The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
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The Vicksburg Sentinel gives President
Pierce hint that no doubt Be is vastly
grateful for, that as it is the manifest destiny
for Hon. JEFF. Davis to represent Mississippi
in The United States Senate, Gen. Quitmap.
though poor party leader. being too honest
/ for Democratic leader, will make frst
rate Secretary Of War! The editor says
there is no danger 81 Franklin Pierce giving
the prospective vacant seat ii bis Cabinet
/ to a federalst- but State Rights
man viii get il, and who next to the pres
ent incumbentis so good State Rights man
as Gen. Quitman? Indeed bis party has
laid him on the shelf these three years, be-
cause he got ahead Of the music in his no
tons of State Rights. He has been punish
ed-let alone severely long enough and
now the President is asked to put him at
the head Of the War Department, to keep
him employed and to keep the place from
! being desecrated by federalist-that is a
Union man.
For some time there has been whisper
ing among the knowing ones, that as Brown
friends would not sacrifice him, and there
were thirty members of the Legislature and
Senate pledged to support him, which with
the Wing and Union vote which could never
under any circumstances be cast either for
Davis or Brown, being thrown away il
there was no Wing or Union candidate. the
election Of Davis was uncertain; and to heal
all differences. and bring prominent man
again into active service in the party, the
proposition was made te nominate General
Quitman for the Senate, as a sort of compro-
mise man. The matter has been fully can
vassed in the Southern part of the State, and
Browns friends have taken the alarm. Some
four weeks ago long communication was
published in the New Orleans Delta, setting
forth "A. G. Browns claims as the great
champion of the Southern Rights party who
had overthrown that dangerous demagogue
Gov. Foote." The writer limited at the pos
sibility of the reward of his well earned
victory being snatched from him in his hour
of triumph by one who had slept upon his
arms, while he tsllOaued, [mind he never
dared 60 with him!] the ablest man and the
great champion of the Union cause in Mis-
sissippi, through the late disastrous flor the
Union party politieal canvass. But it seems
the proposition to give the hero Of Cheru-
busco a seat in the Senate is not met with
general favor by some of the wise heads
that govern the party, and to make amends
to him for the false hope held out, the Pre-
sident is notified that the Sachems of the
Secession party will furnish him with anoth-
er warrior for his constitutional adviser, who
is as much opposed to the Union men as
JEFF Davis can be.
Why A. G. Brown is entirely left out in
the distribution of the spoils. we cannot see.
Certainly no man has ever been more con-
sistently an inconsistent partizan than he.
Gen. Quitman refused to stand on the new
platform thatwas improvised after the break
ing down Of the Secession one in that mem
orable August Of 81. but A. q. Brown
come down with the crash--on his feet
turned round and convinced the people Of
the Fourth District that he was better I'm
ion man than Gen. Foote, and shed tears
over the heresies of Gen. Quitman. We
must say we are sorry for poor Gov. Brown.
He could have gone to his old seat in the
lower house of Congress, but like the dog
in the fable he dropped the substance for
the shadow, and now sees his folly in trust
ing himself to the tender mercies Of a party
without principle and held together by the
cohesion of public plumber.
We have no idea what the Wings intend to
do, and of course would not advise their course
but if we had vote in the Legislature, we
would cast it for the "Ancient Henry before
one Of the trio Of Seeessionists that but for the
superior patriotism and talents of Henry s.
Foote, would have plunged this country into
civil war, should have it. We would not let
the records bequeath to our children the heri-
tage Of such transaction.
If Browns friends stand true and General
Foote'S friends are firm and the Wings keep up
a mastery inactivity, JEFF. Davis will not get
the seat so politely rendered him by the vicks-
burg Sentinel. It is true the manly and patri-
otto letter of Gov. Foote to his friends releases
them on his part from all further efforts for him.
But If they are men they viii not forget the base
ingratitudg with which he has been treated.
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