Des Arc citizen., 1860-09-19
From the Memphis Avalanche of 18th inst,l THE DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT
 FooTE DOWN IN THE B0oTs!
THE TRIUMPH OF COL. T. c. HINDMAN.

Memphis boards last evening, at tue sea"u ~ pa front of the Theatre, with the dlre resoiVe et oi deliver himself of his old speech of '51, with Squatter Sovereignty trimmings. Anticlpa ,,pns ting this, the friends of Breckinridge ana Lane addressed him note, yesterday mornlhS'e oi asking division of time for Col. T. c. Hind pn- man, of Arkansas, who happened still to oef in the city Considering the taunt Of tne Appeal, short time since, about .ne retGsa,f ti of MT, Smith, of Virginia, to divide tune with the Hon. Albert Rust, one would nave, supposed that this request would have beenO most promptly and gladly acceded to, especi-eiI ally as Foote was an old politician whenpn' Hindman was a beardless boy in the hills ofeT Tippah. But, to the general astonishment,TG inc answer was returned. by friends of Gov.
 Foote. that the proposition was declined!
 So the Douglas orator was to have every-rs s thing his own way, with "rope enough for' the occasion. An immense outpouring of the
 sovereigns greeted him when he took the
 stand, with the stimulus of frequent and loud
 applause as he progressed To attempt heres, a full statement of the blunt 'spoints" " he
 made. would be superfuous, as they will pre-
 sent themselves, more appropriately, In the
 sequel,
 In the course of his remarks, to the surprise and regret of the entire audience, Gov; Foote
 so far forgot the proprieties, and the dictates
 of true chivalry and Politeness' as to lnahe
 most obnoxious allusions to Col. Hindman.-l
 Having, under the advice of his friends, de- nied that gentleman all opportunity of reply and self-vindication, he certainly ought not to have descended to such depth of unmanlI- ness to attack him. Nevertheless, bolstered up by that very consideration, he did so. Att one time, after procaiming in magniloquentF tones, with all the airs of strntting peacock, | thathe had publicly challenged Senators John son and Nicholson to discuss with him, and they had not accepted, he proceeded to say
 that, while he was ready to discuss with :" ms peers-his equals" he would not debate Wlth
 avery "smail politician' who might be
 brongbt against him. This was at once inter- preted, by surrounding Douglasites, to refer
 to Hindman, who sat near the stand, and was
 nonted at by them, with half-suppressed tit l terings of triumph. Shortly afterward, allu- ding to the contest in Mississippi in lool, l when Hindman was citizen of that State, and State Rights man of course, Foote very insutingly denounced the State- Rights party
 as band of C disunionists and traitors," and | said some of them had since !" emigrated to I Arkansas,n pronouncing the name Of our
 sister State with sneering accent, that thrill
 ed the Douglas auditors and made them grin
 with joy, as they pointed towards Col Hihd- man,
 Finally, Foote's performance was conc cuded, , and he took his seat As he did so, deafen-
 ing and enthusiastic shout went up for HIND
 MAN! H1NDMAN! !!" from all parts of the
 assemblage. The people themselves were ln-
 tdignant at the mean assaults made on the Ar
 kansas Representative, and resolved that he
 should be heard. He ascended the stand, and
 remarked that, after the declension to allow s him division of time, he had come there f' i, listen and not to speak, and was still unwillnl to obtrude anything upon the audience. Bl
 the grossness and unproyoked nature or the attack upon himself justified nlm In resPoho
 ing and he would do so S As to Foote's idea of ss inequality" all he
 had to say was that, for himself, he was all
 ways ready to discuss with any endorsed rep s resentative of another party. Without boast : ing of his success in politics, 1t might De per ' mitted him to say, that the Representative Of - thirty thousand freemen, elected oy over ten
 thousand majority against Know-N othlnglsm : and Douglassm combined, was certainly the Il equal of political refugee from three States: l and political mendcant in another. rasn u fellow, meeting John Randolph, of Roanoke;
 iostled him on the sidewalk, and said l. never give the way to one who IS not gentle ' mano Said Randolph, q always do," turn 1f ing aside and letting the ruflian pass. In like
 manner, Col. Hindman said he was willing tC / waive any differences that might exist, and l. discuss political questions with H. Stuart ,- Foote.
 l. He then proceeded to take up the character J. istic and most vile scurriites of Foote upor the Democracy of Mississippi, the leading '' men of the Democratic party of the United l. States, and the supporters of the Breckinridgf
 and Lane EN MAssE, exposing their falsehooc y and malignity, one by one, in language SC d plain, and with a manner so vigorous, that the
 < Little Pacificator" dwindled almost to the t smalness of his own soul under the blighting l- sarcasm of Hindman, and the contempt and
 derisive laughter of the audience. He traced
 him through all his meanderings, and as he e exposed his numerous misstatements and many y tergiversatons the vast crowd manifested the n widest enthusiasm. During political career IL nnu l. seen man more completely demolished l. than was Governor Foote. He writhed l. and squirmed under the merciless castigaton e of the cruel champion from Arkansas. He # seemed to experience all the different kinds ot # torture which a man in the public pilory IS e supposed to endure. He was cut to pieces ana e ground into mince-meat. In word, he was l. fayed, pounded and thrashed into jelly. The d friends of Breckinridge and Lane were frantic r. with joy, and continued to manifest the wild l. est enthusiasm for their talented champion n Gov Foote could no longer endure the torture d which the coals of fire Col. Hindman poured l. upon his back created, and, writhing like a r. worm in hot embers, he arose, whimpering and y whining like whipped child, and announced d that after making personal explanation he l. would retire. Chagrined, mortified and evil !, dently cowed, he arose and endeavored to
 parry the blows which had rained down upon e him. But he could not rally. The assaults
 
 f his feeble nerves, and after uttering few y crude and incoherent words, he was hastily 0 hustled into carriage by his friends, and e conveyed from the field.
 : Thus vanquished, the Douglasites endeavor- n ed to avenge their defeat by the most paltry | and shameful expedients, With drums and . transparencies they marched and counter e marched near the stand, hooting and yelling, - but Col. Hindman was not to be deterred from f his purposes by such scurrilous and disgraceA
 ful maneuvering. He continued to pursue the . retreating champion of Douglasism, and oc- e cupied near an hour in exposing his msrepre- y sentations. He held up Gov. Foote before the t crowd, and pulled of his epidermis as easily l. as if it had been the skin of ripe fig. No e pugiest ever came from the ring with half t the bruises and sores upon his person that - Gov. Foote exhibited after he emerged from . the rack upon which Col. Hindman toasted y him for two hours. Moreover, Col Hind1 . mans speech was not only pungent pithy and l overwhelming, but it was also calm, dignifed and statesmanlike. He showed all the ele5 n ments of popular oratory-boldness, skill, vig7 . or and kindiing zeal. He has mind of great T energy and grasp. The result was most grati- | flying to the friends of MT. Breckinridge. and f most mortifying and disgusting to the Squat