The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-10-18

"' '"''S' hi"ohe la,s wig StnG
tor IN Congress, from this State, IN his Ia,
letter to +. NJ. A'dnlga, after admitting tha
tue Union party is dcsoIved--goes on an.
says:
81 entirely ccucur with YOU in regard t,
the election Of Gen. Eoote. | was rot pr,s
ent at the convention that nominated him to
Governor, but have always understood ,h,t
he accepted the candidacy with distinct
agreement that he should be returned to Ii,
Senate Of the Union purity after the expiration
II HI, (Foote) term Of ctlice Of Goytrnor.-
TINS obIiga'ion is not eNtngui>hcd bv the de.
solution ol that Pry any Iore than would
the contracts ofa partnership by the dissolution
Of that partnership
Tie Flag of he Cnon, Of the o.. Scp,em-
tom'er, the leading wing paper at Jackson,
in this State, boldly comes out in the follow
ing dictorial manner, aud SAYS
As for the whig party, We 4eioiee to saw.
it is onatcrably pledged in honor aud by the
most solemn resolve, to stand by and 'yindi-
cate Gov. foote. Here is the first resolution
UNANIMOUSLY y adopted by the whig State Con
venton, in May, 1852:
ReSotged- That the WIGS OF MIS-
SISSIPPL adhere to, and rr-afirm the prin-
ciples Of the Union party Of this State: and
that Trae 10 heir Fdih, they stand By and
stand prepQTed to pn,dicdte the Men and the
Measures Of that Party, and are ever ready
to cooperate with all patriotic, good citizens,
in defence Of the Union and the Constitution
There It is! the broadest and best sort of
pledge; and where is the wing that does not
regard 'plighted faith as sacred Are there
any, deFghting to call themselves straight.
out whigs,' as ii they were better than other
whig", are there any such who oppose the
/ election Of Gov, FootO"
Indcpondant freemen, Of any party, Or per.
suasion-we would frankly ask, are you pre-.
pared to be thus transferred like cattle by the
bargain or pledge Of any inan, or body ofmen
and that too, to man for whom you have
not the slightest respect or confidence, and one
whom you know to be political weathercocl.
without particle Of principle. States Rights
wings, is it hot down right Insult to even
ask you to countenance, much less to support
H. S. Foote,, who in his notorious letter to
Brooke and Bottes, of the 2lsi of June last,
uses the following insulting language iii ref
ference to you he says:
The undue infRence Of certain unscrupul-
ou5 leaders IN our midst the efforts Of hire
ling press; the necessity which Is supposed 70
exist for making some special provision for
those unfortunate SECESSION Hhigs, who two
years aso i,il their own party, apan IN issue
which ha, been settled against them, and who
now iraobiy ding 20 the skirts of democracy
iom a low eaeornea, for spoil Of Office, and
per,oua. aiel Of my.f aed several Of my
| ircnas DE dread r inv suete,s iu tie pres
emf SenqnritI struggle p4ile Of opinion the
n,ok abuse wlighlw, crepi into the system
Of Conventions. nominations Of lato these
and 4 thousand concurring causes besides,
have constrained ne utterly to despair "f any
restoration, for the present! ofthe ancient con-
cord which formally prevailed in the Demo-
cratic party Of Mississippi"
Is not this a beautiful jungle ofexpres,ions
10 he uttered by an Individual WHO pFetends to
set himself up as pattern for democrats, and
who becam Senator in the Congress Of the
United States, through nomination made by
one Of those very corrupt Conventions or eau
cusas he now 50 bitterly dcnouGees. All vii!
remember that II. S. Foote, wa, nominated
as candidate for United States Senator By a
Legislative Caucus in 1913, and would not
have been thought Of Is such, except for that
nomination. Now, just let us suppose that
there was fair probability Of his getting the
democratic nomination Of the Legislative
Caueus for Senator next winter at Jackson,
What then think you would be the Governors
opinion Of Conventions or Caucus
But what is still more contemptnble and
ridieulous--this special democrat, Gov. II. ;.
Foote and his strikers, arc now dieiatonaAy
insisting that by special bargain all the
Wings Of Mississippi are in honor bound and
pledged to support him for United States Sem
ator. Who made this pleigel Why Con-
vention, composed Of . Mixture Of reneeades'
Tor as Mr.. Senator Brooke calls thernl "quon-
dam democrats" and FOcte wings who as-