Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-02-19
HOLLY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY FEBRUARY 49, 1852

their old party alliances under the be-
lief that it was necessary to preserve
the Union, when they learn that their
leader was still relying On the Demo-
cratic party of the United States,
whilst invoking them 10 the destruc-
ton of that organization in Mississip-
pi.
He says he declared his intention to
support the nominees q the Baltimore
Convention for President and Vice
President, in every speech he made in
the late canvass, which, (, believe, he
has estimated at one s1oadred. How
are those declarations to be balanced
againt the solemn written pledge he
had previously given, .when he struck
hands with forty-thrce members of the
3Ist Congress, SO whiks and 4 demo-
crats, each binding hif elf not to sup
port any man OF whaSse party, Tor
! the office OF President or Vice Presi-
dent, &c. &C., except upon enumera-
ted conditions, among which neither
find the Baltimore platform, nor the
Baltimore convention mentioned2
/! If solemn pledge could have bound
him, this had deprived him of the pow
Ell to make these unconditional deciar-
ations :hat he w ,uld support the notn-
inees of the Baltimore Convention
IL those numerous declarations which
he says he made, were obligatory upon
him, and credited by those to whom
they were made, why did he feel such
apprehension when eulogizing Mr..
Webster in the United States Senate
on the 10th of December, as is express
/ sed in the following sentence of his
speech "revised by himself" Il quote
from the Washington Union of Dec.
II, IS5l) "Indeed, | could not, per-
haps, declare all the admiration which
| feel for this gentleman's high powers
and gracious qualities, without giving
rise perchance to some suspicion that
L was about to become the special sup
porter and advocate of his claims to
higher official honors than he has yet
enjoyed" And, if absolutely and un-
conditionally pledged TO support the
nominees OF the Baltimore Convention,
and to act with the Democratic party
of the United States, how could he in
the same speech say of himself, i,-"not
feeling authorized, as member of the
Union party my own beloved State,
at present absolutely TO commit mvseii
in regard to the complex question OF
aUl.o shall be elected President in 1852
| shall without saying more in praise
of New England's gifted son, myself
bring forward witness in his BEHALF
&c.
Here he acknowledges his allegiance
10 the ..Union party" of Mississippi,
that party which rose from and lived
by divisions in the Democratic ranks.
Who, as much as he, stroye to keep up
that division, to inculcate the idea that
old party distinctions were abandoned,
and 10 drown the issues presented in
the resolutions of the Democratic
State Rights Convention by the delu-
sive cry of"Union or Disunion"? VIII
any truthful man among US say, thai
adherence to the Democratic party OF
the United States, and support Of the
nominees of fthe Baltimore Convention,
were issues in the last canvass in this
State; Or does any one doubt if they
/ had been. that he" Union" party would
have been dissolved.
The alarm bell of Disunion was
causeiessly ringing, and the phantom
OF civil war was raised in land where
no army existed, Or was in contempla-
ton. These were the horrible expedi-
ents adopted to induce the people to
accept asa choice Of evils that "com-
promise'' which constituted Gov.
Foote's political capital. Even in the
letter | am reviewing, written as it
was to show how faithful he had been
to the Democratic party, he SO far
yields to the force of habit as to return
to his old theme "the compromise; ;"
and he mingles it with the selection OF
a candidate for the Presidency. In
connection with supposition of the
/ editor of the Richmond Enquirer, that
the Baltimore Convention would in
some form, adopt declaration of ac-
quiescence in the measures as passed,
enforcing the faithful execution OF the
! fugitive sla-e law, and burying the ag-
itation OF the slavery question. he says,
"This have never doubted would be
the case; and when this shall have been
done, with Gen. Cass, or some other
genuine compromise candidate for the
Presidency, the success OF the Demo
cratic party in the Presidential contest
of 1852 will be certain"
"Genaine Compromise candidate. p
1t is not enough for him that the Con-
vention declare the policy OF the par
ty to be quiescenee in relation to that
legislation known as the compromise
measures. In addition to this. there
must be Il genuine Compromise candi-
date. Buff he be Democrat whose
life has Illustrated the great principles
OF Democracy, as recognized from the
days Of Thos. Jefferson down to ours,
but who did not approve Of the Com
promise measures-who fears they
will not give peace to the country
who is not a .'genuine compromise
man''-what then Will the gentle
man adhere to his Congressional pledge
and the associations based upon it; or
viii he abide by his canvass declara
tions9 1t is not only beginners who
weave tangled web when they prac-