New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-26
SOMEWHAT AT FAULT.
The following il from the vicksburg Wing Of ths
10Th inst.

The following il from the Vicksburg Wing o. the
10th inst:
The New Orleans Crescent, Of Saturday. pitches
into our old friend, Gov Foote with dscideo
old story o. the late s. 8. Prentiss who, On nearing
stranger denounce Gov. McNutt a. 80 dog, started
up and made him retract, telling him that 4 McNutt
waa dog, be was our dog and no OUTSIDER sneI,u
for Slidell, saying Louisianians may abuse him as
much as they like, but outsiders must hold otf.
Now Gov, Foote claims to be citizen of Vicks.
burg bat re g nos clam e sne eaelasive p5hs s
| tues ~ anybody who chooses to indulge can enjoy
themselves to their hearts content. However, it is
nothing more than right that the Governors critics
should conne themselves to facts. For instance, tina
Crescent says:
urned mp, in mississippi underttand, ab twenty
nvs He vas then santing rearing plunsins
rearing, plunging Democrat. 515 .7T7a =
II now lacks hut a few months of being thirty
years since Gov. F0ote first landed in Mississippi and
settled in Vicksburg. He was then a Democrat, and
has been an avowed Democrat ever since. He has
Ct times, acted with the Wing party on local OF
State measures, but at no time did he ever ackuowl
edge himself Wing. Gov. Foote started in Vicks
burg the great central organ Of our Democracy, the
hissssippian, in 1881 49, which he subsequent,
moved to Clinton, and afterwards to jackson.
The junior editor of the Crescent respectfully sub
mits that be probably knows more Of " old time )
Mississippi politics than the editor Of the Whg O,
more than one occasion he did not act an altogethe
obscure part in the politics aforesaid. Withal, b,
has rather retentive memory aud is seldom at faul
when he aludes to matters and things that only havt
existence in the past. Now, if Governor Foote wal
" an avowed Democrat or any sort Of Democrat
when the Wings elected him to the Legislature o
Mississippi, neither the writer, nor any Of those
Wings, true blue, simon pure HENRY CLAY Wings
who were instrumental in securing his election wert
aware Of the fact. The Democrats voted against
him-the Wings elected him. Furthermore, if be
wasn't Wing then on all points, local. State, and
national, words had no meaning, and divers ani
sundry hundreds of intelligent, shrewd, and well
posted voters committed an act Of inexcusable stu
pdity when they sent him to represent them in thu
lower branch Of the Legislature From our recolIec
ton Of the facts Of the case which is quite distinct
we are Of the decided opinion that they didn't d.
anything Of the sort.
The Ex-Governor is ood.hearted fiery, impulsive
eloquent gentleman, and We would be the last Il
reflect him injuriousy; but the truth Of history
must be indicated. II injudicious friends don't stoI
defending his political consistency they will set
old hississippans to figuring, and then frightfu
expose will be the result. Gov. F. sets all ordinary
rules Of calculation at defiance correspondent o.
the Brandon Republican recently asked edtol
Mayors what were the politics Of the Ex-Governor
Mayors responded that, not having heard from hin
(Foote) within the previous twenty-four hours, he
was unable to answer!