, continued the speaker
was to be regretted but an influence was
now pervadlng the country, under which
old party formations were being dissolved,
aud Pbnnlx-like, from their ashes, as they
pass away, a great and glorious Union
party is %springlnc up, which, he trusted