The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-22
Hon. H. s. Foote.

lflcuuS 10 a SpcCch recently acHNefeQs Dy.
Gen. Foote before the Jackson Democratic
Association, at Washington City This is
the same association which figured SO ex-
tensively, during the Presidential canvass of
1913, in the distribution of political tracts.
Burke, Brown and Foote composed the inte-
resting trio, who acted as the committee, un-
der the authority of the association, in the
compilation of the facts, either fictitious OF
real, which were SO generally circulated
through the country. Burke was once at
the head of the Patent Office; Brown WAS
once on the eve Of being elected Speaker Of
the House of Reprcsentatives-by pledging
himself secretly to carry out the views Of
the Free Sellers and ultra Southern men, at
the same time; and Foote was once about to
be great man-when he took the back
track, by an attempt to reopen the Compro-
mise. Wehappen to have, before us, a spec
linen of the dclectable stuff addressed to the
South by these worthless. 1t is headed,
"Read, Pcad! 4 Statcnlem Snoring M
l1rd Fillmore an AboliiOniSt and Gen.
Taylor Ia t;,ror Of tie Ordinance Of 1857. /"
Gen. Foote, no doubt, thought of the infu-
cnco welded by the association against the
election of Gen. Taylor; and, in his speech,
intended to re-instate himself in the affec-
tons Of his old associates But to his
speech; we quote from the Washington
Union:
At : o'clock the meeting was called to
order by the president, who introduced the
Hon. H. s. Foote, of Mississippi The ell
oqucnt Senator was received with great-en-
thusiasm.
III is proper to state that Gen. Foote, hav-
ing been called upon to supply a copy of his
remarks, found it impossible to do so, in con-
sequence of official engagements. A short
synopsis Of some Of the most prominent po-
sitions assumed by him, it is supposed may
serve more or less to crafty public curiosity I
Gen. FOote commenced by declaring the
high qualification which he experienced in
meeting once moro the members of an asso-
citation Withwhem he had had so much agree
able intercourse past times, and especially
during the cventful presidential campaign Of
1913, when he had sustained an official con.
ucxion with them, and had delighted to CO
operate with them in furtherance of the
great Democratic cause. lie stated that no
thing had occurred since that period in the
least degree to ALLEVIATE him from the princi
pies Of the Democratic creed and during
the arduous campaign through which he had
lately passed in Mississippi, he had delighted
on all occasions, as all who hsd heard hin
would be prepared to testify, in upholdiug
TO the full extent of his ability those princi
pc. (Which he had been devoted since tht
days Of opening. manhood, whatever rumor
might have prevailed to the contrary in con
sequence Of the multiplied misrepresenta
tions of the day.
He had, in agreeing to become the candi
date Of the Union party Of the State of Mis-
siSsippi in the recent contest there, been yer,
far indeed from rcpudiatng his former con
nexion with the Democratic party Of thu
country. He had in fact been nominated
emphatically as Democrat, and chiefly Of
account of his known connexion with th
Democratic party of the country, and h
had accepted the nomination expressly ayow
ing his determination not to relinguish hi
connection with that party, or to yield up
single atom of its distinctive principles
The Union Whigsof he state had general
" yjelled hin, their suPPort-not on TIL
ground Of their supposing him at all NOR
inclined to ccncur with them than he former
. ly had bacn upon the issues which had an
GENTLY divided the Wing and Democrat
parties. lie said that, in the progress q
the late campaign in Mississippi he ha
made more than hundred speeches, aud b
had made none in which he had not place
himself distinctly upon the Jackson Demo
cratic platform.
lie had also asserted, on alloccasions. N
principles of what called the Baltimol
platform, and urged the pr6priefy Of sendin
delegates to the National Conrention
lie then took view 81 enc principle
noE-intervention as applying @ TIC STAT
and Territories Of our confederacy end X
yelOpcd itsimportance as plgaeryatirooi q
rights of the States, aswel as alo NIGHTS
the people IN the States Ind Terrilorc
the Union lie then tool NJ SIC eompr
mise measures, aud showed most etie
tual manner, hat tle Whole plan q en-
promise grew ont of and was \ beautf
harmony with, tie principle of noRAntc
yenton Us asseftcd in tho prdentiel car
paign of 1913 He nok the n
strength and fatterilf pf@pectso the.bn
ocraiic party ih ne bliign sn Hsisieo e
nestly that their intimate ~
sentiuliy depend upon thefrm lnais dinan
of then ancient pfineiplt Eihoot paEai