The southern press., 1851-12-18

verify the famous DUH oi lfoia S"etie'saS"'
and turn his back on himself" Consistent
only in inconsistency it almost makes one giddy
to follow the tortuous snuosties of his progress,
even with the eye while all the time he sings
pens in praise of his own consistency. Every
one is familiar with the attempt made to get
up great Union party, which was to swallow
up all other parties, and disband the Democracy.
Every one recolleets the incidents and the plat
form on which the Mississippi campaign was
fought Every one has witnessed the efforts
made by the Southern eulogists Of the Compro-
mise to make it alone test, and the only divd.
.ng line between parties. .=....
In all these movements, Mr. FooTE has taken
a conspicuous part; and since the opening OF
this session, has striven with might and main to
carry out the policy of the only party or coali-
ton which cares to claim connection or affinity
with him. On his way to Washington, he de-
livered a regular Union" speech, report of
which We gave but few days SINCE from the
Alabama Journal We publish to-day another
speech, delivered before the Jackson Association
of tits city, on Thursday evening last, which
shows that the Senator has seen new lights since
he came to Washington. The GOODNESS with
of his supporters" the generous Union Wings"
of Mississi ppi--is wonderful. Witness the as
surance with which he proceeds to read out of
the Democratic party his opponents in that State.
A query, however, may be made: II neither
"us rood Union Wings" aoho supported Mr..
Foote, nor Quitman, Daris, and he great bulk
Of The Democratic party, roho sustained them, are
10 he admitted into Dem ocrat;c communion,
,chat ,rU that party take By his motion The
General doubtless regards himself as host, but
will scarcely be accepted as fair equivalent for
nine tenths of the voters of Mississippi; for we
presume his Democratic supporters there would
scarcely exceed, if they equal, the proportion we
have assigned them.
We take this report from The Washington
Union of yesterday. 1t should be extensively
circulated in Mississippi:
At o'clock the meeting was called to order
by the president. who introduced the Hon. II
s. Foote, OF Mississippi. The eloquent senator
was received with great enthusiasm.
Hts proper tofstate that General Foote, hav-
ing been called upon to supply copy OF his
remarks, found it impossible to do so, in conse
quence of official engagements A short syn
opsis of some of the most prominent positions
assumed by him, it ia supposed. may serve more
OF less to crafty public curiosity.
General Foote commenced by declaring the
4 4 Il. l. ,,,l -
ing once more the members of an association
with whom he had had so much agreeable inter
course in past times, and especially during the
egentful presidential mpaign of lS4S, when
he had sustained an off .ial connexion with them,
and had delighted to cooperate with them in
furtherance Of the great Democratic cause. He
stated that nothing had occurred since that
period in the least degree to ALLEVIATE him from
the principles Of The Democratic creed; and
during the arduous campaign through wh!:h he
had lately passed in Mississippi, he had de-
, lighted on all occasions, as all who had heard
| him would be prepared to testify, in unfolding
to the full extent Of his ability those principles
to which he had been devoted since the days OF
opening manhood, whatever rumors might have
prevailed to the contrary in consequence of the
! multiplied misrepresentation of the day.
! He had, in agreeing to become the candidate
! of - Enion party Of the State of Mississippi
in the recent contest there, been very far indeed
! from repldiating his iorE.er eonnex on with the
! Democratic party Of the country. lie had in
| fact been nominated emphatically as Democrat,
and chiefly on account Of his known connexion
with the Democratic party Of the country, and
! he had accep ed the nomination expressly avow-
! ing his determination not 10 relinqush his con.
rexion with that party, or TO Weld up single
atom Of ts distinctive principles. The Union
Wings of tie State had generally yielded him
their sIpport-not on the ground OF their sup.
posing him at all more inclined TO concur with
them than he formerly had been upon the issues
which had anciently divided tie Wing and Dem.
ocratic parties. They support him simply lie.
cause he was a Union nan, in opposition to one
whom they recognized as hostile To the Union.
In fact, the Union party Of tie State Of Missis-
sppi was composed alone Of high.soulded pa
triots, WHO were willing TO forget party and it's
interest. in order TO their country from ruin.
He said that, in TIE progress Of the late cam.
pagn in Mississippi, he had made more than a
hundred speeches, ard he had made none 10 which
he had not placed himself distinctly upon the
Jackson Democratic platform.
In support Of his position in that canvass,
he had every day read copiously from Jack
sons proclamation his notification message,
and his farewell sdirsss whilst his anta1
onist had never dared TO read & single sen.
tence therefrom. He had also asserted, OF ell
occasions, the principles of what is called the
| Baltimore platform, and urged the propriety OF
sending delegates 10 the mex. Democratic ma
| tional convention whilst his opposents-Gov.
ernor Qutman and othets--hid formally repu.
dat cd all connection with the Democratic party
! Of thu country, and svowed that they claimed
! no connection with any Democratic allies out Of
( the State Of Mississippi lie stated that the
/ State Rights srty Of Mississippi was composed
as the Union party was, alike of Wings and
Democratic large number Of the former Whie
leaders of the State having jnined the secession
party, and exercising VIGOROUSLY highly poten
tial control over its actions. General 7. thet
discus al some length the great principle o
non.intefvention asserted IL TO be Fundamentals
principle Of the Law Of nations, indispensable Il
the preservation Of natioral sovereignty and in
dependence, and especially important to FREE
principles in the world He here alluded to tn