The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-08
Another card

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Another card
Not long since published card relative
10 n personal matter between Gen. Foote
and myself Since that time two state
.neuts in his defence have been made, one
by his friend. Maj. F S Hunt, the other by
the Seuator himself | would not notice
this matter fur er, if Genera! Foote had
not denied several of the statements made
in my card And in doing So hope TO ex.
ercise as much christian commsseration
:or human iraIity' as the gentleman did in
remarklug upon my card
Gen. Foote,. says i told him desired
this statement Tor the purpose OF basing
upon it friendly demand upoo Governor
I Quitman for an explanation in writing of
what he had already said. "
( Major Hunt says: He (Gen. Foote,)
( wished General Bells statement in order
to show that a portion of the audience
might have misunderstood the natter"
Genera Foote, says i feel certain that
| used no positively insulting language"
Major Hdnt. says; General Foote ap.
preached very closely, and said, do you
want to fight? and remarked that he, (Gen.
Belly should give him statement"
Gen Foute says "If Mr. Bell uttered
any language that night of an insulting
character in his interview with me, | GER
tainIy did not hear it; and am the more
confident on this point, because / am some.
what ILL the habit of resenting language
personally insulting in its nature at the in-
stant Of its employment, and it would seem
that did nothing of the kind on this oc-
casion."
Major Hunt says "Gen. Bell, at this
remark, also became very much excited,
and said in very loud angry tone, that il
he Gen. F.J expected to force him 10 give
a statement, he had mistaken his man, and
used other violent language"
Gen. Foote says: Mr.. Bell says that he
supposed that was armed when came
to his house. Never was this gentleman
more seriously mistaken; | had not even
a pen-knfe in my pocket"
Major Hunt has stated to myself aud 9TH
ers, that after lie and General Foote left
my house, Gen. Foote showed a small knife
and told him it was the only weapon he
had.
Gen, Foote says: Il knocked at the out
er door on reaching it, and MIR. Bells Joice
invited me to enter"
Major Hunt says "Gen Foote alighted
and walked into the room where Gen. Bell
was sitting, fastened the horse, &c A
gentleman in such haste, to enter room as
to leave his friend out fastening his horse.
might he mistaken about this matter. As
to hearing my voice, the gentleman ought
10 doubt his own recollection on this point
az he never heard that violent and abusive
language" which was uttered "in q very
loud angry tone, as declared by his friend
Maj. Hunt.
According to Gen. Foote's statement, he
knocked at the door, invited him in-he
was not in the room where my family were ;
saw no member of it but myselt-is certain
that he used no positively insulting Ian
guage-and if used any he never heard it
Gen Foote asked me if | wanted to fight
used violent and abusive anguage-he in
terposed and begged us to desist--General
Foote apologised in the most ample terms
and next morning told Maj. Hunt " to in.
form me tna' he deeply regretted IT, and
TO make any other apology in his name
that was necessary or honorable
Gen. Foote says: :" 1t is not true that
when called at Mr. Bells house. on the
night of the l7th ultimo, found him sit.
: ting in the room with his sick family. As
man of honor, solemnIy aver that found
: him in room, sitting alone, calmly reading
: newspapers, and that saw no one of his
: family during my stay at the house but him
! self
T This is the only statement which the
: Senator has sought to sustain "by his SOL
7 emn averment as a man Of honor" II is
+ well for him perhaps that it is. For if
there is one statement more than another
7 unfounded in fact in his card, it is the one
2 in question. Hence perhaps the reason he
= has resorted to his solemn averment on
. honor" SO properly calculated to arouse
;. suspicion in the detail of simple facts. The
truth is the room which Gen. Foote first
g burst into was my private chamber-the
: truth is my family were there sick when he
}. entered, and if he knew it not, or knows it
n not now. it can only be attributed to some
A high excitement the same which could M
}. duce him thus ruthlessly to outrage every
e rule of common propriety and deccncy.
0 One prominent feature in the Sena.
l. tors card must not go unnoticed. He
'f insinuates that | have made myself
1t busy in a "matter of highly deli
cate nature" between Gov. Quitmau
is and myself. II is false in every or il
lie any sense. The two gentlemen hac
ar been engaged in public discussion
le Hundreds spoke Of it. SO did J. Thcr'