The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-09-02

evidence 10 show his views and opinions O
secession. IN speech delivered the 2ls
OF March, 1850. on presenting the rrsolu
lions OF the Mississippi Legislature in re-
gard to the Nashville Convention, Mr.
Foote said
The suaraWocS in which the South {.
1peoWlarly interested. are 10 be respected
by the Free States OF ,he Union in all their
scope aud amplitude Ii in all these i'm.
ponont points, the North should prove un.
willing 10 do Justice (which Heaven Tor.
bid--'i The offensive enactmeuts mcnaced
shall be adopted, aud the grievances al.
ready confessedly inflicted shall remain un.
redrcssed-thcn the Southern States will
assemble in Convention. 10 consplt for their
own safety and welfare aud ii Justice
shall be Withheld, after all pacific and eon.
stitulional expedieuts have been tried, ond
tried in vain. why then the Southern States
may feel it to he q duty forced upon them,
Of seeding in the last resort from the Tn.
ion" -COagrcSsioNa! Globe yoi 81, part
Isl, p 577 to579. .
This not only sanctions secession but as.
'er's The rropriety Of calling a convention
10 consult on our safety aud welfare. Again
IN another speech delivered by him in tho
Senate the 2Sh Of January 1850, on an
amendment offered by Mr.. Seward to the
Fugitive Slave bill, Mr.. Fcote said
Sir, it does seem TO me, that no one
who listened to the calm. dignidcd, and tru.
| ly national argument Of the honorable
Senator from Virginia, (Mr. Mason.) this
day pronounced in onr hearing and who
duly appreciated the sound aud statesman.
hear the amendment Of the honorable Sen.
ator from Now York read without being
satisfied that this amendment was designed
to cap the climax of Southern wrongs, to
cause the cup OF our oppression at once to
overflow, and to force us Of the South,
whose lot it is to be the owners of slave
property, to secede from the Union, or, re-
naming in it, to submit to a wanton, heart.
less, aud insulting deprivation of all our
Constitutional rights, such as no free peo.
pie have ever been known patiently 10 en-.
dure. '-CongreSSionai Globe, vo!. 81, part
Isl, p, 236,
Is there no secession in this speech Of
Mr.. Foote? Has Governor Quitman ever
said more, or even as much as this on the
subject OF secession Yet Mr.. Footc is
lauded aud praised .as the Saviour of the
Republic, whilst Gov. Quitnan is abused
aud denounced as seccssionist desiring
the immediate withdrawal Of Mississippi
from the Union. After the action Of the
Convention OF this State, held at jackson
the second Monday in October 1919, com.
posed of an equal number of each oi the
great political parties i'll the State, and
which recommended the Nashville Con.
vention and the assembling Of Southern
Congress, and also RECOMMENDED the Leg.
isInturo TO adopt suitable measures to carry
out its resolves and recommendations AZ
ter the Legislature had adopted almost
Uerbdtim, the resolutions Of this October
Convention, and in accordance with its re:
concentrations had elected delegates to
tho Nashville Convention, and passed such
laws as it recommended: after Mr. Foote
had presented 10 Congress the address and
the resolutions OF the Mississippi Legisla-
ture relative to the Nashville Convention
(see Congressional Globe March 2lst 1850
page 577.) and after he had been fully in.
formed Of the whole action of Mississippi
on all these important matters, he wrote
to L. Barksdaie Esq, then Editor OF tue
Yazoo Democrat, the following letter:
WAsuINGToN, April 29di 1850.
My Dear Sir Accept my warmcSt
ack1g0mlcagemeatstor the prompt and gen
eyous manner in which you have repe,lcj
in late number Of your paper, the absurd
and unlounded charge that am, or ever
have been. hostile to the scheme Of the
Nashville Convention. My views have 50
often been declared both in Congress and
elsewhere napprobaton Of the whole action
Of our State on tho subject, that should
have been surprised at the calumny, had it
no. been my lot to be the object Of gross
Misrepresentation Of every kind during the
whole period Of my senatorial career. Be
lieve me to be your fatkfW anil cordiai
frienI. ii. 5. FooTE
Toe. Barksdale, Esq.
On the 2lst OF January, 1850 Mr. Foote
with our other representatives in Congress
wrote to the Governor Of the State the fol-
loving letter.
WAsmNGToS. January 81, 1850.
His F1elicncy,
Ja,6 4 Qatnan, Goreraoy &C. @c.
Str- We, the Senators aud Representa-
tives in Congress from Mississippi, feel il
incumbent upon us 10 advise you. and thfo'
you, our common constituents, that we
have well defined opinion that California
will be admitted as State OF this Union
during the present session Of Congress.
The President earnestly recommends it, and
NC eau not be mistaken, in supposng that
a majority of both Houses Of Congress will
be found to vote for it. Our individual po-
si.ions have undergone 10 change. We
regard the proposition TO admit California
as a State, under all the circumstances Of
her application, as an attempt to adopt the
Wilmot Proviso in another form. But sep