Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-03

The California Counter furnishes with full account
OF the complimentary dinner given San francisco to
Maj General Wool and BG Governor Foote 1t was grand
Affair." and strong demonstration against the Administra-
ton by the Democratic party Gov Foote pitched in.
to" Brgadier President and his Cabinet in a most
sca,hng speech upon their whole In speaking
the late Presidential election and the Compromise mea
Of 1880, the Courier says:
ain this connection he alluded to the great error which
the Democratic party had made in nominating and eec
ting Gen. Pierce President. lie regarded the Presi.
dent very weak man, and cats paw Of his Cabinet
That he had selected Tor his Secretary of War man
whom the people Of Mississippi, for his rank treason to
the Union and inhdelity the Compromises the Const
tuition, had forced into retirement aud obscury That
the President, through General Davis had made adhe.
renee TO secession and notification sine qua n0u-an
indispensable prerequisite to Office in Missssppi-tha nil
persons who had stood by the Baltimore platform upon
which II IS supposed that Gen Pierce nominated and
elected had committed offence for which there was no
forgiveness in this life that which is cOme"-that
IN the late canvass in Mississippi he undertook support
the doctrines Of the Presidents inaugural aud for doing
which he denounced by the friends of the President
and his appontees-that the President 10 his appointing
policy had repudiaed his inaugural and that he was no
kind ofhermaphrodite chief Of great oposing fac
tons, and these factions have openly cOnspsed TO nuly
the Laws Of Congress the Baltimore PLATFORM and to dis.
solve this union.
Gle also accuses the President Of organizing hs Cabinet
from the petty chiefs Of the many factions in the country
and that through his Cabinet, he undertaking u
control ana 10 strange the freedom OF the elective fran
chise 10 the different states Of this Uion THAT he had
sought 70 PROSTATE Daniel s. Dickinson, the great friend
OF tho Union and the Compromise measures-the man,
who at the Baltimore Convention had declined the nom-
nation for President aud Who by declining gave Gener.
Al Pierce the very Office he holds-that Cen Pierce
was by singular ingratitude wantony seeking Ia
PROSTATE D. s. Dickinson and his lri9nds He paid high
compliment Mr Dickinson and Judge Bronson, for
their armncss and fidelity TO their principles aud Their
county.
I'll denounced in tho most scahing nvectiye the con
duct Of Secretaries Guthrie aud Davis and Attorney Gen
era Gushing lie spoke Of Cushing In the strongest Ian
guage. He charged him with consulting with some o
his friends in Richmond Va, rs TO the proprety Of wr
ting letter dcnouncng the Coalition IN Massachusetts, FOL
circulation In tho SOUTH and that his celebrated lettc
to the Democrats Of Massachusetts, actually ele-
graphel TO- and circulated through Mississippi two week
before II published In Boston-that he hollow
hearted hypoorto, aud beneath contempt
i Gle said that he had In Washington boldly denounce
the policy Of the President and Cabinet that he ha
charged them With seeking 70 stimulate and strengthen
the hands Of the various factonists and seconalist
throughout the county, and by doing TO endanger th
stability and perpetuty Of the Federal Union that beior
he left Mississippi in his last message TO the Legislature
he had openly charged the President and hs Cabinet
conspng PROSTATE tho friends Of tho Union he ha
done at their very doors In Washngton and he here r.
iieated the charge In conclusion, he begged leave
offer the following sentiment;
"Ths Presid,ntiai Election Of 1s5e-Nay II result
the choice OF tried Patriot Of thoroughly naton
views and sentiments d,igna,ed for ME fret station ~
vorld 6yhe SoUereign people 81 me Union hen'elgs,
May he DO n man who y incapable Of violating his plgh
ed word impervou' TO the influence Of cques and ia'
tons under whose rn but benign Administration CO
rupton may be seen speedily 70 dsapPear-polhcam ar
agers he driven into retrement-and tbs ancient gore
OF the Republic be revived ia all their pristine SPLENDID
'The sentiments Of Gov Foote's speech, as well III
toast were received with Tremendous APPLAUSE Al th