Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-08-01
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champions OF the two respective Par-
ties il cur sister State 81 aIississi gjsi,
we attended at fernando on MONDAY
last, when it was advertised Gems.
Gaitman and Eoote were to address
the people. Owing 10 an unpleasant
and unfortunate occurrence, which has
already been noticed in Cur paper, the
two gentlemen did not debate together,
and ii all probability VIII not again, ,au-
ring the canvass.
By an arrangement between mltaal
friends, Gen. l'ootc occapied the stand
until 3 O'Clock, after w.slch it was Ia
zen b. Gen. Gasti1ls.. As We were
rot prepared for taxing notes; we can
attempt no accurate report OF iheii
speeches, and must content ourselves
with a briei notice and review OF few
OF their most prominent features. The
speech OF Gen. Foote seemed to be bas-
ed upon the false hypothesis that the
State rights party, OF which Gen. Quit
man is the candidate for Governor, was
in favor of disunion. This is the strai.
into which submissionism IS driven. To
hide It's own deiormity and TO give it
self respectful appearance ii is forced
10 place lis adversary in atalse attitude
before the country; not daring TO meet
the true and real issues involved, in
manly and open combat. 1t is upon
the hypothesis alone, TO which we
bayo o,;,,IoI tk,t 81, h,,.ee;on;-,, ;e ~,
ab.ed to retain the breath of vitality,
and hence the tenacity with which its
votaries insist that all VINO are not
submissionists are disunionists. This
we admit, may be very ingenious
method for deceiving the reopie-!oE
fastening upon them error, wrong and
injustice, but that such q course is com
patible with that pnnctiiious regard
Tor truth and correctduty which should
ever characterize our public servants:
we cannot SO readily admit.
Setting cut, as he did, upon this
false hypothesis, we were prepared 70
hear from Senator Foote that reckless
and disingenous speech TO which we
were compelled to listen for three long
hours. rs sample OF the unscrupUl.
ous positions and assertions OF which
bis speech TO a great extent was com.
posed, We viii instance the following
lie asserted that al the evils and dan.
gers complained of in the Southern Ad
dress had been cbsiaied by the com
promise; that there never was such ;
party IS the democratic party known
IN South Carolina, that tnere was no
q prominent democrat Of twenty year.
Standing in the Union who was not
with bin; that he ilad never voted with
the iree-soiIers and aboiitionisls; and
last though not least, that there wa
not statue Of Mississippi executed
with more fidelity tlan was the iagi-
tive slave law executed by the people
OF the North! We viii no: step TO re-
fuie such assertions, suffice it 10 say
that Gen. Quitmaa, during his speech,
showed three distinct Instances in
which Senator Foote had voted with
the Free-soilers and ADoiiiionists.-
Inc first on proposition TO lay the
District of Columbia bill on the table,
which was 4 fest vote and decided the
fate of tie bill; the second on motion
10 strike out the Objectionable feature
from that bill, making the freedom OF
the slave the penalty for the violation
OF the law, and the t:l;rd on the motion
OF Senator Davis TO abolish fic Mexi-
can laws prohibiting slavery in the ter
ritories; against all of which motions he
voted with S Seward, Hale & Go.
A good portion of the Senator 5
speech consisted in efforts TO prove that
the present State rights party of the
South, instead OF being composed of
democrats, was made up OF wings and
nuliii;ers, and that he himself was a
democrat, and his party the democrat
ic party. Had il not been for General
Quitman, the audience would probably
no. have heard a word about the M
on party manufactured at Castle Gar
den, in New York, and at whose chris
teni1g Senator Foote ofiiciated as high
priest. We thought it a little singular
that he should so soon become asiiam-
ed of his darling bantling, and that he
should thus early be found seeking
shelter in the old democratic wigwam.
We rather suspect that since Seward.
Sumner, and their Pennsylvania ard
Ohio wing followers have taken posi-
ton on the Union platform, the Mis-
sissippi Senator thinks it wise policy to
crawl down the back way as easy as
possible.
The secessionists Of South Carolina
came il also, for a reasonable portion
of the Senator's cast;gations, but we
listened ia vain for the repreaeasions
soJustly naeritei By the nuiliiiers of YER
mont and Massachusetts,. These c.
caped, re suppose, for their loyalty to
the South and the constitution, mani
Tested in the faithful execution OF the
fugitive slave law. What confidence
eau the people place in such disingen-
uousnessl Has it come to pass that
Southern men who talk of indicating
their rights and their independence at
every hazard, are to be villifed and de-
noaacei, while the Northern agitaior
who tramples upon the one and would
rob US of the other, escapes with pas
sive commendaiion9 This is certainly
fhe complexion of fittings as shadowed
forth by such teachers as DIR. Foote,but