The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-08-31
The Whfg and GOVERNOR FoOte,


We see by the Wing OF last Friday, that our
aeighbor has ( some vulnerable points"-as our
Coopers Well correspondent anticipated The |
nursing and compliments it received from the
Prophet Henry last week has made. the Wing
complete enthusiast. We shall as briefly as pos.
sib'e, show wherein our neighbor for those who
write for herr has exposed her own as we'll as
Gov. Foote's inconsistencies and errors That
paper claims TO be a whig paper-the organ of
the whig party of Yazoo county,-is titled g The
1azoo City Whig.' And yet it is most
enthusiastically supporting man of whom it
can speak as follows: " Our readers know that
General Foote is and has always been staunch
Democrat" If the Wing can support one staunch
democrat, why cannot it support all I? Con-
slider this matter, you who are asked to support
Foote. But look one step further, and you will
see where the Wing knocks another plank from
its own platform. 1t says it is true that the
questions (the Compromise questions) are SET
tied. Then, ASK why are the whigs support
ing Gov. Foote? Because, as you say, the MEM
berS Of The eonuention 'chich nominated hinaofor
governor, PLEDGED the party to return him to the
United States Senate! A bargain was made, a
pledge was given By OLD KING CAUCUS 4! that
dreadful monster that now makes the Governor
exciaim g oh! save me from Star Chamber or
Inquisitarial vlolence--save me from Caucus
crucifxion-from strangulation in the dark r
g Let me never be bound king caucus but let
me appeal to the People--let me be untrammeled
by conventious--let me be tried by an unpacked
and uncommitted court--the people %
The only grounds the whig party pretend to
have for supporting Foote, is for the ful6llment
OF that pledge-a caucus pledge-and that, too,
when he is denouncing all such contracts in Ian,
guage the most bitter that his imagination can
produce. Such consistency is alone characterist-
ic of whig triekery-of the no principle, hum
bug party.
But our neighbor has the face to ask us why
zee WI not support Gen. Foote for United State
Senator # the old issues are dead. We answer
for the YER, reasons that the whig party iS'sup-
porting him>-becSuse he Is unreliable, traitor.
Gus, and is doing all IN his power % break down
the democratic org.,niza tion. Perhaps neigh
Dor will deny the tru tn OF our assertions-thal
Foote is unreliable, tro,'ioroHs. and no" trying
to diSorganize the democro &c party oi this State
but if we cannot prove all three oi the charges
we will cease our opposition to 'um In the
first place, Foote is not reIidtLe-la proof o
which, we offer the following In speech madt
al Jackson before, and to democrats in Tune 1892
when speaking of the re union of the tw wing
of the democratic party of this State-ai1d OF
the g final settlement of the compromise he sai id;
Gratis of erery class and persuasion regardless Of
former political differences upon questions now
happily settled, coming forward promptly and
cordially to bear their united testimony TO the
great principles which distinguishes us party"
In about one year from that time, IN his Brooke
& Botters letter, he uses thefollowing language
Z "I am not a little surprised and indignant at
learning, that it is reported III Caftoit county,
that stated in my late address at Aberdeen. mat
{ the compromise issues being now selL!ed- II was
the duty of the two wings of the fiemocrati &c
party, viz: the Union and States Rights TO uniie'
for the purpose of fighting their comm on enemy
the wings Language at once ungraclans,
and so lnlpOtItic, has never yet found utterdnte
from my lips, aud pronounce the report to be
basely and corruptly false, in every particosr.A
Is this not sufficient proof of his being asnre-
liable 2 In proof of the second charge, that OF
being traitorous, we state the fact land that
which he has neN er denied) that he met Col. John
]. McRae, the present democratic candidate for
Governor, the morning of the sitting of the May
Convention, Oh the door steps of the capitol. and
remarked to him g Col. McRae, you will be the
nominee for governor. and shall most heartily
support yoW." Of this is not his exact language
it is the same IN substance.) Now is he sup
porting McRae? No, he is g most heartily
supporting his opponent. F. M. Rogers, the
whig candidate. Then is he not traitorous p
Third and last, is he not endeavoring to disorga-
nize the democratic party. when he refuses to
support its candidates, and supports its oppo-
nents; declares that the old issues are dead, dead
dead! that the Union party should rally to the
support of Union men, whether whigs or DEM
ocrats; and denounces the convention system,
one of the time honored policies of The party
We hope the Wing is now in possession of some
at least, of the reasons why we do not support
Foote: notwithstanding the compromise issues
are settled.
ORDINATION E.--The Rev. Vim. Parker Scott.
the Episcopalian Minister of this place. was ad-
mitted on Sunday the 18th inst, inthe church of
st. Andrews, Jackson, Miss. to the order of
nrieet hood In cncakino of the. nrdinatin, of