The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-15
Another Card

ments IN hls defence have been made, one
by his friend, Maj. F. 5. Hunt, the other by
the Senator himself | would not notice
this matter fr,'.er. IL General Foo,e had
rot denied several of the statements made
in my card Aud doing So hope TO ex.
ercise as much christian commisseration
:or human frailty" as the gentleman did in
remarkiug upon my card '
I Gen. Foote, says: IL told him desired
this statement Tor the purpose Of bssing
upon it a friendly demand upon Governor
Qutman for an explanation in writing of
what he had already said
Major Hunt, says: He tGen. Foote J
wished GenetaI Bells statement in order
to show that portion of the audience
might have misunderstood the matter"
General Foote, says: Il feel certain that
/ used no positively insulting language"
Major Hunt. says: General Foote ap-
preached very closely, and said, do yon
want to fight ! and remarked that he, (Gen.
Belly should give HIM a statement"
Gen. FooIe says: "If Mr., Bell uttered
any language that night OF an Insulting
character in his interview with me, | GER
tainly did not hear it +; and l am the more
confident on this point, because | am some
what i'll the habit of resenting language
personally insulting in its nature at the iu-
slant OF its employment, and it would seem
| that did nothing of the kind Oh this oc-
casioii."
Major Hunt says: "Gen. Bell, at this
remark, also. became very much excited
and said, in very loud angry tone, that if
he Gen. F.) expected to force him 10 give
Statement, he had mistaken his man, and
used other violent language"
Gen. Foote says: : I" Mr. Bell says that he
supposed that | was armed when | came
to his house. Never was this gentleman
more seriously mistaken; | had not even
a pen-kniie in my pocket" e..s. 0... .
Major Hunt has stated to myself aud 9TH
ers, that after lie and General Foote' left
my house, Gen. Foote showed small knife
and told him it was the only weapon he
| had i... g.f....a -: a,.
Gen, Foote says: II knocked at the ont
er door on reaching it, and Mr.. Bells voice
invited me to enter"
| Major Hunt says: "Gen Foote alighted
and walkedinto the room where Gen. Bell
was sitting, fastened the horse, &c" A
! gentleman in such haste, to enter room as
to leave his friend out fastening his ho-se,
might be mistaken about this matter. As
to hearing my voice, the gentleman ought
to doubt his own recollection on this point,
as he never heard that "violent and abusive
language" which was uttered Gin very
| loud angry tone" as declared by his friend
Maj. Hunt.
According to Gen. Foote's statement he
knocked at the door, invited him in--he
was not in the room where my family were
saw no member of it but myself-is certain
that he used no positively insulting Ian
guage-and if used any he never heard it.
According to Major Hunts statement
Gen. Foote asked me if wanted to fight
/ used violent and abusive language-he in.
terposcd and begged us to desist--General
Foote apologised in the most ample terms
and next morning told Maj. Hunt "to in
form me that he deeply regretted IT. and
to make any other apology in his name
that was necessary or honorable"
Gen. Foote says: alt is not true that
when / called at Mr. Bells house, ON the
night Of the 18th ultimo, found him sit.
ting in the room with his sick family As
man OF honor, soIemnly aver that found
HIM in Toom sitting alone, calmly reading
newspapers, and that saw no one of his
family during my stay at the house but him
self" FIG. 0f aH..HH,s 81.
This is the only statement which the
Senator has sought to sustain "by his SOL
emn averment as man Of honor" 1t is
well for him perhaps that it is. For if
there is one statement more than another
unfounded in fact in his card, it is the one
in question. Hence perhaps the reason he
has fesorted to his "solefnn averment on
honor" so properly calculated to arouse
suspicion in the detail OF simple facts. The
truth is the room which Gen. Foote first
burst into was my private chamber--the
truth is my family were there sick when he
entered, and If he knew it not, or knows it
not now, it can only be attributed to some
high excitement the same which could in
duce him thus ruthlessly to outrage every
rule of common propriety and decency.
One prominent feature in the Sena-
tors card must not go unnoticed. He
insinuates that | have made myself
busy in "matter of highly deii>
cate nature" between Gov. Quitman
and myself. Il is false in every or in
any sense. The two gentlemen had
been engaged in a public discussion.
Hundreds spoke of it. So did ]. There
were different opinions as to what was
said in debate. Maj. Hunt does not
pretend that Foote called on me to
raise any difficulty over anything had
said, but merely to get my statement
as to what had occurred in debate.
did not give itas readily as his Honor
required. lie few into passion, and
attempted the bully. He failed. Sucf
lis plain statement of facts. Had