Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-21
spEEcH oF HoE. 2. S. FooTE.

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Hon. Il. S. FooTE, Of California, addressed
quite a large company Of gentlemen and ladies
last evening, on pOlitiesltopies, at the ~ivitation
Of a number of gentlemen OF The American
party, with which be has recently sympathized,
and acted. As was to have been anticipated,
from the tenor Of q circular published some
months since, and addressed to the Americans
Of his adopted State, Gov. FOOTE advises the
disbanding Of the American organization, and
indicates to bis late brethren the patriotism
and expsdiency Of joining hands with the
Democratic party in uphOlding the vital in
terests Of the country.
He also defends the AdnihistratiOn and Gov.
WALKEH relative TO the Kansas policy Of the
latter, expressing bis entire confidence in
its ultimate approval by the great body Of
the Southern people. We would advise our
American friends to heed the warning voice
Of their late distinguished brother. It is
never too late too good. Below will be found
a report Of Gov. FooTE's remarks which
were listened to with great attention by the
large company present.
GlHH 4NO4E EAAA4EullA E4EtAl .+~1 - -
lows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: No occasion has arisen in
the course Of a life psrtieularlymarksd with stir
ring scenes and striking vicissit1des more graf
flying to ny feelings as a patriot and a nan
than the present one. I attend here at the re-
quest Of q large number of intelligent and pat
rioiic citizens without distinction Of party, for
the purpose Of addressing you upon certain
questions now deeply interesting the public
mind and seriously involving the rePose and
happiness OF the whole Republic. have been
greeted with eqaal cOTdisiity since ny brief
soJourn among you, BY men Of all parties, and
indeed there would seen to have been a geneT-
Gus struggle among you as to who should be
kindest and most courteous to an old acquain-
lance and resident on your borders, who, for
nearly four years past, has been absent from
your midst, and has been ardently engaged in
pursuits holding local connection alone with
the most remote portion Of our noble continent.
THANK you cordially for the multiplied eivili-
ties which l have been receiving at your hands,
since ny arrival in this great and growing
commercial city. The recollection of your
friendship will accompany ne through he re-
msinder OF ny career on earth, imparting Ed
coursgemeHt aud consolation amidst all the
difficulties and trials which itmay be that fate
yet holds in reserve for me.
You viii not be surprised to hear me say that
have not the least idea Of i~ntruding upon this
respectable audience a regular partisan bar
raugus. should regard it as not only in bad
taste to do 50, but, under al the circumstances
existing, as positively criminal. Indeed, l
have no merely partisan feelings to stimulate
ne to the commission Of such an act Of indis-
erection and folly. A Democrat in principle,
nov, as ever heretofore, causes recently in OPP
Grafton, but now happily no longer existing, and
which I would gladly dismiss from my memory
forever, induced ne, a year OF two since, to be-
Gene associated with the American party Of
the Pacific, and with a view to aiding as far
as 10 nv power, in the maintenance Of certain
great national principles, as dear to M heart
as the life-blood that ciTeulates along my az
teriss, ] united in the support Of those dis
tiaguisbsd patriots, Willard Fillmore and An
drew Jackson Donelson, FOR the Presidency and
Vice Presidency OF the Union. The American
prazis~-tiaI ticket =A- Jsn-st-l "ss dOuot-
less to be expected; but thank God, the Rspub-
lican ticket was not triumphant, sndthe event
has proved that the success Of The Democratic
party was the success Of those great and con-
ssrvatfve constitutional doctrines alike indis-
pensable to the permansncy Of free Institutions,
and to tie perpstuity Of Of our Federal Union.
feel that I an addressing men who love their
country far more than party, and who desire
the prevalence Of sound priReiples far more
thsn The elevation to seats Of authority and
high political trust OF any particular irdivido-
al, or class Of individuals By whatever name
distinguished. I shall speak, therefore, with
freedom, and utter without reserve, the opin-
ions and sentiments which eonseientiously
and deliberately entertain.
shall make no special reference to the
fierce political contest which occurred seys-
raj years since IN fe neishboring State Of Mis-
sissippi, with which / had a painful and some
what prominent connection, except to declare,
as I have always heretofore declared, that ]
laNE AEFrI U0AuAtA IN tue lr1els ElLlNl kle ull-
esty or patriotism Of those who deemed it
their duty to oppose the Compromise Measures
Of 1850, and to vote in opposition 70 me as the
advocate and champion OF those measures.
Reasons, altogether plausible in their character
were sdduced At the time in opposition to the
enactments referred to, and thousands Of az
good and as intelligent men as b erspublic con-
taine5 doubtless conBcientiousiy believed that
the plan Of PaciScation and settlement, now so
universally acknowledged to have been emil
nsn.ly wise and salutary, would prove deeply
preiudieial to The Southern section Of the con-
fe5erscy, and that it was their duty to resist
the sam 10 The utmost. I rejoice to know
that there is no public man now in the South
who does not cordially scquiescs IN the CON-
promise Measures, and The Onlyregret which ]
al this time feel in regard to the past, Is that /
should at a former period have been ~unjustly
c~ensursd by persons whose favorable sstims-
ton would have given me the most heartfelt
qualification, on account OF ny early approval
Of sHsctneuts, the beneficial tendency Of
which is bow universally admitted. Experience
las H1UFrls C I NeAA@ArA AHE VI oA years
since confidently to predict, that the sdmis-
sioa Of CalifoFhis has greatly strengthened the
South in both the halls OF national legislation,
and the law which settled the New Mexico
and Texas boundary question las long ago
prophssisd) has already made Tsxasth tie richest
and most populoas slave State of the con-
fedsracy, aad established an efeetual ram
part along our Southwestern border, to the ac-
cess Of aboiitionism or anti-siavery influence
in tat quarter, the value Of which can never
be too exorbitanty estimated. Men Of the
South, then, Americans, Democrats, O!d-Llne
Wings, Extremists Of 1850 aud 81, supporters
OF the Georgia and Mississippi Union Plat
form Of that momsntous aud most p%srilous
ia our history, I appeal 70 you all let
rs rejoice as brethren and as compatriots,
either unseemly sxults.ion on the one
hama, or unmanly chsgriu on the other, that IN
TO those delicate and fearful Issues
once divided az, there is henceforth to
be 10 more Irritating controversy, but, on the
contrary, universal gratitude over the wise and
Providsut legislation Of the past, and f~ratsrnsl
unison and concord, bo.h In sentiment and in
action, las 7 trust,) for the future. II there
be, as I know there are, citizens here who vo-
Tor Fillmore and DOuslsoa in the late Pres
idsutial contest, let ns ask them what was
their PrinciPalEesson for doing SOP Ian sure
that I hazard nothing in asserting that you
voted the American ticket merely because you
knew hr. Fillmore 70 be a sound a~aiioEOl mas,
a sincere lover of The Union, an uuyvavering
supporter OF he Compromise Measures Of
1850, utterly opposed to the revival Of ag-
itation on the SUBJECT Of slavery, who
for three years Of Presidential rule, had
knowa @no NSth, no South, no East, no
West" bat his country and bis whole eoun-
Try. You believed thai if elected, be would
again firmly maintain the conrrOmise enact
msn.s Of 1850, and The Fugi;iVs slave Law e.
as be bad before 30 molly and fear