The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-02-24

james box. w. Jacktonf
II. y. Halford, w b. Terry,
M. W. Moody, at Vim. s. Pation
Tho. Coopwood, /. N. Davis,
Jas. A. Sullivan, u. A. Cooke,
Joseph Reenn, Thos. II. Wood,
John II. Sims, Sam Pool"
$. b. Pierce,
This was rather too big a dumping f5r
our worthy representative, (Mr- Sims,) TO
swallow whole I'll stuck in his throat"
and had TO be removed one way or the other;
hence the Flag" of the next morning.
came out with the following
~ "MrsJ. ii. Sims. member from VIII.
'kinson, whose name is appended to the ces-
. tifcate accompanying tie address Of Gov.
Foo,s TO the People of Mississippi, ard
" published in this paper of yesterday, in
. tended 10 limit his testimony to the demo-
. crncy Of Gov Foote,-not being able to
: 81 tate, from distinct recollection, that he
a had heard him advocate the Baltimore
Convention. 7
Now perhaps Mr.. Sims might no, have
been near enough to hear all that Foote did
say, on the occasions alluded TO for we
know he eulogized Clay. lauded Webster,
and praised the wing anti slavery, President
Fillmore, in the highest terms. as one of the
wisest, purest, and best Presidents we ever
had in America. Whilst. ut the same time.
he denounced and abused almost every
prominent true Democrat in Mississippi, as
traitors, aud disrupters Of The government.
But to whom is Foote indebted for his cleo.
ton as governor? Who placed him ia the
office he now diserades ?-Whigs or Demo-
Gratis? Let us see? The whole number
Of votes polled at the last November election
was 57,7l7; of this number, Foote received
1868, and Col, Davis &c. 1859 The wing
vote Of the State is about $4,000. Foote,
then could not have received much over
4 500 democratic votes, and it is certain that
but very few wings voted for Col. Davis.
Let us then suppose there had been three
candidates for Governor-one good old
fashioned wing. on whom the wings would
have united, and the two candidates who
were run-Foot, and Davis. How would
the result have stood? It it evident it
would have been about as follows
Davis, about $4,000,
The Wing, about : "a 1000.
q Foote, about . 5000.
II is ther efore certain that Foote was
elected vile eehtgs, whom he now calls
on to certify that he Is q democrat, good and
true. Can it be possible that this is tine
man who aspires to the nomination us the
Democratic candidate for Presiden,--or at
least Vice President OF the United States
whose democracy is so doubtful, that he is
obliged to call upon wings TO certify to it
Tdis is indeed rich il not funny Look,
Democrats, ut the signers of Mr.. Foote's
certificate Of dem ocracy. They are nearly
all, if not all, of them, copper head wings,
who are about rs competent to Judge OF
democracy, us antelopes are to appreciate
the Beauties OF Shakespeare. To what an
extreme must Gov Foote be reduced, when
he calls or wings to certify that he Isl DEM
ocrat! Every body in this county recoilect.
how bitterly Mr.. Foote denounced Col
Davis, Gen. Quitman, Gov. Brown, Col
Melville. Messfs Featherston aud Thomp'
sou. and in fact oil the leading democrats Of
the State. No epithet was too low or vul.
ger to apply to .hem--while he reversed
his 'atrab,llious ditride' into a sweet song
Of praise" when he spoke of Webster aud
Fillmore. Gen, Foote then thought the
democratic party was dead--that he would
establish upon its ruins, the Union party
-but finding that his expectations have moi
beea realized, he now puts forth his contemr
tble lachrymals. and calls on wings to Ger.
tify to his democracy. Heaven deliver us
from such q democrat as Foote is!
UThe editor Of the Southern STANDARD
says he was present when Col. Davis made
his speech 10 Noxubee county, and declares
that Col. Davis did qualify his assertion
that he would mo, be willing TO attend the
Democratic Convention, by stating chat
Members of Congress have no business
President. making" A MAS Of concurrent
evidence ia Col Davis favor will ye. be
collected, sufficiently formidable to crush
the criminal effort Of Foote, Lyle & Co,
who are seeking the destruction Of the gal.
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