The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-02

Of the Union"
Gov. Foote finds the language applied by me
something less than courly he considers il coarse.
On The evening before his inaugu ration he made
public speech in the capitol Of the State. Tho
Natshez Courier, Wing paper, which is EQUIV.
alent TO saying that it supported his election.
published an account of the speech. furnished
by its correspondent. 1t will do for specimen
OF the harmonizing, delicate language of Gov.
Foote. In reference to what is termed - In.
leaders who had tried to put him down." the
statement is
lie noticed their incessant and continued 4.
tacks upon himself and paid them off in their
own coin. Little Johnny MRae, Colin s. Taro.
ley, Roger Burton, Governor Whitfield, Messr-
Stone Singleton and others, were all displayed
before the meeting under the dissecting knife
Of this most skilful political surgeon. They
had declared war upon him, and war, he said it
should be; war to the knife" .IIe
,corned alliance with them; he deiied them
denounced them. They must die, he said they
may die willingly and with decency, or they may
struggle on; BIT die they must, and die ihev o,H,
Their putrid political carcasses should vet H.,
about the State in heaps, like piles of chickens
in the streets that had died of the gaps!
Senator Foote referred to the rumor that
was spread about, that the Senate would refuse
to go into an election for Senators lie did not
believe it; he could not credit they would refuse
to perform duty enjoned by their official OATH.
and so add the crime of moral perjury to that OF
iactious and traitorous demagoguesm. But if
they did, he gave them full warning of vnha, le
should do They had opposed to them, a man
they at least could not browbeat or put down.
He owed only allegiance to the Consti ution AMI
the sovereign people and he would stand 1,
the former, and appeal to the latter. IL was a
contest to which he defed them. If the legis-
ture failed to fill the two vacancies in the u :
Senate he gave fair notice that he should ap-
point two Union Senators to the vacant places
as he had the power to do and fthey failed To-
elect to the six-year term commencing March A
1853, he should call an extra session of the Leg
islature in February, 1853, for that special pur.
pose"
| fear the commander-in chief is becoming
warke in his temper, notwithstanding his known
dstaste to military leaders," He must intend
something revolutionary, if not bloody, when he
announces that he will fill by executive appoint,
ment vacancies which existed whilst the legs Ia
ture was in session. Would public or private
consideration reconcile him to the expense of an
extra session of the legislature? Which woull
form the objection to allowing the people t.
indicate through another election of members
to the legislature, their choice as to the charnc-
ter of the representative they would have in the
United States Senate for many years, between
the present time, and the expiration of the term
which commences in 1853?
In a former article noticed the announce.
monts which were made during the last canvass,
that Gov Foote would resign the office of
senator before the election of November, an!
the subsequent announcement that he had re-
signed. He now says he is inclined not little
to question this. Who besides himself had for
gotten the announcement that his c0mmiSsio
was to be placed at the disposal of the conven.
ton to be elected in September, which was fol-
lowed by another that he would not resign i'm
because it would give Gov. Guion, tho
power to appoint his successor, and that tho
governor published a card to deprive him of
that excuse. Then, that it was stated he would
resign before the November eIection-and after.
wards that he had resigned-that his commission.
had been placed in the hands of gentleman of
Warren county. more than once stated.
reply to inquiries, that he had no comm. sion,
and the statement could not rest upon better
foundation than resignation; but did not SEQ
then, ror do see now, why it should have been
deposited with private citizen. But he say
he did resign before the November election II
a letter placed in the hands of private nd,
vdual be called resignation, why might he not
have resigned by letter put into his own
pocket?
stated the fact that his resignation" did
not interfere with the privileges or perquisitrs
of the station, and that before his commission
was annulled by his Inauguration as gove~ =,
that he resumed his seat in the Senate, and &c
made statements in relation tosmyself, which
ne had never made when was present. to an
swer him. He notices this point, but does not :
answer it; he does not show how his Office was
vacated other than by his inauguration. II.
states number of ways by which a senate,
might Vacate his office, among them, one which
his case would hardly suggest that is, by re-
fusing longer to serve If the presentation of
his letter to one of the branches of the leeisla.
ture by which it was not received, did, in his
opinion vacate the office, then how does he as
sert that when addressed the convention of The
9Th and 9th of January, he was entitled for n
day or two longer to be considered an United
States senator? He attributes to me opinion,
which did not express, abors points made by
himself and then says, he had been occupied in
the explosion" of arrant trivialties' They
were his own, and | will not gainsay his de
scription of them, or deny that the occupa,i,i
suited him quite well.
lie presents as an amusing idea, the supposi
ton that if he had not been inaugurated, he
would have been senator still. He makes the
follow it, If he had not been
elected, and therefore could not have been in.
auguraied, have very little doubt he would
have been senator STILL That was my opin-
ion during the canvass, and his equivocationi
the article before me in relation to his obliga.
ton to resign, strongly confirms the belief
He now presents a reason for not resiening
different from that which drew forth Cover
Guions card The plea now is, that he
anxious to prevent the State from being ne-
represented in the United States Senate at
period so critical" as the month of Decemb
last. What was the Union in dagger again
Is his constant presence necessary to preserve
it: Is he the turtle on which the elephant stands
which supports this our world?
What created the crisis which, happily for
ne, he was present to meet?
lie says no one knows better than do than
that he accomplished several important object.
6y going on to Washington last December
Then the others are lamentaby ignorant. VIII
does he conceal his valuable servicesl lie
mentions, it IS True, the passage through tie