Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-04-09
JACKSON, March 10 -
70 the Editor Of tile Vicks5urg .sen,;,., "

10 the Editor Of tile -VicksJurg SEMI, 1908
DEAR SIR In glancing over the Las.
your paper, have been not little nsina Glnberd
ing an editorial article headed, p",1eo at see
Agratitude," in which you inform y ~o"' sort
that the Ripley Advertiser, referring - Vus feadefs
ing the Congressional election BY eeUa ny order
employs the following language eVH''al ticket
"Even gratitude TO Nabers, Wilcoy 49,,
man, it would be supposed, would inans ~no Free,
ferent course of conduct from Gov. Foot SSdt
he has placed these gentlemen in the a.. Nov,
have their heads chopped off, without sr.
mercy of an ordinary barber, or, if tho" eu the
have Preterment, 1t is to be at the expense ae@
ing directly in opposition to their party no " De-
TONS @O~lna
regret to be compelled to 60 into a st.,.
of particulars upon subject in every wav
cate but the suggestion of ingratitade who Jus'
been made, I'm newspaper Of decided resro. ua
billty, lngrautude, too, to three indyidna"s@ ia
whom | cherish SO much kindness and estoo1s Nt
l am not ashamed to avow for Messrs. NaI,s@
Freeman, and Wilcox, seems imperionelr .si3
mand that should not remain altogetbs! .S ~ oe,
especially when it is SO easy to explain nv I'M
conduct in this affair in a way that | am oa ~aOe
will prove entirely satisfactory to every fai,.D-I1
ed man in the State The truth is. that did fr'ua
act on this subject until had consulted with ~ ~
three Judges of our High Court of Errors ~. %s
Appeals, and with large number of the most ~ m-
right and learned members of the legal profss,P
to be found in the State nearly all of whom ~
vised me to pursue the course adopted. No.
move in the matter either without speciallr ~
vsing with the three worthy gentlemen allujedto
in the Ripley Advertiser and having full o,,1
rance that both they and our two Senators coner.
red with me as to the manner in which the n.
gressional election ought to take place. resI,
delayed action on the subject for several nonh:
in order to have the benefit of their Suggestions ,
and when advised that all these gentlemen had q,
rived at the same conclusion, which had alrasdr
seemed to me to be sound and rational, and in al.
dltion that so eminent jurist as Robert J. Wate,
had aVowed similar views, then, and not beforo
did l deem it prudent to act.
What is to be the precise effect of this altera.
ton in the mode of conducting the election upoD
the pretensions of those excellent and efficient pub
lie servants. Messrs. Nabers, Wilcox, and Free.
man, am wholly at loss to determine. One
fact though is certain : no one more ardently de-.
sires the reelection of all of them than do M
one is more thoroughly persuaded of the value O
the eminent services heretofore rendered by them
than | am and no one is more profoundly mpres
sed with the conviction that they are all entitled
to a denomination and reelection, too, than
am In regard to the ingrotitude, which has beer
more than lnsinuated by the Ripley Advertiser,
have only this to say Such has been my unforu
course, beth as public and private man, that
feel sure that l am not going too far in saying tia
were to die to-day, the epitaph might be truth
fully inscribed upon my tombstone, Here lies til
body Of one acho nerer proged ungratetu for kind
ness recetred; and aoho never .torsook or JetrOye
a friend"
| have the honor to be.
Very respectfully,
Your fellow citizen
H. S. FOOTE.