Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-10-25
From the sfAshineion Union
GENERAL r0OTE.

I in lhs Issues recently settled b. The people o
Mississippi entitled him 10 the public gratitude
4 It was chiefly BY bis hsmuess. patriotism. and
eloqaeuee. that the people Of thai Stats were
& made acqaainled with the true character Of the
compromise voted By tie last Congress. and with
3 the disastrous consequences which would have
been produced C The coansels Of those who re.
I. fused 10 arqaissco in il had prevailed. For ihs
/. purpose II praslaling bis character and stamp
Ing upon Il The seal It in6delilyia Southern in>
i ,eresls, his conduct 10 support Of that measure
was denounced BY legislature elec'ed beloFe
ils passage by Congress, and convention was
called ID order The. she sovereign voice Of the
/ people might conim lhis Judgment. aud place il
/ irrevocably upon the records of The public au.
shoFity ef The State. Denied eyea TIE privilege
i Of bearing before bis aceasefs, be vas con.
I demned without merc@ He was treated as !
public enemy. aud measures Of redress loF the
wrongs he bad inflicted were spoken Of as light.
/ Ii as men speak Of The most ordinary occurs
rencies of life Seeessisa, dismion, Soniksra
| Coagren and a SonfAefH Confederacy. were The
household words Of the party under whose ban.
| ner be waste be held an inundated yicllm--lhe
Compromise record Of his ircachery. and &C.
4 qaescence IN i Fepfoach % the Congress
which had voted Ii II was in vain that he plead
liheexampe and authority Of Washington, JEFF
Ierson, aud jackson, or ihat a majority Of demo.
Gratis had passed the Compromise, and that dislin
aulshed wings acted wiihihal majority express.
" on the ground that nothing short Of that mea-
sure would restore peace and harmony % dis
trac.ed country.
His accusers alleged that Washington was
iederalisl, that Jetiarson's Virginia resolutions
coutradicied his own construction Of them, and
that Jackson knew nothing about, and had ac,u
ally fecanieG, the proclamation be Ind 80 solem.
lyissued.
II was under these circumstances that General
Foote appealed 10 The people, pursued W The
governor and legislature which had censured
| him, and by oil his colleagues who had voted
differently from him; and i Is under these cir.
cumstances that he comes out Of the contest trI-
nmphanty susnncdand acquitted. Those whose
honor and rights, II was alleged, he had betrays
1 cd. bring ia verdict thro wing back On hs DC
cusers The responsibility of unIounded ACCUSE
ton. The convention, summoned 70 redress
wrongs too great 70 be endured. decide That 40
wrongs are set committed which may nol be re-
paired By constitutional means and this con.
yenlion Is no sooner clothed with The power Ii
make this declaration than tho chief who had
been put forward II proclaim resistance 10 the
constituted authorities Of the land disappears
from The scene Of action. Never were the morn
ing nisls more rapidly dispersed by the orb Of
ligb, than have been The dangerous projects Of
disunion dscoip6ed by the election 81 this con
venlion. Never have people, BY the camand
intelligent exercise of sovereignty, done more To-
show how worthy they are % the great trust
which has been confded 70 them by The authors
d our republican, system.
II only now remains for Georgia, Louisiana
and Souh Carolina 70 pronounce their acquies.
cence ID the Compromise, and The whole SoIrh
ISwilI stand ns unit III demanding that II be
maintained and executed N al lii parts. Thrice
armed will the South be BY The iorbearance and
magnanimity with which she has acted. Thrice
strong will she be when she says 10 The North
In presence of the scenes Of disorder aud iufbn
Ierce which have occurred Ii Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, thai her whole duty has been
performed ID executing The compacls of lie con-.
slituli0n, and that she demands, 10 she has I'll.
ways done, that tic NOr,h, in like manner, pei.
form her whole duty She can say this without
ihe fear Of reproach from any quarter. She can
say, IN fine, in the calm and iraternal language
Of duty and honor thai the time has come when
ihcre must be no doubt Of the safety Of the IN
slilnion of slavery, and Of The sacredness CFsbat
principle of compact which holds all ihe parties
b Il Is equals. ana which can. bind none Of the
parties II aiI The provisions Of the compart are
moi rniosced.
Far different would have been the position Of
the S0uih, if yielding % the inconsiderae sugs
gusiicns VI The Nashville convention, she has
raised the banner of secession organized mea-
sures 81 resistance, and brought into diMcpuie
the only constitutional agency which could be
invoked against lawless violence aud sfeasona
BILE conspiracy
Far different would have been her position If
she had declared the Compromise void, and thus
justified lhs higher larism ~ nv fanatics who
have iioclsd IA ile banner u such men ~ John.
soa, u Pennsylvania, and SswaFd, 81 New Y0fk,
whose Vaccinations against the institution Of
Slavery Il il tbe object Of al patriotic men 70
expose and disafu.
All honor. then, TO The pcrplr ~ Mississippi
who have s0wered above at the standard Of ac
ton which Fcst on momansary resentment and
turbulent menace. who have disdained % pur
themselves or 4 level With the authors Of the
Chrisliana murders, but calmly await The r.
sponse which Tie people Of the North viii make /
tothe violated majesty Of the constitution and 1.-The
laws, after full lime has been given them q re-
flecf upon their dulyf II will then be soon En-
siah ID act On ibe ssd assumption that there u |
moral sentiment anywhere ID our land strong
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