The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-02-01
Mr.. Foote in Sumter.

We notice II correspondence in the Wash
ington Sentinel between S. Mayrant, Esq,
and Ex-Govcrnor Foote. The former. in
behalf OF the Committee, had requested Mr.
Foote to embody in permanent form the
views he set forth in his recent address to
the people of Sumterville. We extract from
his reply the following paragraphs. The
Ex-Governor, having been defeated at home.
is evidently sore on the subject of politics.
Cdr0linidn.
Little did think, when urgently invited
TO address your citizens upon questions of
great dclicacy and magnitude, that it would
be my good fortune TO find those in whose
hearing | WAS to speak The words of unal-
loycd frankucss. b til in regard to men and
meas ,rcs, cordially, and apparently un,,ni
mously, cOncurring in opinions and senti-
ments-a declaration ofwhich had elsewhere
called down upon me bitter revilcmcnt and
coarse vitup ration. Little did expect that
the poor haranguc, delivered so hlstilv, by
one who had not been allowed TO enjoy even
single nights reposc for the space of four
days. and whose wcaricd and exhausted con. .
ditioa rendered it almost Impossible for him
to endure the physic Il cNrrtOn necessarily
attendant upon the tlok tp which he found
himself SO Suddenly called, would be SO ia.
vorabIy appreciated, and that Il copy of it
would be demanded with Il view 10 its per
mancnt" preservation. Most honestly hold
ing this sImc harLnguc to be altogether nn
deserving such honor, still am rroiccd at
receiving this decisive testimony from the
bosom of the chivJlruus and patriotic State
where slumbcr the remains of so many illus.
trouS heroes, orators, and statesmen, in
proof of the important fact. that upon the
vital and stirring questions nov pcndng, ia
all their scope and amplitude the views cnun
ciatcd by mo on Friday las, were such as TO
command the sanction and support Of my
Fellow citizens of South Carolina, without
rcgVd to the party lines which have hereto.
fore sep IrItcd them.
Abunianuy AMI intensely do rejoice
that the citizens of your vicinLgc, in appru-
wing my address To them List week, have
shown that they are united to Il man In sus
taining the noble Dickinson, Bronson, O'Con-
nor, aud the hundred Thousand valorous con.
sociLtcs in the Empire StLic. against the
atroci0uS attempts whrh have been recently
50 unpYrdOnably made ~ crash then b..
meath the weight of official patronage, and
thus trcasonIbly TO destroy the only hope of
futdro Justice 10 the South: whilst would
bc reoprncd ancw ,hoSc scunos of fearful
is an end 10y the measures Of rompyomi,e in
1850.
shall hereafter delight in rccolIccting
that you are resolved 10 have all tIe pledges
of the present administration carried out ia
good faith, or unite in panishng the periidy
which may seek to cvads them ! spoke in
hearing o. your tilcgS, rs hi | a fuw lys
before done in my Last official cnmmdnica-
lion 20 the Legislature of the State of Missis.
sipp, in language frank, explicit, ani nncom-
p;omSing. | tried 10 speak the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but tn truth, hon
e>tly, boldly. and warmly; and thank lica-
v,a, that ihl tru, southern men, ana high
spirited Amcriean citizens whom address
SGD, have more than jusiici every word
that | then uttered. In my distant home,
upon the shores OF the Pacific scu, ! will
look btck To the scene which occurred IN
SumtcrvilIc last Friday, and be amply con.
sOIvd amidst any disasters which may betnl
me-, or discoGr gemeats TO which | may be
subjected.