Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-23
speeoh from nx-aoveEnor Foote.

tic address, making some singular revelations in
presence Of several hundred gentlemen and some
ladies, in the dining room of The National Hotel
The meeting assembled on short notice and was
organized 10y calling Mr.. Stanton oil tennessee 10
the chair and MeSSTs. Wheeler, OF New York and
Bayly, OF Virginia, acting as Secretaries. Mr.. S.
briefly explained the object Of the meeting TO be
for the purpose of extending cordial greeting to
their FRIEND who was about to leave this section of
| the country.
Mr.. Foote mounted on a table, and said il was
not III the language OF mere ceremony that he de-
clared tire deep gratitude he felt for this unexPect
ed testimony of their respect and sympathy. He
came 10 Washington, expecting 10 taTry only for
few louts. 10 take leave Of few friends, and then
proceed quietly TO New York, where lie proposed
to embark, on Friday, iot California. But invited,
by numerous respected and highly valued friends,
he did not feel at liberty to declne more especial
ly as it was suggested 10 him that certain parting
words addressed to the audience like that belUte
him might 10 some extent conduce to the public
advantage, and perchance aid in saving our be-
| loved country from the miSchefS that he feared
were not lar distant. The counlenanceS of those
present reminded him of nrduous PeriIs though
which the country passed n few yeaE ago, when
the country was shaken 10 the very centre by eX-
treme factions. He felt impresSIvely that he was
within the walls of building occupied by the ia
ther of the Compromise. He had just come from
the room where he had off II received wise coun-
ellis from his lips.
Mr. F. here paid an eloquent tribute to Mr. Clay
ard was warmly applauded:
He conlinued-''lf he deemed this nation now
in safety he would not b. there: but The Convic-
ton was conclusive in bis mind that the country
was again in peril-even in more danger than it
was three years ago. This might seem bold pro-
position. What were the facts The WIlEnot
PIoViSO then. Now again II was Threatened,
though not so openly. Had not alarge body OF
northern factionisS recently assembled in New
| York, unIed 10 announce the deadly issue OF the
| rereal of the Fugitive Slave Law one of the
| prominent issues Of the Presidential campaign Of
1856, amd the WilmOI PrUvIS0 rs another issue! II
had been asserted that there was OW no Free Soil
| orga nzatiom IN the United States.
| Did not every man know the monster, free
soism, was not yet dead but simply with Gisjectu
msmhrG. which might again b= aroused 10 aclIont
The monslet ~aS fed by appointing and electns
Free SoileEs to- office. Presidents Polk and Tay-
| lor, unenlighenetl by experience, had bestowed
Office upon them. Thus quietly the monster
| sprung into eXiStance. EARLY in the summer OF
| 1850, in body Of which le should never again be
Q member, he took bold sta nj against the cOnir-
nation Of any known Free Soiler. He would tell
a little piece UfAmeTican history never before d.
vuIyed. After he had declared Ills position, an IL
| luStTUuS Senator, now in this city, came TO hln
a 81 said, "nre you SeriouSn what you lave sald!'
| | repied "Yes-why2" He SAID, "becauSe
concur with you; the Vice President concuTs;
Clay, Webster and every patriotic Senator con-
| ours. We wish conference with you, TO see it
you can exter;nInate this growing evil"
| The conference occurred the very next morning.
The result was he was suppl ell with list OF the
| Free Soil nominees then before the Senate, aud
they rejected every man on that list agreeing that
tue compromise could not succeed Otherwise. Alt
resolved to Starvr the monster TO deuth, If they
could. He got several other similar catalogues,
and afterwards disposed Of nearly all. On lie last
nigh Of the session, Mir. Fillmore being President,
a small batch of these nominees still remaIned. a
Senator from New York. well known to lame, Oegg-
ed and ImplUTed HIM 10 spare his friends. lie re-
piled, If We spnTr yoLT trends, We ruin the Re
public and will therefore, erdeaVOr 10 defeul every
one of your friends. He LOOKED TO the clock,
seeming to Divine from II some c. nsOlHtlon. Mr..
Fillmore also watched The CLOCK, anu withdrew all
those LUninees, aud nominated Others who were
IConfimed. Now he had confession 10 make,
and Senators present would correct linn If he mis-
stated facts MIllurL Fillmore, whose friend lie had
never been, rs tue patriot, never, during his ad-
mlnisIutIuu, nolnina ed Free SoIler. tAPpiauSe
and cries Of ''good," "bTaVo."l remarkable
fact, because Mil,ard Fillmore was Free SOIltr
originally. Honorable in the highest degree.
But he came tonight chiefly 10 address The Ma
tionaI Democrats tie believed their principles
were essential TO the true happiness aud glory OL
The county. TCheeIS II Was not u mere ques-
ton OI SPOTS; II SO. he would nor discuss IL. 1t
was q question of principle. III conclusion, he
rehuke the policy 4 the Administration appoint
ing State right in his State 10 concIllaie them.
He IefetIed with great Indignation 10 MT. CuSh-
ne'S letter 10 the Massachusetts Free SoieTs, sPec-
ally photographed u the IilSAlASppI pending the
eIerliun 10 defeat himself. Tie ieII uul!Ing but
contempt for MI. Gushing. lie ScUrned |" nouce
him. Loud applause.
lie reviewed The course OF the Union with great
severity. He said it was edited Ill part by Free
Sellers, and in pat by SecessiC nists-a nO"stum
hOrrendtH among newspapers. He alluded at
some length to Mississippi politics. He was de.
feaied, he said, not on Union principles, bat
ON State liquidation principles. Nh. Davis voted
fourteen months ago in fnvIr OF TepudIatIOI,-
He was candidate for the Senate, notwlthStand-
ing his efforts to show the contrary, and wrote TO
meml erS of the Legislature soliciting an election
Secretary Davis dead man, politically. he
referred to his !nte speech IN SumpteTville, South
Carolina, The citizens there approved his Sentl.
memts, and a letter 10 that effect with his reply,
would appear in to-moIrow'S sentinel. He was
glad to hear of The North lift eloquent voices
in the House to-day. He was no longer Il South
ern man, but could tell them the monster would
De put down tLGTe-muSt lie. He was the last
man TO use severe language OF any-and would not
of the President. He only meant TO say that his
policy, if PERSISTED in, would ruin the democratic
party. lie would DC liberal. The President had
not yet committed he objectionable sin. He had
tired some erpeIimentsj butif the policy was per
severed in, it would amount to such an lnlracIlOn
of his solemn pledge to the people, as would con.
sign him to oblivion forever. God grant that his
eyes may be opened. God grant that he might See
in time the mischief threatened. God grant that
he might not SlumbeI in the Presidential palace.
There was danger.
The Nebraska bill was before them. He had
dared TO predict four weeks ago that that bill would
bring up the Wimot ProyIso question again. He
dared 10 say that there would be sympathisers with
FreesoiIers in and out of Congress. He dared to
say that there was danger that some Freesoiler
would lie elected President in 1856; and that would
be the death blow the confederacy; yet the
were Siumbering; statesmen in and out of Con-
gress slumberng. There were breakers
ahead, and nothing could save but moral courage,
such as was exhibited in 1850, rising above party
and personal ends. DE should shortly leave them,
perhaps never TO return. He hoped the inpend-
ing calamity might be averted, and our noble in-
situations be perpetualed
LARGE FInE IN DErRorr.-About half past four
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