The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-07-19
United states senator.


especial attention Of men of all parties in the
State, for there Is matter Of interest therein, at
the present crisis, worthy the calm and dellber-
ate thought Of every one. We say with all
honesty, that we are not surprised that bis ex-
oellency o. should have written such letter,
and We suppose any one at all acquainted with
his past history, his eagerness for Office, his
twistings and turnines to secure the same,
viii feel that this Is but a natural production,
from such a character. We do not agree
with the Yieksburg Sentinel therefore, that it
is an extraordinary document from an extra
ordinary man." by no means From such an
extraordinary character as our Governor, the
document we think, is just one in every partie-
ular which might have been expected. In the
first place, as usual he is anxious 70 secure the
ears, and votes Of men Of all parties, he wishes
10 tickle, amuse and please every one, and in
this he reminds us Of a story, the lamented
Hardin, Of Illinois, used TO tell in his election
eering campaigns: "Jones and Smith went out
hunting, at the foot Of certain bill they separ-
ated for the purpose of hunting singly. Smith
had not been long gone when he heard Jones'
gun fire and he heimmediately hastened back to
see what had been killed, as be approached
the spot where Jones stood loading bis gun,
he eagerly looked all around for the slaughter
ed buck, but in vain, he saw no animal, save
yearling calf quietly browsing in the bush
es some distance off-astonished at this, he
called out to his comrado: Hello Jones what
did you shoot at, eh No reply from Jones.
Say old fellow where's the game None of
your business--quoth Jones. | say Jones,
continued the undaunted Smith, did you
shoot at that calf, / want to knowp Yes 7
says Jones, shot, so as to hit it. if it was a
deer and miss IL, il IL was eaLfi" Just
so with Gov. Foote, he has shot so as to hit
if his audience think one way and miss, if they
think another. In fact such bid for favor,
such low grovelhng attempt to gain votes, is
scarcely TO be met with elsewhere in the hist
ory Of our public men. But as we expressed
our views at some length last week, we do not
wish to be very protracted this time, we mere
ly took up our pen to call attention to articles
on our first page, but warming as.we advanced
find ourselves thus far, before aware oft. We
have no disposition to misrepresent Gov. Foote
nor in the slightest degree to do him injustice.
We are not of those,--had he pursued con-
sistent democratic course since the settlement
Of the agitations of '51,-who would be dis
posed to pursue him with malignity in any
and every event, far from it. But such has not
been his course. Constantly declaring one
thing to one set Of men, in one place, and the
very opposite to others, we have come to lose
all confidence in him, and should he be return
ed to the next United States Senate, we defy
any man in this Government to classify and
arrange him--to tell what party he represents
of what opinions he is to be the exponent
or what his politics can by any possibility be
said to be-
The most important item, now perhaps in
Mississippi politics. is the election Of Senator,
to represent the State in .he Upper House of
Congress. If the majority of the voters are
correctly represented this Senator must be a
democrat and in the present state Of politics
there is only one method by which this most
desirable end can be certainly secured, and no
matter in what condition politics or parties
might be, we would still and ever urge the
same course, and that is simply and plainly
the nomination Of the man by Caucus, and the
sustaining this nomination by every true dem
ocrst and the marking of those (if any who
will not, as unworthy confidence and future
support. This method has been called a
slaughter pen and horrible ghosts of murdered
aspirants envoked to frighten away its adherent
very well, IN many respects 1t Is a slaughter
pen, so is every political convention for the
nomination of candidates The Democratic
Baltimore Convention, slew many and power.
full aspirants for the first Office in the nation
That Of the wings did still worse--the dying
walls of their slain still sound over the land
and unfortunately he whom they resolved tc
save, lost (the) field, and was killed the dead
est entirely, Of them all Thus is Caucus
nothing more, it is simply decision of mer
as to the most suitable candidate for whom tC
vote, or in other words Convention Of mem
bers of the Legislature, the proper constitution
al electors Of United States Senators, for th'
purpose Of promoting harmony Of feeling snt