The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-04-06
z H E DE M OCRAT
PHILLIPs & PERKINS. EDIrons.
Letter from Gov. FOOte.
JACKSON, March 18th. 1853.


the head of "lSezatoriaL CagzUaSs.n Won
have thought proper to indulge certain
remarks upon the unpretending adj
dress delivered by me last Monday, in
Raymond, OF nature calculated to do
me serious injustice among your numer-
Gus readers in different parts of the
State. You say:
SENATORIAL CAEvAss.-The Senatorial can
vass was opened by Gov Eoote, at Raymonh. on
Monday last. He announced himself as can
ddate, and stated the grounds on which he based
his claims to a seat He referred particularlv To
his agency IN the passage of the Compromise
measures, which he lauded highly. He discaim-
ed any desire to renew the feuds in the Demo-
Cratic ranks; and his speech was marked by no
| reflections upon those who have differed with
him upon the intrinsic merits of those measures.
But the question arises can they be agtated
without revIvlng dlssensions For good or for
evil, they are settled and one of the chief rea-
sons urged in their favor was that they would
put an end to domestic strife Shall they be made
theme tor prolonging it So far as we are con
cerned they shall not. If we feel that the ad-
mission of California, under the circumstances
OF her application, was an outrage upon the Sou
! thern States, depriving them of rights probd bly,
involving the perpetuity of their institutions,
we can see no eathly good in continuing to vex
the ears OF the people of our State with the Stale
cry The Convention which was invoked TO
10 decide the position of Mississippi. declared
that though not entirely approving the Compro-
mise, she would acqulesce In it, rather than re-
sort to measures of resistance. We shall not go
behind that verdict to open the question; and
we trust that no motive of personal advance
lnent will prompt Others to do so. We will
abide by the verdict of our State. We will stand
upon the platform of the Baltimore Convention
which commits all its supporters against the ag-
ltatlon OF the slavery question in every section
of the Union, in or out of Congress- IN ana form
and ~nder any and euery pretert. Should ne
cessity arise (and we hope it will not,) which
will require US to expose violations of this Gov
enant, we shall not shrink from a bold perform
ance of the TASK This is duty to which we are
sacrediy pledged.
! We desire to stand aloof from the Senatorial
canvass. If we interfere all, il will not be to
advocate the election OF one asplrant or to dis
parage the claims of another; but to uphold the
Baltimore platform in its letter and spirit, and
to preserve the integrity of the Democratic
ganZation. Present appearances indicate the
| return of a majority of Democrats to the next
| Legislature. The matter will be left In their
hands to determine. according to the time-hon-
ored usages OF the party. With their decision
we shall be content.
Now, gentlemen, cannot but believe
that you Will yourselves, after recon
sidering what you have thus written
and published, easily perceive that you
have fallen into the use of language
which presents me as occupying a po-
Sition which | did not at all occupy i'll
Raymond last Monday, and which /
clearly expressed my determination
never hereafter to occupy. You con-
fesS, in this very article, that 'diSclaim-
ed any desire to renew the feuds in the
democratic ranks and add: HIS speech
lCas marked By no reflections upon those
acho hare differed lCith him upon the IN
trinSic merits Of those measures" (mean-
ing the compromise meaSures.) Had
you stopped here, / should have had
no ground for complaint; but you sub
join the following significant interrog-
atory: "Bat the question arises, can they
be agitofed acithout reUaving diSSenti0nS;"
and then yOm proceed 10 offer various sug-
! geStionS of a nature to lead your read
ers to suppose that | had really been
guilty of agitating these questions, to
some eatent at least, last Monday; when
the tact is, that | not only did not agi-
tate them at all upon that occasion,
but on the contrary, most emphatically
denounced all attempts to revive agi-
tation with WhomSoeyer originating.
opened my address in language most
Sedate and unimpassioned, by announ-
cling myself candidate for reelection
to the United States Senate, expressly
upon the basis of the resolution intro
duced and carried through our State
Senate at the late session of the LegiS-
lature; reading that resolution with
the preamble to which it stands attach
ed, in the hearing of these assembled,
and making no comments whatsoever
upon either OF them, | avowed my de-
termination to refrain from all aSSail-
ment of others on account of oppoSi-
ton to my known public course and
oninions. / complained not of any in
Justice heretofore exercised towards me
by any portion of my countrymen. /
did not even allude to the noted reSO-
Lutiom of cesSWre; though that resolu-
ton still stands unrepealed upon the
statute book. / contented myself with
the presentation of my claims to re-
election upon grounds distinctly Sepa-
rated from all past controversies.
claimed no advantage on account OF for
mer decisions supposed by some to have
been rendered in my favor by the SOW
ereign people Of the State and explic-
litly declared that considered the field
| of contest equally open to all citizens
whatever, who might choose to aspire
| to Senatorial advancement aVoWing
nv solemn determination patiently to