The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-17


, only in Inconsistency, it almost makes one gidd
II to follow the tortuous sinuosties of his progress
even with the eye, while all the time he sing
j p@ns in praise of his own consistency. Ever
. one is familiar with the attempt made to q
= up great Union party, which was to swallo,
up all other parties, and disband the Democrat,
Every one recolleets the Incidents and the plat
{ form on which the Mississippi campaign wa
fought Every one has witnessed the effort
. ! made by the Southern eulogists of the Compro
mise to make it alone test, and the only divid
ing line between parties.
In all these movements, Mr.. FooTE has takel
a conspicuous part; and since the opening O
this session, has striven with might and main t.
carry out the policy of the only party or coali
ton which cares 10 claim connection or afinit,
with him. On his way to Washington, he de
livered regular Union" speech, report Of
which We gave but u few days since, from The
Alabama Journal. We publish to-day another
speech, delivered before the Jackson Association
OF this city, on Thursday evening last, which
shows that the Senator has seen new lights since
he came TO Washington. The GOODNESS will,
which the new Governor shakes off the embraces
of bis supporters the generous Union Wigs
of Mississippi-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: If neither
"Ae good Union Wigs" who supported Mr..
Foote, nor Quitman, DaDis, and The great bulk
Of the Democratic party ,oho sustained them, are
10 be admitted into Democratic communion,
'ohat 'piH 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, it 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 Z 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.
1t is proper to state 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 is supposed, may serve more
or less to crafty public curiosity.
General Foote commenced by declaring the
high qualification which he experienced in meet
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
eventfu presidential mpaign of l848, when
he had sustained an official 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 whi,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 upholding
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 the Union party of the State of Mississippi
in the recent contest there, been very far indeed
from reppdatng his former connexion with the
v.
fact been nominated emphatcally as Democrat,
and chiefly on account of his known connexion
with the Democratic party of the country, and
he had accepted the nomination expressly avow-
ing his determination not to relinquish his con.
nexon with that party, or to yield up single
atom of its distinctive principles The Union
Wings of the State had generally yielded him
their support--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 ancienty divided the Wing and Dem
ocratic parties. They support him simply be-
cause he was Union man. in opposition to one |
whom they recognized as hostile to the Union.
In fact, the Union party of the State of Missis-
sippi was composed alone of high-soulded pa
trots, who were willing to forget party and its
interests in order TO their country from ruin
He said that in the progress Of the late cam
paign in Mississippi, he had made more than
hundred speeches, and he had made none in 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 address; whilst his antag-
onist had never dared to read a single SEN |
tence therefrom. lie had also asserted, on all
occasions, the principles of what is called the |
Baltimore platform, and urged the propriety of
sending delegates to the next Democratic ma
tional convention whilst his opposents-Gov-
ernor Qutmsn and others-had formally repu.
dat ed all connexion with the Democratic party |
of the country, and avowed that they claimed
no oonnexion with any Democratic allies out of
the State of Mississippi. lie stated that the
State Rights party of Mississippi was composed
as The Union party was, alike of Wings and
Democrats large number of the former Wing
leaders of the State having joined the seccssioif
party, and exercising VIGOROUSLY highly poten-
tial control over its actions. General +. then
discussed at some length the great principle of
intervention; asserted il to be fundamental
principle of the law Of nations, Indispensable to
the preservation of national sovereignty and in.
dependence, and especially important to free
principles in the world. lie here alluded to the
mission OF Kossuth, gave short and striking
eulogy upon his character, and indicated him
against some of the most offensive aspersions of
the day.