The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-10-02
senator Foote's notice Of Hon. a. d. Browns
last attack upon his votes II the Senate.

uss az was setting out upon short ex-
cursion to the eastern counties q the State
pamphlet over the signature Of one Of my
late Congressional colleagues, the Hon. A.
q. Brown, was placed in my hands, in which,
for the purpose of yindicating himself from
the charge Of voting in Congresswit certain
gentlemen Of theabolition and free soil stamp,
upon questions connected with the plan of
adjustment, he proceeds to comment upon.
several votes of mine in manner calculated
to dome gross injury. / have soughtno col
lision with any of my late colleagues
| have written o letters home from
Washington traducing any one Of. them. /
have lent my influence to No movement cal
culated to do any one of them the least in
justice. | hayesodemeaned myself towards
all Of them in the pending canvass to supply
no ground for reasonable complaint in any
quarter. / should have rcjoiced to harmon
Use with them all in Congress and out of it,
could I have done 50 without violating my
own sense of propriety, and doing deep det-
rimcnt, as judged, to the best interests of
the country, and the true interests Of the
southern portion of the confederacy. I
should have been glad to avoid the necessity
of noticing either of them in any special man
ner, particularly after the late triumphant
vote of the people in support of my course
But Gov. Brown seems resolved to make a
new issue with me, and force me to defend
myself against his assaults. True, the Gov
ernor says: "NIy object in presenting these
votes of Gen. Foote, is not to criticise them,
but to show the hyPocrisyof "A Union Man,
who holds up my votes and invokes the con-
demnation of my constituents upon them,
whilst he carefully avoids the like votes of his
own favorite candidate If it be sin in me
to have voted with Giddings and Tuck, is it
any less sin in Foote to have voted with
Seward and Halc?" Ihaye notthe least OBJ
lection to Gov. Brown or any one else crit
cising my publicacts; indeed expect, chal
lcnge just criticism upon all that have sale
and done in Congress. But the Governor
!, will pardon me for saying, that did not a
any time give "like votes" with most of thos
given by himself upon questions involved il
the plan of Compromise. go further, ant
assert that [ never did, at any time, vote il
d connection with single abolitionist or FIRE
soiler in Congress, upon any material que,
ton involved in that plan. voted agains
: every Frec-soiler and Abolitionist upon til
y California bill, upon the Utah bill, upon til
New Mexican Territorial bill, and upon tn
r Fugitive slave bill. did not vote either fc
or against the District of Columbia bill
For the resolution introduced by me for raj
ing the committee of ID, no Abolitionist
frcc-soilcr voted, and against it no southcl
Senator whatever, voted, except Mr.. Bento
So much for my votes upon all the cssenti
a. questions involved in the plan of Compr
IT. mise Twill not criticisc Gov Brown syotc
they are between him and his constituent
U U and I shalt confnc myself at present, stric
es, ly within the limits of Just seIf-defence.-
Nv Now, what votes of mine, of an in,materi
character are there, in giving which, accor
is ing to his account of the matter, cooper
or ted with the Abolitionists? The first of the
specified by him, is my vote upon the amen
: ment of my colleague, Col. Davis, to the 7
ritorial bills, which amendment was in tho
words: "And that all territorial usages exi
DO ing in said Territory at the date of its acq
sition by the United States, which deny
obstruct the right of any citizen of the U
ais ted States, to remove to, or reside in said I
~, ritory with any species of property lega
ION held in any of the States of this Union,
and are hereby declared null and void"
is true, l did not vote for this amendme
ch- and for reasons explicitly assigned by me
les, the time, with which reasons Gov. Brown
doubtless familiar; the first of which was t
1 recognised the amendment in question
wholly unnecessary, considering the Next
laws prohibitory of slavery, so far as Il
y were operative in the Territories acquired
y US, as aBrogated by the very act of acqu
un- ton, or at least by the treaty, through
: Q, instrumentality of which, the Territory
and been obtained Such was the opinion |
Is.
i en- formly expressed by Mr.. Calhoun, Mr..
,rog, rien and others, including several of my
lass las colleagues, one Of whom, Col. Davis,
iele' said: 'Belieotag tIattlep principles and q,
we'd antics Of the Constitution ertend oper all
# ,-ito1y belo,lgi'lg to DC U5tited States, and
al lars uiolatiue Of either are abrogatec
ori tle act Of acquisition, ita'nports % nc aot
az 6g aohdt authority such lars icere passec
-s sre Ihe taaos 1T q former proprietor 50 fa
s. sooo they eoaficteol nth he principles Of tie
is to stltltion, are abyogatod 6y The act IF AZ
sition." The speech, Of which the sent
i Sc just cited, constitutes portion, was del
q ed on the 18th day Of July, 1913. al
:, month before, Mr.. Calhoun had said: 9
are told that the laws Of Mexico pree
NKs, slave deny that The laws Of DIe
oosa' have the effect attributed tothem AS
the treaty between the two countries i
H. $50, fst,t v7 and y5tf5oF MS ;