Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-02-26
In this very letter which Foote has

Ii this very letter which Foote has
put forth. for hepurpose OF satisfying
I the country that he is democrat still,
he does not pretend that his principles
would require him-to support the nom
inees Of the Baltimore convention. 1t
!. IS only His greal personal regard for
Gen. CaSS that makes it impossible for
hlin 10 enter into an alliance with his
friend Daniel Webster Were the cea-
tripetal force which Gen. Cass exerci-
ses upon him once withdrawn, there
is no calculating into what depths OF
space this erratic comet would swan
der darkling." Certain it is, il would
soon cease to constitute part OF the
democratic system, and be mourned
for as another lost Pleiad.
In the face OF what has occurred,
can the little Pacifcater really expect
us 10 believe that he would hesitate for
"a uneHent to enter into any cemblna-
ton, with any party or set Of men,
through whose influence he could best
hope 10 secure power aud place and
! the means Of livelihood Do We not
all know-can we ever forget--that
for the purpose Of boistering up his po-
litical fortunes, he made the advances
for and consummaied al unholy alli-
ance with the whig party Of MissisSip-
Ipi, and labored uatiringly. with his
heart in the work, TO fill the highest Of
|tices in the State. with the most violent,
bitter. and implacable enemies of the
democratic faith Do not Russell and
Horne and Scott now occupy high Of
I fetal positions as the fruits of the bar
gain between Foote and the whig par
lty! Is il not true that one of the most
ingeterate wings of Mississippi--a man
who has ragged savageand ruthless var
fare upon the democracy for years
who has grown grey in eliminating
such men as Jackson, Polk and Cass--
has been elected public printer, not
only in conformity with the wishes of
Foote, but mainly through his inilu-
ence with the coalition which ualortu-
Inately controls, for the time beng, the
action Of the Legislatuge2 Nhea
this faithful and devoted democrat. as
ne would faih have Us believe nm TO
Do, was called upon to dislr0ute the
little patronage appertaining 10 his OF
fee, into the ranks Of what party did
/ he 90 TO select his favorites T! VIII it
/ be denied that Re removed from Office
an old and highly respected citizen,
who had given the best years OF has
| life to the service Of The democracy,
and pat in his place, worthy gentle
man to be sure. but one who has 10,
yet learned to speak the American Tan
/ guage correctly, and whose WhigEely
has all the bitterness which the lsaarai
fatsnosphefe of Natchez is APT % sens-e
ratel We can imagine nc. reason way.
Mr.. Julienne should have been appoIa-
ted Adjutant General. unless FoCtss
reading of Spanish history hai lea hia
10 associate the name with treason, and
thus given charia which mere words
do not generally possess. Is It 4ot il
50, TO be regarded as & significant fact,
that when Foote sends his ukaSe 10 his
"faithful commons" specifying his gra--
cious Highness's wishes, with respect
TO the Senatorial election, he addresses
it TO the most thorough going whig IN
the State, his Imperial Maiesly's very
dear and beloved cousin" DIR. Thomas
]. Catchings, Of Kinds?
And yet in the very teeth of all these
things, which no man can deny, or ey-
plain away, Henry Stuart Foote has
the bardihood TO stand up in the face Of
all the world. aud solemnly affirm: 81
am a democrat, a Jackson democrat, so
help me God" We feel assured that
the democracy ofthe country viii place
about as much reliance upon this as
segeration,as the Roundhaads Of Crom-
wells time put in the piighted faith of
| Foote's illustrious relative, Charles the
First. It was for one OF this same
house of S;Gart-the man who died
with tire sacrament in his throat and a
prayer for Nell Gwyn on his lips, that
the famous epitaph was written:
-'Here lies our sovereign lord. the king.
Whose word no man relies on:
Who never said foolish thing
And never did a-wise one.
Modifying the thlrd me, SO as 10 ex-
press the contrary idea, such an inscrip-
ton would suit our Stuart's grave
stone admirably.
With the abundant proof we have
had of Foote's economy. when his fund
of truth is to be drawn on, can we
take his word for anything Did he
pot, in the late canvass. solemnlv as
sert, over and over again, win Ms
Usual emphatic appeal to heaven, that
he had never voted for Y hig in his
life? And was not thissaid d seia0ee
of the legislative record which showed,
j that he lad nominated and gosa Tor
John Henderson, as United States
i Senator Did heuot eoue rome rom
Washington, in tne sagagner - ISIS,
and unbiushingly-assert thai lie con-
s.ract;on, winch ths-soatlserG. Waigs
i were putting on lie Nicholson letter,
was foal calgmng upon his freud
i Gen. Cass And have naf sabse8 aef3
! events shown, t1aat the construction
3. which Foote said be was aathoe
TO give that letter was faise, aaa i.st,
consequently. upon a qaest.on =. III
has since become of xit3I 9facl .c1 II
portance to the South. he atle0p e8io
; deceive the neople of AIissiSs.DEi