The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-08-03
Governor Foote.

inquiry. if he had declared. as reported, THAT
the Union and State Rights men had unitsd
forthe purpose Of fighting their common enc
my, the Wigs
The Governor Indignantly denies the truth
Of this imputed remark, and declares with
great regret, that among the would-be leaders
Of the Secession party. there exists as bitter
hostility against the Union men and compro-
mise men as ever Tie proceeds to present
tho following dark picture Of the wickedness
Of bis opponents:
The undue influence Of certain unscru-
pulous leaders in our midst; the efforts Of a
corrupt and hireling press the necessity which
is supposed to exist for making some special
provision for those unfortunate secession
Wings, who two years ago left theirown party,
upon an issue which has been settled against
them, and who now ignobly cling to the skirts
of the Democracy, from a low eagerness for
the spoils Of Office personal hatred Of myself
and of several Of my friends the dread Of
my SUCCESS in the present Senatorial struggle
pride Of opinion; the rank abuses which have
crept into the system Of conventional nomi-
nations Of late these, aud thousand con-
curing causes besides, have constrained me
utterly to despair Of any restoration. for the
present. of the ancient concord which former
I " prevailed in the Democratic party Of hlis-
sissippi"
Until these evils are all purged away. there
is little hope Of sound solid union of the
Democracy Of the State. The Governor then
approaches the main point Of his letter, and
presents very adroit appeal to his Wing
friends:
"I have repeatedly said and now emphat-
ically repeat the declaration, That the day can
never come when / shall recognize as my po-
litical adversaries any Of that patriotic and
high spirited body of mon who fought shoul-
der to shoulder with me in the contest Of 1851,
and whose noble exertions. am positively
certain, saved the Union from destruction.
They may abandon me if they do so shall
not complain but / will never forsake either
them or those great interests for which we have
untedlv contended As to the old issues be-
tween Wings and Democrats know well that,
50 far as Mississippi IS concerned they are too
dead to be galvanized into renewed vitality
by any process known to the mos expert po-
/ litical quacks anywhere to be found and /
shall hereafter cooperate, rs have done here
tofore, most cheerfully and cordially. with all
good citizens, both in the State Of Mississippi
and elsewhere. who are willing to stand up,
faithfully and efficiently, 70 the principles con-
tanned in the Presidents Inaugural and the
leading views set forth IN Mr.. Everoit'e colo
brated letter upon our Foreign Relations. |
recognize no nolitical affiliation with any man,
or set Of men, either North or South, who can
not stand these tests nor do dessire to re-
ceiye either the support or sympathy of any
man, whether he calls himself Democrat or
/ Whir. who now denounces the measures of
Compromise or who refuses to endorse the
Presidents Inaugural Address, and to act
faithfully up TO every sentence, line or word
Of il.
The general designation Of Edward Everett
as the probable Wing candidate for the next
President. gives point and force to this allu-
sion Of Gov. Foote. The Governor casts a
/ wide net.-he seeks to catch all the Wings
with the Everett bait, and a considerable frac-
ton Of Democrats with the Presidents Inau-
gural. If he succeeds herein. he can well af-
j ford TO trample on " King Caucus. whose do
minion is in thick darkness, and whose behcsts
are fraught with death and degradation to
| Freedom and her true Votaries," and throw
himself on the great Compromise and Union
party.
Bnt let US see if his Excellency' s argument
is not more plausible than solid The COM
promise. as Il Is called, for which Gov. Foote
i fought with so much zeal and ardor became
law two years ago; irrepealable from its very
nature. Since then no moyement-at least
4 from the South--has been made to change or
amend It. The Governor does not pretend
that any act has been done, or word uttered
indicating q desire to revive that issue. The
Presidents Inaugural has been universally
acquiesced 10, as platform upon which the
party could unite upon in perfect harmony.
This was the great Democratic compromise,
morally as valid and binding upon the men,
bers- Of that party as the compromise Of the
slavery question. That Inaugural, not only
in its language but in the practical illustration
Of It. which the President has given. oblitera-
ted all the old divisions and faction Of the party
treating this ISSUE which had recently divided
t. as a fact dcc0atpt.
We insist that there is no proof that the
party which opposed The compromise has not
cheerfully and fully acquiesced in the doctrine
, of the Inaugural The presence in the cabinet
of one Of the chiefs Of the Southern Rights par
ty. the antagonist Of Gov. Foote in the strife
, Of last year IS clear indication Of the course
. Of that party. Who, then is laboring to keep
up this strife and division, but those who in
sist on reviying a settled question, question
which involves no issue, no differences OF views
or opinions, and ought not among high toned
men to involve any feeling
But if Gov Foote IS only kept from re-unI-
ting with his old party associates by this COM
promise issue, if be recognizes himself as a
democrat, unchanged, and only dissenting from
+, those Of bis party whom he chooses to regard
! and designate as Secessionists," why does
: he declare that the old party issues are dead
beyond all hope Of redemption. why. too,
does he seek to create an entirely new issue,
d based upon Mr.. Eyeretts letter. Is this pos
/ itioE consistent with bis declaration Of an en-
tire willingness to re-unite with his party, on
"a new and formal promuigation, IN some
. clear. unequiyocal, auihoritiye form, OF those
8 e,ndamontal principles Of the ancient Demo