North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-07
MISSISSIPPI.


MlsslssIPpiis at present the scene If
test between the Southern RIGHTS men "a Con-
are disposed 10 submit indefinitely 10 Fad. NOSe who
sion. The gallant Quitman leads on The Sgges
Henry ). Foote is permitting himself to be no..
candidate for Governor by the SubmissioDi.,s as
opposition to ouitman. We copy from the M, 10
sippi Correspondence of the New Orleans no,'' 'Ss'
following sketch of some remarks delivered b., Tue
QuItman, at jackson, on the 14h of last month NJ
ne was received in the most enthusiastic s,vl. fe
" AT the conclusion of Mr.. Wharton's add,o..
9ultman came forward, amid long continued 81 uen
men at last silence was obtained, he began sOaa
Ing In his own plain, ungarnished wav, and peak
hours held the large concourse' of some 1birr Two
hundred persons spel-bound, in tellinp tbony,hVe
wrongs and grievances, and in pointing ont thu Melr
ner OF redress By the false exaggerations of ina e
politicians, devoid of honor. General Ou;,gosue
been represented as mad, blind, unreasonsh1o has
| tclan, who would fair dissolve this Union y: poll
wrong but let me tell you that it is viIlanonsmT
take lie took the words of the Godheads ISM ma'
deadheads " of the great d" National WbiT p p'u he
and showed the people that they were wroS,aS any,"
ragged, insulted and abused. BIT for all tb out
his late message he did not recommend seeess. as
recommends that as men, as freemen, we ma;, he
demand redress, and command respect bonaSe@
from the North. for so long as we quiescentv Unl
they will continue encroaching, until al last Jl
to desperation the South will revol! the Un;ou en
be ruptured butt alas only when too late Gnr VIII
ehcial influence. Therefore, we who stand SD...el
like, at the ThermopyIe of justice and euuatr
defend the constitution from Xerxean spoil, M. ~
true Union M
He then touched upon the Cuban affair. .ra,
base treatment he received the hands of tboso e
rlcheG by soil and treasure won by him; wbilo h eli
his oppressors and jackall decryers, were At
living in ease and luxury, working the wires If We
litical chicanery. He made some STARTLING deo,p
ments. and many curses, loud, bitter and deem rO
uttered against the arstocratic and bold usurne. s
federal power. He told them he had been ofeIdn
command of the Cuban liberating army, with %s
disposal of million and half of money! but tb, L
loved the laws of his country and declined and ~"
these facts were well known to the Government H.
told them that the blow was aimed not so mncb "
him as at the honor of the State that had the mani
ness to relate her Wrongs, and demand respect. n.
told them that, Notwithstanding the fact that ALTON,
neys Hunton and Harris already received good SAL
es to attend to the business of the Government tb
President took the responsibility of using the peopIe
money to hire additional counsel to worry men Gn;v
of no wrong. and who had no counsel to defend them
save their own free minds brave hearts, and reputa
ton for truth. That, besides the $4,000 paid Ben
jamin by the Court of Spain, Fillmore robbed The
treasury. it were, to pay his share of the Isca
fee.
At the close of his speech, which was loudly an.
plauded, the assemblage repaired to the long tables
where they partook of barbecue, such Mssissp
Pi alone can produce"
We can have no doubt of Gen. Quitman's election
Gen. Foote is struggling for poiitca existence-hs
all depends upon the issue of this contest. The pe
pie will pronounce against him, and they will dot
for good reasons and on just grounds.
The facts which Gen. Quitman discoses in relation
the treatment he has received from President Fill.
more, will startle the Southern country though may
benefit the Pr esident in the free States. Such treat
ment towards an honorable, brave, and innocent
man, and the Governor of sovereign State, is cacu
lated to in all manly hearts the deepest intg
nation.