Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-03
A Stumbling by GrCeiV,

d ircIired As commentary on Foote'S recent
POSITION and his scayengerhke abuse, OF all those
who carry out consistently the principles ne once
seemed to spouse. we take the following extracts,
which the Tribune has fshed up from the Congress
stgaq! GloJs They are Ell from the speeches of
Foote
The extracts are from the Congressional Globe
and Appendix for the first and second sessions of
the last Congress- and the pages, unless otherwise
indicated, refer to the Congressional Globe for the
first session Of that Congress, (the thirtieth.)
His attack On President FUlmore.-''He alledged
that the candidate on the wbg ticket for the Vice
Presidency, Mr.. Fillmore, went farther than the
WiImot proyiso, and was certainly the author of
the tariff of 1898 :" (he should have said 1922
Page 866.
His attack on President Taylor-He expressed
suspicion that Gen. Taylor Wllmot Provlso
man lie had doubts whether Gen. Taylor wrote
all the letters to which his name was attached
Some showed ignorance OF the elements OF educa-
tion-others exhibited the practical statesman
Whoever had written the latter would not have
been such fool as to have written the former -
Page 866.
Ills attack on Henry Cloy-"We might have had
treaty of peace but for the speech of dstin-
gushed citizen of Kentucky Mr.. Clay,) with
certain resolutions which induced the leading men
of Mexico to wheel about and raised an universal
expectation of a pronunciamento, by which Mr..
Polk would be turned out of the White House and
a certain distinguished gentleman from Kentucky
be brought in Page 367.
HIS attack on -Hr. Ug58ter-"I knew before that
the venerable senator from Massachusetts, (Mr.
Webster had expressed some months ago his
opinion III very plain language, too, that no real
glory could be achieved in such war. His words
this point worth quotation, for they seem
TO to indicate settled design, not to say de-
hberate conspiracy, in certain quarters TO prevent
our military chieftains in this Mexican war, from
deriving any enlnant civic advancement from their
immortal exploits. Page 209.
These miscnievous and meddlesone harangues:
and will eventually consign them, one and all, if
they shall no. speedily exhibit satisfactory signs of
. genuine repentance, to an infany as undyiug as
their offences, while unatoned for, are unpardon
able either upon earth or in Heaven. Page 2l1.
But NO be to them, (Messrs. Webster, Cor
win &C., il they fail in their justiicatory proof
this point for tell them, and all of them that
It we're better that they should never have been
born, or that being born, they should have died
in infancy, that they should row have mill
stone tied about their recreant recks and cassed
into the botomless sea, &e."-bage 2l2
The opposite no-terrtory ground has been
that of the tedcralists Of the oiden time and Of
their wing successors since.
" One gentleman has not hesitated openly 10
charge the Executive Mr.. Polk with falschood-
\ coarse version of what emanatcd from distn-
gUished senator now IN my eye, at Springfield, last
September Page 2l7
The punishment of treason in all countries
is death and he who would act these sentiments
(opposiLion to the Mexican war, would incur that
as lis due reward. l doubt whether, in some
parts OF the country, the process of law would be
waited for 4 higher law, perhaps. Page
365
% speak by the book when / say that distn-
guished senator from New England. (Mr. Web
ster not now in his seat, did, in place near Fan
eul Hall some months ago, openly recognize the a5-
htionistS as their political brethren, and besaught
them TO unite with the whig party in an approach
ing election. | consider then, the wing party
of New England, and the faction controlled by
the senator from New Hampshire, as standing on
the same platform. 1t, (Mr. Webster's speech at
Richmond ulenas what the senator from New
Hampshire has more boldly sad--but language
not more npatriotc-language which will not be
less fercely condemned by posterity, and has a
most controlling effect in Mexico against his own
country.''-Page 365.
HIS attack on tie Wing party-"I know that
this thing is disgusting but having the sanction of
the wings OF New England" d;c-Page 500.
but the wings, 1t is alleged are conservative.
The Devils in He'll were sent there to dwell in
never-wasting fire, that they might be conserved
there for eteanal torment There might be con-
servaye for eyilas well as for good. Page 500.
HIS attack on tie PHILADELPHIA ConUeation-
There were birds of every feather there-blue-
light ederaliss, no-territory men, abolitonists,
&c.-Page Sos.
HIS KuowIedye Of Taylor.-' The President
elect General Taylor, is decidedly in favor OF
the annexation of Cuba. Gong Globe, Cd, ses.,
30th Cong, page log.
HIS attack on tie United States Supreme Court
q shall not now undertake to review the history
OF the Court, for the purpose of showing how
deadly the tendency of its decisions has generally
been 10 what call republican principles."-
Page 597.
Was it not plotted sermon on Mr. Foote by
which that senator was called up by the U. States
Committee at the dinner at Nblo's, after Mr. Ev
erett's glowing eulogium on the Supreme Court
And by which the next toast to 1.-The Orator of the
Day was The Judiciary of the United States q
If we should single out any one of the committee
the author OF this pungent hit at Foote, WI
should designate the satirical Brady. Next to hin
John Van Buren, would perpetrate such a sarcasm
but the Prince is not on the committee.-ED. TRIB.
HIS attack on Judge McLeaa.-'' Sir, one of thu
Judges of the Supreme Court has lately takel
upon himself, while the country was engaged il
war with a neighboring nation, to throw the who'll
weight of his personal character and official inf1u
ence against his own Government and in favor O
the public enemy. Sir, l have no word stron.
enough to express the contempt which | feel fo
such sentiments as this Judicial functionarv ha
dared to avow. The unpatriotic views which b
has promulgated or his unbLushing aadocity h
has been guilty of high offence against publ
decency, if acted out would consgn him to tn
scatfold as traitor to his country deenlv soile