Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-12
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1; This question is put by the N. Y. Tribune
fnibehalfs0f Hsdiry sSF6Ote, fifteen years
ago Q, 8. Senator from Mississippi, and
afterwards distinguished himself by his
support of the GompFo9ise measures. Of
1880, in opposition to his colleague, JEFF.
DqyiEG asl atl the ensuing State election,
when these two Senators were pitted
against each other as ''Union" and estate
Rights" candidates respectively for Gever-
NOR. Foote beat Davis 1000 votes in the
largest poll ever had. in tHsiState, the vote
standing FOote, 2s,5ss;, Davis, 27,T2s.-
F9ote was sent to the Rebel Senate, where,
the azFiseGs gargpeg,g his antagonism to
Davis was SO manifest that he probably did
the Rebellion more harm there than he
could have done by adhering to the Upiou.
"Becoming satisfied that the Rebellion
was failure, he abandoGehI It in disgust,
and was making his way to the Union lines,
bWhen he was tarfestedOahd taken back to
Richmond. BE went to England, but soon
ret6rhed, was Arrested and kept for some
htihe in jail, then relased on parole, being
fequiredto report himself to- General Dix
each alternate day. He go reported him
self one day last week, when he waslRhdwn
an order from the War Department that he
EshouldA either stand a trial for treason or
quit the country at once. he chose to go,
and departed fortOanRdR, where we, pre4
sumo he still ia.
are still involved in terrible civil var,
which imperils the life sof the Republic,
and if FoOte is q dangerous person, we
hold this arbitrary ba4is hment to be iusti.
fable; HIlotS 4otk II every rebel force
tbs side OF the Mississippi Is captured or
disbsnded, and trade with the late rebel
districta reopensd5as though they set
peaes with Us,Iand If Foote is.no longer In
enemy of the U6ion,i butt ready to deport
himself ohenceforth asi a loyal, peaeeful
citizen, tHen We hold that there is not q.
COW IN our Stats WbichE our Government
has less reason to regard with apprehsn-
sion and alarm than this oold man. It
might possibly be worth while to try aud
pun1sh him. though We think not but
what good CAN be secured, what evil avert
ed, by, compelling him toliEe in Canada
rather than in New York; And, If his
bsnlshment befhno sense necessity, is it
not clearly anlact Of tyTanuyR4L al hs s5r
Of course, it can be sort o. justified, or
HfA@ . ~-AA4f FSAS99r HEUNG
II charged with sympathy withEtFaitors
but how will it look across an ocean or an
interval oofaeten1 yeate7o The New York
1Fgset will turn q back summersault, if re-
quired, and protest shat any generous or
manly sentiment expressed throughtits ed
itorial columns crept into them by acci-
deut; the Union League will resolve, if du-
y prompted; that this -banishment adds
smother toIthe inntmerabte proofs Of the
shperhunan wisdom and clergy that ira.
date the War Department and Captain
Marshall will make speecfn to the; ;C6ain-
hefof Commences showing that Jack ,Oede's 8
mouth WAS the perfection of all possible
parliaments. We Insist that regime I'M.
der which q dIstriet proeost .ai1aysial raaks
the sGeVeraOr. ia State ouStt,a at once to pass
d19Gg, the privilege Of hG6eas corpus be r..
'FoTef, and ttsr Fei9R, ,of Lap Gnd Libaty,5s
r, esta6Itshsa, Hop7 Rlr4e6 longer must t0e
'''ss I0t 'sts::st. s5'k % ~ .Etfg.i Z s.fy