The southern press., 1851-10-25
From the -uiSsissippian-
The WsshlnxtsA Unlon.


The Wsshinytsn Unien.
Ever since this paper passed from the control
of Mr. Richie, it has constantly meddled with
the affairs of this State thro wing its Union in
the scale in favor of Henry S. Fcole, and his
ticket Of Wings and cast of Democrats We
have permitted its articles TO pass unnoticed,
bee use we are well aware that its influence
with the Democracy Of Mississippi does not OK.
ceed that of the obscurest Wing hebdomadal
within the borders of the State All the in
fiuence il ever had as the organ OF the national
Democracy, it has lost since it fell into the
hands of tho dwelling scribblers who now con-
tribute to its columns lis editor went to Wash
ington rejoicing in the reputation which the
mere fact of his having been the private secre-
tary, and distant relative by marriage, (not the
adopted son, as has been stately Of General
Jackson but he has already exhausted the little
capital which the remarkable fact, that he was
the amanuensis of the old hero, gave him.
So far the canvass in this State is con.
cerued, the Union has performed the important
part of second fiddler to the Fillmore papers
occasionally, however, ii leads off in note
which is Immediately taken up and echoed with
great vehemence by its federal adjuncts here
abouts. And thus they make most delightful
music.
To expose briefly, but clearly, the inconsis-
tencies into which the Union has involved itself
by its unwarranted interference with our State
elections, and advocacy of Foote, we will refer
10 one of two facts which cannot have escaped
the attention of its few readers in Mississippi
Ii has arrayed Fillmore as an Abolit onist He
is daily held up in this light to the view Of it's
readers. His celebrated Erie letter, his acts 10
Congress are constantly quoted in support of it's
allegation. And worse than all, he is arraigned
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with regard to the Fugtive-slave law His hav
ing taken refuge from the wrath of the Aboli-
ton Wings, for signing it. behind the opinion
of Attorney General Crittenden is constantly
referred to. Yet Foote supports Fillmore
says he is reliable on the slavery question, a
sound patriotic stateman--in a word, gives all
the charges the Union brings against him the lie.
And yet the Union in one column, lashcs Fill
more for being untrue to the South, and in
another holds up Foote, the panegynst of the
same Fillmore, as worthy of the support Of the
Democracy Of Mississippi. Did the Union
ever read the speech delivered by Foote, last
winter, in the city of New York! If it has not,
we would ask it to read and digest the following
extract from it as published in the New York
Journal Of Commerce, compromise paper;
"The Pres dent and his Cabinet haze done
and oM do iheir duly, and so will the courts of
the North feel presu ,ded Indeed thus far they
have done go When at home, mentioned that Pr s.
ideM Fillmore ,cas sound those questions and
that he Dould see the LQp of the last Congress faith
fully erecuted Twas contradicted but what do
we see! Raad the lite message of the Presi
dent s-s5-lT is WORTHY OF BEST DAYS
OF THE REPUBLIC. AND OF THE RE-
PUBLIBS BEST MEN FRON WASHING.
TON DOWN. | WILL STAND BY IT IN
ALL IT'S AMPLI rUDE, AND so lam SURE
WILL MY SECTION OF THE CQUN-
TRY" H
This is bat specimen of what Foote has
been saying all the summer And now with
what degree of consistency can the Union which
denounces Fillmore AboIionist, endorse
and support Foote! Who violates truth p
Does the Union slander Fillmore, or does Foote
defend an injured man?
And again, the Union warns the country
against the attempt of Fillmore, as the head of
the Whig party, to revive the protective system
in lieu OF the tariff Of 40 and al those measures
which have ever distinguished the Wing from
the Democratic party. This policy was indicated
in the mess ge which Foote endorses in all its
anpltude." How, then, can the Union denounce
the principal and permit the endorser the man
who aims to give the porniciouS document force
and effect to 90 unrebuked If Fillmore should
De fepuuiatea oy the country Tor the schemes
which his message recommends, docs not Foote
deserve censure for endorsingit! Even-h nded
justice demands the condemnation of both. Yet
the Union, the self constituted organ of the
great Democratic party as'ails the ore witt
great bitterness ard with publishing audacity
presumes to urge Democratic Mississippi to
clothe the other with her highest honors
Again, the Union censpres Fillmore for his
conduct relating to the Cuban affair, while Foote
vindcates it.
The Union urges the Democracy to keep pos
session of both Houses of Congress, yet it en-.
courages Foote, whose plans it must know, if
successful, will result in the election of Whig
to the United States Senate from this State.
This is the singular spectacle presented in the
metropolitan Democratic paper, lending itself to
the use of the most corrupt and proscrptive
federal administration which has cursed the
country since the formation of the government