The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-07-26
Whig Convention.
WHEREIS COY. II. S. FOOTE, NOW
"T,HE ECHOE ANS WERS WHERE"


The Governor, with the aid of the old
Editor, of the "Flag of the Union," heretofore,
the leading Wing paper, at jackson, in this
State, together with certain other so called
Wings and few fshy disappointed, so oalled
Democrats have for some time back been
straining every nerve within them to get up
a sort of half and half piebald party in this
State for the Governors special benefit. They
wholly repudiate the name of "Whig" as worn
out and disagreeabe and adopted in its place
the more gorgeous name of ''Independant Re
publican" One Of these in his dispair at the
Wing Convention in jackson, the other day,
said "that it was folly to talk of fighting under
hag-'the Wing fag,'-which had been
trailedin the dust in every State in the Union"
The following gpiquant account of the doings
of the late Whig Convention, we copy from
the paper of cotemporary who was present
and saw and noted every thing carefully:
"Long before the assembling of the Con
vention, it was evident that there would be
bitter discord in its deliberations. The Flag
organ had declared that the 'once honored'
name of Wing had become too selfish to soil
its columns; that it preferred Wilcox and
Nabers to any mere partzans, meaning any
mere Wings, and put forth its ticket mixed up
of Wings and Democrats.
"The gallant Arthur, ofthe Vicksburg Wing
responded and denounced the Flag and its
mongrel movement with fierce and pungent
power Uncle Palmer, who, since he swallow
ed all the public printing last winter, has be-
ccme as 'spunky' as a rat, answered with
broadside, denounced certain wings as being
'selfshly' bent on getting up whig organiza-
ton for their own benefit as wings, proclaimed
that his eye was upon them and asserted his
purpose to denounce them efore the people
of Mississippi. He further asserted Henry S.
Foote to be the alpha and omega Of whig
gerry in this State.
"In this condition were things when the
Convention, after long delay, met.
"The fight was opened by Gen. P. Henry,
of Madison. He is a tall man and related to
Patrick Henry. He offered long string of
resolutions. We have no copy of them and
presume they will now never see daylight.
The substance of them may be stated. They
} adopted Henry S. Foote. They adopted the
Rev. William Clark. They adopted General
Pierce and his Inaugural. They adopted Pro-
fessor Everett and his Cuba letter. They dis
sented from General Pierce's appointments to
office and they disbanded the whig party
f "The storm now burst in full fury and while
Q the wind blew and the rain spattered without
3 within the CASEY and ge-lorous and unending
George H. Foote spluttered, in defence Of
Henry and his bantling. Yerger, black as
night-calm as May morning and independ
! ent as Mississippi raft--rolled up his sleeves
and bounced Henry s. Foote and their spotted
bantling. He is the ablest of his name. Fol-
: two hours such a sacrifcation was never wit
: messed. He declared for the whig party, as il
d was of old, glorious even under defeat, anG
= numbering in its ranks the ablest men of the
q nation. He denounced the moigrel policy
9 pronounced it a flimsy veil, leaving the whigs
: PROSTATE under defeat and rendering victory
empty, useless, and unworthy. He uttered
y the whig rally until every hall and chambe
I of the Capitol rang again.
D "There was a sort Of showing of hands, anC
a it seemed as if the mongrels had the straight
I out wings by the wrist.
y "The convention adjourned amid gloom anC
+ wrangling. 1t was rumored that the straight
+ out wings had resolved to vindicate their par
; ty and its principles, and have whig part,
l. Of their own mongrels persisted in resolving
o themselves into Foote and Clark party.
g Monday night was spent in fixing ur
u Cducussing I ! and arrang ng things Tn,
IS mongre candidates begged hard that the,
, might be permitted not to be whigs-only 70
o a short time-after November next-promis
t. ing strongly after that to go it strong. Tn
It outside mongrels about Jackson put in. Blu
is the old whig guard was resolved and inexoi
e able. Their ringing answer was ever roo
l. wings or die The able and ssgacious Mile
the courtly Lake, the chivalric Starke, the as
il tute Johnston, the downright Adams, the fed
eral Yandell, and the imperturbahe Yergel
constituted a Wing phalanx which bore dow
= all opposition. And the mongrelmen, the nc
le party men, the Clark-democrat-whig men, al
1T now roofing about like true-blue, little-pig
}. They 'sq6ealed' like all wrath but they ha
. to come it, and we have the true-blue ticks
! above given.
!" y On Tuesday the nominations were made a
% at once. Mr.. Johnston, announced that he aC
SO journed the evening previous very sadly, br
n, he said there had heen compromise. That