Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-10-25
The Nalchez Caurier aul Cal. nayis.

The Courier Of the l4th inst, contains an editorial
calling for notice not that can do the least harm
where its unscrupuous character is known but we in
tend to show its candidate up by the side of the man
it assaiIs and contrast them in connection with the
very circumstance on which the Courier, seizes
sail Col. Davis.
We give here the circumstance upon which the Con-
rjer comments.
In the Presidential election of 1848, Col Da-
Wis was placed in delicate and in some respects
rather painful position. His father-in-aw, Gen
Taylor, had become the candidate of the whg
party, while he, democrat, faithful and true
20 his principles, felt constrained to support Gen
Cass, the candidate of the party to which he be-
longed The principal difficulty with Col. Davis.
however, grew out of his distFust of the sincerity
of Gen. Cass' ayowal Of principle The Nicholson
letter, he felt satisfied was intended to deceive the
South, and that Gen Cass was well apprised tnat
southern democrats were placing construction
upon it, which, when it should favor his interests
be would disavow. The doctrine Of ''squatter
sovereignty, which the whig party charged was
contained in that letter, and at war with all our
rights In the territories, he knew to be true from
a confidential conversation which he was not per
mitted 70 disclose. He acted. however, upon the
principle OF choice of evils, and resolved to stand
by his party principles. III opposition 70 the claims
OF kis fatherln-laW to the highest Office in bc nn
of the people.
Upon rhs the Courje~ says:
''What is here ns,ei,ed? Col Davis Gouh. ed
Gen. Cass sincerity. Eav more. he ilit .atis1ied
ho. Cass intended 1y III Nicholson lcJ er 20 de-
coiy, and cheat the sou t.. rnd fhas h, was actu-
ally conscn;ing to f~schooI By allowing South
democrats to interpre his letter one way wien
he himself meant to interpret it another This is
the charge that Jefferson Davis bographer makes
jeff Davis bring against Gen. Cass Insincerity,
intentional deception, tacit assent to an untruth
Is what his biographer says jeff Davis knew Cass
was guilty of And yet JET Davis supported
this man, whom he thus believed to be devoid of
truth, honor and principle, for the Office of presi-
dent of the United States -
We have but few words to offer here Col Davis
obtained his information from Judge Mclean, and was
not permitted to make it public. On his return to
this State, he made two three speeches which gave
so much umbrage to the democrats that he was vio-
lenty assaulted by the democratic press and was
ophancay hauered by the wing press Of the State for
what they pleased to term-his patriotism and
independence. The writer ofthis was rritated with
Col, Davis at the time, and denounced him. The
whg press Of this city proposed to raise fund de-
fray the expenses of Col Davis if he would consent
canvass the State. These the facts as the Cou-
rier we'll knows.
But there is another chapter to this matter one in
which Gen. Foote fguers conspiciously. Let Us see
how the rule applies to Gen Foote. 1t is known to
our readers here that the present editor of the Courier
i u. NJ. Hiyer, met and discussed with Foote in l848
at this place. 1t is also known that Foote contedeo
P'6'cy for the construction placed Cass' Nicholson
letter by the democracy in this State, and that he
erywhere asserted that that construction was the
one' and that he Gen. Foote, knew it to be So vii
the editor OF the Courier deny that Foote did contenc
for that construction in the discussion alluded to here
We believe not And Henry S. Foote knew o
his knowledge from Cass personally and by letter
as prove by three gentlemen of unimpeacha
BILE character that the construction placed upon tina
letter by the democracy of Mississippi, mas false anc
erroneous. Foote asserted here to gentlemen in pri
vate that he had the honor Cass letter to Mich
olson in its manuscript form, and thathe, Foote, knew
the construction placed upon that letter by Gen. Cass
and that he, Foote had in his pocket then letter en-
tirely sconfdentia from Gen. Cass, authorizing him