The Woodville Republican., 1851-08-12
10 THT PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI


~ We give below the siaicu,el' OF
Coveroos Qufu.sn relative 70 the a4fhe1liy
,,.,wesu timseliaB Il. 5. FOOse Al sieage-
vile 10 Psns.a CosBty. This statement o.
Governor Quiimsn whose veFseity never
b.s been questioned BY any one. either by
trend Or Zoe. We beleise may be relied on
=, s,riekly true. We intended 20 P7biish
The leusr Of Peter" q correspondent OF
The Free Trader. who Was on the ground
and fuly sas,nins the ststemen; OF Gov.
Om.man. bui for waut oi ROOM we mus'
asfer the publication 70 nexi week In our
,ns, We iBsausls6 that hkeiy both gentle
men were partly 70 blame Tor The dirfcully
l,gt from The narration Of facts, as stated by
evs-witneszes. we are satisfied that fooie
no. only deserved bui actually courted the
5ililiet,ity.
HEEKAxDo, July 18Th, 1851.
The Joiut Cnnrass between Senator
Foote and mvsed terminated yesterday
abruptly. IN SledgeviIIe, Pan0ia county.
ltis due to YOU thai the causes which
brought about this event, should he made
public.
] embarked in the Canvass Under an
agreement, IN writing, proposed by The
friends Of Senator Foole, and accepted by
me, "thst during our Canvass, nothing oi a
personal character should be introduced by
either uarv. hHt that the Canvass should
be confined 10 The political issues between
US. before the people, 10 the observance OF
which understanding our friends mutually
pledged themselves
At our FIRST and second appointments, /
dsclured expressly, that / would neither
introduce personal matters, nor assaIl my
opponent motives nor even allnde 10 his
y,llJica acts. not connected with the pre-
sent ISSUES before the country, unless com
PEELED 50 70 do, by the course of my oppo-
nsut On nv part, ] have, SO inr as ! was
p permitted coniorme3 10 the agreement, and
adhered TO The course proposed-but ] re-
greet 70 say, that my opponent has habit
ualy disregHrded the terms q the debate,
and frequently used even irritating and in-
fanuaLorv language At Grenada, be
szartiad ting audience with The declaration
thar has the had been endangered 1--WE or
six times during this canvass, aud that he
1 expected 10 be sssasslnsted, but that 10
I sgch event, the blood OF an Union man
would cry to Heaven for vengeance. Ii is
true, he said, that he did not accuse any
3 e n
such intention. but by his language be
left the murderous imputaiion upon his op-
posers generally. As the canvass proceed
ed, he became more personal | had, upon
several oecasions, alluded 10 the arbitrary
and alarming powers asserted by the pre-
sent Adminstratiou-I instanced the threa
OF President Fillmore, to use the military
force Of the United States against Texas
aud cited the indignity lately offered tc
Mississippi in urging the arrest and reno
val of the Gavernor of the State TO New
Orleans for trial, on a groundless charge
thus virtually suspending the Executive
powers of the State Government.
In the debate at Pamela, Gen. Foote il
answer 10 this point of my argument, de
Tended the conduct of the President, am
although he dsavowed the intention OF i'm
putting to me any guilt, yet he intimatet
that there was cause for suspicion in til
|. kafledged fact that some arms belonging t.
Y the State of Mississippi had been carrie'
off 10 be used in tie Cuban expedition.
In my reply said that the charge or in
slnuation, coming from whatever source
might, that had either been instrumental
III, cr cognizant of the removal or abstrac
ton of any Of the public arms from tn
State, was faiss a;sd sca.adat0us.
With this supposed further allusion It
the subject would end buL On the mex
day, at SIedgevie. Senator Foole n tn
same qualified manner repeated the iusinua
ton. Determined to repel, in manne
which could not be misunderstood, sucl
indirect assault upon my character in m,
rejoinder | deliberately pronounced the in
situation as false and cot1ardty, Scatada
iOuS and ungemienGnLy, Upon some in
quiries by him of what meant repeated
the same language. He then inquire,
whether intended to insult him. said
would answer that question outside Of tn
crowd
Standing upon the ground with tabl
and my papers before me, then turned t
the audience and was proceeding to say
that under the. circumstances. l beIieve
further joint debate between us would b
injurious to public morals and therefore
declared our joint appointments terminate
from that day. While thus speaking,
was several times interrupted by Senate
Foote, and at length | heard his voice nea
me on my right exclaim you are liar, all
turning towards him, saw him advancin:
aud aiming blow at me, which Slight
grazed my person, Before | could turn up
on him. he quickly glided back out of tn
reach of my arm, and as | sprang toward
him number of gentlemen rushed in an
protected him from merited chastisemed
but not until had dealt him blow wit
my fist and one with my foot, the force c
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