Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-10
From the Louisville Journal.
WASHINGTON CRY, March II

WASHINGTON CRY, March II, 1852
A few days ago paragraph appeared in the
Louisville Journal, charging Mr.. Brooke, the new
ly elected U. S. Senator from Mississippi, with
political perfdy. The charge made upon the
strength of statement in the Louisville Demo
crat.
| have had an interview with Mr.. Brooke, and
he has given me az explanation of the circum
stances of his election. lie says that he has al
ways been not only Wing, but an ultra Wing,
that he is an ultra Wing now, and thai he hopes
and expects to remain one as long as he lives On
tie day of his election to the Senate by the Mis-
sssippi Legislature, he was called on in his sick
room by member of that body, who stated to
him that certain of the Union Democrats had de-
termined to vote for him, but that they were anr-
ious to obtain something from him IN aOritng not as
a condition of their support and not to be publish
ed bat merely to be used privately an crease or
reason for their course Mr.. Brooke wished to
postpone the writing account of his Illness but
was strongly urged to do it Immediately. He
complied, but he says that the pain he was suffer
ing was so great that he scarcely knew at the time
what he wrote. He now sees that his brief letter
admits of construction which was not in his mind
1t might be supposed to mean that he intends in
arg event to support for the Presidency the nomi-
nee of the Democratic National Convention, but
he AYERS that he intended simply to say that he
would support the nominee of that convention il
that nominee should be sounder upon the compro-
mise and the rights of the Southern States than
the nominee of the Wing convention. G. D. P.
"He says in this authorized statement that his
s'dengue letter was written to be used by s'Union
Democrats as an excuse or reason for their course
This if true, lets out secret by no means credit
able to the parties, which we presume was never
intended for public consumption. But how does
it tally with the declaration In the House of Rep
resentatives of Mr.. Henry c. Adams, the mem
Der to whom it was addressed? We understood
him to say, in reply to an interrogatory from Mr.
Barry, of Oktibbeha, who had intimated that il
was designed to secure votes, that 1t not aerit
ten for exhibition to any one, and Furthermore
that to his knowledge 1t had not been shown to ana
| Union Democrat IN tie Legislature. We quote
from memory, and ask Messrs. Barry d. Adams
to correct us if we are in error.
! Notwithstanding he promised to Support the
politics of the dominant majority in the State, .
and declared he did not expect to support the
nominees of the Wing Convention, but of the
/ Democratic Convention-he now says he will sup.
port the nominees of the latter only in the event he
considers them 'sounder upon the Compromise
and the rights of the South But how does this
correspond with his pledge to Mr. Roby, Union
Democrat made on the very day the ''dengue
letter was written, that ssf Gen. Cass should b.
tie nominee Of the Baltimore Convention acil
give him cheerful support?'' This commits him
unqualifedly to the Baltimore nominee, in prefer
ence to Mr.. Fillmore or anybody else, if the choice
should fall upon particular member of the Dem
ocratic party. This is anoth dilemma Does he
plead the 'sdengue" again
But away with the subject Our profession
forces US occasionally to dissect objects reekine
with the fumes of political corruption, as in this
instance, and we always dismiss them with the
satisfaction that We are rid of sickening job
Mississippian.
GoyERSoR FooTE.--The Wings having usec
this poor scape goat as long as they think It t.