The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-06-11

NHIHN VII - "
whip and spur, backs and backs end hacks
all. % the amalemen, and nge Of has admi-
rerS until brought 10 q lisless stand with
dropping ears to use an E-oPian privilege, he
esclaims, oh hang the race, I'm tired"
Yes. Nj. Foote'S enthusiasm has consumed
ITSELF, his proud spirit has chaied agains, op-
preston 20 hard that il has worn itself out a
spint Of lassitude has followed his wonderful
activity his honor, tired Of resistance sleeps;
and, after all that he has aid and done, he has
declared that,
"He would now say that he had a firm
belief that the COMPROMISE bill would be
ratified by a majority OF both houses Of Con-
gress. and would receive the approval of
the American people, because it was a
measure which, If passed, would be a means
Of drawing all sections of this country to-
gether once more in the bonds of freedom,
never again, he hoped, to be separated
He goes also against the amendment offered
by Mr.. Davis, upon which we commented last
week we showed it to be IN act of wisdom, and
one for which the people of Mississippi will
commend Mr.. Davis as a wise and faithful
Representative.
On the 10th, aMr. Clemens said that he
would read a letter, signed by that Senator
and some others, and addressed to John A.
Quitman, Governor of Mississippi.
"Mr. Foote said as that letter was to be
read, he wished to explain it. A letter was
handed to him one morning in the Senate,
and it bore the signatures of his colleagues
in the Senate and in the House. He glanc-
ed over it, and affixed his signature to it.
During the day he thought the language of
the letter was not altogether as he wished,
and he tooksuch steps as prevented it being
sent off. They met some time after, and
had a pretty full conference and he drew up
a letter which was not agreed to. Finally,
it was agreed upon to send the letter as it
was, it being considered more as a private
letter than anything else. The Senator
might use the letter, and the most might be
made of it."
Senator Davis c~orroborated the account
of Mr.. Foote, but said FINALLY, they set
tie down upon that letter 0hc one sent) as
being a very temperate one"
Now if Mr.. Foote signed a letter to his
constituents with such Indifference as to its
contents, or if afterwards he permitted that
to go to them as his opinion, which was not
his opinion, he is too careless and light for
a Senator. And if Mr.. Foote makes iner-
tai reservations apon giving an express
to his constituents, and afterwards
brings up the opposition to the opinion
which has lain hidden in his breast, we
should be pleased to know if it is not, as to
them, an inconsistency, and a gross one.
Mr.. Foote said; in the letter to Gov. Quit
man, that the admission of California would
be "the Wilmot proviso in another FORM"
land by reading Gov. Browns letter on our
first page, it will be perceived that he spoke
truly) MIR. Foote now says, that he will
go in favor of the admission of California as
part of this scheme of compromise. Does
MIR. Foote suppose that his constituents
will admit the Wilmot proyiso, with the
principle which it contains, a degrading
scheme and principle against which they
have devoted their all, as a compromise?
What is a compromise
As one of the democratic party, we have
another and most serious charge to make
against Mr.. Foote. He said, in his reply
to Mi. Clemens:
"The Senator from Alabama might use.
the letter to make out a cas- of inconsistent
cy. Even ifsuch inconsistency were made
out he had no fear Of his constituents.
They had pardoned greater inconsistencies
than that. He had once placed himself
without the democratic party for six months,
and they had forgiven him.
"Ihey had overlooked that, and unsolici-
ted him had sent him to the Senate. If his
constituents could forgive such inconsistent
cy as that, ara promote him also, he had no
fear OF any consequences to himself for any
Inconsistency the Senator could establish by
that letter.
What! is il possible that the sovereign State
OF Mississippi has a Senator, the peculiar rep
sentative of her sovereignty, who has taken his
seat, and directed his course, as the represent
tative of the Democratic Party? And further,
is it possible that the Democratic Partv is so
disslmilar in its interests from the State and
her institutions, that it can be benefited when
they are injared?-so alienated from the State
in interest, that it can forgive an ainconsisten.
cy" which is to ruin the State2 Criminal de-
ception monstrous assumption! As one whose
every drop of blood is Southern, and every
conviction of mind and feeling of heart is Dem
%ocratic, we do utterly repudiate and execrate
such an affirmation.