Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-03-13
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mocratc gods whose allies he sometime since de-
serted for idols of brittle clay.
The last apostacy of Foote. is tic most ;biect,
cowardly and degrading of the catalogue oi lis
treasons. Il is the stroh8est, and most positive
Indication which has been furnished Of the aisso.
.lution of the Union party. The dilapidated Dal-
ghettyS who clustered twelve months since upon
the Union PLATFORM have all disappeared. When
1t was warm by the sun of prosperity, they bask-
ed and aired their battered bodies upon il. The
scene has changed. Clouds have obscured their
horizon OF hope, the thunders of popular indigna-
ton have sounded in their ears, and they have
tumbled off right and left ike frigbtencd frogs
from a treacherous bank.
So do venerable ud-turtles and moSs-covered
terrapins impersonations of fogie politicians,
crawl forth from their damp abodcs on a bright
May morning, and, upon the top of some eonye-
nient log, enjoy the Warm rays of the sun but
at the first approach of danger, slip of with loud
splashes and disappear below the surface Of the
water
The apostacy Of Foo,e docs not take US at all
b. surprise. Consistency, honor and good sense
are the elements of character which make the re-
liable politician, and as Footeis known to possess
none Of these useful qualifications, nobody e&ntc
ted him to be true to any creed of principles or
party, for any length of lime. The fattery and
well-plied attentions of such men as Webster and
Clay, won him from his allegiance to the Demo
cratic party in 1864 purblind selishness made
him traitor to the South in 1851, and his feeble
instincts of selfpreseryaton induces him to seek
admission in 1859 into the ranks of the great
party frem which he deserted not two years ago.
The loss Of such a creature as Foote is like the
extraction of a fretful TOOTH the withdrawal of an
irritating thorn, or the amputation of shattered
limb The owner is so delighted with parting
with his property, that he shuddcrs at the idea of
getting it back again.
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was unalloyed. We breathed freely when we
heard he hadrun away. We are intensely griey-
ed at his trying to get back again. We do not de-
sire the assistance Of such signed cats paw as
Foo.e A double-dyed deserter, faithless to par
ty, traitor to the South, We would shut the door
of the party in his face, aud double lock the
door
There have been Dalghetts in every age, there
have been greedy camp followers in every party
there have been in every country instances of
patent treason for the sake ofplunder-but the case
Of Foote stands at the head Of the list of this class
of causes ceiebres. SSnce 1849, he has had one
object mainly in view: it has filed his little brain,
and regulated every action of lis mad career
This has been longing desire to Get up behind
some one as candidate for the Vice Presidency!
SO anxious has he been, that he has been will
ling-to ride behind Webster as Cass, Dickinson as
Clay He has been open 70 the bids of any and
every body. He has announced his price, and
has been trying to get purchaser He had Just
as well have advertised in the columns of the
Union Wanted skillfu judicious candidate
for the Presidency in 1852, who will let Henry S.
Foote ride behind him. Heis willing to do any
kind OF dirty work required by his master. 6ut-
ters and cess-pools cleaned at the shortest notice
Address Il. S. Foote a the sign of the CoMPRo-
MISE. "
1t has amused us to see how cruelty some half
a dozen astutc politicians have used Foote, and
then tossed him aside as if he was well Toln
scrubbng brush, or shattered pair of boots
Webster, Clay, Cass and others Of both parties,
used Linn a cat 's-paw and then snubed lnm most
vilIainously. His desire to ride behind, like the
want expressed by Rithard for a horse, las not
yet been gratifed He is at this time IN oztrenltS
IN Mississippi, where the utmost zeal of one or
two very small papers, and nest of still smaller
politicians, have not been able to keep him IN a
healthy state. He has Just announced TO the
world (by letter ia the Washington Union, the
result OF his last political summersct; the ehame
leon reJoiCes at this time in true blue Democratic
tint. He announces that he is now, and ever has
been, Jeffersonian, Madisonian jackson Demo-
crat He makes thfs statement in serious earnest
He announces this unbluShing falschood without
changing muscle of his countenanee. He is
ready to support the declaration by oath or affr-
nation, and.is willing to give due solemnity to the
test by using small stack Of bibles.
Not two months ago this same man went TO
Washington, and, contrary to the declared wishes
Of the Democratic party proper, introduced set
of resolutions expressly intended foI the use and
benefit of the Union party. lie was then at
open war with the organization and the princi-
pies of the very party to which he says he now
belongs
For two years past he has ffatcrnized and spat
tered with praise Webster and Clay, and cast
mud and billnesgate at such men as Davis and
Soule. He attempted to build UP Union party
for the sole and express purpose of breaking up
party organization. And yet this man with these.
things fresh in the recollections of the people of
the United States, declares that he'has always
been a Democrat Of the old Jellersonian school
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New CoUNrTEs rg GEoRGfA.-The Legislature
Of the above State at its last session created four
new counties. One from the counties of Pike.
Henry and Fayette, to be called g Spaulding
one out of the counties of Pauding and Floyd, TO
be called g Polk; y one out of the county Of
Murry, to be called " Whitfield :" one from the
counties of Talbot, Macon and Marion, to be cal
led "Taylor.."
A trial about the right of property IN calf,
llatelv took place at Burlington, Iowa. The diih-
culty Law in the color of the calf's tail the wit
nesses of the plaintiff swore the tail was whies
those of the defendant, that it was black. The
co,,,t was occupied two days with the case /; the
iurv staii ont ill midnight and could not agree,
and new trails to be had the costs already
amount to $500.
ThePittsburg Chronicle says that the Kossuth