Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-02-26

/ TINS meeting De PuDiished IN the Faifa'
dunn, Gazette and JefGersonian, ane
that the Mississippian, Flag of the I'm
ion. and Southern Star, at Jackson, be
requested TO copy the same. and thai
a copy with the thanks of this meeting
be furnished by the Secretary to each
of the Senators named in the Ist. Res.
oIution.
On motion the meeting then adjour-
ned.
WALTER GOODMAN Chm,
G. r. FREEMAN SEc'y.
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To the People of Mississippi.
In the month of September last
when a vacancy occurred in the Dem
ocratic State ticket, by the withdraw
al of the candidate for the Office OF
Governor of the State, and the De-
mocracy nominated me to supply the
vacancy, l resigned the office of Z. S.
Senator, which then held for six years
from the 18th Of March 1851. My OPP
ponent was also an United States Sen
ator, having two years from the 18th ol
March 1851, that being the unexpired
portion Of his term. It was announced
in various forms that he would resign
his commission of. Senator before the
approaching election of November, and
IN the month of October, certain Wing
newspapers supporting his election pub
lished d statement that he had resign
ed the Office of United States Senator.
This, however, proved to be conve-
nient arrangement, which did in no.
wise interfere with the privileges and
perquisites Of the station, and finally
did notvacate the Office which he held.
Before that event which did ahnul his
commission of United States Senator,
VIZ: his Inauguration as Governor, he
resumed his seat in the Senate, and
theTe, through the published debates.
sent out TO the world statements IN To-
idtion TO myself which he had never
awaited himself Of the abundant oppor-
tunities he possessed to make in my
presence. I therefore take this mode
10 make that reply which I would have
made in person, had my resignation
been such a fiction as stiIl to have left
me in the Senate when the statements
were made.
In the daily Union, of Dec. 90, 1851,
q speech OF MIR. r'oote, OF mississippi,
is reported in what appears TO be a re-
yised form, from which | make the fol-
lowing extract:
"In like manner difficulties which we
encountered have been fortunately
adjusted by the Compromise" Had it
not been adopted, / fear civil war
would have ensued. In fact, | could
name the military leaders who were
expected by their admiring friends to
gain immortal glory in the anticipated
conflict of arms. The honorable Sen
ator from Carolina Or. Rhett.) attend
ed public meetings. at which two dis
tinguished military gentlemen of my
own State were named as the persons
best suited 10 command the armies OF
the South in the war then expected to
occur. | believe that he himself aided
in doing anticipated honor TO one or
both of them as such. Each one OF
those persons, too, was nominated to
the presidency of the Southern Repub-
lie. They were marked out for militia
~ and civil honors by hundreds OF
toasts drunk on various occasions
They were especially referred to by
Dir. PickenS, of South Carolina, in a
letter addressed to committee in my
own State, who invited him to attend
what is known to all of us as the "Quit-
man festival" as the selected Headers
Of the South in the contest of arms
then looked on as impending"
Mr.. Rhett. "Will the gentleman
allow me to say single word in justice
to Others %
Mr.. Foote. 81 will allow the Sen
ator at any time TO make an explana-
ton, although he has net always grant.
ed that privilege to myself"
Mr. Rhett. 81 do not. propose .to
say anything more in relation to N.Y.
self; | merely wish to say that think
the Senator has done injustice to dis
tinguished men not here. presume
he alludes to persons in his own. State
he says was present at a meeting al
which they were spoken of as the mil
itary leaders of the South.'
Mr.. Foote. What | said was this
/ that toasts were drunk at meeting al
) which the honorable Senator was pre-
sent. which referred to them as leader:
OF the South in the event of ciyi
war; and -at which they were also
nominated as suitable persons TO be a
the head Of a Southern Republic,
AIr. Rhett. 81 know. of no meeting
at which was present, at which they
were spoken Of as military leaders o
the South. Inever believed enc more
OF all that has been said in relation Il
the blood to be she'd in such a matter
Perhaps toasts may have been given tt
Gen. Quitman and Col. Davis, as fl
persons for the Presidency Of a South
ern Confederacy; but as to war ant
lbloodshed, | never believed there woul,
be anything of the sorts
Mr.. Foote. 81 tell the gentleman
:, that Mr.. Pickens, whose name | neve