The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-08
speech of Con. FoOte-tho Poetry of Truth.


We trust our Locofoc0 leaders will
not accuse us of 'sandering' some of the
most able aud distinguished men oftheir
party in publishing the following speech
of one of their own number. We pub.
lish it for their own reading and trust
our efforts to please will not prove una
vailing.
1t appears that Gen. Houston had
made speech upon Foote'S compromise
resolutions, wherein he accused the Hon.
orable Senator of introducing them for
the purpose of dividing and distracting
the democratic party,and not for any good
that might result to the country.
Mr. Foote. Mr.. Bayly and some other
democrats think they see disposition
upon the part of many of the aspirants
in the Locofoco ranks for the Presidency
to trim their sails and square their &C
tons to suit the faclionists of the country,
and hence the bitter "expose" below.
Our own opinion is sthat Mr.. Foote is
about half right, aud what he says about
Senator Houston, he intimates pretty
strongly can be applied to several other
distinguished Senator's He may mean
Douglas aud Cass aud Allen and Marcy
and Buchanan. But to the "expose."
Here it is:--
Mr.. President, regret very much to
be compelled to trespass upon the atten.
ton of the Senate, but all must perceive
that it will be impossible for NE, without
relinqushing all sentiments Of self.re.
spect, to permit what has fallen from the
Hon, Senator from Texas to go unreplied
to. Whether the Senator prepared his
speech, expecting should be absent, and
made the FIRST regular assault upon me
which he has ever undertaken in this
body, under the hope that Il would not
be responded to, remains to be decided
by others. Ihappened to DO here, aud
intend, so far as | can, to give him a
Roland for an Oliver
Mr.. Houston. If the gentleman will
permit me, would say that notified
him on Saturday, that | should oppose
this resolution,
Mr. Foote. The gentleman did; but
he gave no notification that he would
make such an attack as he has made, |
had heard rumur through town, that |
was to receive drubbing here this morn.
ing, during my absence, aud remained
on that &C -qori. have heard the gen
tleman at lou.ta, rtd have listened 10 hir1
with furbearsnce, without any undue 70.
sentiment; and | GA yory happy that be
has given me iegli..la's and proper oc-
cason for commenting, with Guitable
feeling, not much at length, .a1 with no
malignity, upon his course in correction
with the pending question.
The gentleman undertakes to intimate
in the very face Of my solemn deciara-
ton to the contrary, IA declaration which
p. formally put in writing and read to the
Senate,) by multiplied inuondoes, that
had introduced this resolution for some
Illicit party purpose; and he has givcr
the Senate, on this occasion, the benefit
of a regular party harangue. | deny the
imputatiou made by him.
Mr.. Houston. especially exempted
the Senator from it,
Mr. Foute. The Senator did exempt
me from it, but still entangIed mo in it
by nsnuatinr. He knows how to man
age these things very we'll The impres
sion which will 90 out from the Senators
speech is, that introduced this resolu
tion for the purpose Of destroying the
harmony of the Democratic party. The
gentleman talked about doctors, and Il
bout persons undertaking to enlarge the
party platform. All that is perfectly un
derstood by some of us, Is there any
thing in this resolution repugnanI TO De
mocracyl If SO, Democracy is in tsel
mons,rous thing Is there anything it
these compromise measures contrary t
the great principles of the Democratic
creed! deny it. AS Democrat | de
nv il, and assert that thore is not on'
single important, material feature con
nected with this plan of settlement which
is not in perfect harmony with the grea
fundamental princi Piles of the Democrat
ic faith. The man who does not under
stand that, does not understand the frs
elementary principles of the Democrat,
creed. Why, the Democratic party is
Union party-a party strictly observan
ofthe Constitutinn.-The Baltimore plat
form fear the gentleman has neve
read it,) imbodes every principle of fthi
plan of compromise. took occasion t,
cay the other day that the Democrat
party fought out the contest of lS48 ol
the principle Of non-iuterventcn. sai'
elsewhere, in this city, in the hearing o
the gentleman, that the great contest o
1S4S was fought upon the principle o
90 5nou-interventiou. which is the principle
.imbodiedin this plan ofsettlement, Tha
principle was not received from tho Sen
ator from Texas. but from another and
much higher source, and was adopted b.
the whole Democratic party of the coun
try. Does this resolution then add L
the Dem Icratic platforml But for th'
high respect entertain for the Senate:
| should pronounce this statement Sian
der upon the Democratic party. Whe
the Democratic party becomes Ere
Soil party--when the members OF it ar
permitted to enter into secret intrigue