The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-06-24
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81 sancu'y aid honesty vh.eh our neighbor
tries 20 assume. IL w0Hld, Asss ths world
believe that 4 sahe only perfectly honest
and NBpers pager IA ihs. lsRd On more
than one oceasion ir hss held u Up 10 the
righteous indiguatonof fhe public. for what
it is pleased to prgfsssionniiy term "Doab'e
Dealing with political eaeds. We fear
the Hhig viii be suspected Of having been
wild in It's eady yOubg by eviBcing so much
familiarity with hsteshsIcalities o!gaming.
In It's las, issue it says:
The Republican constantly speaks OF
| Gen. Foote and other Union democrats, as
traitors to their party, aud comments upon
their nomination and that OF other democrats
by the Union party, as Wing nominations.
Now since the Wing has said thus much,
will il be so good as 10 inform us who are
the Union party and who the Disunion par
"? IL it means 10 insinuate that Foote IS
opposed by us because he says he sa Un,
iouist, aad is a Union candidate, the insinu-
alton Is not only ungencrous. but unfounded.
We yield in fcalty to the Union to no. man.
aud il there is a disanion party in this State
we are not a member Of il. 1t is because
we believe the policy of Gen. Foote mill
tates against the Union, that we oppose him
:, =. laua,en ,,.a kaI;avo him btn nj
deserving any party, and of disobeyi1g the
instructions Of his constituents, that we re-
gard him nHsafe in public office. His own
written history shows that. within the last
fifteen years, he has been for aud against all
parties, as they were in power or out OF it
During the term Of last congress, he adj
dressed a letter to Gov. QuitmaS declaring
that the compromise bill, then on the car.
pet, was the Wilmot proviso in another
rorn," and asking instruction how TO vote
in the new emergency" Phe instruction
asked for was giveR by the Legislature
Did Gen IL ote obey III The Wing knows
he did not--and on the contrary, that he
voted with such abolitionists as Hale and
Seward for one OF the most abominable fea-
lures of that compromise. While Foote
stood out against the aggressions of the peo-
pie ofthe North, he had no more bitter de.
nouncer than the Wilkinson Wing; bat
when be had violated the sacred instruction
Of his constituents. and shook hands with
Seward and Hale over our murdered con.
stitution. that paper was amongst the FIRST
to pronounce his ~eulogy-and when rhe lie.
gislature of Mississippi, declared, by solemn
enactment, that her interests were not safe
in his hands, the Wing was again amongst
the first to hoist his name for the high office
oil Governor .- ..l. .
1.-THE Wing can find anything nthe life of
such a man os Gen Foote, worthy its praise,
we are willing thatit should bestow that
praise but for %ourself, we can not extend
him the hana Of political fraternity. lie has
been read out oil the democratic ranks, and
has fallen SO low, that he can never again
enjoy the confidence of the party.
What is The political caste of the papers
that are advocating Gen Foote for Govern.
or? Can our Teighbor point TO a SOLITARY
wing paper in the State, that has not his
got his name at its mast head ! Can it poinl
to a democratic paper, other than the Co
lunbns Democrat, (which is edited by a
wing, that supports him
If the term of whig has got so offensive
to our neighbours olfactorips, why don't i,
change It's nomel We fear the Wing i:
pretending one thing and pretending an
other.